ChicagoPride.com: LGBT Chicago events for Thursday, May 10, 2012

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Windy City Gay Idol

MAY

Dollhouse Drag Review

MAY

A Taste for the Arts/30th Anniversary Gala

MAY

AfterWork KaraokeThursday

MAY

Best Gay Chicago.com 5th Anniversary Party

MAY

Chicago's 44th Annual Gay Pride Parade

JUN

events around Chicago Thursday, May 10, 2012

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

Parlour on Clark *

Lipstick The Lesbian Dance Party featuring $4 cocktails

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

3160 *

Arnie Lanza

Maneuvers Bar *

$7.00 Bottomless Miller Lite Draft

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

Hunters *

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

Crew Bar & Grill

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

Club Krave

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

The Call (Chicago)

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

Mary's Attic

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

Spin Nightclub

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

Bonsai Bar & Lounge

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

Roscoe's

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

Downtown Bar and Lounge

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

Scot's

$4 all drafts

Encompass Nightclub

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

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

CGY: Youth Pride Center

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

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

Hamburger Mary's

$3.50 home brew pints

Pie Hole Pizza Joint

Karaoke with Creagh

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

The Noble Fool Theater

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

Baton Show Lounge

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

Jackhammer

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

Broadway Youth Center

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

Jeffrey Pub

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

Little Jim's

$2.25 Busch Light/Old Style

Bobby Love's

$1 off domestic & draft, $1 Pucker

The Art Institute of Chicago

Free Admission 5:00–8:00 PM

Center on Halsted

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

Touche

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

5:00pm

Clock Out Rock Out: Team Shaine Edition

DJs Voxbox and Moose will be playing Team Shaine's favorite cuts (such as Prince, Kylie, Olivia, Benatar and MJ) with all proceeds from the signature lemony Shaine-tini going to benefit their efforts with Ride for AIDS Chicago. http://teamshaine.com/

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6:00pm

A Taste for the Arts/30th Anniversary Gala

A Taste for the Arts/30th Anniversary Gala, hosted by Rick and Deann Bayless and Donna LaPietra and Bill Kurtis, will highlight student and alumni art and performance alongside the dazzling cuisine of Chicago’s top chefs, including Rick Bayless, Tony Mantuano, Stephanie Izard, Takashi Yagihashi and more. www.atasteforthearts.org for more information.

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7:00pm

AfterWork KaraokeThursday

AfterWork Karaoke every Thursday in Andersonville at The Call on Bryn Mawr. Singing starts at 7pm. Always a secret song for $25 bar tab! Hosted By Karaoke by Creagh. Beer bucket specials all day - but order by 10p and get a basket of fries from our friends at Burger Philosophy. Weekly themes. So who are you gonna sing?

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Best Gay Chicago.com 5th Anniversary Party

Celebrate with hosted Svedka Vodka bar, starting at 7 pm. Fabulous gourmet pizzas, fun giveaways and more. No cover but you must RSVP to get in.

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8:00pm

Henry V by William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare’s popular history play brings to life the newly crowned prince who has left behind his reckless youth to emerge as a dynamic leader, discovering the hard choices that leadership requires.

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9:00pm

Windy City Gay Idol

Join the search for the next singing superstar with Chicago's favorite LGBT bar event. Signup begins at 9 pm; contest begins at 10. $5 gets you your voting ballot; $10 contestant signup fee. Bring all your friends because audience votes decide the winner. The top two contestants move on to the semifinals in June. The top winner of the night receives $100 cash. Lots of fun raffles and prizes.

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Dollhouse Drag Review

Join The Princess, Phi Phi O’Hara and different guest stars each week for a fresh, creative and exciting drag show unlike any other that you’ve seen before! Featuring up-and-coming talent with lots of energy!

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Steampunk Thursdays

Elate is taking its eco-friendly philosophy to new heights, on Thursdays, by re-inventing itself as the Steampunk center of Chicago.

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10:00pm

Parlour on Clark Presents: Glam Revue

Show cast includes the incomparably vintage beauty Lana Lake and the sassy and gorgeous Nautica Nero. Hosted by the beautiful and statuesque Miss Gay Illinois USofA at Large and Miss Tri-State North America International at Large Cee-Cee LaRouge. Featured guest performer is LaTonya Manroe LaRouge from Springfield, IL.

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MAY

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