ChicagoPride.com: LGBT Chicago events for Thursday, May 31, 2012

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Inside Out Faith with Jennifer Knapp

MAY

Dollhouse Drag Review

MAY

Drag Idol Semi-Finals

MAY

Cirque Shanghai: Year of the Dragon

MAY

Chicago's 44th Annual Gay Pride Parade

JUN

Northalsted Market Days

AUG

events around Chicago Thursday, May 31, 2012

DS Tequila Company *

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

Maneuvers Bar *

$7.00 Bottomless Miller Lite Draft

Atmosphere Bar *

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

Hunters *

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

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.

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

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

North End *

$9.75 Miller Lite Pitchers

3160 *

Arnie Lanza

Bonsai Bar & Lounge

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

Spin Nightclub

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

Jeffrey Pub

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

Encompass Nightclub

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

Scot's

$4 all drafts

Bobby Love's

$1 off domestic & draft, $1 Pucker

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

Roscoe's

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

Broadway Youth Center

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

Charlie's

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

The Art Institute of Chicago

Free Admission 5:00–8:00 PM

CGY: Youth Pride Center

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

Center on Halsted

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

Crew Bar & Grill

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

Little Jim's

$2.25 Busch Light/Old Style

Jackhammer

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

Rehab Lounge

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

The Call (Chicago)

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

The Noble Fool Theater

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

Club Krave

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

Downtown Bar and Lounge

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

Manhandler

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

Halsted's Bar and Grill

$5.95 Buffalo chicken wraps, all drafts $3.50

Baton Show Lounge

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

Pie Hole Pizza Joint

Karaoke with Creagh

Mary's Attic

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

Hamburger Mary's

$3.50 home brew pints

Touche

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

12:00pm

The Chicago Underground Film Festival

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2:00pm

Cirque Shanghai: Year of the Dragon

Running May 24-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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5:00pm

Personal PAC The Power of Choice

Rockin' at the House of Blues with top leaders. Inside information and silent auctions. RSVP by May 22.

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VICTORY: The Triumphant Gay Revolution signing

Book signing, dinner and presentation by Linda Hirshman on her latest book, the story of how a dedicated and resourceful minority transformed the notion of American equality and forged a classic campaign for cultural change that will serve as a model for all future political movements. Cash bar reception, dinner $30. RSVP by phone.

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‘Limbo’ art show

The title refers to Satre’s status after the UK refused a student visa after London’s Royal Academy of Arts chose him to be in its postgraduate program. More info at TullySatre@gmail.com.

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7:00pm

Inside Out Faith with Jennifer Knapp

Part concert, part story telling event, Inside Out Faith presented by Jennifer Knapp is about breaking the cone of silence experienced by many LGBT people of faith. Before 'coming out', Jennifer was a well known musician in the Christian music scene. She will be playing her music and sharing about her journey with the challenges she has faced in publicly claiming her faith and sexual orientation as well as her hope for others to step into their unique identities.

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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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9:00pm

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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Drag Idol Semi-Finals

A winner has been chosen every week to secure a spot to compete in the Drag Idol Semi-Finals to win a prize package worth over $10,000!

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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

Qweirdo!

A recurring showcase of Chicago's top gay comedians, improvisers and artists coming together every Thursday at 10 from May 31st to June 28th to make you laugh in the way that only your gay best friend can. Featuring Cameron Esposito (stand-up), Rhea Butcher (stand-up), Gerald: The Harold’s Gay Brother (improv) and 1, 2, 3, Fag! (improv).

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Crew Karaoke

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MAY

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