In an effort to expand the opportunities available to its alumni artists, Marwen and Around the Coyote have partnered to present a month-long exhibition highlighting painters, photographers, installation artists and graffiti artists from Marwen's recent alumni.
Participating artists include Sadie Woods, Orlando Camacho, Ricardo Gamboa, Pater Pacheco, and Jennifer Lynn Hall. Marwen provides high quality visual arts education, college planning, and career development programs—all completely free of charge to Chicago’s under-served youth in grades 6-12.
Around the Coyote supports, promotes and makes accessible Chicago 's multidisciplinary arts community.
City Gallery hours: Monday – Saturday, 10 am – 6:30 pm, and Sunday, 10 am – 5 pm
The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Chicago Commission on Human Relations has commissioned world-renowned photographer Victor Skrebneski to photograph Chicago residents participating in the 2006 Gay Games Sports and Cultural Festival.
The exhibition will consist of black and white portraits of 14 Chicagoans by Skrebneski, reflecting the spectrum of events at Gay Games VII including athletes, dancers, and musicians. The 14 participants selected reflect Chicago’s communities as a whole and were chosen to reflect diversity within gender, race, ethnic origin, age, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
Athletes include: Mark Byrne (rugby), Michael Cheatham (bowling), Marcus Dodd (volleyball), Andrea Fraley (tennis), Jeffrey Fersch (flag football), Mary Garrity (softball), Mia Horberg (soccer), Kyle Jackson (swimming), Drew Jemilo (triathlon), Virginia McGathey (golf), Laura Noah (cycling), Debbie Rijos (physique), Gina Stewart (softball), and Jeff Olson (physique).
For more information, call 312.742.0808 (TTY 312.744.2947), or visit www.cityofchicago.org/CulturalAffairs.
A three-part exhibit featuring a traveling exhibition, Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945, from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, an extensive collection of red ribbon AIDS awareness pins, and past Gay Games memorabilia.
www.sticksandstonesexhibit.com
Cost
$0
Arts Festival Event
Joe Conlon 101 Talismans for a Happy Death
Host
Aron Packer Gallery
Time
11 am - 6 pm
Location
Aron Packer Gallery
Address
118 N Peoria Chicago IL
Event Description
Friday, July 14 6 - 9 PM opening reception
The late Chicago Artist Joseph Conlon’s series “101 Talismans for a happy death” will be on display at Aron Packer Gallery. Conlon, who was HIV positive for over 20 years, created the work in the last five years of his life and passed away in 2005.
The word Talismans is defined as an amulet or charm; anything with almost magical power. With this idea in mind, 101 Talismans for a Happy Death can be viewed as the artists attempt to confront mortality using the talisman of his art. The 101 reference in the talismans project was inspired by the Japanese story of 1000 cranes about the story of the girl in Hiroshima, Japan who thought if she could fold 1000 paper cranes it would free her from the suffering brought to her by the Atomic Bomb.
Sound also plays into Conlon’s representation of death. The video images are accompanied by an abstract soundscape by Sally Station. The soundtrack compels you to breathe deeply and rhythmically. The measured soundtrack and repeated visuals suggest something more than the distancing of trauma-they suggest an acceptance of meditation on the cycle of life and death.
ELEGANT is a traveling USA exhibition of Duane Cramer’s photographic works. It includes black and white images of male and female nudes, architectural elements from around the globe and some recognizable international personalities.
All of the photographs displayed are limited edition 16”X20” silver gelatin prints that have been selenium toned. All prints are signed verso in pencil by the artist. Most images are available for sale.
The Leather Archives & Museum will host a gay erotic Art Sale July 14th - 16th, during the Gay Games.
Hundreds of pieces of original art, photography and quality prints will be available for purchase with proceeds benefiting the LA&M. Notable artists include Jim Wigler, Lou Thomas, Chuck Arnett, The Hun, Etienne, Aries, Olaf, A.J. and many others. Many of the items available are from the estate of the late Tony DeBlase and were featured in Drummer Magazine, Foreskin Quarterly and many other Desmodus publications.
Museum exhibit galleries will also be open during the art sale.
Cost
$0
Arts Festival Event
Gay Games Online Art Gallery Sponsored by Around the Coyote
Host
Around the Coyote
Time
12 pm - 12 am
Location
www.aroundthecoyote.org
Address
www.aroundthecoyote.org
Event Description
Around the Coyote and the Gay Games have partnered to bring an online exhibition of fine art to an online art gallery to the myriad of events offered througout Chicago during the Gay Games.
The online exhibition features images from some of Chicago's best emerging sculptors, painters, printmakers and photographers along with images from artists from other parts of the world who come to Chicago for the Gay Games.
Around the Coyote is Chicago's preeminent emerging arts organization, now in its 18th year of programming.
Artwork from the online gallery can be seen in person at the 2006 Around the Coyote Fall Festival September 8-10 in Chicago's beautiful Wicker Park art neighborhood.
