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Friday, September 7, 2012

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9:00am

Taking Pride in Wellness: LGBTQ Healthy Aging Fair

Second annual LGBTQ wellness fair, providing resources and strategies for healthy aging. Created by and for LGBTQ people over the age of 55. Features a keynote speaker, complimentary lunch, massages, health check-ups, flu and pneumonia shots, activities, prizes and more than 40 community vendors. Free and open to the public.
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11:00am

'Visions of Life from France and Spain' opening reception

Four-day exhibition begins with private opening reception on Sept. 6 and opens to the public on Sept. 7. Meet the artists in person in the gallery on Sept. 7 & 8 from 11:30am to 2:30pm & 6pm to 8pm; Sept. 9 from 1pm to 3pm. No admission fee.
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12:00pm

Encore Weekend of 'Sordid Lives' with Del Shores

A black comedy about white trash. Nominated for over thirty awards in its LA run. Thursday and Saturday at 8 pm; Friday night at midnight.
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4:00pm

Windy City Wine Festival

Chicago’s Windy City Wine Festival, a late-summer tradition in the heart of downtown, celebrates its 8th anniversary this year—bigger and better than ever.
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5:00pm

Jess T. Dugan, Solo Photography Exhibition, Every Breath We Drew

Schneider Gallery is pleased to present, Every Breath We Drew, a new portfolio of intimate photographs by Jess T. Dugan. Through a series of highly personal portraits, Dugan examines the power of identity, desire, and connection within the queer and transgender communities and more.
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MetCap Artist

Art Works Chicago continues with the installation of a new exhibit featuring Pennsylvania curator and artist Dan Mills, whose works investigate notions of political and social bias in maps. Shuttles will be available for transferring gallery-goers to and from the River North Art District.
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Elizabeth St. A Lucid Artist Co-op Gallery Exhibit free reception

The Lucid Artist Co-op Gallery and Petroff Photography are hosting an exhibition of art by Chicago Artists. A cross section of styles and media including painting, drawing, sculpture, encaustic, printmaking and jewelry will be presented through Sept. 30. For more information call Jessica Q. Lucas.
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6:00pm

Equality Illinois First Friday Networking Social

Monthly social. This month partnering with Test Positive Awareness Network (TPAN).
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Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows

Thomas Masters is proud to present an exhibition of photographs by Vivian Maier (1926 - 2009) taken from Jeffrey Goldstein’s collection of her work—about 20,000 black and white negatives, color slides and vintage prints.
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Collateral Damage: the Human Face of War

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Between Tragedy and Frivolity’ and David Reninger’s ‘Animal Tales’

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Man Cave

A peer led, casual conversation group, for those 18 and older, who identify as female to male, transgender individuals, or are female bodied and are questioning their gender. The conversation is lead by Paxton Neville
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7:00pm

The Comic Thread

2012 Chicago Fringe Festival invites emerging and established performing artists from Chicago, the U.S. and beyond to showcase their work and add to the dialogue of theatrical art.
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Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform.
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WSGA Dinner

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8:00pm

MTV Video Music Awards After Party

Join Scarlet as they celebrate the winners of the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards. Featuring DJ DOLO
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Males Order Brides

Shifty lawyer Big Harry Deal thinks he has hatched the perfect scheme to make a quick buck. Audience members are invited to bring rowdy attitudes and talk back, boo, hiss, and throw popcorn to support the hero and bash the villain!
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Put It In the Scrapbook--Chicago Fringe Festival

Put It In the Scrapbook, an original one-person show about the life of vaudeville’s most famous female impersonator Julian Eltinge, is an official selection of the Chicago Fringe Festival to be performed August 30-September 9th, 2012.
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Daphne Scott with the Comic Thread

A "Fringe Festival" can be loosely defined as a performance festival that seeks the un-tried and the weird. Daphne Scott, out lesbian comic, has been selected to perform through Sept. 9. $10.
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9:00pm

Shower Contest

Join Spin for their legendary Shower Contest at Midnight! Get there by 11:30pm to register. First prize is $100 and second prize is $50 SPIN bar tab!
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Del Shores show

Out writer/storyteller Del Shores will perform as part of his “Naked.Sordid.Reality” tour. $20. After the show, Shores will attend Ludicrous Theatre Company’s reboot of its production of Del Shores’ Sordid Lives—with the original cast getting together again for one weekend only at Athenaeum Theater.
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Health Aging Fair

Please join us for our second annual LGBT wellness fair providing resources and strategies for healthy aging. This event is free and open to the public.
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10:00pm

Juicy Friday's

Juicy Will Hydrate You! Featuring great music and Go-Go's until 4am. No cover until 11pm
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Every Friday

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

Baton Show Lounge

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

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.

Big Chicks

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

Bobby Love's

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

Bonsai Bar & Lounge

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

Broadway Youth Center

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

Bucks Saloon

$10 Miller pitchers, $2 Schnapps

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
Popular on Fridays

Club Krave

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

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.

Downtown Bar and Lounge

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

DS Tequila Company

$1 Shots

Encompass Nightclub

Karaoke, $4 24 oz. Big Boy Lites

Halsted's Bar and Grill

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

Hamburger Mary's

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

Hunters

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

InnExile

Here’s the Beef male dancers 11 p.m.

Jackhammer

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

Jeffrey Pub

Guys All Night Out dance party, $3 cover

Little Jim's

$6 Draft Pitchers

Maneuvers Bar

All Night Dance Party

Manhandler

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

Man's Country

Live male strippers

Mary's Attic

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

Parlour on Clark

BOYBAR featuring DJ Teri Bristol and $2 well $2 Lite Pints
Popular on Fridays

Rehab Lounge

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

Roscoe's

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

Scarlet Bar

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

Sidetrack

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

Taverna 750

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

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

Touche

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

Velvet Rope

Karaoke with Creagh, $6 Grey Goose

Wang's

Think Pink Friday's with DJ Stinky Pinky

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