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BETINA
GOZO
Chris Azzopardi
Dan Chisholm,
Kevin Lee, Omeed Memar,
Roger V. McCaffrey-Boss,
Anthony Morgano,
Mark Nagel, Tom Olah,
Mikey Rox,
Erik Sosa-Kibby
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Production
Stacy Bridges
James Gumb
Photography
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GRAB ROGER - LEGAL
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DRINK SPECIALS
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NEXUS DANCE CHART
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GRAB EVENTS
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GRAB THEATER
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GRAB NEWS
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GRAB MUSIC
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GRABBY REVIEWS
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MAP
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CLASSIFIEDS
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Judy Kyle
Todd Wise
Public Relations
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Photographer Adam Ouahmane Graphic Artist Kyle Krueger
EVENT
GRAB A TINKERBELL
Neverland Throws Its Biggest
Pride Event Ever
By David Ernst
Neverland is celebrating its
fourth anniversary this year with its
biggest Chicago Pride event ever.
NEVERLAND PRIDE 2016 will take
place Friday, June 24th through
Sunday, June 26th with three
spectacular events including the
main event, Saturday night’s “The
Lost Boys” at Metro.
“Our parties are always a
tribute to big imagination,” says
Anthony DiFiore, Neverland’s
founder and Creative Director. “So
for this year’s Chicago Pride, our
production team is building
extravagant Peter Pan and Hook
elements to the main stage.
Instead of traditional sets, we’re
producing the night as more of a
storyline with dancers and
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performers dressed as the famous
characters.”
Barcelona-based DJ Ivan
Gomez mans the decks of the main
event alongside Chicago’s own
Alexis-R. Superstar DJ Paulo spins
the Sunday Closing Party at The
Mid. Anthony DiFiore explains
more.
David Ernst: How did you come up
with the idea for Neverland?
Anthony DiFiore: Neverland
actually evolved from house
parties! Over 4 years ago I used to
host a lot of parties at my home,
and one day a manager from
Hydrate told me I should try it out
at his club. Back then the music
scene in Boystown wasn’t as fresh
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as it is now. We now have DJs
traveling into Chicago almost every
weekend from all over the world.
When we started, it was a lot of the
same music on rotation every
month.
DE: What is your ultimate goal
when planning a new event?
AD: To surprise people.
DE: How did you choose this year’s
theme, “The Lost Boys”?
AD: It’s basically Neverland
presents “Neverland”. We’ve
always wanted to do a Peter Pan
theme, but were saving it for the
right moment. We’ve been working
for several years now on building
up Chicago Pride weekend, and felt
Photo By Jennifer Catherine
like the Pride main
event would be the
perfect setting for this
theme.
floor) to the balcony (where we
sometimes put our own lighting
technician). There’s non-stop
performances and preparation from
11pm-4am, and then I usually get
about 30 minutes to go out on the
dance floor and relax before last
call.
Photographer Adam Ouahmane Graphic Artist Kyle Krueger
DE: Will you be one of
the boys getting lost on the dance
floor?
AD: I wish! I get my leg and ass
workout at Metro events because
I’m constantly running up and down
the stairs that connect the green
room (first floor) to the stage (2nd
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DE: What’s your emotional
state the weekend of the
event?
AD: Depends on ticket
sales! If we have really
great pre-sales then my
biggest focus is making
sure the show operates
seamlessly. If ticket sales
are just modest then I have
that extra anxiety of
wondering how many
people are going to show
up. I will add: I feel very
fortunate that Neverland
has come so far to the
point that we can have a
party on a Wednesday (our
last Purity Ball) and it was
still packed.
DE: How do you balance
your parties to attract the
new young gay boys and
still appease the crowds
who have attending
Neverland since the
beginning?
AD: I think it’s one of those
scenarios where crowds beget
crowds. People show up because
they know a lot of others are going
to show up, and they bring new
friends or boyfriends. I’ve met a lot
of young guys who have said
Neverland was their first big gay
Photographer Adam Ouahmane Graphic Artist Kyle Krueger
DE: How will you
bring “The Lost Boys”
to life?
AD: We’ll bring it to life
with the characters.
Everyone knows Pan,
Hook, Tinkerbell,
Wendy, and everyone
will be able to instantly
recognize the
characters we bring to
life on-stage. It will be
more nostalgic than
just seeing gogo
dancers in matching
costumes. There’s a
change for an actual
story to unfold on our
stage.
dance party, and that they
found out through word-ofmouth or a post on Facebook.
We do so much social media
marketing, and everyone in their
20’s/30’s is on Facebook/
Instagram.
DE: Would you call it a diverse
crowd? AD: Definitely. We’ve
been nurturing talented
transgender and drag
performers (of all shapes and
races) since Neverland was
founded. We’re fortunate
enough to have a lot of drag
queens and club kids come
dressed for the theme. I love
that. It adds flavor to the
events.
DE: What would you say to
someone who is on the fence
about venturing to Neverland?
AD: You need to experience it.
There’s a diverse team of some of
the most talented artists in Chicago
who pour their soul into everything
from set design to costume design
to music, sound, lighting, special
effects, performances; to the
Photographer Adam Ouahmane
Graphic Artist Kyle Krueger
nuances that don’t matter to
anyone else other than an
obsessive event production team.
And all of this so you can have a
great time with your friends, your
lover; so you can get laid, so you
can meet new people, so you can
have a night you’ll never forget.
Pre-sale tickets, including $95
weekend passes to all three
events (a $35 savings), are
available now at
www.neverlandpride.com.
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GRAB BETINA
PRIDE
Northalsted Business Alliance
Pride Person Betina Gozo
CrossTown Fitness
Q: How long have you been with
CrossTown Fitness?
Betina Gozo: I have been working
with CTF since May 2013, one
week after the opening of our first
location in the West Loop! I was
excited to hear we were expanding
into Boystown last year, and
couldn’t be happier to work in both
locations.
Q: How long as CrossTown Fitness
been a part of the Northalsted
Business Alliance?
BG: We actually became part of the
Northalsted Business Alliance
before we opened our doors in
2015. The Alliance has been there
from day one with our Grand
Opening, to hosting member
classes throughout the year, and
helping us connect with the
community to promote strong and
healthy lifestyles.
Q: What made you decide to
pursue a career in personal
training?
BG: When I stared taking working
out more seriously, I loved
discovering more about my
body and learning so much
about the different styles of
training. Watching changes
happen for myself was
something I wanted to make
happen for other people I loved
the feeling of getting stronger
and feeling happier, and I
wanted everyone else to feel
the same!
Q: What is one of the most
rewarding aspects of being a
personal trainer?
BG: I love watching people making
lifestyle changes, not only by
training and working out, but in
their every day lives and choices. Exercising truly does make people
have better lives! CrossTown loves
to be the vehicle for people to be
successful in every part of their life,
not just the time they spend in the
gym.
Q: When you are not at work, what
other businesses in Boystown do
you frequent?
BG: We are right
next door to
Whole Foods
where I grab
lunch from their
healthy salad
bar. During the
evening though,
I am sucker for
Musical
Mondays at
Sidetrack- it is
such a blast!
Q: How do you
exude pride
everyday?
BG: I strive to
stay true to who
I am every day I walk with
confidence, yet
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still love and respect everything and
everyone around me. Q: What is something people would
never guess about you?
BG: I played bass in a cover band
for five years as my full time job.
The lead singer and myself
frequented sparkle bras, high
waisted shiny booty shorts, and
leather boots. I also own 2 mopeds,
not scooters, 50CC old-school
mopeds. There is a very big
difference!