Cost
$0
Arts Festival Event
Catching The Spirit: The Gay Games Experience
Host
Gerber/Hart Library
Time
12 pm - 4 pm
Location
Gerber/Hart Library
Address
1127 West Granville Ave., Chicago
Event Description
An exhibition highlighting the history of the Gay Games and Chicagoans' participation in the Games.
The Art Dealers Association of Chicago marks the 11th anniversary of VISION, Chicago's premier celebration of visual arts. Free opening night festivities in both River North and the West Loop will be followed with two weeks of free programming, including gallery talks, happenings, music, meet-the-artist tours, weekend gallery walks and all new exhibitions.
Cost
$0
Arts Festival Event
Chicago SummerDance
Host
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Chicago Office of Tourism
Time
6 pm - 10 pm
Location
Spirit of Music Garden
Address
601 S. Michigan Avenue
Event Description
Chicago SummerDance is an eleven-week festival featuring one-hour dance lessons by professional dance instructors, followed by two hours of live music and dancing,
every Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening, 6 to 9:30 pm, and Sunday afternoon, 4 to 7 pm, weather-permitting.
Chicago SummerDance is formatted into themes featuring the DJ series of electronic dance music on Mondays and Wednesdays, world music ensembles on Thursdays, "popular nights" featuring jazz, Latin, country and funk on Fridays and Saturdays, and ballroon/big band on Sundays.
The Chicago SummerDance Nomadic DJ series continues for its third year, June 19-August 23, 2006. This roaming series
will now be held once a week at various downtown locations in the city, including Daley Plaza, Millennium Park, Grant Park and more.
For the first time, cheer teams will be an official/sanctioned event of the Gay Games cultural program, adding even more excitement and energy to the week-long cultural festival.
These teams have always played a part in the Gay Games, but in Gay Games VII they will be full-fledged participants, receiving Gay Games participant medals, marching with the other athletes and artists into the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, performing in their own exhibition and fully integrated into the Gay Games VII cultural program.
Through performances, which combine sharp motions, dance, extreme stunts and FUN, our cheerleaders will inspire hope, encouragement, spirit, strength, and support for the athletes.
This event includes key LGBT religious leaders and allies from a wide range of denominations, moderated by Harry Knox of the Human Rights Campaign, followed by a mixture of choral music featuring singers from around the U.S. and the world, including San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, New York's IllumiNation Chorale and Yvette Flunde. This Event is FREE to the public! www.ChicagoCulturalCenter.org
We invite you to experience the exciting world of COLOR GUARD!!
Competitive Color Guard has grown tremendously over the years. Official competitions exist today in the Unites States, Canada, Holland, Japan, England, Korea, Germany, Ireland, and South Africa and involve over 11,000 high school and college aged athletes.
Chicago’s Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corp or ROTC is proud to be your host at this first-ever, officially sanctioned Color Guard Event as part of the Cultural Program of the Gay Games.
Our Exhibition will showcase Color Guard performances from around the world!
The Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco announces the Chicago premiere of a musical comedy, Group Therapy, written by June Bonacich. Group Therapy is a freshly twisted, wacky story of a sexually confused woman who is new to San Francisco, trying to find herself--and a mate--in a gay group therapy session in the city's own gay mecca, the Castro.
Group Therapy promises to keep you on the edge of your seat with a variety of hilarious, touching, and thought-provoking songs that evoke the therapy and queer worlds. Come and enjoy outrageous numbers that spotlight dancing chickens, a waltzing Sigmund Freud, and polka-dancing male hairdressers. Group Therapy is sure to be a hit, and seating is limited, so reserve your tickets now!
The DaVinci GayCode: 10 Years of Heresy - The Best of GayCo
Host
Time
7 pm - 9 pm
Location
Theatre Building Chicago
Address
1225 West Belmont Avenue
Event Description
Ten years of award-winning sketch comedy from GayCo Productions.
Born from Chicago’s famous Second City theater, GayCo mixes a homolarious cocktail of comedy and song as they dismantle gay marriage, gay panic and gay life in a post-Brokeback America.
No element of gay and lesbian life goes unscathed: The Queer-eye guys transform into pink-faced minstrels; Gay couples time-share a baby; A pair of lesbians mourn their lesbian death bed; A fag-hag support group spins out of control.
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through August 27th. Call Box Office for showtimes
From the opening number that introduces six naked singers with their (clothed) female cohort, to a beautifully sung finale that celebrates the human body in all its imperfections, BARENAKED LADS is an upbeat and engertic evening full of colorful characters.
We see a taping of the nude gourmet's TV show, and meet a Reverend who casts aside both sins and clothes in a grand revival scheme. We meet a married celebrating an anniversary on a nude beach Provincetown, a gonzo personal trainer on Montrose Beach, and a group of grade school children who get an unexpected lesson at the zoo. And we meet Troop Randolph, the glamorous 1930's Hollywood Star whose mansion and pool are overflowing with male beauty.
