ChicagoPride.com: LGBT Chicago events for Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

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1:00pm

Welcome to BabyBoomers. We are a group of womyn 45 years old or older in the Chicago area community gathering for fun and friendship. Activities include great discussions, dining out, movies, plays, dancing, or just having coffee. This group is open to both singles and couples. Our next event is a dinner.
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4:00pm

Spring is in the Air

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5:00pm

Rebecca Traister on women in the 2008 election

Author of Big Girls Don't Cry: the Election that Changed Everything for American Women, will examine the explosion of assumptions about who could be president, as issues of gender, race, and political power came into relief. Sponsored by the Northwestern Program in American Studies, in collaboration with the Departments of History and Political Science, the Program in Gender Studies, and the Medill School of Journalism.
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6:00pm

ASAP Kick-off Event

Jerry Azumah and the ASAP Foundation Hosts Kickoff Event for the Fourth Annual Signature Fundraiser at Swank Hotspot, Studio Paris
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7:00pm

Gay Liberation Network organizing meeting

Join with Chicago's LGBT direct action group at their monthly organizing meeting -- new members welcome!
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Take the Power 101

How To: Take the Power Teleconference w/ Director of Community Education Bev Tillery. RSVP online.
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‘Technicolor Dreamcoat’ sing-a-long

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, starring Donny Osmond, is a sing-along version with subtitles and features an introduction and question-and-answer session with Osmond live from Salt Lake City, plus an animated opening sequence which features an 80-piece orchestra. Among the local theaters involved are AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois St.; Showplace Webster Place 11, 1471 W. Webster Ave.; Roosevelt Collections, 150 W. Roosevelt Rd.; and Evanston 18, 1715 Maple Ave., Evanston. Tickets at box offices and online
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9:00pm

Bloom-n-Boom

On April 4th, Subject to Change will host Bloom-n-Boom at The Burlington, to celebrate the early blooming springtime, and the ongoing blooming of trans folks with the Chicago Women's Health Center's Trans Greater Access Project (TGAP), which promotes trans affirming healthcare. The program provides hormone therapy, trans sensitive gynecological exams and counseling, among other services.
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Mini University

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$1 Drink Night

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Curtains Up! Showtune Video Night

A night of your favorite showtune videos in Andersonville! All of the classics from stage and screen and a lot of new ones thrown in for your singing, laughing and watching enjoyment!
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Windy City Gay Idol

Windy City Gay Idol, now in its 10th year, searches for the best amateur GLBT singers in the Chicago area. Singer with the most votes gets $100 and goes on to semifinals. Singers sign up at 8pm. Learn more online.
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Paul Marinaro returns to Club 3160

Paul returns to the mic, singing his favorites and yours, as well as a healthy dose of Billie Holiday songs in honor of her 97th Birthday!
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Every Wednesday

3160

Paul Marinaro and His Jazz Trio

Angelina Ristorante

Neighborhood night - 20% off the bill for Lakeview residents

Atmosphere Bar

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

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

Big Chicks

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

Bobby Love's

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

Bonsai Bar & Lounge

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

Broadway Youth Center

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

Cell Block

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

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.

Charlie's

$2 Miller Lites, $3 Skyy cocktails

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

Crew Bar & Grill

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

DS Tequila Company

Trivia at 8pm

Encompass Nightclub

All domestic bottled brews $1

Halsted's Bar and Grill

$5.95 chicken fajitas, $3.50 Coronas

Hamburger Mary's

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

HB: Home Bistro

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

Hydrate

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

Jackhammer

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

Jeffrey Pub

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

Little Jim's

$3.50 Premium Beers

Lucky Horseshoe

Jock Night

Maneuvers Bar

$3.00 U-Call-It Well Drinks

Manhandler

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

Mary's Attic

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

Minibar

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

North End

Karaoke

Parlour on Clark

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

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.
Popular on Wednesdays

Rehab Lounge

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

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

Scarlet Bar

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

Scot's

$2 off all Cosmos

Sidetrack

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

Spin Nightclub

$1 Cocktails/Wine/Beer
Popular on Wednesdays

Taverna 750

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

The Call (Chicago)

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

The Glenwood

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

Touche

Bear-Chested night

Velvet Rope

$6 pizza specials, $3 drafts

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