Gay life in Chicago this week, back in ...
1983
GAY CHICAGO REWIND
Thu. November 29, 2012 12:00 AM
by Sukie de la Croix
Gay life in Chicago this week, back in ...
1983
"An Evening With Quentin Crisp" is extended until December 11 at the Ivanhoe Theater, 750 W. Wellington.
Snippets of gossip from Rick Karlin's Potpourri column in Gay Chicago include: "The new look at the Closet is obviously working. The bar was packed last Friday night; North End opened last week, debutantes Mindy Kelly and Cookie Webb were spied sipping cocktails there and were also seen guzzling champagne at Berlin later that evening; and Take One, the new bar in Bughaus' old space will open soon (If it hasn't by the time that you read this)."
Restaurants with a gay clientele include the Fallen Angel, 2636 N. Clark St., "pasta primavera for 2 loaded with veggies and crème sauce $6.95"; Frank's Pizza Express, 1109 W. Bryn Mawr. "We'll deliver poppers or a Gay Chicago Magazine with any home delivery order, just ask"; and the Fireside Inn, 1446 N. Wells St. "Working late? Have our great ribs delivered to your home or office."
The Windy City Gay Chorus perform "Don We Now ... Five" at People's Church, 941 W. Lawrence.
In Gay Chicago, this week's Top Picks come from Tom Parks of Club 219/Milwaukee: 1) "Holiday" – Madonna; 2) "Telefone" – Sheena Easton; 3) "Where Is My Man?" – Eartha Kitt; 4) "Pilot Error" – Stephanie Mills; 5) "Rocket to your Heart" – Lisa; 6) "Talking in Your Sleep" – Romantics; 7) "All Night Long" – Lionel Ritchie; 8) "Say Say Say" – Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney; 9) "Let the Music Play" – Shannon; 10) "Aint Nobody" – Chaka Khan; 11) "I Am What I Am" – Gloria Gaynor; 12) "Earthquake" – Flirtations; 13) "You Know What To Do" – Carly Simon; 14) "Say It Isn't So" – Hall and Oates; 15) "Call Me (All Cuts)" – Sylvester; 16) "Automatic Man" – Michael Sembello; 17) "One Thing Leads to Another" – The Fixx; 18) "Take a Chance On Me" – Waterfront Home; 19) "Gimme the Word" – Paul Anka and Karla De Vito; 20) "Where Are You Now" – Cerrone.
A headline in the Chicago Tribune reads: "Three more die of AIDS; Chicago cases total 43."
1994
Late News in the December 1994 Outlines reads: "Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, the Milwaukee man convicted in 1992 of the murders of 17 men, was killed November 28 at Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin."
Club Roscoe, 3356 N. Halsted, celebrates its one year anniversary with DJ Psycho Bitch and hosts Sammy and Lisa and special guests DJ Teri Bristol, Dennis Remer, "hot and nasty" dancer Bijou's Chucky, and a little midnight treat.
A quote from Quotelines in Outlines, taken from an interview in the London Daily Mirror: "If I was gay I'd have enough integrity to say I like women. But I'm not." – Whitney Houston
ACT UP demonstrates outside the Illinois Department of Corrections for failing to deal with AIDS issues in the prison system.
Homocore COME, with the Jaks and the Cartographers, at the Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western.
The Chicago Department of Public Health hold a World AIDS Day Ceremony at the Harold Washington Library Auditorium, 400 S. State St., on the lower level. The Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jeffrey Zaslow emcees.
An article in Gay Chicago, under a photograph and the headline "Open Hand Opens North Side Grocery Center," reads: "Open Hand Chicago's Executive Director Sam Clark celebrates with Open Hand volunteers at the sneak preview of the North Side Grocery Center [3902 N. Sheridan]. The first program of its kind in the city, Open Hand Chicago's North Side Grocery Center will provide HIV/AIDS clients and their families with groceries, as well as nutrition education, evaluation, counseling, and food preparation consultation at no cost to its clients."
Lesbigay Radio Chicago hosts a private party to meet comedienne Susan Westenhoefer. A select group of 20 listeners are admitted to Paris Dance at midnight for an exclusive party with the comedy star. Invitations were given to 20 listeners who had purchased tickets for her Park West show.
Chicago Historical Society/Gerber Hart Library sponsor an evening of storytelling by Jan Branion Wethers and Ani Russell, telling life stories of people who died of AIDS. Takes place at Clark and North.
2000
In the bars and clubs this week, Rudy de la Mor performs at Gentry of Chicago, 440 N. State Street; Aerin Tedesco is at Girlbar 2625 N. Halsted, with opening act Kristin Van Meter; it's "Whiskeys Around the World" and also Hot Ash Wednesday Smoker with complimentary cigars at Cell Block, 3702 N. Halsted; Amy Armstrong works her magic at Voltaire, 3441-43 N. Halsted.
In this week's Windy City Times a headline reads: "Big Daddies closes."
"The bar Big Daddies, 2914 N. Broadway, has closed down, after losing its liquor license.'
Chicago Gender Society host a Christmas Gathering 2000 fundraising event called "Sonny and Cher Together Again" with dancing and a raffle. Takes place at the Galaxy, 4663 N. Ruby, Schiller Park.
The Oak Park Area Lesbian and Gay Association Prism steering committee meets at 1145 Westgate, Suite 106, Oak Park.
The Windy City Performing Arts present a free concert previewing the winter performance of "Don We Now 22" for GLBT youth and their allies at Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church, 600 W. Fullerton.
The 6th Annual Northalsted Holiday Walk has special appearances by Buttons the Clown, the She-Devil Elves, David the Balloon Man, Lake Side Freedom Band and Santa Claus.
Thanks go to publishers Michael Bergeron for Chicago Gay Crusader, Ralph and Craig Gernhardt for Gay Chicago, Grant Ford and Chuck Renslow for Gay Life, Malone Sizelove for Babble/Gab, and Tracy Baim for all the publications at the Windy City Media Group, which aided the above research. St. Sukie de la Croix is an internationally published reporter, playwright, photographer and historian. He is also the author of Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago Before Stonewall published by the University of Wisconsin Press
Homework
What happened to Voltaire?
Is Rudy de la Mor still around?
Who remembers Big Daddies?