The funniest woman this side of the lesbian universe will grace Chicago once again for a brand new show to kick off Gay Games week.
Suzanne Westenhoefer has been slaying audiences for over 15 years, and the jokes keep coming. The show is Sunday July 16th, the day after opening ceremonies and the venue is The Park West Theatre in Lincoln Park.
The address is 322 West Armitage. Showtime is 7:30pm. The doors open: 6:30pm.
Tix are $30 in advance / $35 at the door. For more ticket info call John: 773.779.2399 or email him: madmanproductions60628@yahoo.com
This post-modern, neo-burlesque, vaudeville-inspired performance event mixes live music, drag, striptease, dancing girls, and depraved comedy.
The Girlie Q Variety Hour is to titillate, tantalize, tempt, tease and definitely make you think. Brought to you by Miss Cherry Jubilee and the letter "Q".
JT Newman is a fiction writer and poet whose stage productions gave a strong boost to significant, new queer writing by and for women in Chicago, just after the turn of the millennium. Her creative stewardship coalesced a community of writers who were mostly women but included gay men as well.
Newman's background includes close involvement with Chicago's Neo-Futurists, interdisciplinary arts study at Columbia College Chicago, and touring regionally in the USA with other LGBT poets and writers.
The Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco announces the Chicago premiere of a musical comedy, Group Therapy, written by June Bonacich. Group Therapy is a freshly twisted, wacky story of a sexually confused woman who is new to San Francisco, trying to find herself--and a mate--in a gay group therapy session in the city's own gay mecca, the Castro.
Group Therapy promises to keep you on the edge of your seat with a variety of hilarious, touching, and thought-provoking songs that evoke the therapy and queer worlds. Come and enjoy outrageous numbers that spotlight dancing chickens, a waltzing Sigmund Freud, and polka-dancing male hairdressers. Group Therapy is sure to be a hit, and seating is limited, so reserve your tickets now!
“Catching The Spirit: The Gay Games Experience” is an exhibition featuring memorabilia from the past six Gay Games, including the two official posters from the first Games in 1982 using the wording “Gay Olympic Games.” Also on display will be Signature Quilt Squares from past International Rainbow Memorial Runs.
From July 16 – 22, “Catching The Spirit” will showcase the United States Olympic Team jacket worn by Gay Games founder Dr. Tom Waddell at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. “Catching The Spirit” is an official affiliated event of Gay Games VII.
Gerber/Hart Library is located at 1127 West Granville Avenue, just a few steps from the CTA Red Line GRANVILLE stop.
Hours: Wednesday and Thursday 6:00–9:00 pm; Friday, Saturday, and Sunday noon–4:00 pm.
For more information, please call Gerber/Hart at 773-381-8030.
Cost
$0
Family Event
HRC’s Family Celebration
Host
Time
10 am - 2 pm
Location
Thatcher Woods
Address
Located in River Forest (suburban Chicago neighborhood)
Event Description
Outdoor fun and games for GLBT parents and their children.
The event will feature a wide range of activities for children, including “mini” sports clinics led by Gay Games athletes, “Gayby Games” for the younger set, face painting, music, a picnic lunch and refreshments!
This event is FREE to the public!
Cost
$0
Film Events
Film Event
Reeling at Gay Games VII - ”Shorts on the Beach”
Host
Andersonville & Edgewater Chambers of Commerce
Time
9 pm - 11 pm
Location
Hollywood Beach
Address
The Lakeshore between Bryn Mawr and Hollywood
Event Description
Grab your beach blankets and chairs and come on over to Hollywood Beach to see the best and funniest shorts selections from Reeling.
This must-see program features the 2006 Planet Out Short Movie Awards Grand Prize Winner, Sissy Frenchfry, the Planet Out Best Documentary Winner, Irene Williams, Queen of Lincoln Road, and several other shorts, each one more entertaining than the last.
Come early, stay late! Trolleys will be available throughout the Andersonville and Edgewater neighborhoods to take you to and from the Beach.
Before the Screening, stop by our Andersonville Hospitality Welcome Center at estudiotres gallery, 5205 N. Clark St. from 4 PM to 8 PM, see the exhibition (of gay male bodies!), enjoy cocktails, pick up a map of Andersonville and Edgewater, and catch a trolley back to the beach to see the movies.
The beach festivities will begin at 8 PM with musical selections from Chicago’s own Lakeside Pride. The movies will follow at sundown.
Presented by the Edgewater & Andersonville Chambers of Commerce and Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival through the Chicago Park District's Movies in the Park program.
For more information, please visit www.reelingfilmfestival.org
Out of the Closet, Lisa Nordstrom and guest artists, from bowling balls, luggage, altered clothing and board games to life-altering proclamations and secrets big and small, this mixed media group show features all manner of things formerly closeted.