CrossTown Fitness is located at
3600 N. Halsted and is open
Monday Thru Friday
5:00am-9:00pm Saturday and
Sunday 6:00am-5:00pm
www.CrossTownFitness.com
Chicago PRIDE Parade
is right around the
corner...(Sunday June
26th) Have you reserved
your ad space yet?
Call today 773-857-2262
Pride Issue is delivered
Tuesday June 14th...
Reserve your space
prior to
Thursday June 9th
Photos by
Anthony
Meade
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GRAB ROGER
LEGAL
Buying a Condominium:
Avoiding Financial Hell
By Roger V. McCaffrey-Boss, Esq.
Q: I just bought my first
condominium and one week after I
moved in, the association sent me a
notice that there would be a special
assessment to fix the back porch
and stairs and that my share was
$5,000 of the cost. Do I have to pay
this? At closing, I also had to pay a
large transfer tax to the City of
Chicago. What are my options?
A: Before you buy any
condominium, you should be
prepared to examine a fair amount
of paperwork. It is better to work
hard before the closing than to
wake up to a nightmare of
problems afterward.
When you buy into a condo
building, you have to pay the
assessments; you are bound to pay
the assessments. And if you don’t,
they will put a lien on your property
or evict you. That’s why it’s
important to be diligent before
buying a condo unit, looking into
the financials of the governing
association before closing on a
deal. Before buying, find out if
special assessments are
anticipated, get a statement of the
reserves and find out how they
compare to the most recent reserve
study.
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A reserve study will analyze the
financial state of the association’s
reserves and anticipate
expenditures that will be needed
down the line. If a study hasn’t
been done, step back and think
about what you’re getting into: An
association that may not be
adequately prepared for future
expenses.
When you buy, make sure your
sales contract is subject to your
review and approval of the
following condominium documents:
• Declaration, bylaws, rules and
regulations You must be satisfied
that you can live within the
guidelines that each building
imposes. The bylaws can cover
pets, leasing your condominium
and requirements that the
apartment floors must always be
carpeted to reduce noise.
• Statement of any large
expenditures by the association
This information will let you know if
the association is planning a major
building repair or improvement that
could cause your assessment to
increase.
• Statement of the amount of
the reserve or replacement fund
This information will tell you how
well the board of managers
is running the building and
providing for future
unforeseen repairs.
As for transfer taxes, if you
will be making an offer to
purchase, have your realtor
submit your offer with a
provision that the city
transfer tax and all other
transfer taxes, including
State of Illinois and Cook
County (they total a
combined $1.50 per
thousand of sales price),
be split 50/50 by the Seller
and Purchaser. This way,
some of the pain can be
shared with the Seller.
If you are 65 or over, you can
obtain a refund if you purchase
property valued at $250,000 or less
and live in the premises for at least
one year.
Know that if you are purchasing
a new condominium, the Illinois
Condominium Property Act
provides that a “detailed
accounting” is to be provided by
every developer within 60 days
after election of the first unit owner
board of managers. The issue that
comes up is whether the developer
has properly paid assessments.
The law requires that the developer
pay assessments on unsold units
beginning with the first conveyance
and to collect assessments from
owners of sold units during the
period from the first sale until
turnover to the unit-owner
controlled board.
Also, be aware of the Illinois
Home Repair and Remodeling Act,
815 ILCS 513/1. This law requires
every contractor who performs
home repair, improvement or
remodeling on residential real
estate for a sum in excess of
$1,000, to obtain a written contract
signed by the homeowner, and a
give them a copy of the pamphlet
“Home Repair: Know Your
Consumer Rights,” prior to the
beginning of the work.
Roger McCaffrey-Boss is a
gradute of Hamline University
School of Law, St. Paul,
Minnesota, and is a member of
the Chicago Bar Association. You
can email him at
[email protected]. He
suggests that you consult your
own lawyer for any specific
questions regarding the issues
raised in this column.
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TRANSGENDER
GRAB HOLLY
Will You Sit Next to Me Here at the
Lunch Counter?
By Holly Maholm
Are you old enough – or, if you
are younger, did you ever read
about – the earliest days of the
Civil Rights struggle in this
country? Back on February 1,
1960, in Greensboro, North
Carolina, four young black men
staged a “sit-in” at the lunch
counter of a Woolworth store. Of
course, that lunch counter was for
“Whites Only” but those brave
young men came in and sat on
the stools and tried to order a
simple Coca-Cola (which they
never got).
And there were plenty of white
folks in that city who said, “Well,
let them go someplace else to
buy a Coke. There’s other places
that serve their kind.” But in time,
as we know, justice prevailed.
One aspect of that injustice –
perhaps, at the time, a rather
subtle consideration – was this:
That Woolworth store was
protected by a police force and a
fire department and a city
ambulance service and a public
works department (the roads and
sidewalks) and a court system (to
deal with anyone who robbed the
place), all of which were paid for
by city taxes. And those city taxes
were paid, in part, by all the black
families who lived in that town.
So, even though a significant
part of that town was “off limits”
to black folk, nevertheless black
citizens were compelled to pay
taxes to support all those
businesses and government
buildings they couldn’t use.
Now, this would be merely a
shameful incident from our
nation’s past … except it is
happening all over again, and it
promises to get worse.
It started with bakeries
refusing to bake wedding cakes
for same-sex couples, but it’s not
stopping there. No, the
legislatures of several states are
busy passing laws permitting
business owners to refuse service
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to LGBT folks. Their thinking is
simple: They want to turn North
Carolina and Texas into one big
“lunch counter” where we LGBT
folks can be turned away.
If they get their wish, there
will be bars and restaurants and
stores and gas stations and
government offices that are
“Straight Only,” but you – LGBT
taxpayer that you are – will still be
expected to pay your full share of
taxes to support and protect all
those places where you are
excluded.
So when you get fired from a
job (for being LGBT) or refused a
chance to rent an apartment (for
the same reason) and you are
made homeless and destitute, the
cause will be discrimination that is
fully legal under the laws of that
state. And you will get no
discount on your taxes for being a
second-class citizen.
What I have said so far is only
half the injustice. There is also
this.
So ask yourself: As to all
those citizens who voted for the
politicians who allow us to be
refused service … where will you
find them on a Sunday morning?
You will find them attending the
Full-Gospel, Baptized-in-Bigotry
Church of the Bible-Thumpers,
that’s where. And standing up in
front of all those True Believers –
and delivering a sermon that
condemns us LGBT folk – is a
pastor whose salary is paid by his
church.
And that pastor’s salary is
bigger and richer than it would
otherwise be, because that
church (like all other churches) is
exempt from paying local real
estate taxes (and federal taxes,
too). So, you … currently-out-ofwork-and-homeless-LGBT-person
that you are (who got lawfully fired
from your job and evicted from
your apartment) have to pay extra
taxes in order to make up for the
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taxes not paid by that pastor who
slanders you.
Does that seem fair? No, of
course not. If that church gets the
benefit of police and fire and
roads and snow plowing, then
they should pay local taxes just
like the pizza shop and the
Starbucks and the movie theater
in that town. Nobody should have
to subsidize the salary of that
hateful preacher, least of all us
LGBT-folk who suffer so much
because of his bigotry.
We pay the same taxes as
everybody else, and we deserve –
we have purchased! – the same
right to patronize all those “opento-the-public” businesses
supported and protected by local
taxes.
And most important, it’s time
for churches – especially those
churches that pretend to share a
message of love and brotherhood
– to pay the same taxes that
everybody else pays. Every little
diner and coffee shop and
seamstress in my town pays
those taxes, and no one is asking
any church to pay any more than
what everyone else pays.
Yes, let the churches pay the
same taxes that the lunch
counters pay. It’s only just.
Holly Maholm is a transgender
woman living in Cleveland, Ohio.
