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| Arts Festival Event | Robert Rainey: Family Self Portrait Series | | Host | Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs | | Time | 8 am - 7 pm | | Location | Chicago Cultural Center | | Address | 78 East Washington Street | | Event Description | South Carolina-based photographer Robert Rainey explores the notion of the American family unit today by interjecting himself into family portraits, and substituting himself for different family members.
Throughout theses conceptual collaborative portraits, Rainey questions gender roles and sexual orientation, as historically outlined.
This exhibition of approximately fifteen new works is organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs in conjunction with the Chicago Gay Games VII.
This exhibit runs:
Monday - Thursday > 8am to 7pm
Friday > 8am to 6pm
Saturday > 9am to 6pm
Sunday > 10am to 6pm
This Exhibit is FREE to the public!
www.ChicagoCulturalCenter.org
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| Arts Festival Event | Marwen Alumni Exhibition | | Host | Around the Coyote | | Time | 10 am - 5 pm | | Location | Around the Coyote Gallery | | Address | 1935-1/2 W. North Ave. Chicago | | Event Description | 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.
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| Arts Festival Event | Athletes: Skrebneski Portraits | | Host | Chicago Dept of Cultural Affairs | | Time | 10 am - 6 pm | | Location | City Gallery at the Historic Water Tower | | Address | 806 North Michigan Avenue | | Event Description | 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. | | Cost | $0 | | | | | Click here for more info
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| Arts Festival Event | Sticks + Stones Cultural Exhibit | | Host | Sticks + Stones Committee | | Time | 10 am - 5 pm | | Location | Gage Gallery, Roosevelt University | | Address | Gage Gallery, Roosevelt University | | Event Description | 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 | | | | | | |
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| Arts Festival Event | Art of the Sensual - Selected Paintings by Luis Fernando Uribe (Colombia) | | Host |  | | Time | 11 am - 6 pm | | Location | Aldo Castillo Gallery | | Address | 675 N. Franklin St. Chicago | | Event Description | OPENING RECEPTION - July 14, 5:30 - 8:30
July 14 - July 29
Gallery Hours - 11:00 - 6:00, Tuesday - Saturday
The art of Luis Fernando Uribe, through vivid colors, entwining forms, and overt subject, has the disarming quality of being deeply erotic without necessarily being directly sexual. His work has been sold to many prominent private collections, as well as, to the the Latin American Art Museum (Long Beach, CA), Museum of Bellas Artes (Medellin, Colombia), the Bellas Artes Museum (Caracas, Venezuela), and the DeYoung Museum (San Fransisco, CA).
Uribe is exclusively represented by the Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago.
www.artaldo.com
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| 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. | | Cost | $0 | | | | | Click here for more info
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| 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 | | | | | | |
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| Arts Festival Event | Estate Sale of a World Wanderer and Gay Activist | | Host | Laurie Beasley | | Time | 1 pm - 6 pm | | Location | Ridge Art Gallery | | Address | 21 Harrison Street, Oak Park, IL 60304 | | Event Description | Estate sale that includes Native American ceramics, baskets and other artifacts.
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| Arts Festival Event | VISION 11: Inside Chicago Galleries | | Host |  | | Time | 5 pm - 9 pm | | Location | 35+ galleries, River North & the West Loop | | Address | around Franklin & Superior Sts (River North); Washington & Peoria Sts (West Loop) & Fulton Market | | Event Description | See below for multiple dates and times
July 14: 5-8 pm River North; 6-9 pm West Loop (free shuttle between districts opening night)
July 14: Opening night, 5-9 PM; July 15 - 29, programming (Tu, W, Th 6-7:30)
Tues./Sat. exhibitions 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 pm, Sat. tours 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
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 | | | | | | |
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| Arts Festival Event | Honoring Our Athletes - Athletes in Motion | | Host |  | | Time | 5 pm - 9 pm | | Location | At the Gallery | | Address | 135 North Oak Park Ave, Oak Park IL 60301 | | Event Description | Hours
10am-9pm Monday-Friday, during the Games
View art works by nationally renowned artists: Bill Starke, Colorado, (bronze figures of divers, climbers, Trojan Horse)along with acrobatic bronze bells by New Mexico artist, Cheryl Lorance and etched granite tiles by Wisconsin artist Amy Dallas.
From funky to fine, you'll find it At The Gallery, in the heart of Oak Park, just a short walk from Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio.