Art Gecko, 19 Harrison Street, Oak Park More info: 708-358-1950.
"We Are Here" African-American Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Images by Richard Lee Gray
Host
The City of Chicago Commission of Human Relations
Time
6 pm - 9 pm
Location
The Stephen Kelly Gallery
Address
750 N. Franklin, Suite 101 Chicago
Event Description
"We Are Here" is a photographic exhibit of African-American Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender and their families living everyday throughout various Chicago communities. The mission of "We are Here" is to emphasize the diversity within the African-American community. Mr. Gray has given all of us the opportunity to look at diversity beyond the normal black and white definition. A commissioned edition of this exhibit will be housed in the Black Gay and Lesbian permanent collection of the Schomberg Center for Black Culture of the New York Public Library in Harlem.
1127 West Granville Avenue, Chicago (just west of the CTA Red Line GRANVILLE Stop)
Event Description
"Catching The Spirit: The Gay Games Experience" is an exhibition of memorabilia from all six past Gay Games. The exhibition showcases the 1968 United States Olympic Team warm-up jacket worn by Dr. Tom Waddell, founder of the Gay Games, and features the two official posters from the first Gay Games in 1982 using the wording "Gay Olympic Games." Also on display are Signature Quilt Squares from past International Rainbow Memorial Runs, the 1994 International Rainbow Memorial Roll, and artifacts from the American Run for the End of AIDS.
Hours of Exhibit
Saturday, July 15 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sunday, July 16 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Monday, July 17 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday, July 18 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday, July 19 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Thursday, July 20 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Friday, July 21 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturday, July 22 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Cost
$0
Museums Event
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
Host
The Field Museum
Time
9 am - 5 pm
Location
The Field Museum
Address
1400 S. Lake Shore Dr. Chicago
Event Description
On November 26, 1922, the tomb of King Tutankhamun was discovered, unlocking the most precious treasures the world had ever known. Throughout the late 70’s, millions of Americans marveled at the treasures of King Tut in an unprecedented museum exhibition. After nearly 30 years, King Tut’s treasures return to America one last time in Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs.
Now open for a limited time at The Field Museum. For tickets and info, www.fieldmuseum.org.
Rediscover the art of Sunday brunch at the MCA. Indulge yourself with delicious specialties created by Wolfgang Puck while overlooking the MCA sculpture garden and Lake Michigan.
$22.50 Adults/$13.50 Kids
Cost
$22
Museums Event
Free Daily Tours of the MCA
Host
Time
1 pm - 2 pm
Location
Museum of Contemporary Art
Address
220 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago
Event Description
Visit the MCA where you can have a free guided tour of our summer exhibitions, Wolfgang Tillmans, Catherine Opie, Patty Chang and Chris Ware.
Free tours are held on
Tuesdays at 1pm and 6pm
Wednesdays through Fridays at 1pm
Saturdays and Sundays at 11am, noon, 1, 2, and 3pm
Cost
$0
Museums Event
"In The Eyes of a Runner"
Host
Gerber/Hart Library
Time
4 pm - 6 pm
Location
Gerber/Hart Library
Address
1127 West Granville Avenue, Chicago (just west of the CTA Red Line GRANVILLE Stop)
Event Description
Brent Nicholson Earle will present a talk and slide show, "In The Eyes of a Runner," reflecting on his over twenty years of AIDS and LGBT activisim, and his work with the Gay Games. Earle is the founder of the American Run for the End of AIDS (AREA), and in 1986 and 1987 ran more than 9,000 miles around the perimeter of the United States to raise funds for the fight against AIDS.
The program will feature the unfolding of the 2006 International Rainbow Memorial Run Signature Quilt Square. Attendees will have an opportunity to sign the square in memory of those who have died of AIDS and breast cancer. In addition, there will be a reading of names of those who have died of these two illnesses.
Cost
$0
Music Events
Music Event
Sondheim in the Park
Host
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Time
1 pm - 5 pm
Location
Millennium Park
Address
Located in downtown Chicago bordered by Michigan Avenue to the east, Columbus Drive to the west, Randolph St to the north and Monroe St to the south.
Event Description
Sondheim in the Park
A comprehensive and unique weekend-long free tribute to the world-renowned American composer, Stephen Sondheim. The centerpiece will be two spectacular concerts with the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus in the Jay Pritzker Pavilion on Friday, July 14 at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, July 15 at 7:30 p.m.
In addition, throughout the weekend, Chicago musicians and actors will perform Sondheim's works in locations throughout the park, including the Lurie Garden, Wrigley Square and the staircase balconies. Performances: Friday (4-10:00pm); Saturday (1-10:00pm); Sunday (1-5:00pm). Organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Grant Park Music Festival. Visit www.MillenniumPark.org.