She is the author of a recentlypublished book Brave in Ribbons
(November, 2015) which features
a transgender woman who faces
hardship in her life. Other articles
by Holly can be found at
www.HollyMaholm.com. Daily Specials
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Charlies: Free Two-Step Line Dancing Lessons @ 7:30pm, Country Dancing until 11pm, Bingo with Darla
Dae 11pm-1am, Dance Music with Lightning LuLu Until 4am. $2 Wells & Draft Pints, $13 Absolut Pitchers.
Crew: Pub Quiz 8pm $5 chicken strips $4 Hopothesis beers $5 Absolut Cocktails. Hydrate: $2 Drinks,
$5 Cover after Midnight, DJ Laura B. Kit Kat: Half-priced drink menu & 33 percent off entire food menu.
Lucky Horseshoe: Open at 3pm, Dancers 7pm. North End: Open at 11am, Free pool, $10.75 Miller
Lite Pitchers. Phoenix Bar: Karaoke Night 2.50 Mystery Shot special, $3 Miller Lite Bottles. Progress
Bar: Rupaul's Drag Race viewing party 8PM, 9PM EVERY MONDAY Gia's Gunns and Roses Drag Show,
$5 ABSOLUT vodka cocktails, $5 Jameson, $3 Blue Moon Drafts Scarlet: $3 PBR Tall Boys, $5 Select
Martinis. Shakers: $13 Mix & Match Buckets, $4 Jager Shots. Sidetrack: Open at 3pm, RuPaul's Drag
Race Viewing Party: Untucked 7:30, New Episode 8pm, Show Tunes after Ru till 2am. SoFo Tap: $5
Jameson Shots, $3 Well and Select Call Cocktails, $3 All Draft Beers, $2 SIN (Service Industry) Feature,
8PM – Close, SIN – Service Industry Night. Steamworks: $5 off w/Student ID, Quick Trix 9a-1p $7
lockers, 5/30 6pm-6am BLOW OUT Your last chance to play, Live Show with Fort Troff’s Aarin Asker and
Bennett Anthony. The Office: $5 Martinis (you-call-it). Touche: Big Game Night Come Out & Play.
@mosphere: Gayme Night XBox Kinnect, cards, Jenga, etc. 3rd Tuesdays of the month is Killer Babes
Drag Show 10pm. Charlie’s: Rockstar Karaoke with Jeremiah 9pm-1am. Top 40's Dance Beats with
Lightning LuLu 1am-4am. $2 Draft Pints, $3 Fireball, $13 You-Call-It Pitchers. Crew: $1 Tacos, $5
Beergarita Pints, $5 Michelada, $20 mexican beer buckets. Kit Kat Lounge: Half priced martinis & 33
percent off small plates; Tarot Card Readings by Therese Murphy. "Burger, Beer, Bitch!" $14.95 Burger &
Sam Adams. Lucky Horseshoe: Open Auditions for male dancers 7pm. Open at 3pm, Dancers 7pm.
North End: Open at 11am, $5.75 22 oz Lites. Phoenix Bar: Dollar Drink Night (Well liquor only), $5
Manager Shot Special. Progress Bar: Industry night 50% off everything for industry people with a valid
pay stub $4 Fat Tire drafts, $5 Jack Daniels products. Replay Beer & Bourbon: Tat-Tuesdays with
Keith, Ryan and HO-sted by Debbie Fox, Richard on Door, FREE Tattoo weekly! Sidetrack: Open at
3pm, TRL Tuesday: Totally Rad Line-up of 90's and early 00's Music Videos 8pm-2am. SoFo Tap:
$5 Absolut cocktails, $6.50 Big Beers (all drafts), 9PM Tringo (Trivia Bingo) with host Sister Margaret
Cootersnatch. Scarlet: $4 You-Call-Its, $4 Jager, Jameson, Rumpleminze Shots. Steamworks: Come
Back Tuesdays Use your weekend receipt to get $4 off anytime Tuesday or Wednesday, 4p-7p-Howard
Brown Open Testing To the Public. $5 off w/Student ID. The Call: Vodka Night & Music Videos. $5 Skyy
Vodka Cocktails. Touche: Hardcore Cruisin Club Room Open.
@mosphere: Drink Specials. Baton Show Lounge: Shows at 8:30pm, 10:30pm & 12:30am.
Charlie’s: Shower Contest Hosted by Carlos $100 Cash Prize for first place! Sign up by 11pm. $2 Wells
$1 Draft Pints, DJ Alex Cabot spins till 4am. Crew: $5 off all pitchers of beer (Beer buddy Wednesdays)
$5 stoli cocktails. Kit Kat Lounge: Half-price Cocktails & Martinis, Buy one entree get one free.
Lucky Horseshoe: Open at 3pm, Dancers 7pm. North End: Open at 11am, $5.75 22 oz Lites.
Phoenix Bar: Hump Day! $5 Absolut Vodka, $5 Manager Shot Special Progress Bar: $4 Svedka
Flavors and $3 Coronas. Scarlet: $3 Miller Lite, $4 Svedka, $4 Old School Shots. Shakers: $1 Off
Craft Beers, $1 Off Long Island Iced Teas and Flavored Teas. Sidetrack: Open at 3pm, Woof
Wednesday 1st Wed of Month, monthly All Things Beyonce and Sync It Parties other Wed.'s 9pm-2am
SoFo Tap: $4 Fat Tire Drafts, $6.50 Fat Tire Big Beers, $4 Fireball Shots, 9PM Live Game Show with
host Dick Guhzinya. Steamworks: Come Back Wednesdays Use your weekend receipt to get $4 off
anytime Tuesday or Wednesday, $5 off w/Student ID. The Call: Showtunes Absolut & Skyy Martini
Specials. The Office: $3 Wells & $2.50 16oz Draft Beers. Karaoke at 9pm Touche: Jockstrap Night
Free Pants Check.
Thursday
@mosphere: Male Dancers 10pm. Baton Show Lounge: Shows at 8:30pm, 10:30pm & 12:30am.
Charlie’s: Industry Night! Dancers, $3 You-Call-It Drinks, Shots, and Beer All Day! (Excludes
LongIsland) Dart League 8pm. Dart Tournament 10pm. Afterhours Dance Music with Ron G from
11pm-4am.. Crew: Karaoke 10pm, $3.50 Draft beers (not including high ABV). Hydrate: $5 Effen
Cocktails & Bombs. Kit Kat Lounge: Half-priced martinis and $5 mojitos; Tarot Card Readings by
Therese Murphy. Lucky Horseshoe: Open at 3pm, Dancers 4pm. North End: Open at 11am,
$10.75 Miller Lite Pitchers. Phoenix Bar: Dancers and Go-go Boys! $5 Bacardi, $5 Vegas Bombs.
Progress Bar: 1st Thurs Illuminaughty Party, Every Thurs $4 Fireball and $3 Miller LIte drafts.
Scarlet: $5 40 oz. Miller Lite, $5 24 oz. Corona, $5 Long Island Mini-Pitchers, $5 Old School Shots.
Shakers: $4 Fireball Shots, $2 Miller Lite Bottles, $4 Well Drinks. Sidetrack: Open at 3pm, Comedy
Videos 8pm-12am, Music Videos 12am-2am. SoFo Tap: $6 Miller Lite Draft and a Shot of Jameson, $3
Blueberry or Raspberry Vodka Lemonades, $1 Jello Shots Steamworks: $5 off w/Student ID.
Touche: Handballer Night Red/White Hanky Specials Club Room Open.
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Friday
@mosphere: Male Dancers 10:30pm. Baton Show Lounge: Shows at 8:30pm, 10:30pm &
12:30am. Charlie’s: Free Two-Step Line Dancing Lessons @10pm Country Dancing until 1:30am,Top 40
Dance/House Mixes with Lightning LuLu till 4am. $5 Draft Pitchers & $13 Long Island Pitchers.