Come visit us in Scoville Square, located at the south-west corner of Oak Park Avenue and Lake Street. | | Cost | $0 | | | | | Click here for more info
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| Choral Event | Classical Monday Lunchbreak: San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus | | Host | Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs | | Time | 12 pm - 1 pm | | Location | Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center | | Address | 78 East Washington St, Chicago
| | Event Description | EVENT TIME: 12:15pm
Members of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus (SFGMC) will present select movements from its ground-breaking 1996 commission NakedMan by poet Philip Littell and composer Robert Seeley.
This year marks the work’s tenth anniversary.
NakedMan - a song cycle - was the first musical work of its kind to highlight various aspects of gay culture. Its eclectic styles - from contemporary art-music to doo-wop and spiritual - are as diverse as the Chorus’s full complement of 200 members.
SFGMC’s Artistic Director and Conductor, Dr. Kathleen McGuire, said NakedMan "presents a snapshot of mid-1990s American culture, yet many of the topics presented, such as marriage, family and AIDS, are just as relevant today as they were then. We hope that many will come and hear this powerful, uplifting and poignant program.”
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| Comedy Event | Kate Clinton - An Evening of Comedy | | Host |  | | Time | 7 pm - 9 pm | | Location | Park West | | Address | 322 W. Armitage | | Event Description | Join HRC for an evening with Kate Clinton in conjunction with Gay Games Chicago!
Kate Clinton is a lesbian humorist and entertainer, and has worked through economic booms and busts, gay movements and gay markets, lesbian chic and queer eyes, and ten presidential inaugurals. She still believes that humor gets us through peacetime, wartime and scoundrel time.
This year Kate Clinton celebrates her 25th Anniversary of performing with a 50 city “It's Come To This!” tour across the United States and Canada, and has added a special Gay Games engagement to the many stops she’ll make along the way.
>>>Event Date/Time:Monday, July 17, 7:30 pm
| | Cost | $35 | | | | | Click here for more info
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| Comedy Event | Sandra Bernhard | | Host |  | | Time | 8 pm - 10 pm | | Location | HotHouse | | Address | 31 E. Balbo - Chicago | | Event Description | Don't miss tonight's very special intimate evening with Sandra Bernhard in celebration of Gay Games Chicago 2006!
Join HotHouse as we welcome Sandra Bernhard for an evening of wild comedy, biting satire and her trademark social commentary.
For the past 25 years, SANDRA BERNHARD has been delighting fans and critics alike with her unparalleled voice. Inspired by everything from rock ‘n’ roll and ‘60s musicals, Laura Nyro and Burt Bacharach, Bernhard blends it all into a body of work defined by her iconoclastic style and ironic look at the world that spins around her.
A fiercely committed social activist, Bernhard shares residences in New York and Los Angeles with her seven-year-old daughter, Cicely Yasin, and her longtime companion. For further information, go to sandrabernhard.com.
Tickets on sale NOW!!!
| | Cost | $65 | | | | | Click here for more info
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| Comedy Event | Queens of Comedy | | Host | Poppycock Productions | | Time | 8 pm - 10 pm | | Location | Zanies Comedy Club | | Address | 1548 N. Wells, Chicago | | Event Description | A standup comedy show featuring three of the funniest women in the country with POPPY CHAMPLIN, SAPNA KUMAR and MICHELE BALAN.
July 17 (8:30 - 10:00pm)July 18 (9:30 - 11:00pm)
$21.00 + a 2 item food/bev. minimum (Rated R) | | Cost | $21 | | | | | Click here for more info
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| Family Event | Catching The Spirit: The Gay Games Experience, | | Host | Gerber/Hart Library | | Location | Gerber/Hart Library | | Address | 1127 West Granville Avenue, Chicago | | Event Description | “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 | | | | | | |
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| Film Event | Reeling at Gay Games VII—LGBT Sports Documentaries | | Host |  | | Time | 12 pm - 4 pm | | Location | Claudia Cassidy Theatre at the Chicago Cultural Center | | Address | 78 E. Washington St. | | Event Description | Straight Acting—12:00 PM
Follow Spencer Windes' journey as he transforms from a closeted Mormon missionary into an openly gay athlete. 56 min.
Gay Games I Opening Ceremonies—1:00 PM
Amateur videomaker Robert N. Hunter's rare documentary captures the endearing, unassuming, and brave events of the first-ever Gay Games. 40 min.
Take the Flame! Gay Games: Grace, Grit & Glory—1:00 PM
David Secter’s detailed history of the Gay Games could not be timelier. Narrator Greg Louganis will delight and inspire you as he gets you pumped up about the Chicago Gay Games. 85 min.
Also showing, Gay Volleyball Saved My Life. 8 min.