Cost
$0
Music Event
"I Am What I Am"
Host
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Time
3 pm - 5 pm
Location
Chicago Cultural Center - Preston Bradley Hall
Address
78 E. Washington, Chicago
Event Description
A musical revue celebrating the words and music of Jerry Herman, composer and lyricst of some of Broadway's greatest shows, including La Cage Aux Folles, Mame, Hello Dolly, Mack and Mabel, Dear World - incorporating hit song after hit song, this review features Chicago's premier cabaret and stage performers: Laura Freemean, Kari Howard, Bob Moureen, Bradford Newquist, Daryl Nitz, Suzanne Petri and Kat Taylor.
Cost
$0
Panel Discussion Events
Panel Discussion Event
Faith and Fairness Panel Discussion
Host
Time
12 pm - 2 pm
Location
Chicago Cultural Center
Address
78 E. Washington, Chicago
Event Description
The Human Rights Campaign is bringing religious leaders from across the United States to discuss how to counter religious attacks on the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in a town meeting called "Faith & Fairness."
Harry Knox, director of HRC’s Religious and Faith Program, will moderate the town meeting which will feature the following panelists: Rev. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, Ph.D., the 11th President of Chicago Theological seminary; Daayiee Abdullah, the Moderator for the Muslim Gay Men Discussion Group since 2000; Larry Yang, who leads Buddhist meditation retreats and groups for LGBTQ communities, people of color, men’s groups, people in recovery from addiction, and other diverse communities; and Rabbi Joshua Lesser, the spiritual leader of Congregation Bet Haverim, a diverse and growing Reconstructionist synagogue founded by gay and lesbian Jews.
The event is being co-hosted by the following groups (list in formation): All Souls Free Religious Fellowship (UUA), AGLOChicago (Archdiocesan Gay & Lesbian Outreach of Chicago), Berry United Methodist Church, Bethlehem United Church of Christ, Beverly Unitarian Church, Broadway United Methodist Church, Chicago Theological Seminary, Church of the Three Crosses, Church Within A Church Movement, Inc., Congregation Or Chadash, Dignity/Chicago, Emanuel Congregation, Euclid United Methodist Church, First Congregational Church of LaGrange (UCC), Galewood Community Church, UCC, Good Shepherd Parish Metropolitan Community Church, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Oak Park, Human Rights Campaign, The Lithuanian Ethnic Church Romuva of Chicago, The Marin Foundation, New Garden Community Church (UUA), Peoples Church of Chicago (UCC/UUA), Pilgrim Congregational Church - Oak Park, Resources Unlimited Foundation, The Sanctuary Fellowship, Second Unitarian Church, St. Pauls United Church of Christ, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Third Unitarian Church, Unitarian Universalist Association, Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Oak Park, University Church, Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ.
1127 West Granville Avenue, Chicago (just west of the CTA Red Line GRANVILLE Stop)
Event Description
Brent Nicholson Earle will present a talk and slide show, "In The Eyes of a Runner," reflecting on his over twenty years of AIDS and LGBT activisim, and his work with the Gay Games. Earle is the founder of the American Run for the End of AIDS (AREA), and in 1986 and 1987 ran more than 9,000 miles around the perimeter of the United States to raise funds for the fight against AIDS.
The program will feature the unfolding of the 2006 International Rainbow Memorial Run Signature Quilt Square. Attendees will have an opportunity to sign the square in memory of those who have died of AIDS and breast cancer. In addition, there will be a reading of names of those who have died of these two illnesses.
Cost
$0
Party Events
Parties Event
A Sunday Hook-up Reception
Host
Time
5 pm - 7 pm
Location
High Risk Gallery
Address
1113 West Belmont, Chicago
Event Description
A pre-evening reception for athletes going to downtown entertainment events such as Margaret Cho's concert, theater or movies.
Meet up with folks going downtown for the evening's entertainment. Appetizers, cash bar and friendly faces.
Asians and Friends Chicago coordinates social events for men of Asian descent and those who are interested in Asian cultures. Past events have included film festivals, dim sums and Dragon Boat races.
The Champion Lounge @ Circuit, Featuring DJ David Knapp
Red Carpet guests TBA & Details to follow....
Cost
$0
Parties Event
Shopping Works Wonders
Host
Time
6 pm - 9 pm
Location
Bloomingdale's
Address
900 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago
Event Description
Bloomingdale's is proud to donate 10% of the proceeds from your purchases made on July 16 from 6-9:00pm to the Gay Games Chicago.
For this private event, please request duplicate receipts for your purchases made during the event. Then just present your receipts and Gay Games Chicago credentials, day pass, or badge at the designated registration tables in Cosmetics or Women's Shoes on Level 1 or Men's & Women's Contemporary Sportswear on 5.
Turn in your duplicate receipts to one of the same registration tables upon completing your purchases.
