ChicagoPride.com: LGBT Chicago events for Thursday, September 6, 2012

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events around Chicago Thursday, September 6, 2012

DS Tequila Company *

$9.99 All-You-Can-Eat Tacos, Bar Olympics

North End *

$9.75 Miller Lite Pitchers

Sidetrack *

Cocktail Hour videos 3 - 8 p.m., Laugh Track comedy night hosted by Adam Guerino and Bradley Thomas 8-9 p.m.

3160 *

Arnie Lanza

Parlour on Clark *

Lipstick The Lesbian Dance Party featuring $4 cocktails

Hunters *

Hunters Hunks male dancers at 10:30 pm, with DJ Laura B

Wilde Bar and Restaurant *

WILDE Thursday's with DJ Tisha and hot drink specials!

Scarlet Bar *

Frat House Party, $5 Miller Light 40oz, $5 Long Island Mini-Pitchers

Atmosphere Bar *

Pants Off Dance Off: Male Dancers with TOMAS the Magician. $3 well, $13 Cosmo pitchers

Maneuvers Bar *

$7.00 Bottomless Miller Lite Draft

Berlin Nightclub *

STARDUST Thursdays, with live performances and special DJs. 2nd Thu. is co-conspired by Pyramids of Pluto/ Jean Shorts, Sisterman, & Smooth & Delicious. Last Thu. is co-conspired by ratcatchers.com and CULT. $1 select shots, $3 Bacardi Bombs, $5 “Tropical Sex” pints, $2 Old Style Light, $5.50 Ultimat Vodka, $6.50 Patron Silver, $5+ cover

Little Jim's

$2.25 Busch Light/Old Style

Roscoe's

$12 Smirnoff Tidal Wave Pitchers, $2.50 Miller Lite Drafts, $10 Miller Lite Pitchers, $5 Jameson Shots

Center on Halsted

3PM-8PM: Night for ages 13-24 to focus on different discussion topics, self-expression, role-playing, games and projects.

Club Krave

StarFinder Craig’s Karaoke with bartender Andrew, $5 you-call-it top shelf

The Noble Fool Theater

9PM (thru July 31) Singer Armstrong and accompanist Freddie Allen present an evening of music & comedy.

Broadway Youth Center

6PM-8PM: Positive, a support group for HIV+ youth, ages 16-24.

Halsted's Bar and Grill

$5.95 Buffalo chicken wraps, all drafts $3.50

Bobby Love's

$1 off domestic & draft, $1 Pucker

Scot's

$4 all drafts

Charlie's

$3 top shelf drinks and beer, ‘80s flashback night

Jackhammer

$2 MGD/Miller Lite/Bud/Bud Light, $3 premium domestics and imports, DJ Man Scott

Rehab Lounge

5pm-4am: $3 Coronas, $6 Hornitos Tequila-tinis

CGY: Youth Pride Center

6PM-8PM Art Studio/Movie Night. LGBT youth 23 and under can express themselves through art. New movie releases.

Encompass Nightclub

Drink & Drown Thursdays, $1 house wells, $1 dom. drafts, $1 wine, sponsored by Miller Lite and Coors Light

Touche

Handballer Night, red/white hanky specials, club room open

Big Chicks

$10 Pitchers of Blue Moon, $2.75 Rolling Rock, $4 Cosmos, Chicken specials night—$5 wing basket, $6 Chicken breast sandwich $5 chickenburger

Hamburger Mary's

$3.50 home brew pints

Bonsai Bar & Lounge

Bonsai serves their signature martini's for $6 and $4 well drinks until 2am. Must be 21/with ID

Pie Hole Pizza Joint

Karaoke with Creagh

The Art Institute of Chicago

Free Admission 5:00–8:00 PM

Jeffrey Pub

No cover, free entry pass to first 35 guests to be used Friday or Saturday

Spin Nightclub

$5 Absolut Cocktails, $4 Miller Lite & Coors Light Drafts

Manhandler

$2 cactus juice/kool-ade/schnapps; "Jeopardy" 3:30pm; "Wheel of Fortune" 6:30pm.

Mary's Attic

Big Red’s Cabaret with Meghan Murphy (2nd & 4th Thurs.), Bent: Brit Pop, Indie and Disco (3rd Thurs.)