For more information, please visit www.reelingfilmfestival.org or call 773-293-1447. | | Cost | $0 | | | | | Click here for more info
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| Galleries Event | The 4th Annual Art of and About Baseball | | Host | Harrison Works | | Time | 1 pm - 8 pm | | Location | Harrison Works | | Address | 17 Harrison Street, Oak Park | | Event Description | The 4th Annual Art of and About Baseball, at Harrison Works, featuring Elizabeth Gaylord, Kevin Kintner, 17 Harrison Street, Oak Park.
Fridays July 14 and July 21: 1-10p
Sunday thru Thursday: 1-8pm
Saturday: 1-8p
More info: 708-308-4602 www.harrisonworks.com. | | Cost | $0 | | | | | Click here for more info
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| Galleries Event | "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.
OFFICIAL WEBSITE | | Cost | $0 | | | | | Click here for more info
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| Museums Event | Chicago's Gay Athletic Tradition | | Host |  | | Time | 12 am - 12 am | | Location | Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division | | Address | 400 South State Street, 9th Floor, Special Collections Reading Room | | Event Description | Chicago Public Library welcomes Gay Games VII to Chicago with Chicago’s Gay Athletic Tradition, a case exhibit about the history and development of gay and lesbian amateur athletic teams in Chicago. The display includes photographs, medals, team apparel and athletic equipment from the 1980s to the present. Teams from the Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association and the Windy City Athletic Association are represented, as are local and nation competitions.
Mondays thru Thursdays (Noon - 6:00 PM)
Fridays & Saturdays (Noon - 4:00 PM)
For more information, please call the Library’s Special Collections Reading Room at (312) 747-4875. | | Cost | $0 | | | | | | |
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| Museums Event | "Catching The Spirit: The Gay Games Experience" | | Host | Gerber/Hart Library | | Location | Gerber/Hart Library | | Address | 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 | | | | | | |
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| 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.
Opens at 9am daily | | Cost | $25 | | | | | Click here for more info
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| Museums Event | Wolfgang Tillmans | | Host |  | | Time | 10 am - 5 pm | | Location | Museum of Contemporary Art | | Address | 220 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago | | Event Description | Dates & Times:
Tuesday 10 am - 8pm
Wednesday - Sunday 10 am - 5 pm
Monday Closed
Open Through August 13
Approximately 300 works are presented at the first major retrospective of the gay German photographer in an American museum, co-organized with the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
Tillmans is internationally recognized as one of the most significant artists to emerge in the 1990s for his richly evocative photographs that reflect on the often overlooked objects and moments in everyday life. | | Cost | $10 | | | | | Click here for more info
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| 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
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| Music Event | LGBT Singer-Songwriter Showcase | | Host |  | | Time | 5 pm - 7 pm | | Location | Navy Pier Beer Garden Stage | | Address | 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago, IL 60611
| | Event Description | Please join us for a "round robin" singer-songwriter showcase of Chicago's brightest LGBT folk/rock musicians.
Performing solo will be:
Kimi Hayes (www.kimihayes.com)
Beazley Phillips (www.beazleyphillipsband.com)
Ripley Caine (www.ripleycaine.com)
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John Hasbrouck (www.johnhasbrouck.com)
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| Music Event | Jen Porter & The Most Fabulous Band | | Host | | | Time | 7 pm - 9 pm | | Location | Navy Pier Beer Garden | | Address | 600 E. Grand Ave. | | Event Description | Chicago vocalist and keyboardist Jen Porter performs roots/rock tunes.
Visit JenPorter.com for more info. | | Cost | $0 | | | | | Click here for more info
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| Music Event | An Evening with Andrea Marcovicci | | Host |  | | Time | 7 pm - 10 pm | | Location | Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre | | Address | 1650 N. Halsted, Chicago | | Event Description | Andrea Marcovicci, the premier cabaret performer in the world, makes her Steppenwolf Traffic debut with her most requested show, the spellbinding retrospective "I'll Be Seeing You...Love Songs of World War II".
Ms. Marcovicci takes her audience on a musical journey through one of the most dramatic eras in American history, when songs - by Johnny Mercer, Jule Styne, Hoagy Carmichael and many others - were irrevocably entwined with moments in time.
| | Cost | $50 | | | | | Click here for more info
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| Music Event | Women's World Drummers Concert featuring Ubaka Hill | | Host | Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs | | Time | 7 pm - 9 pm | | Location | Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center | | Address | 78 East Washington St, Chicago | | Event Description | Ubaka Hill has been a nationally known performer for over 25 years, performing percussion, poetry, and songs as soloist and with her ensemble, "The Spirit of ShapeShifters."