Black Bra is Chicago's sexiest annual dance party, and this summer, Curve takes the party to a whole new level by bringing in special guests and live entertainment from Los Angeles, San Francisco and Miami.
Indulge with 5 bars, 3 DJs, plush VIP room, thousands of women from all over the world, South Beach dancers and live entertainment.
Tickets: $20 in advance; $25 at the door
Party Passes: GAY GAMES VII HOTTEST WOMEN'S PARTIES
Curve Magazine Gets the Party Started With Huge Women's Parties
July 14 - Welcome Party
July 16 - Black Bra Internationale
July 21 - Score!
July 22 - Adrenaline - Curve's Official Women's Closing Party
Curve magazine will host its own Girl Games, the hottest women's parties at the Gay Games, where women from around the globe can come feel the energy, celebrate the Games and it's athletes and meet some of the fabulous celebrities profiled in Curve, the best-selling lesbian magazine! Sexy go-go dancers and DJs from Girl Bar Dinah Shore. Plus: Special Guest from The L Word. http://www.curvemag.com/app/events.php
Girl Games Party Pass - $70: Includes one (1) Gen. Adm. ticket to all Girl Games parties
VIP Girl Games Party Pass - $90: Get the royal treatment and hang out with the celebrities in the VIP lounge. VIP tickets are only available to VIP Party Package holders. Limited number available. Includes: One (1) VIP adm. to all 3 dance parties, One (1) adm. to Welcome Cocktail Reception, Access to VIP overhead balcony at Adrenaline, Access to VIP lounge at Black Bra Internationale, Special VIP Gift Bag, Complimentary T-Shirt & Curve Poster.
Getting Your Tickets & Passes
No tickets will be mailed. All tickets purchased via the Web will be held for pick-up at our will-call locations. You can pick up your tickets and passes at the door of any Official Girl Games events.
Additional Will-Call Location: Gay Games Expo (CURVE MAGAZINE Booth) -- FRI, July 14 - MON, July 17 (10a-2p)
Chicago Hilton, 720 S. Michigan Ave.
Remember! To pick-up your tickets, will need your online receipt, driver's license and the credit card used to purchase the tickets/passes.
The Rec Room... a sober social club for the GLBT recovery community
Time
7 pm - 11 pm
Location
Ann Sathers Restaurant
Address
929 W Belmont Ave, Chicago
Event Description
The Rec Room... a sober social club for the GLBT recovery community presents "Ice Cream Sunday" a sweet sober social gathering in honor of Gay Games VII.
Sunday July 16 (7pm-11pm)
Ann Sathers Restaurant
929 W Belmont Ave
$15.00 Suggested donation
Gay Games VII competitors will be divided by gender and age categories as defined by FINA. In each division a one-meter springboard, a three-meter springboard and platform diving will be contested. In addition, a synchronized diving competition will be held on the 3-meter springboard.
For ALL Sports Meet & Greet Events: Wear your participant badge for free food, cash bar. All events are FREE unless noted. Not all sports have meet and greets; feel free to join in!
Cost
$0
Sports Event
Squash/Racquetball Meet & Greet
Host
Teresa Adams/COCKTAIL
Time
3 pm - 5 pm
Location
Cocktail
Address
3359 N. Halsted St., Chicago
Event Description
Meet & Greet for participants and friends/fans of Squash and Racquetball. Food Provided.
For ALL Sports Meet & Greet Events: Wear your participant badge for free food, cash bar. All events are FREE unless noted. Not all sports have meet and greets; feel free to join in!
Cost
$0
Sports Event
Softball Meet & Greet
Host
SPIN NIGHTCLUB
Time
4 pm - 8 pm
Location
Spin Nightclub
Address
800 W. Belmont (corner of Halsted & Belmont)
Event Description
Meet & Greet for participants and friends/fans of Softball.
For ALL Sports Meet & Greet Events: Wear your participant badge for free food, cash bar. All events are FREE unless noted. Not all sports have meet and greets; feel free to join in!
Cost
$0
Sports Event
Golf Meet & Greet
Host
3160
Time
5 pm - 7 pm
Location
3160
Address
3160 N. Clark (just south of Belmont)
Event Description
Meet & Greet for participants and friends/fans of Golf.
For ALL Sports Meet & Greet Events: Wear your participant badge for free food, cash bar. All events are FREE unless noted. Not all sports have meet and greets; feel free to join in!
Cost
$0
Sports Event
Cycling Meet & Greet
Host
BUCK'S
Time
5 pm - 8 pm
Location
Buck's Saloon
Address
3439 N. Halsted, Chicago
Event Description
Meet & Greet for participants and friends/fans of Cycling.
For ALL Sports Meet & Greet Events: Wear your participant badge for free food, cash bar. All events are FREE unless noted. Not all sports have meet and greets; feel free to join in!
