ChicagoPride.com: LGBT Chicago events for Wednesday, August 15, 2012

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events around Chicago Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Pie Hole Pizza Joint *

All-You-Can-Shove night, $9.99 for all-you-can-eat slices and a soda, Poetic Hole open mic poetry reading 10 p.m.

Spin Nightclub *

$1 Cocktails/Wine/Beer

Atmosphere Bar *

Chicago Exclusive Male Dancers from Fierce Casting, $5 Bacardi drinks

HB: Home Bistro *

Every Wednesday HB offers a fixed price meal. Three course for $29. It is a popular night so please make reservations.

Sidetrack

Cocktail Hour videos 3-8 p.m., Classic Sidetrack, 8 p.m.-2 am

Big Chicks

Euchre Club 7:30 p.m., $4 Stoli Martini, $6 Leinie Pitchers, $5 Quesadilla night (Chicken or Veggie)

DS Tequila Company

Trivia at 8pm

Rehab Lounge

5pm-4am: $4 Stella Pints, $8 Domestic Pitchers

Parlour on Clark

Indie Parlour :: Rotating Indie DJ's and $3 PBR

Cell Block

Open 4 p.m. w/ Giani, All import beers (bottles & drafts) $3.50

Scot's

$2 off all Cosmos

The Call (Chicago)

Curtains Up! Wednesdays with showtune videos at 8 p.m., $3 off Absolut & Skyy martinis and cosmos

Crew Bar & Grill

Open for lunch 11:30a.m., Blue Moon pints $3.50, 1/2 price Martinis

Center on Halsted

3PM-8PM: Young Women's Program (14-24), a night for lesbian, bi, and trans females to explore issues and activities important to them.

Berlin Nightclub

$1 select shots, $2 PBRs, $5 Tropical Sex pints, $4 Malibu black. 1st Wed.—Electrohouse w/DJs Pete Augusta an Adam EL.; 2nd Wed.—Dub Hangover with Jason Cox; 3rd Wed.— GLO Euro pop night w/DJ Gabriel. Last Wed.—Static Electroshock Therapy

North End

Karaoke

Jackhammer

$1 well drinks, $5 buy-in, play Wii

Mary's Attic

MaryOke with DJ Matador at 9pm. $3 well cocktails and domestic bottles

Bobby Love's

$1 off domestic, $1 Pucker, $3 Jäger shots

Lucky Horseshoe

Jock Night

Angelina Ristorante

Neighborhood night - 20% off the bill for Lakeview residents

Charlie's

$2 Miller Lites, $3 Skyy cocktails

3160

Paul Marinaro and His Jazz Trio

Touche

Bear-Chested night

Broadway Youth Center

6PM-8PM: TYRA, A group for transgender and questioning youth to hang out, gain support from peers, and to get informed.

Bonsai Bar & Lounge

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

The Glenwood

Grindr party: come meet local guys using the Grindr app, grinder sandwiches served, 7-10 p.m./

Scarlet Bar

Barber Shop Chair Shots, $4 Svedka Cocktails, $3 PBR Tall Boys

Hydrate

$4 Skyy Cocktails, $4 Bacardi Bombs, $4 Coronas, Hydrag Revue at 11pm

Jeffrey Pub

Game night—Bid Whist, spades, dominoes, darts, drink tickets for every winning hand

Roscoe's

$12 Three-O Pomegranate Cosmo Pitchers, 1/2 Off Bottles of Wine, $2.50 Miller Lite Drafts, $10 Miller Lite Pitchers, $5 Smirnoff Bombs, Karaoke with Honey West at 10pm

Manhandler

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

Minibar

$5 Top Shelf Cocktail night at minibar! All cocktails on Wednesday are $5 all night long.

Halsted's Bar and Grill

$5.95 chicken fajitas, $3.50 Coronas

Taverna 750

Taverna 750's Wednesday Midweek Treat, complimentary dessert with your dinner. Make your reservation or just stop on by!

Hamburger Mary's

$2 off all Mary’s “Special-Tease” cocktail pints

Maneuvers Bar

$3.00 U-Call-It Well Drinks

Club Krave

$5 Three Olive cocktails; $7 Three Olive martinis, 1st & 3rd Wed.: Island Girls meetings with bartender Miss Brandi Wyne. 2nd & 4th Wed.: So You Think You Can Drag

Encompass Nightclub

All domestic bottled brews $1

Little Jim's

$3.50 Premium Beers

9:00am

Join Equality Illinois at the Chicago State Fair

Equality Illinois, in partnership with Lambda Legal, will staff a booth at The Illinois State Fair to share information about issues important to the LGBT community, promote marriage equality, register voters and increase visibility to the hundreds of thousands of fairgoers from all over Illinois.

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10:00am

Valor Games Midwest

World Sport Chicago hosts the second annual Valor Games Midwest, a three-day paralympic event for wounded, ill or injured service members and veterans, on Aug. 13-15.

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11:00am

BBR/GL Chamber Networking Lunch

Every Wednesday, a progressive networking lunch to network with an exclusive industry specific environment.

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6:00pm

ALCC 25th Anniversary Summer Party: Planet J-Pop: From Tokyo With Love

ALCC is going to take you out of this world! Join them at Sidetrack on Wednesday, August 15th as they blast off to Planet J-Pop to see the world of Japan as you’ve never seen it before.

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Little City Foster Care & Adoption Orientation

Care to Foster? Little City Foundation is in need of people willing to care for DCFS children in their home. Little City's foster care and adoption program serves children with special needs between the ages of 0-21, with the greatest level of need being for children between the ages of 8 and 16 with moderate to severe developmental delays and/or emotional/behavior issues.

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HIV+ support group

For anyone living with HIV regardless of length of diagnosis, we offer HIV+ Support Groups. Our support groups run on 10-week cycles and are age-specific. The groups are facilitated by a mental health professional with extensive training in HIV and STDs and are a safe, confidential space for people who are living with HIV to share their experiences, to learn from each other, and to find support from others who may be going or may have gone through similar circumstances. Pre-registration required.

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Scrooge & Marley movie Christmas in July party

Featuring Jeannie Tanner and Lisa McQueen, and other musical guests. More details soon

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Swinging in Chicago! Summerdance 2012

Chicago SummerDance In The Parks every Wednesday through Sept. 12. Dance Lessions from 6 to 7 pm. Live Music from 7-9 pm.

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Think Tank Comedy

Think Tank, a sketch comedy group from Chicago who has performed together for more than 4 years, will premiere its TV pilot “Misguided TV” at the Music Box Theatre. Members include Paul Robinson, Brent Bridwell, Kevin Carroll and Peter Stepnoski.

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8:00pm

World Premiere of Band of Sisters

Documentary produced in Chicago about the journey of Catholic sisters in the United States from sheltered "daughters of the church" to citizens of the world. Band of Sisters will screen through September 20, with local director Mary Fishman in person at select screenings.

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9:00pm

Curtains Up! Showtune Video Night

Come and enjoy the music of the Great White Way and the Silver Screen,

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10:00pm

Hydrag Revue

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