Additionally, Ubaka has taught drumming workshops in Japan, Canada, Alaska. Other national Master Drummers and local women's drumming circles will take part.
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| Music Event | Community Concert featuring DIVERSE HARMONY - Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Choir | | Host |  | | Time | 8 pm - 10 pm | | Location | Pilgrim Congregational Church - Oak Park | | Address | 460 Lake St. Oak Park, IL | | Event Description | Pilgrim Church hosts a concert by DIVERSE HARMONY of Seattle Washington - the nation's first Gay/Straight youth chorus.
Included in the event are local youth from Western suburb GSA and Gay Youth groups.
Donations at the door will benefit these GLBT youth programs.
Visit www.PilgrimOakPark.com for more information.
Donation: $10 adult, $5 students | | Cost | $0 | | | | | | |
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| Panel Discussion Event | TPAN Daytimers | | Host | 
TPAN - Test Positive Aware Network | | Time | 10 am - 1 pm | | Location | TPAN Offices | | Address | 5537 N. Broadway, Chicago | | Event Description | A support group for people with HIV who prefer to meet during the day. Meets from 10:30am - 12:30pm
Visit www.TPAN.org. | | Cost | $0 | | | | | Click here for more info
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| Panel Discussion Event | Brokeback Locker Room | | Host |  | | Time | 6 pm - 9 pm | | Location | Chicago Public Library, Pritzker Auditorium | | Address | 400 South State Street, Chicago | | Event Description | Robert Lipsyte, renowned author and New York Times columnist, moderates a distinguished panel of sports luminaries, including former NFL players Dave Kopay and Esera Tuaolo, South African Beach Volleyball Player Leigh-Ann Naidoo, former major leaguer Billy Bean and others, in a discussion of Gays and Lesbians in the sports world. The event is sponsored by the New York Times "Times Talks" series, Audi and the Chicago Public Library.
This event is free and open to the public. For further information please call the Library at 312-747-4252.
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| Panel Discussion Event | Spirit Alive | | Host |
TPAN - Test Positive Aware Network | | Time | 7 pm - 9 pm | | Location | TPAN Offices | | Address | 5537 N. Broadway, Chicago | | Event Description | Through a collaborative effort of AIDS Pastoral Care Network, (APCN), and TPAN, Spirit Alive fosters discussions on topics such as hope vs. despair or strength in times of adversity. Meets from 7:30-9:00pm.
Visit www.TPAN.org. | | Cost | $0 | | | | | Click here for more info
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| Parties Event | International Deaf LGBT Party | | Host |  | | Time | 5 pm - 10 pm | | Location | Spin | | Address | 800 W. Belmont | | Event Description | Welcome party for deaf athletes, interpreters, fans, volunteers and supporters and fundraising for the Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf 2009 Conference.
Special Guest: Tyrone Giordano - a deaf actor who was the star of the 2003 Broadway hit, "Big River". He was featured as a family member in both "The Family Stone" with Diane Keaton and Sarah Jessica Parker and in "A Lot Like Love" with Ashton Kutcher.
"The Family Stone" made history by creating the largest deaf male role for a major feature film and its a first for a deaf gay male character.
COME AND JOIN THE FUN!
For more information, email Party Event Chairperson: Maxine Roin at >a href="mailto:MaxRAD09@aol.com?subject= International Deaf LGBT Party Inquiry from GGVII site">MaxRAD09@aol.com. | | Cost | $10 | | | | | | |
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| Parties Event | The Champion Lounge @ Circuit | | Host | Centaur, ABSOLUT Vodka | | Time | 5 pm - 9 pm | | Location | Circuit | | Address | 3641 N. Halsted | | Event Description | The Champion Lounge @ Circuit, Featuring DJ David Knapp
Red Carpet guests TBA & Details to follow.... | | Cost | $0 | | | | | | |
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| Parties Event | Friend's of Bill W. : Open Recovery Meeting | | Host | The Rec Room... a sober social club for the GLBT recovery community | | Time | 7 pm - 8 pm | | Location | Bethlehem United Church of Christ | | Address | 1200 W. Diversey (&2750 N. Magnolia) | | Event Description | The Rec Room... a sober social club for the GLBT recovery community presents
Friend's of Bill W. : Open Recovery Meeting | | Cost | $0 | | | | | | |
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| Parties Event | the BIG GAY CRUISE | | Host | Time Escape - Navy Pier | | Time | 7 pm - 10 pm | | Location | KANAN CRUISES | | Address | Navy Pier [Illinois and Lake Shore Drive] | | Event Description | Cruising on lake Michigan is an unforgettable experience. Join us for amazing views of the city and lake along with a PREMIUM HOSTED BAR and a refreshing opportunity to mingle with fresh faces from Chicago and all over the world. One of 3 BIG GAY CRUISES, each 2 hours:
Sunset cruises>/b> - MON, 17 July and TUE, 18 July (7:30 - 9:30p) and a Celestial cruise on THU, 20 July (10:30p - 12:30a].