Crew: $4.25 Lagunitas IPA pints, $2 PBR cans, $4.50 Skinny Lemonade F.O’Mahony’s: $15 All-U-Can
Eat Fish & Chips. Hydrate: $4 Jameson Shots. Kit Kat Lounge: $32 three course prix-fixe menuincludes a martini, salad and entree. Lucky Horseshoe: Open at 3pm, Dancers 4pm. North End:
Open at 11am, $5.75 22 oz Lites. Phoenix Bar: Dance Night with Go-go boys! $5 Three-Olives Vodka, $5
Fireball. Progress Bar: 9PM to 10PM POWER HOUR $2 All Svedka Cocktails, No Cover EVER DJ starts at
10PM. Shakers: $3 Molson Golden Bottles, $5 Cosmos. Sidetrack: Open at 3pm, T.G.I.F. Show Tunes
5-9 pm, High Energy 9pm-2am. SoFo Tap: $6 Big Miller Lites, $4 Red Stag Shots or Cocktails, $4 Fireball
Shots, $2 PBR Cans, 3PM – 7PM, Customer Appreciation – Free Food (while supplies last), Free Darts, first
10 people in get a scratch off Lotto Ticket 9PM – Close, GRR… It’s Friday – Bear Party. Steamworks:
Quick Trix 9a-1p $7 lockers, 9p-12a TPAN HIV Rapid Test. The Office: DJ’s @ 10pm. Touche: 6/3
M.A.F.I.A Club Night, 6/10 Team Touche Fundraiser Night.
Saturday
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@mosphere: Male Dancers 11pm. Baton Show Lounge: Shows at 8:30pm, 10:30pm & 12:30am.
Charlie’s: Smoke & Mirrors hosted by Khloe @ Midnight, Lightning Lulu spins Top 40 mixes till 4am. $3 ApplePie
Moonshine Shots, $5 Draft Pitchers, $13 Long Island Pitchers. Crew: $4.25 Coors Lite tall boys, $7-9 Crew Bloodies,
$15 bottomless mimosas (with entree purchase). Hydrate: $5 Effen Bombs. Lucky Horseshoe: Dancers all
day! 2pm. Mid City Cocktail & Supper Club: 5/21 $6.00 Long Islands, $3.00 Diva Shots. North End: Open at
11am, Welcoming CMSA and AAC teams. Phoenix Bar: Dance Night with Go-go boys! $5 Svedka Vodka, $5
Fireball. Progress Bar: No Cover Ever. DJ starts at 10:30 p.m. Scarlet: $5 Well Drinks, $5 Imported Beers, $95
Classic Stoli Bottle Service. Shakers: $5 Jager Shots, $4 Fireball Shots, $1 Off all Imports. Sidetrack: Open at
1pm, Sidetrack Video Mix 1-9 pm, High Energy 9pm- 3am. SoFo Tap: $4 Stella Drafts, $4 Fireball Shots, $4 Skinny
Lemonades, Noon – 3pm Doggy Days – Afternoon Dog Party, First Saturday of the Month - 9PM – Close, DILF, Last
Saturday of the Month – 9PM – Close, GEAR. The Office: DJ’s @ 10pm. Touche: 6/4 Bear Night with Great
Lakes Bears, 6/11 Dungeon Master Night Demo @ Midnight CWB 5pm.
Sunday
Funday
@mosphere: Best Music of the 70‘s, 80‘s & 90‘s every week with Monthly Special events & Drink
Specials. Baton Show Lounge: Shows at 7pm, 9pm & 11pm. Charlie’s: Euchre Club 5pm-8pm.
Rockstar Karaoke with Jeremiah 9pm-1am. Top 40's Dance Beats with Lightning LuLu 1am-4am. $5 Draft
Pitchers, $13 You-Call-It Pitchers. Crew: $5 Beergarita pints, $12 Miller Lite pitchers, $7-9 Crew
Bloodies, $15 bottomless mimosas (with entree purchase). F.O’Mahony’s: $20 Mimosa Brunch.
Hydrate: $4 U-Calls Its Kit Kat Lounge: Half priced martinis, 33 percent off small plates;
Divalicious Brunch staring Madam X, 11am-4pm; $29.95 prix-fixe; $14.95 “Build your own” cocktail
package. Lucky Horseshoe: Dancers 2pm. North End: Open at 11, Playing all the Sunday
Funday games! Phoenix Bar: Latin Night / Variety Latino Show! $4 Corona Bottles, $7 Long Island,
$5 Patron Silver Shots. Progress Bar: Sunday Funday! $10 Bottles of Bubbly/Mimosas $10 Pitchers
of Miller Lite or Coors Light $3 Miller Lite or Coors Light drafts, DJ Chip every Sunday playing all of your
favorite music videos and always taking requests. Shakers: $6 Bloody Mary Bar, $4 Mimosas, $13 Mix
& Match Buckets, $5 Chocolate Martinis. Sidetrack: Open at 1pm, Show Tunes 4-9pm, Flashback
Videos 9pm-2am Retro with a beat. SoFo Tap: $5 PBR and a Shot of Jameson, $3 Miller Lite Drafts,
$5 SoFo Marys, $4 Skinny Lemonades. The Office: $2.50 Bloody Marys, $2.50 Champagnes, &
$2.50 16oz Draft Beers. Karaoke at 9pm. Touche: Beer Bust, Beer Bust $1 Bud & Bud Light Drafts,
Sodas, After the Beach Party 3-7pm, Movie Night 7pm.
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EVENTS
SAVE THE DATE: Chicago
Sinfonietta Ball on June 4
Chicago Sinfonietta will host its
annual Ball on Saturday, June 4 at
the Fairmont Chicago Millennium
Park Hotel. This year's theme is
"Maestro's Legacy...Today.
Tomorrow. Forever." The event will
celebrate the legacy of the
Sinfonietta's late founder and true
pioneer, Maestro Paul Freeman,
who founded the Sinfonietta in
1987, retired in 2011 and passed
away in 2015 at the age of 79. The
event's Corporate Chair is Linda
Boasmond of Cedar Concepts
Corporation and the Civic Chair is
Dr. Greta Pope Wimp. The
Honorary Chairs are the Betty and
Edward Gardner Family. Cedar
Concepts Corporation is the Title
Sponsor of the Chicago Sinfonietta
Ball.
Each year Chicago Sinfonietta
hosts more than 550 guests from
among Chicago's top corporations
and private supporters to raise
much needed critical support for the
Sinfonietta's innovative concert
season and expansive education
outreach programs. Individual
reservations for the Ball are $400
per person; sponsorship
opportunities range from $1,250 to
$75,000.
The ball will feature a cocktail
reception, three-course gourmet
dinner, a $10,000 raffle, live auction
and paddle raise to support
education programs and a
signature performance by the full
orchestra, under the baton of three
Freeman Conducting Fellows, with
surprise guest artists. The evening
will conclude with a postperformance cocktail celebration
and dance party.
"We are proud to dedicate this
year's annual ball to the life and
legacy of Maestro Freeman," said
Sinfonietta Ball Civic Chair, Dr.
Greta Pope Wimp. "He was a true
visionary who changed the
landscape of classical music in the
United States and beyond. He
offered opportunity for a diverse
community of musicians and
composers to contribute their
immense talents to one of the finest
and most creative orchestras in the
world."
Under the direction of Music
Director Maestro Mei-Ann Chen
and Executive Director Jim Hirsch,
Chicago Sinfonietta has continued
Maestro Freeman's mission of
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providing exciting opportunities for
minority musicians while
showcasing the range of musical
expression that is present in the
many symphonic musical traditions
of the world.