Cost
$0
Sports Event
Physique Meet & Greet
Host
The EAGLE
Time
5 pm - 7 pm
Location
The Eagle
Address
5015 N. Clark, Chicago
Event Description
Meet & Greet for participants and friends/fans of Physique.
For ALL Sports Meet & Greet Events: Wear your participant badge for free food, cash bar. All events are FREE unless noted. Not all sports have meet and greets; feel free to join in!
Cost
$0
Sports Event
Darts Meet & Greet
Host
Charlie's - Chicago
Time
6 pm - 8 pm
Location
Charlie's Chicago
Address
3726 N. Broadway, Chicago
Event Description
Meet & Greet for participants and friends/fans of Darts.
For ALL Sports Meet & Greet Events: Wear your participant badge for free food, cash bar. All events are FREE unless noted. Not all sports have meet and greets; feel free to join in!
Cost
$0
Sports Event
Aquatics Meet & Greet
Host
VICTOR HOTEL
Time
6 pm - 9 pm
Location
Victor Hotel
Address
311 N. Sangamon St., Chicago
Event Description
Meet & Greet for participants and friends/fans of Aquatics (swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming and more).
For ALL Sports Meet & Greet Events: Wear your participant badge for free food, cash bar. All events are FREE unless noted. Not all sports have meet and greets; feel free to join in!
Cost
$0
Sports Event
Rowing Meet & Greet
Host
Downtown Bank Club
Time
7 pm - 9 pm
Location
Downtown Bank Club
Address
72 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake, IL
Event Description
Meet & Greet for participants and friends/fans of Rowing. Food & Drink specials.
Call 815-444-7272 for more info.
For ALL Sports Meet & Greet Events: Wear your participant badge for free food, cash bar. All events are FREE unless noted. Not all sports have meet and greets; feel free to join in!
Cost
$0
Sports Event
WNBA - Chicago Sky vs. Washington Mystics
Host
GGVII & Chicago Sky WNBA Basketball
Time
7 pm - 10 pm
Location
UIC Pavilion
Address
1150 West Harrison; Chicago, IL 60607
Event Description
Come Join the Chicago Gay Games for a night of WNBA action with our city's newest team, the Chicago Sky!
Grab a group of friends and cheer on the WNBA Sky as they battle the Washington Mystics. More info, call 312-413-5740.
To purchase tickets, contact Wendy Ellis at the WNBA Sky - 312-994-5977
For seven years, About Face has created its most powerful, innovative, and celebrated work in collaboration with Chicago's extraordinary community of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trangender) young people. Our audience jumps to its feet in joyful recognition each season at the curtain call of the Youth Theatre production.
This year, About Face is proud to premiere the most powerful Youth Theatre production yet -- The Home Project.
Based on interviews with hundreds of LGBT youth about their experiences with home and homelessness, The Home Project is filled with astonishing, disturbing, and ultimately triumphant stories of young people who struggle to create a perfect society while battling complacency, violence, and apathy. It is the most thrilling, exciting, and important new play to emerge from the talented adult artists and young people of the nationally celebrated About Face Youth Theatre.
In the hilariously hip musical comedy, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser.
“Can you spell i-r-r-e-s-i-s-t-i-b-l-e? SPELLING BEE is riotously funny and remarkably ingenious. Gold stars all around,” says the New York Times. In the Wall Street Journal, SPELLING BEE was called, “perfect in every possible way – that rarity of rarities, a super-smart musical that is also a bona fide crowd-pleaser. An ingenious blend of simplicity and sophistication, it’s not merely funny, it's wise.” The critic went on to say, “I predict it will run forever.” THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE appears in an open-ended engagement at Chicago’s Drury Lane Theatre, located at 175 East Chestnut Street.
A World Premiere by Mary Zimmerman, based on the writings of Marcel Proust and Celeste Albaret, directed by Eric Rosen.
When she took the job as Marcel Proust’s housekeeper, Céleste Albaret thought she was just filling in for someone on sick leave. Little did she know that she would spend the next dozen years at Proust’s side, serving his smallest whim, staying up until dawn gossiping about the glitterati – and hearing of his shocking sojourns into Paris’ infamous brothels.
M. Proust chronicles the unlikely relationship between one of the world’s most revered novelists, and the unlettered country girl who fell under his spell, becoming his closest companion and his steadfast defender against persistent rumors of his “secret life.”
A World Premiere by Mary Zimmerman, based on the writings of Marcel Proust and Celeste Albaret, directed by Eric Rosen.
When she took the job as Marcel Proust’s housekeeper, Céleste Albaret thought she was just filling in for someone on sick leave. Little did she know that she would spend the next dozen years at Proust’s side, serving his smallest whim, staying up until dawn gossiping about the glitterati – and hearing of his shocking sojourns into Paris’ infamous brothels.
M. Proust chronicles the unlikely relationship between one of the world’s most revered novelists, and the unlettered country girl who fell under his spell, becoming his closest companion and his steadfast defender against persistent rumors of his “secret life.”