Boarding for all cruises is 15 minutes prior to departure. In addition to your cruise ticket, you will also receive free admission to Time Escape, a 3-D ride attraction also at Navy Pier. visit biggaycruise.com for more.
Cost: $55 online at biggaycruise.com, $65 prior to boarding on location. | | Cost | $55 | | | | | Click here for tickets | | |
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| Parties Event | Team SF Bronze, Silver and Gold Party | | Host | Team San Francisco
 | | Time | 8 pm - 1 am | | Location | Chicago Hilton Grand Ballroom | | Address | 720 S. Michigan, Chicago (The Hub) | | Event Description | Join Team San Francisco and kick off the week of competition at Gay Games Chicago with the TeamSF Bronze Silver Gold Party, sponsored in part by PlanetOut and gay.com.
The night begins with a cocktail reception from 8-9pm with health-minded nibbles and a no-host bar. Then get your groove on and work off those calories as the dancing kicks into gear from 9pm-1am.
Official sponsors: PlanetOut TeamSF Gay.com | | Cost | $25 | | | | | Click here for more info
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| Sports Events | |
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| Sports Event | Martial Arts 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 Martial Arts.
LOCATION 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 | | | | | | |
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| Sports Event | Badminton, Soccer & Tennis Meet & Greet Progressive Party | | Host | OAK PARK GGVII SPONSORS
| | Time | 5 pm - 8 pm | | Location | Oak Park GGVII Sponsors (see below for details) | | Address | Oak Park (see below for addresses) | | Event Description | A Progressive Meet & Greet for participants and friends/fans of Badminton, Soccer and Tennis.
Visit some of Oak Park area's great GGVII Sponsors for discounts!
Cucina Paradiso, 814 N. Boulevard, Oak ParkPapaspiros Grecian Taverna, 733 W. Lake St., Oak ParkBoston Market, 7211 W. Lake St., River ForestFuego Loco, 722 Lake St., Oak ParkGreat Harvest Bread Co., 736 Lake St., Oak ParkPetersen's Restaurant, Ice Cream Parlour & Sweet Shoppe, 1100 Chicago Ave., Oak ParkWinberie's Restaurant & Bar, 151 N. Oak Park Ave., Oak ParkMolly Malone's, 7652 Madison, Forest Park
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 | | | | | | |
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| Sports Event | Sailing Meet & Greet | | Host | | | Time | 6 pm - 9 pm | | Location | Belmont Harbor | | Address | 3600 N Recreation Dr, Chicago | | Event Description | Meet & Greet for participants and friends/fans of Sailing.
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 | | | | | | |
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| Sports Event | GGVII Diving Competition | | Host |  | | Time | 6 pm - 10 pm | | Location | Norris Aquatics Center (Northwestern University) | | Address | 2311 Campus Drive, Evanston | | Event Description | 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.
Schedule: Sunday, 16 July (9am - 7pm)Monday, 17 July (6pm - 10pm)
Cost: $20 (2-day Pass). | | Cost | $20 | | | | | Click here for more info
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| Sports Event | Men's Flag Football Meet & Greet | | Host | HAMBURGER MARY'S
| | Time | 9 pm - 11 pm | | Location | Hamburger Mary's | | Address | 5400 N. Clark St., Chicago | | Event Description | Meet & Greet for participants and friends/fans of Flag Football. Women's Meet & Greet is on TUE, 18, July but all are welcome at both!
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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 | | | | | | |
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| Worship Event | Gay Games Noonday Meditation & Shower of Stoles | | Host |  | | Time | 11 am - 1 pm | | Location | Pilgrim Congregational Church - Oak Park | | Address | 460 Lake St. Oak Park, IL | | Event Description | Pilgrim chapel will be open for quiet meditation, conversation and non-denominational communion Monday - Wednesday.
In addition, a meditation Labrynth and the Shower of Stoles exhibit will be open to the public.
Pilgrim Church, an open and affirming congregation, is directly across the street from the Western Venue soccer fields.
For more information go to www.PilgrimOakPark.com | | Cost | $0 | | | | | | |
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