For more information about the
Chicago Sinfonietta Ball and to
make reservations or arrange
sponsorship, please contact
Courtney Perkins, Director of
Development and Operations for
Chicago Sinfonietta at 312284-1559 or by email at
[email protected]
For more information, visit
www.chicagosinfonietta.org/
2016ball.
students in their schools and
175 stories on the stage for the
general public through its yearround variety show, THAT’S
WEIRD, GRANDMA at The NeoFuturist Theater, 5153 N. Ashland
Ave. in Chicago.
For reservations, please
visit barrelofmonkeys.org/coa or
call 773-506-7140. INDY PRIDE ANNOUNCES
GIRL PRIDE AND TRANS
PRIDE EVENTS
FREE EVENT!
Barrel of Monkeys Presents
Annual CELEBRATION OF
AUTHORS
Barrel of Monkeys, in
collaboration with The University of
Chicago Department of Theatre and
Performance Studies, invites you to
join student-authors, their
classmates, family and educators
for the annual CELEBRATION OF
AUTHORS, featuring performances
of student-written stories created
at each of its partner schools and
after-school program during the
2015-2016 season. Performed by
more than 30 Barrel of Monkeys actors and musicians, and directed
by Artistic Director Joseph
Schupbach, this FREE event takes
place Tuesday, June 7,
2016 at 6:30 pm (6:30 pm pre-show
reception and activities; 7 pm
curtain) at the University of
Chicago’s Reva and David Logan
Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th St.
in Chicago.
During 2015-16, Barrel of
Monkeys worked with 14 school
partners in 48 classrooms, plus an
after-school program. The Chicagobased arts education theater
ensemble, now in its 19th season,
conducts creative writing
workshops with 3rd through
5th grade students in underserved
Chicago Public Schools. The
ensemble of actor-educators then
turns their stories and words into
professionally performed theater,
presented both in-school and for
the general public through its
revues. Barrel of Monkeys annually performs more than 300
student-written stories for the
May 31, 2016
In 2012, Vice President Joe
Biden proclaimed that transgender
discrimination is “the civil rights
issue of our time.” This
proclamation raised the visibility of
Trans injustice and inequality in the
United States. Though that visibility
has continued the rise, so too has
Trans-related violence and
discrimination, including a hotbed of
political fear-mongering and hateful
legislation from several U.S. States.
With these elevated attacks, both in
the civil and legislative spheres, it is
undeniable that more work remains
to be done in breaking down
barriers. Indy Pride, Inc. has
announced the inclusion of the
inaugural Trans Pride, entitled
Being Transgender In Indiana:
Making History Past and Present,
on Tuesday, June 7th, as a part of
the Circle City IN Pride Week of
Events.
Participants will engage with
Indiana trans advocacy and support
organizations at our Health and
Wellness Fair, 5p - 7p, before
listening to writer, film producer,
director, and LGBT activist Andrea
James share her experience of
being trans in Indiana over the
years, from 7p to 9p. There will be a
Q&A to follow.
Other trans Hoosiers will also
share their stories, including Warren
Central High School student
Treymeere Bigbee; Kimberly Acoff,
a caseworker for the Department of
Child Services; Hawthorn Mineart,
managing editor for Indiana
Transgender Network; and Butler
University students Ariel Laukins &
Basil.
Indy Pride, Inc. hopes that
Being Transgender In Indiana:
Making History Past and Present
will help provide a foundation of
education that will eliminate Transdiscrimination while simultaneously
celebrating the unique history of
gender diversity.
Visit www.circlecityINpride.org
THEATER
Irish Theatre of
Chicago Presents
SPINNING
Now Through – July 3
Irish Theatre of
Chicago concludes its 2015-16
Season with the U.S premiere
of Deirdre Kinahan’s probing
drama SPINNING, directed
by Joanie Schultz, playing Now –
July 3, 2016 at The Den Theatre,
1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. in
Chicago.
Conor is fresh from prison,
THE CURE
June 1 - 18, at the Chicago
Cultural Center’s Sidney R.
Yates Gallery
Walkabout Theater Company,
in association with the Chicago
Department of Cultural Affairs and
Special Events, is pleased to
present The Cure, a new
ensemble-devised work exploring
our relationship with disease,
resilience and our pursuit of
immortality. Commissioned text
FIRST FLOOR THEATER
Announces The
Fourth Annual Literary
Festival: FITZFEST
August 4 - August 13
grasping at the threads of his life.
Susan is grieving the loss of her
teenage daughter. Two lives collide
in a seaside cafe and are forever
changed. Deidre Kinahan,
playwright of the acclaimed Irish
drama Moment, masterfully
unspools a gripping contemporary
tale over three distinct timelines in
this U.S. premiere.
"I’m thrilled to be back in
Chicago and working with Irish
Theatre and my friend Joanie
Schultz,” comments
playwright Deirdre Kinahan.
“Chicago embraced my
play Moment several years ago at
Steep Theatre. Spinning is favorite
piece of mine, and I'm delighted for
the opportunity to once again
share my work with Chicago
audiences.” “The emotional life
of Spinning is viscerally truthful
and relatable,” comments
Director Joanie Schultz. “Deirdre
Kinahan throws us head first into
the colliding lives of two parents
desperately trying to hang on to
their children. The play weaves
together an emotional landscape
of loss and regret in which
devastation and confusion spiral
out of control in action and in
memory. As we jump in time
through past and present, the play
keeps the audience on the edge of
their seats, trying madly to
understand the events that got us
to this present moment. The cast,
mostly made up of ITC company
members, bring a fearlessly
vulnerable energy to the play that
breathes the best kind of life into
this thrilling piece.”
Tickets now on
sale at www.irishtheatreofchicago.
by Emma Stanton is fused with
interwoven narratives of
movement, music, group
choreography and funerary rites
that investigate the fatigue of hope
in the face of profound grief.
Directed by Co-Artistic
Director Kendra Miller with
movement by Co-Artistic
Director Thom Pasculli, The
Cure will play June 1 – 18,
2016 at The Sidney R. Yates
Gallery at the Chicago Cultural
Center, 78 E. Washington St. in
Chicago. All performances are free
to the public.
A decaying greenhouse
beckons from the banks of a
mighty river. A group of doctors,
patients and figures from
mythology are pulled from different
moments in history into the shelter
of its glass walls by a common
search – they are all seeking a
cure for their condition, something
that will transcend certain fate and
immobilize death. In this magical
purgatory, haunted by mythic
figures, snake-oil salesmen and
angels, time is frozen and a
bargain can be struck. The
seekers must confront their own
desire to stay stuck. How can we
risk hope when a cure is nowhere
to be found? What do we sacrifice
when we fight to keep things the
same? How much loss must we
endure?
Following the ancient rhythms
of Greek and Hindu mythology, set
to a Viennese Waltz and pulling
from the canon of 1980's
heartbreak power ballads, and
spinning through original
movement and dance inspired by
the orbit of the planetary realms
and the laws from Kepler and
Newton, THE CURE looks at how
we plant the seeds of hope in an
uncertain future and where we can
find the strength to continue
searching for a cure. For more information: www.npnweb.org.
the life and work of F. Scott
Fitzgerald. Fitzfest will play August
5 – August 13, 2016 at
Collaboraction's Pentagon Theatre
in The Flat Iron Arts Building.
Over the past three years, the
FFT LitFest has brought together
some of Chicago’s greatest
writers, including Seth Bockley,
Philip Dawkins, Bonnie Metzgar,
Ike Holter, and Brett Neveu to
respond to The Brothers Grimm,
Mark Twain and Franz Kafka.
