ChicagoPride.com: LGBT Chicago events for Thursday, June 21, 2012

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Pride Deconstructed: The 2012 Birdhouse Art Auction & Cocktail Party

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Microsoft Excel 2007 Level 1 class

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Back Lot Bash

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Dollhouse Drag Review

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Cirque Shanghai: Year of the Dragon

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Chicago's 44th Annual Gay Pride Parade

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events around Chicago Thursday, June 21, 2012

3160 *

Arnie Lanza

Maneuvers Bar *

$7.00 Bottomless Miller Lite Draft

Hunters *

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

DS Tequila Company *

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

Atmosphere Bar *

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

North End *

$9.75 Miller Lite Pitchers

Wilde Bar and Restaurant *

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

Sidetrack *

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

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

Scarlet Bar *

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

Parlour on Clark *

Lipstick The Lesbian Dance Party featuring $4 cocktails

Manhandler

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

Rehab Lounge

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

Bonsai Bar & Lounge

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

The Noble Fool Theater

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

Encompass Nightclub

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

Broadway Youth Center

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

Baton Show Lounge

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

Spin Nightclub

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

Crew Bar & Grill

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

Mary's Attic

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

Scot's

$4 all drafts

Jeffrey Pub

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

The Call (Chicago)

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

Bobby Love's

$1 off domestic & draft, $1 Pucker

Jackhammer

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

The Art Institute of Chicago

Free Admission 5:00–8:00 PM

Roscoe's

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

CGY: Youth Pride Center

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

Downtown Bar and Lounge

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

Little Jim's

$2.25 Busch Light/Old Style

Club Krave

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

Center on Halsted

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

Hamburger Mary's

$3.50 home brew pints

Pie Hole Pizza Joint

Karaoke with Creagh

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

Charlie's

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

Halsted's Bar and Grill

$5.95 Buffalo chicken wraps, all drafts $3.50

Touche

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

10:00am

Chicago Symphony Orchestra free open rehearsal

Make Music Chicago, the completely free, one-day music festival presented by Rush Hour Concerts, is pleased to announce that the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will open its doors as part of Make Music Chicago 2012, presenting a free open rehearsal with Music Director Riccardo Muti rehearsing a program including Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6. Reserve tickets by phone.

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2:00pm

Cirque Shanghai: Year of the Dragon

Running through September 3, rain or shine, at the Pepsi Skyline Stage, the 1,500-seat, canopied, open-air theater on Navy Pier.

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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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4:00pm

Microsoft Excel 2007 Level 1 class

A class designed for beginning Excel users. Cost:$20

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5:00pm

Pride in Every Color

Fun, learning, networking and an opportunity to win great door prizes. Speaker Brian Schipper, VP of Human Resources Groupon. RSVP douglas_hulst@hermanmiller.com by June 15

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TPAN 25th Birthday Party

Celebrate a quarter century of service to Chicago’s HIV Community. Spring Campaign goal: raising $25,000 for HIV education programming. General admission $25. Free for all TPAN volunteers, Ride for AIDS participants, Chicago Takes Off performers, and anyone who contributes $100 to our Spring Campaign. VIP contributions of $100 or more get a $25 gift card to Spacio. www.spaciospa.com. Register online.

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6:00pm

Pride Deconstructed: The 2012 Birdhouse Art Auction & Cocktail Party

Chicago House Social Service Agency, Bays English Muffins and Room & Board Present "Pride Deconstructed: The 2012 Birdhouse Art Auction & Cocktail Party. The Summer event everyone is tweeting about!

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7:00pm

Back Lot Bash

The ninth annual Back Lot Bash is the hottest, most rockin' and most attended outdoor women's party taking place ALL Pride Weekend in Chicago.

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Love Loud Love Proud

Stop in to 1 of these 4 Chicago Locations; Lovers Playground on Hubbard, Wells Books, Frenchy's or Over 21. Give us your name and email address to enter to win a gift box of lubes, oils, and creams from Wet.

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Out in the Suburbs

Links North Shore Youth Health Service panel discussion about LGBT issues in the schools. Participants from Links’ Pride Youth Program will share their experiences alongside adult speakers from Equality Illinois, Lambda Legal, PFLAG, and local schools. Links’ Pride Youth Program serves grades 9-12.

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Dinner & a Movie Pride Celebration

DLCBTL NYTZ (Delectable Nights) kicks off Pride with a screening of the film Godfather of Disco. Afterwards, dance to the sounds of DJs Sandra Suave, John Simmons, Lady D and a special performance by Latanza Waters. $5 general admission. Jerry's, 1938 W. Division St.

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Opening night, The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me

Glitterati Productions presents The Pride Films and Plays Production of David Drake's work in a new 20th anniversary edition featuring Chad Ryan. Tickets for all regular performances are $20.

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Elizabeth Crane, author We Only Know So Much

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8:00pm

CRAM Pride Kickoff Party

Sexy male models, DJ Chris Spinazzola, complimentary beverage (21+), gift bags for the first 30 people, raffles and more.

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Skin: Pride Kickoff Party

Damian Christopher and DJ Sean O'Hara introduce Skin, a pride kickoff party featuring hot boys, sexy sounds, great drinks.

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9:00pm

Dollhouse Drag Review

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Killer Komedy Kill Hatred

Charity show where all comics are GLBT. Proceeds to the Matthew Shepard Foundation. Comics include Matteo Lane, Irene Tu, Marc Peurye, Lindsay Adams, Bradley Thomas, Homer Marrs, Suzzanne Monk, Darren Marshall, Jarrell Scott, and Kelsey Gruebnau.

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10:00pm

Crew Karaoke

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Qweirdo

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LIVE Music Karaoke / Ultimate Open Mic

Charlie's has some great local musicians & singers that throw down, creating a fantastic live music show. It's acoustic & laid back. Join them and be part of the band.

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