JUNE
“Boys kissing boys! Girls kissing girls! It’s all here and it’s all homo-riffic!!!” That’s how the Neo-Futurists are announcing their fourth annual “pride” edition of Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. Tonight through Sunday the ensemble promises that the 30 plays it’ll do in 60 minutes will all have gay themes. Shows are at 11:30 tonight, 9 and 11:30 tomorrow, and 7 PM Sunday. Tickets are $4 to $9–the usual $3 plus the roll of a die; the Neo-Futurarium is at 5153 N. Ashland. Proceeds from Saturday’s early show benefit the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Call 275-5255.
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The Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade–the annual event commemorating the riot at the Stonewall Inn in New York that started the modern gay-rights movement–takes off at 2 PM from the corner of Halsted and Belmont. Its route runs north on Halsted to Broadway, south on Broadway to Diversey, and then east into Lincoln Park. It’s free. Call 348-8243 for info. After the parade you can stay in Lincoln Park and hang at the postparade rally or head down to the Theatre on the Lake for a dance benefiting Howard Brown Health Center and the gay and lesbian rights project of the ACLU. Singer Nicki French will perform, and DJ David Knapp will spin dance music. The party goes from 4 to 10. Tickets are $15 at the door and $10 in advance. Call 871-5777, ext 391.
Tuesday 27
If you find the heat and, um, odors of Taste of Chicago less than appetizing, today on Navy Pier you can eat and drink under less trying circumstances–and benefit a good cause. At Sippin’ on the Dock of the Lake, a benefit for the Chicago Fund on Aging and Disability, nearly 100 booze and wine producers (e.g., Jim Beam, Mumm Champagnes, Stolichnaya) and more than a dozen restaurants (e.g., Carlucci, Erwin, Michael Jordan’s) will proffer their wares. Thirty bucks gets you all you can eat and drink from 6 to 8 in the ballroom of the pier, 600 E. Grand. Call 744-2120.