This year, some of Chicago and
New York's finest writers have
found inspiration in Fitzgerald’s
smart social commentary, razorsharp dialogue, vivid imagery, and
unflinching exploration of the
American psyche. All eight plays in
the festival will be performed every
night.
Fitzfest will feature new plays
by: Ike Holter, Calamity
West, Morgan McNaught, J.
Julian Christopher, Ken Urban,
Elise Spoerlein, and Company
Members Sid Branca and Jesse
Roth.
“It’s an honor to be producing
our festival for a fourth time this
summer and solidifying our
tradition of queer writers, female
writers and writers of color
interpreting the work of straight,
white men for the 21st century,”
says Artistic Director Hutch
Pimentel.
“We are so excited to this year
expand our Literary Festival
beyond Chicago, welcoming back
writers from New York whose fulllength shows we premiered this
season, alongside both new and
returning Chicago writing talent.”
Tickets are
available at firstfloortheater.com.
First Floor Theater (FFT)
Has announced its fourth annual
literary festival, Fitzfest, a festival
of eight world premiere plays, by
some of the country’s most
exciting playwrights, inspired by
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NEWS
HOWARD BROWN HEALTH
ISSUES STATEMENT ON
NEWLY RELEASED
HEPATITIS C DATA FROM
THE CDC
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
released preliminary data showing
that hepatitis C–related deaths are
at an all-time high in the United
States. The data finds that more
Americans now die as a result of
hepatitis C infection than from 60
other infectious diseases reported
to the CDC – including HIV,
tuberculosis, and pneumococcal
disease – combined.
In response, Dr. Magda
Houlberg, Chief Clinical Officer for
Howard Brown Health, release the
following statement:
“Howard Brown Health has
been working to increase the
numbers of patients screened for
hepatitis C (HCV) and to use the
most up-to-date treatment
approaches for the people we
serve. The numbers released by
the CDC are very concerning,
especially considering risk factors
prevalent in the LGBTQ and other
communities. Howard Brown uses
a unique, multidisciplinary
approach to HCV screening and
treatment, which includes
screening in primary care and
sexual health walk-in settings,
nurse education, case
management, and pharmacy
support. With aggressive screening
and a robust approach to
treatment, we can decrease these
numbers in the future.”
In 2015, Howard Brown Health
screened 5,743 unique patients for
HCV, with a positivity rate of 2.5%.
Also in 2015, an HCV project team
was formed, meeting weekly to
review patients on treatment, or in
queue for, treatment. All Howard
Brown physicians, nurse
practitioners, and physician
assistants participate in a training
for community-based medical
providers in effectively treating
HCV in the primary care setting.
In 2015 Howard Brown’s HCV team
served 192 patients living with
active HCV, and cured 44 patients.
Factors that contribute to the
spread of HCV include lack of
access to healthcare, stigma, lack
of availability of sterile needles and
syringes for hormone treatment,
outdated views, lack of available
sterile needles and syringes for
people who inject drugs, barriers to
education and screening, sexual
transmission, and poor insurance
coverage.
Dr. Houlberg added, "We
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encourage people concerned about
possible HCV infection or who
need guidance exploring treatment
options to consult medical experts."
Howard Brown's Walk-in Clinic
offers access to screening on a
sliding-scale fee structure six-days
a week. Hours and other
information are posted at
howardbrown.org. Patients may
also consult their provider on an
appointment basis. Call
773-388-1600 to schedule an
appointment.
LEVI’S® x HARVEY MILK
FOUNDATION® PRIDE 2016 COLLECTION LAUNCHES IN THE
AMERICAS
The Levi’s® brand has
announced its global Pride
Collection for 2016 in partnership
with the Harvey Milk Foundation®.
A long-standing ally to the LGBTQ
community, the Levi’s® brand will
commemorate the election and
legacy of Harvey Milk through a
range of gender-neutral product
with a portion of the proceeds
benefitting the Harvey Milk
Foundation.
As a non-profit organization,
the Harvey Milk Foundation®
works tirelessly across the globe to
spread Harvey Milk’s vision: a
world where all individuals, without
exception, are afforded the same,
equal human rights. The Levi’s®
brand is proud and honored to
support the Harvey Milk
Foundation™ in its ongoing global
work. The Levi’s® x Harvey Milk
Foundation® Pride 2016 collection
is the physical representation of
Levi’s® belief in equality for all
people while continuing the legacy
of one outspoken, courageous and
pioneering individual, whose
inspiring example will never be
forgotten.
The limited edition collection
commemorates the legacy of
Harvey Milk with a series of distinct
design details on iconic Levi’s®
products including: Trucker jacket emblazoned with
Harvey Milk’s historic “Hope will
never be silent” quote and pride
embellishments
Stonewashed shorts with rainbow
embroidered watch pocket and
Harvey Milk patches
Levi’s® Rainbow tab on jacket and
shorts - a true flag of pride on
iconic Levi’s® essentials
Exclusive ringer tee and tank with
Harvey Milk bottle graphic and
Levi’s® Pride timeline
May 31, 2016
Evergreen pride tee and 5-panel
hat, both with the Levi’s® rainbow
batwing Navy paisley print
bandana with Levi’s® rainbow
batwing embroidery
The entire collection is gender
neutral.
The Levi’s® x Harvey Milk
Foundation® Pride 2016 Collection
will be available in the Americas on
www.levi.com and select Levi’s®
retail locations beginning May 18.
The collection will also launch in
Europe on select Levi’s®
ecommerce sites and at select
retail locations June 1. IGLTA and European Travel
Commission Sign
Partnership to Strengthen
Promotion of LGBTWelcoming Tourism in
Europe
International Day Against
Homophobia, Transphobia and
Biphobia, 2016)—The International
Gay & Lesbian Travel Association,
the leading member-based global
organization dedicated to lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender
tourism, announced today its
organizational partnership with the
European Travel Commission, an
association uniting 32 European
national tourist offices with the aim
of promoting Europe as a tourism
destination in long-haul markets.
The announcement was timed
in honor of the International Day
Against Homophobia, Transphobia
and Biphobia, a global celebration
of sexual and gender diversity.
IGLTA and ETC are committed to a
world where all travelers feel
welcome, regardless of their
orientation or gender identity and
share in the goal of strengthening
the tourism industry at large.
“When you look at the timeline
of LGBT-positive legislation and
marriage equality, you see the
majority of destinations paving the
way are European,” says John
Tanzella, IGLTA President/CEO.
“We want to support our longtime
tourism allies, and look forward to
working more closely with the ETC
in promoting LGBT-welcoming
travel to the many diverse and
interesting destinations throughout
Europe.”
“Europe is a welcoming
destination that embraces diversity,
and ETC is working closely with its
member NTOs to ensure that the
European values of equality and
tolerance are reflected in our image
as a tourism destination,” said
Eduardo Santander, Executive
Director of ETC. “Our partnership
with IGLTA is a pillar in our longterm strategy to enhance the
competitiveness of the European
tourism sector.”
For more information on IDAHOT,
visit dayagainsthomophobia.org.
Indie Experimental
Electronic/Pop
Artist D∆WN Releases New Single "Wake Up"
MUSIC
independent artist. The album
peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's
Dance/Electronic chart.
As an independent artist,
D∆WN is carving out an inimitable
lane and breaking barriers in
music, film, fashion and
technology with her innovative
approach. She has captured the
hearts of a dedicated and diverse
fanbase spanning hip-hop, pop,
R&B, EDM and dance music.
YouTube and the tech-savvy
publication The Verge recently
announced D∆WN as the first-ever
artist to perform for the newly
launch YouTube LIVE 360° series.