The Call (Chicago)

After-work karaoke 7-11 p.m., $5 Absolut cocktails, specials on Long Island pithcers and buckets of beers

Downtown Bar and Lounge

Moose and Voxbox every Thursday, upstairs. 6-10pm

Baton Show Lounge

Shows 8:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m., 12:30 a.m.

Crew Bar & Grill

All draft beer pints $3, Bottomless Chips n’ Salsa $2.50

7:00am

Farmstand Farmers' Market

Monday - Friday, features the Frank Family Farm, Gotta Bee Crepes and Saigon Sisters.

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2:00pm

French Market coming to Westfield Old Orchard

North Shore and Chicago area shoppers will enjoy a Parisian style street market at Westfield Old Orchard. The outdoor market, located near Macy’s, will house a variety of artisan vendors selling fresh produce, breads and cheeses and other local artisan products. The market runs 2 p.m. – 7 p.m. every Thursday through September

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5:00pm

Pam Grier

Grier, famous in the 1970s for women-in-prison and blaxploitation films such as 1974’s Foxy Brown and later Jackie Brown (1997), The L Word, Law & Order: SVU and Smallville, will sign copies of autobiography, FOXY: A Life in Three Acts.

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Exploring Google Docs

Learn the basics of Google Docs and other cloud-based programs in this Cyber Center class.

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6:00pm

Coming Out Support Group

This Coming Out Support Group is for women who find themselves attracted to other women, or may be questioning their sexual identity and are looking to discuss issues of sexuality in a safe and confidential space.

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Fashion's Night Out

Fashion's Night Out is an unprecedented global initiative created to celebrate fashion, restore consumer confidence, boost the industry's economy, and put the fun back in shopping. Fashion's Night Out returns to Chicago and cities all over the world tonight.

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By Women For Women: A Night of Friendship

Center on Halsted's Women’s Action Committee hosts. Cocktails, appetizers and desserts on the rooftop, plus special dance performance and information about new programs just for women who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer. $20 includes 2 drink tickets, entrance to after-party at Rehab and hors d’oeuvres created by celebrity lesbian chefs.

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7:00pm

By Women, For Women

Women’s Action Committee, on the roof, cocktails, hors d’ oeuvres, desserts, networking, special dance performance and information about new programs at Center on Halsted for women who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer. $20.

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American Veterans for Equal Rights (GLBT veterans)

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After Work Karaoke

You are the singing sensation at this night of Karaoke. Sing the secret song for a bar tab.

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Put It In the Scrapbook--Chicago Fringe Festival

Put It In the Scrapbook, an original one-person show about the life of vaudeville’s most famous female impersonator Julian Eltinge, is an official selection of the Chicago Fringe Festival to be performed August 30-September 9th, 2012.

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The All-American Genderf*ck Cabaret

Plays with established gender stereotypes tomboy, slut, man-hating lesbian, player, bro, sensitive guy, gay best friend, none-of-the-above and stirs vigorously. The final week of performances are on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 6 and 7 at 7:15; Sept. 7 is the final performance. $20 by phone and online.

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Jitney

Court Theatre kicks off its 2012-13 season with August Wilson’s play about unlicensed taxi drivers hustling to serve a neighborhood where cabs won't go. The production will run through Oct. 14.

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Newtown Writers

Chicago GLBT writing workshop. Barry Frauman, frauman8@yahoo.com

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8:00pm

Hal Sparks

Actor/comedian, performing through Sept. 8, began his professional career in Chicago as a member of Second City; hosted Talk Soup on E!, and co-starred as Michael Novotny on the Showtime series Queer As Folk. He will start in the stand-up special Charmageddon this June. $23-$27

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Judy Tenuta Opening Night

Tenuta, an ordained minister, will perform free gay marriages. Support Pride Films and Plays by purchasing opening night tickets, $20. 18 or over with ID. Questions to PFPTickets@gmail.com with Judy Tenuta in the subject line.

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Encore Weekend of 'Sordid Lives' with Del Shores

A black comedy about white trash. Nominated for over thirty awards in its LA run. Thursday and Saturday at 8 pm; Friday night at midnight.

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9:00pm

Frat Night Thursday

Scarlet hosts all frat guys and their fans as they ramp up the frat factor with a night of 40-ounce beer specials, HOT bartenders, cranked-up music and hottie high jinks!

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10:00pm

White Party

Minibar's White Party is known for being the best way to kick off your weekend! Make your VIP Reservation for tonight, 773-871-6227.

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