June 15th Through July 23rd - Thursday through Saturday at 7:30p.m. Sundays at 6p.m.
Jim Provenzano's electrifying novel about two high school wrestlers coming of age is brought to exciting life on-stage as Bailiwick celebrates Chicago's Gay Games!
PINS is a compelling story of loving peer pressure, supportive yet confused families, and the mad tangle of emotions set against the backdrop of competitive high school wrestling.
Jeffrey, a gay actor/waiter has sworn off sex after too many bouts with his partners about what is "safe" and what is not. In gay New York, though, sex is not something you can avoid. Just after he's reconciled himself to celibacy, Jeffrey's flamboyant friends introduce him to the man of his dreams, who also happens to be HIV-positive. What follows is a moving and audacious romantic comedy with a difference- one in which the quest for love and really fabulous clothes meet, and where unflagging humor prevails even when tragedy might be just around the corner.
Pilgrim Church will present a church service that featuring special music and speaker honoring the Gay Games.
Cost
$0
Worship Event
Welcoming Worship Service
Host
Bethlehem United Church of Christ
Time
10 am - 11 am
Location
Bethlehem United Church of Christ
Address
2750 N. Magnolia Ave
(approx. 1200 W. Diversey Ave., 1/2 block from Racine/Lincoln/Diversey Intersection)
Event Description
An Open & Affirming, multi-generational/cultural congregation inviting all to a possitive and welcoming worship service.
For more information, see www.bucc-chicago.org or (773) 281-6480
Cost
$0
Worship Event
Worship Service
Host
Beverly Unitarian Church
Time
10 am - 12 pm
Location
Beverly Unitarian Church
Address
10244 S. Longwood Dr., Chicago
Event Description
Worship Service
www.beverlyunitarian.org
773-233-7080
Cost
$0
Worship Event
Dynamic Worship Service
Host
Broadway United Methodist Church
Time
10 am - 12 pm
Location
Broadway Church
Address
3344 N. Broadway (Corner of Broadway and Buckingham in Lakeview area)
Event Description
Worship with a diverse community that celebrates God's good gifts of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Cost
$0
Worship Event
Worship Service
Host
Second Unitarian Church (UUA)
Time
10 am - 12 pm
Location
Second Unitarian Church (UUA)
Address
656 W. Barry Ave, Chicago
Event Description
Worship Service
www.secondunitarian.org
(773) 549-0260
Cost
$0
Worship Event
Worship Service
Host
St. Paul's United Church of Christ
Time
10 am - 11 am
Location
St. Paul's Church
Address
2335 N. Orchard Street (Corner of Orchard Street and Fullerton Parkway in the Lincoln Park neighborhood)
Event Description
Our regular Sunday morning worship service. We are an open and affirming congregation of the United Church of Christ. No matter who you are, or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here.
Cost
$0
Worship Event
Forum
Host
Third Unitarian Church (UUA)
Time
10 am - 12 pm
Location
Third Unitarian Church (UUA)
Address
301 North Mayfield, Chicago
Event Description
Forum: religious discussion
www.thirdunitarianchurch.org
(773) 626-9385
Cost
$0
Worship Event
Worship services followed by a Social Hour
Host
University Church
Time
10 am - 12 pm
Location
University Church
Address
5655 S. University Ave.
Event Description
Our worship services reflect our congregation which is multiracial, open and affirming.
We are affiliated with the United Church of Christ (UCC) and the Disciples of Christ.
Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ has a long history of involvement in social justice issues on the state, national and international levels.
Join us for worship, Sunday mornings, 10:30 am!
Website - www.waucc.org
Cost
$0
Worship Event
Worship Service
Host
Peoples Church of Chicago (UCC/UUA)
Time
11 am - 12 pm
Location
Peoples Church of Chicago (UCC/UUA)
Address
941 W. Lawrence St., Chicago
Event Description
Worship Service
www.peopleschurchofchicago.org
773-784-6633
Cost
$0
Worship Event
Dignity/Chicago Catholic Mass and Gay Games Blessing
Host
Time
5 pm - 7 pm
Location
Broadway United Methodist Church
Address
3344 N. Broadway St., Chicago
Event Description
Join us for Roman Catholic Mass with an Ordained Catholic Priest. Our mass celebrates the holiness of all sexual orientations, and affirms same-sex relationships and families as life-giving and life-affirming.
Our service will also feature a special blessing for all althletes, spectators, and volunteers in this very special occasion.
www.dignitychicago.org
Cost
$0
Worship Event
Meeting
Host
New Garden Community Church (UUA)
Time
6 pm - 8 pm
Location
New Garden Community Church (UUA)
Address
United Electrical Workers Hall, 37 S. Ashland Ace. (at Monroe), Chicago IL
Event Description
Meeting: service followed by potluck supper and conversation - bring food to share.
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