Purchase D∆WN "Wake
Up": http://smarturl.it/WakeUpiT
Experimental visual artist,
producer, filmmaker and
entrepreneur, D∆WN, released
"Wake Up" and is now available
digitally for worldwide purchase
and streaming across all DSPs.
"Wake Up" is the newest single
from style icon D∆WN's
forthcoming project Redemption.
To launch the track, D∆WN
partnered with the premiere
fashion and pop culture publication
PAPERMAG.com. D∆WN exclusively told the
magazine, "With 'Wake Up,' it's a
story of an altered reality where
the dream feels like real life. The
wish that a dreamer's world could
be the reality." "Wake Up" is the
follow up to her infectious
MachineDrum-produced "Not
Above That" which went No. 1 on
the iTunes Electronic single and
video charts. D∆WN is readying to release
Redemption, one of the most hotly
anticipated releases of 2016,
through a new partnership with
MBK Entertainment/RED
Associated Labels. The fiercely
independent-maven will reveal
details soon for the third and final
installment of her criticallyacclaimed music trilogy series.
Redemption marks The Red Era of
the trilogy, it is a celebratory effort
and D∆WN's freedom song. In
2013 a courageous and regal
D∆WN released her solo debut
album, Goldenheart which
reached #1 on iTunes R&B/Soul
and iTunes Top 25 albums chart
within hours. Goldenheart
received universal acclaim from
contemporary music critics who
hailed D∆WN as one of the best
new acts in pop and R&B. Fast
forward to January 2015, D∆WN
released her sophomore album
Blackheart, many notable sources
named the album one of the best
of 2015 including Rolling Stone,
Fact Mag and Pitchfork. For the
rollout, D∆WN revealed a darker
imaginative side and released a
total of nine visuals within a six
month period of the release, a
ground-breaking feat for an
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MADYX Releases New
Summer Anthem “Where
The Wild Things Are”
Los Angeles, CA-based 23year old singer/songwriter Madyx,
the brainchild of Michelle
Blanchard, has released her
latest single “Where The Wild
Things Are.” The infectious single
was written by Madyx along with
award winning, multi-Platinum
selling Swedish songwriter and
producer, Carl Ryden (Bruno
Mars, Kylie Minogue, Benny
Benassi), who also produced the
track.
“Where The Wild Things Are”
is currently being featured on Asia
Pop 40, across 28 radio markets in
Asia with host Dom Lau (former
Channel V VJ and E! News Asia).
Asia Pop 40 is Asia’s most
influential syndicated mainstream
pop music radio program.
Madyx has been described as
a mix of P!nk and Katy Perry, with
influences ranging from Brody
Dalle of The Distillers to Melissa
Etheridge, her genuine and honest
lyrics combined with the Pop/
Dance/Alternative style of
production is the perfect mix for
today’s music lover.
Madyx is currently touring
Southern California high schools
and other venues on the Sunset
Strip in Hollywood. She has been
featured on audiobook.com, Elite
Muzik, Pickysticks and more.
For more information visit
www.madyx.com.
May 31, 2016
@Shazam “Heading Home”
Gryffin premieres the video for
his debut single, “Heading Home,”
featuring Josef Salvat. The video
which features beautiful
choreography by Joe Komara,
was directed by Daniel Iglesias Jr.
and shot in Downtown Los
Angeles.
Released by Darkroom/Interscope
Records in January, “Heading
Home” features Gryffin's live
instrumentation, including piano
and guitar, and clean production
work that fuses Salvat's anthemic
vocals with a bouncy groove,
dreamy atmospheres, and an
evocative, nostalgic vibe. “Heading
Home” hit No. 1 on Spotify’s
Global Viral 50 and U.S. Viral 50
charts at the end of January and
has racked up more than 15
million plays on the service
worldwide.
The classically trained pianist
and guitarist (born Dan Griffin) has
sold-out every date on his
headlining “Heading Home Live”
tour, which was meant to conclude
in San Francisco. However due to
demand, a show at the El Rey in
Los Angeles has been added on
May 7th. That date sold out in less
than 20 minutes.
After cultivating a catalog of
chart-topping remixes (including
Years & Years' "Desire" and Tove
Lo's "Talking Body") that have
amassed over 100 million
streams in the past year, Gryffin is
set to further his already steep
upward trajectory with outstanding
original music. With “Heading
Home,” and his making the leap to
live performance, Gryffin ushers in
a new era of his career as he
continues to manifest his
own melody-rich style of house
music on more singles to come,
while establishing himself as an
original artist.
For more information visit
www.gryffinofficial.com
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GRAB DORIAN
Porn Star
Dorian Ferro
By Tom Olah
Tom Olah: How and why did
you first get into porn? Dorian Ferro: It’s my alter ego for
sure! And because I wanted to
experience getting in front of a
camera and having sex for the
world. I have only been doing porn
for about a year.
TO: Do you think your friends watch
your movies?
DF: Oh yeah, for sure, all the time.
They are always sending me
messages about how hot my new
scene partner is or how hot the
scene was.
TO: Do you
watch your
movies?
DF: I do at
times watch
my own
movies. I want
to see how I
look and act on
the screen. TO: What do
you think the
biggest
misconception
is that people
have about
working in
porn?
DF: In my
opinion, that
they think I am
easy and that
they can pay
me to sleep
with them.
TO: Have you
ever had
chemistry
problems with
a scene
partner?
DF: There has
been a case
or two but, for
the most part,
chemistry isn’t
a problem.
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TO: You and Ryan Rose are
nominated for a Grabby for “Sex
Pad” for hottest rimming. Is Ryan
Rose as good at eating ass he it
looks?
DF: [Laughs] Yes. He is as good as
he looks on-screen. He is a good
ass eater.
TO: What is the most difficult part
of working in gay porn?
DF: Being able to keep a
relationship. All of my previous
partners have had an issue with me
working in the porn industry.
TO: Has working in gay porn
impacted your sex life in your
private life?
DF: It has for sure impacted my sex
life, but for the best though. My sex
life has definitely been at its best.
I’ve been able to discover myself
sexually and learn
things I didn’t know
about myself.
TO: What movies can
we look forward to
see you in this year?
DF: There are a few
good movies coming
out and in the works.
I will definitely be
working with big
names in the
industry. Coming
soon is “’bout to
Bust” from Hard
Friction and “Pushing
Limits” from Hot
House.
TO: Best way for your
fans to keep up with
all things Dorian
Ferro?
DF: Best way to keep
up with Dorian Ferro
is social media. I
have a Twitter
account,
@dorianferro or my
fan page.
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GRABBY REVIEWS
HEATED Part One
HEATED Part Two
Okay Chicago, it's taken forever for summer to
show up and aren't you ready for some pool time?
Well seeing Bruno Bernal under water warming up to
Sebastian Kross is a nice start, it also helps when
Bernal goes down on Sebastian's big ol' cock! Now
both of these guys have juicy asses, but Kross (one
really good
ass eater)
is the first
to put a
tongue up
it (lucky
Kross).
When it's
time to sit
on a dick
we all know
it's Bernal
doing the
sitting (time
to give it up
Kross) and
you are
going to
love the
way Bernal
sits on it!
Next up we
have Jacob
Peterson
and JJ
Knight, and
I have to give props to Peterson because not only
does he go down on Knight's big Grabby nominated
dick, he then bounces on it! Only the cocky Killian
James would be erect swimming around a pool
looking for someone to play with, and his victim will
be the innocent looking Addison Graham. But I am a
bit confused... humping and bumping is all that was
done. After a swim, Chris Bines and Bruno Bernal
are back in the house and Bines is first to lose his
swim suit with Bernal on his knees. After the guys
take turns sucking on each other it's the tan line free
Bernal with a dick up his bum. Now it's time for
bathroom sex with the very passionate Dorian Ferro
and the innocent looking Gabriel Cross who have
some hot kissing. We then find out Cross has a big
one and after he starts munching on Ferro's ass we
know where he is going to put that big dick... all I can
say is Cross just isn't that innocent! This is a good
movie, I just expected more.
