ChicagoPride.com: LGBT Chicago events for Friday, June 22, 2012

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Chicago Pride Fest®

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Bill Pritchard LIVE on 103.5 KISS FM's Brotha Fred Show

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Practice and Prep Workshop for Typing, Employment and GED

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events around Chicago Friday, June 22, 2012

Parlour on Clark *

BOYBAR featuring DJ Teri Bristol and $2 well $2 Lite Pints

Big Chicks *

DJ and dancing 10 p.m., no cover, 1/3 lb cheeseburger $5, $3 basket of appetizers (zucchini, mushroom, onion rings, poppers)

Bobby Love's *

Karaoke w/ Creagh 9:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.

Touche *

1st week - MAFIA; 2nd week - Full Moon party and contest; 3rd week - ONYX Club night, Club Room open at 10 p.m.

Charlie's *

Two-steppin’ lessons with Stina at 10 p.m., country with DJ Michael B ‘til 1:30 a.m., Afterhours dance with DJ LuLu

InnExile

Here’s the Beef male dancers 11 p.m.

Encompass Nightclub

Karaoke, $4 24 oz. Big Boy Lites

Jeffrey Pub

Guys All Night Out dance party, $3 cover

Maneuvers Bar

All Night Dance Party

Halsted's Bar and Grill

$5 Stoli mixed & bombs, $12 Bud Light/Miller Lite pitchers

Taverna 750

Taverna 750's popular $5 late night menu features the perfect treat to end or prolong your evening. 11:00pm-1:30am

Roscoe's

$15 Absolut Pink Lemonade Pitchers, $3.50 Coors Light Drafts, $4.50 Peroni Drafts, $5 Svedka Skittle Bombs

Rehab Lounge

5pm-4am: 1/2 Price All Pints, $5 Jagerbombs

Club Krave

Male dancers w/ bartenders Eric and Romey, $10 dom. buckets, $16 import buckets, DJ Brandi Wyne

Baton Show Lounge

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

Little Jim's

$6 Draft Pitchers

Berlin Nightclub

Cosmix: DJ Greg Haus, electro, progressive, and alternative, $1 select shots, $3 Bacardi Bombs, $5 “Tropical Sex” pints, $5.50 42 Below Vodka. $5 and up cover starts at 11 p.m.

DS Tequila Company

$1 Shots

Broadway Youth Center

6PM-9PM: Friday Drop In, A safe space for youth, includes education and support groups, anonymous HIV testing and medical care.

Bonsai Bar & Lounge

DJ Techno KIDD, spinning hits all night long. Never a cover and always $4 cocktails. Must be 21/with ID.

Wang's

Think Pink Friday's with DJ Stinky Pinky

Downtown Bar and Lounge

See your favorite Chicago DJ's every week! 10pm-2am

3160

POP goes the Gio at 9 p.m.

Atmosphere Bar

Bi-Polar Fridays with male dancers from Sarabia (7-9 p.m.) and Exclusive Manwatch of MI (11- close). Hosted by Regina Upright, DJ Eric Hall, $5 Stoli Blueberry, $13 Cosmo pitchers

Sidetrack

Showtunes 5-9 p.m., Best of Sidetrack 9 p.m. - 2 a.m.

The Call (Chicago)

After-work retro video cocktail party 6-9 p.m., TGIF Video hits after 9, $4.50 Stella bottles, $1 Dekuyper shots

Jackhammer

DJ Man Scott, 1st Fri.-The Flesh Hungry Dog Show, Last Fri.-ManHunt.com party

Mary's Attic

Feel Good Fridays with Rogue DJ at 9 p.m., $3 Bama-Slamma shots, $5 Mary’s Punch pints

Crew Bar & Grill

P.B.R. Cans $2, Goose Island Honkers pints $3.50, $5 Mega Mojitos, 1/2 price nachos, 4th Friday-Frat Boy Friday, w/ Hot Jock Contest at 11:30 p.m.

Man's Country

Live male strippers

Manhandler

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

Hunters

Release Fridays with DJ Ron G., $2.50 Miller products

Scarlet Bar

The First Ward Ball, $4 Well Drinks, $4 wine glasses, $4 domestics, DJ Dolo

Hamburger Mary's

$5 “Mary’s Punch” pints and $4 Shock Top pints

7:00am

Bill Pritchard LIVE on 103.5 KISS FM's Brotha Fred Show

Tune in to hear this annual exchange between Boystown's unofficial Mayor and the King & Queen of the airwaves on Chicago's 103.5 KISS FM.

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12:00pm

Macy’s Pride Event with the Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus

Musical lunch hour relives the era of MTV and Solid Gold with 80's hits as the Chorus celebrates the decade it was born and springboards into its 30th anniversary.

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1:00pm

Practice and Prep Workshop for Typing, Employment and GED

A class/workshop designed for users who want to brush up on their typing skills in three essential areas. Cost: $10

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4:00pm

Chicago Pride Fest®

This festive two-day event June 22-23, 2012 - held before Chicago's iconic Pride Parade on June 24 – marks the first official party of summer. $7 donation benefits the Northalsted Business Alliance.

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Online Interest? - Learning Pinterest

This free one session class is for users who want to learn about the trendy online social network site, Pinterest. It covers establishing an account and obtaining and pinning images of your favorite interests for others to view and share.

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5:00pm

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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Young Leaders Board The First Five Years Pride Celebration

Rooftop terrace, hosted by Cyon Flare, dj Daniel Borrero. Food and full bar. $20 donation includes three drink tickets.

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6:00pm

Baby Girls and Co. Pre-Pride Women’s Party

“Ada” is a pride event for women. Four hours of awesome ambiance by the beach and dance music by DJade and the ”Foxy BabyGirls.” Gourmet food, one drink included. Please indicate if you prefer a vegetarian option during registration. Menu is on the event website. $45. General Admission. Cash bar.

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Congregation Or Chadash Pride BBQ

Followed by a Shabbat Beach Service. More info: office@orchadash.org

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Bolder than Out

Kitchen table discussion on developments in HIV prevention and vaccine study results. Discuss public policy and resources for African-American communities. Dinner 6 pm, program at 7 pm. Coalition for Justice and Respect. RSVP cjr.chicago@gmail.com or 773-257-3050

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Pride Weekend Kickoff Cruise

Mystic Blue presents Miss Foozie. The third annual cruise welcomes all adults celebrating the diversity of our city. Includes one free drink and a souvenir glass, the Lake-Breeze Dinner Lounge Buffet, DJs playing hot beats, and amazing skyline views, dancing. 21+ only, valid photo ID at boarding.

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7:00pm

Women's Movie Night

In partnership with LCCP, Women's Movie Night is a monthly free, fun and casual night for all women! For Pride, we're planning our biggest movie night yet.

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Girls Like Us! Season 1 LGBT Movie Premiere

Chill Productions presents a LGBT movie premiere, 7pm Red Carpet, 8pm showtime

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Neil Simon's

The action takes place in four playlets, all set in suites 203 and 204 of the elegant Beverly Hills Hotel.

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St. Sukie de la Croix, Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago

Colorful record of LGBT people in Chicago from the city's beginnings in the 1670s as a fur-trading post to the cusp of Stonewall.

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Theater on the Lake Pride Weekend

Theater on the Lake is offering discounted $10 Pride tickets all weekend!

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8:00pm

My Asian Mom

My Asian Mom, an evening of 10-minute one-act plays directed by Joe Yau. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.

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Nora Dunn’s new one woman show Mythical Proportions

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Swallow Your Pride

GayCo Productions new sketch comedy, 'Swallow Your Pride' runs every Friday and Saturday at 8pm until July 7. Visit gayco.com for more information.

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Divas Pride Show

An array of fantastic performers and hosted by Mr. Club Krave Sylvester Smooth. Win Madonna tickets. $10 domestic buckets, $16 import buckets, $1 off all vodka cocktails. DJ Kyle R.

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RTD Dance & Friends Present: Return

Rachel Thorne Germond Dance & Friends. Performances will be Friday through Sunday June 22-24, 2012. Friday & Saturday performances are at 8pm and Sunday is at 7pm. Tickets are $12 General Admission/$10 Students & Seniors www.linkshall.org

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9:00pm

Gender Bent show/Lipstick night

Celebrate gender-bending and straight-up lesbians this Friday night at Parlour.

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10:00pm

Shower Contest

Join Spin Host Victor each Friday for their legendary Shower Contest at Midnight!

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Steamwerkz The Musical opening

Steamwerkz,a brand new musical from The Annoyance, opens tonight with shows every Friday through Aug. 31.

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3rd Annual Spanglish Pride Friday Party

Castro Entertainment's Biggest party of the year. Live performances.

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Great Lakes Bears

Celebrate Pride with the Great Lakes Bears. Drawings for free bear T-shirts and free pizza at midnight.

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Hot Jock Contest

A basket of goodies at the monthly Hot Jock Contest, moved up a week for Pride. Sign up at 10:30 pm; contest at 11. 1st place: $150 in cash and prizes. $65 mega Mojitos, $3.50 312 drafts, $2 PBR cans, $2 Malort shots.

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Andrew Christian Underwear Show

Take a brief look at the newest styles from underwear designer Andrew Christian and enjoy DJ Laura B spinning until 4 am.

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11:00pm

RuPaul's Drag Race stars Jiggly Caliente and The Princess

Two performances at 11 pm and midnight. $5 in advance; $10 at the door; $20 VIP meet & greet includes hosted bar package 10-11 pm. Also, shake it at the Friday night dance party or get wet with the shower contest, hosted by Victor at 12:30 am.

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Mad Midnight: A Sixties Sketch Comedy Cocktail

Join Cake-n-Hatred and fall into the alcoholism, sexism, racism and all the other great isms of the 1960s in their second sketch comedy review MAD MIDNIGHT.

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