3.75 Stars!
I love a movie that starts in a pool, and two men
like Chris Bines and Scott Riley kissing on each
other makes it better! Once on land it's Riley
dropping his suit so Bines can put his tongue up
Riley's ass. Ass eating leads to Bines fucking Riley
every which way and Sunday. Next we find Jack
Hunter and
Addison
Graham
sharing a
shower (okay
it's gay porn
so we know
there's going
to be some
touching
going on)!
After the
guys take
turns sucking
and licking,
they have a
very hot JO
scene. Pool
time with
Sean Zevran
and Gabriel
Cross and I
think Zevran
is hot for
Cross (in real
life I have
heard Zevran likes a hot pocket gay). After some
major ass eating on Zevran's part, it's Zevran giving
Cross' ass a major pounding! Sebastian Kross and
Jack Hunter find each other and in no time Hunter is
bouncing on Kross' dick (this scene could've been
better if Hunter's big dick found a home up Kross'
ass)! Now it's time for Bruno Bernal and Gabriel
Cross to celebrate with some bubbly, and guys we
know drinking leads to kissing, and kissing leads to
sucking, and sucking leads to Cross' big dick up
Bernal's ass. The movie has hot sex, but I thought it
would've been better with a 3 way or two.
3.75 Stars!
2015. FALCON
Directed by Nick Foxx
Starring: Dorian Ferro, Sebastian Kross, Jacob
Peterson, Chris Bines, Killian James, Bruno Bernal,
Addison Graham, Gabriel Cross and JJ Knight
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2015. FALCON
Directed by Nick Foxx
Starring: Sebastian Kross, Sean Zevran, Chris
Bines, Bruno Bernal, Addison Graham, Gabriel
Cross, Scott Riley and Jack Hunter
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GRAB PRIDE
JUNE PRIDE MONTH 2016
“Solidarity Through Pride”
Chicago 47th Annual Pride Parade:
Sunday June 26
By Rich Pfeiffer
Although LGBT rights groups
have existed for decades, the
modern day LGBT movement is
traced to June 28, 1969, when
patrons of a New York City gay bar,
the Stonewall Inn, fought back
during a raid by police. At that time,
gay bar raids had become common
in cities throughout the country.
That night, patrons of the bar
battled the police, and street
demonstrations continued for
several days. During that week, gay
liberation organizations were
formed, thus giving birth to the
modern day LGBT rights
movement.
In the four decades since
Stonewall, the world has changed
dramatically. The
accomplishments, as well as some
setbacks since that time are many.
Currently, there are still several
LGBT issues on the front burner
including passing federal legislation
forbidding discrimination in jobs,
housing and public
accommodations. Although a lot
has been accomplished during the
past 47 years, there is still a long
way to go.
Every year, Pride is
commemorated and celebrated
around the world in many different
ways. Events include parades,
marches, festivals, athletic events,
choral concerts, workshops, etc.
The bottom line is that these events
bring together millions of people
worldwide.
Chicago commemorates and
celebrates Pride with dozens of
events during June Pride Month. It
culminates with the annual Pride
Parade coordinated by the
PRIDEChicago group which
attracts hundreds of thousands of
people. This year, the Chicago 47th
Annual Pride Parade is scheduled
for Sunday June 26 at 12 Noon
stepping off from the corner of
Montrose and Broadway. From the
Broadway/Montrose corner, the
parade will proceed south on
Broadway; then south on Halsted;
then east on Belmont; then south
on Broadway; then east on
Diversey to Cannon Drive in Lincoln
Park.
Each year, parade entries, as
well as groups sponsoring Pride
Month events, have the option of
using an international theme or a
theme or slogan of their own
choice. This year’s international
theme is “Solidarity Through Pride”
For safety sake, as spectators
increased, the parade route was
lengthened by several blocks a few
years ago, thus adding more space
for people to view the parade. The
longer route has also added more
elevated train stations for potential
spectators to reach the parade
route. Parade attendees are
advised to consider making use of
the red line’s stations at Wilson
Avenue, Sheridan Road or Addison
Street rather than the overcrowded
Belmont Avenue station.
There will also be six pedestrian
cross-over streets on the parade
route staffed by Chicago Police
officers, to allow spectators to
cross from one side of the parade
route to another, to balance out the
crowd. They include: Montrose
Avenue, Irving Park Road, Addison
Street, Grace Street, Roscoe Street
and Wellington Avenue. There are
also several sites where cooling
busses will be located and also an
area for the physically challenged/
wheelchairs, seniors and for people
who need or want more space. The
parade web site:
ChicagoPrideCalendar.org will have
updated information about these
areas, as well as a list of street
closures/no parking/tow zone
streets.
Like last year, the parade will
have more security and a tighter
rein on public alcohol consumption.
The consumption of alcoholic
beverages by spectators on the
sidewalks or streets is prohibited
by city ordinance. So the police
department can issue costly tickets
whose fines have dramatically
increased to $1000. They can also
require the immediate disposal of
open containers of alcoholic
beverages into trash receptacles. In
addition to the large number of
police officers who staff the event,
PRIDEChicago (parade organizers)
are providing 160 off-duty police
officers (up from 90 last year), to
assist the police presence.
Spectators are urged to bring
water and use sunscreen since
parade day is often hot and sunny.
Capping off parade day for the
thirteenth year in a row, ABC 7
Chicago is planning to air a one
hour taped presentation of the first
hour of the parade later that night.
Check local television listings or
ABC7Chicago.com for air time.
For more Chicago Pride
Parade and June Pride Month
Calendar listings that are updated
daily, go to PRIDEChicago’s web
site
www.ChicagoPrideCalendar.org
email:[email protected]
Phone: 773-348-8243.
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PRIDE
PARADE DAY
SUNDAY JUNE 26
By PRIDEChicago (parade coordinators)
Like last year, the parade will
have more security and a tighter
rein on public alcohol
consumption.
In addition to the large number
of police officers who staff the
event, PRIDEChicago (parade
coordinators) are providing a
security team of 160 off-duty
police officers (up from 90 last
year), to supplement the police
presence.
Penalties include, but are not
limited to $1000 + tickets being
issued and/or the immediate
disposal of open containers of
alcohol into trash receptacles.
Updated information about
parking restrictions, street
closures, parade route cross-over
streets and other parade related
information will be posted on the
official Parade website
www.ChicagoPrideCalendar.org
For more Chicago Pride
Parade and June Pride Month
Calendar listings that are updated
daily, go to PRIDEChicago’s web
site
www.ChicagoPrideCalendar.org
email:[email protected]
Phone: 773-348-8243.
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[email protected]
CONTRACTOR
BODYWORK
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CARPENTRY offers you custom
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millwork install ations, expert door
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Check out my facebook page !!
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timeline Call Mitch at
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I DON’T SKIMP ON the body
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deep tissue rubdown $55. Mature
Clients most welcome - Western
and Devon location. Free painting
w/visit.Dave 312-391-8087.
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way Straight, (has girlfriend) 38yr.
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host, north days $20.00.
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MALE DANCERS WANTED;
The Lucky Horseshoe Lounge 3169
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STEAMWORKS - Come work at
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Steamworks is accepting
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shifts. Stop by and fill out an
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PIANO/VOICE LESSONS
PIANO OR VOICE LESSONS in my neighborhood studio or your
home offered by young, gay
professional with Master's from
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Jonathan, 646-418-4043.
[email protected]
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an Issue call today
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GRAB Magazine
May 31, 2016