The Rainbow Connection: Aug. 30–Sept. 5
WHAT: Same Sex Sunday Podcast
WHERE: Right here. And also here.
WHEN: Every Sunday
This week, SameSexSunday chats with legendary LGBT activist and UniteHere! labor organizer, Cleve Jones, who stopped by to discuss the National Lesbian and Gay Journalist Association and the sometimes shaky relationship between the LGBT movement and labor.
Also in interviews, the Marriage Equality USA Language Project's James Hoscyns discusses crossing cultural barriers.
The Round Table discussion (sponsored by LGBT-owned and operated database makers, Wells Consulting), includes Ken Mehlman's coming out, a flurry of announcements regarding "Don't ask, don't tell," the momentum of the Target boycott, what the primaries have meant for the LGBT community, and more.
Joining the discussion are veteran and author of Sugar-Baby Bridge Brett Edward Stout and Field and Development Director for Servicemembers United Jarrod Chlapowski. Both of these veterans have a lot to say about many topics, especially the ongoing "Don't ask, don't tell" discharges.
Also joining the discussion are returning guests Victory Fund Vice President Denis Dison and Treasurer of National Stonewall Democrats Chris Massicotte. They're joined by first time guests Huffington Post contributor and activist Lane Hudson, openly gay candidate for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination, Fred Karger, and Executive Director of Equality Florida, Nadine Smith.
WHAT: Quench Lunch Discussion
WHERE: 407 Illini Union
WHEN: Monday, Aug. 30, 12:00–1:00 p.m.
Topic: How LGBT students can use the law & campus resources.
Presenters: Mary Ann Midden, Student Legal Services & Esther Patt, Tenant Union
Join us for the first Quench of the year! As part of the Office of Inclusion & Intercultural Relations Lunch On Us Series, the LGBT Resource Center presents Quench! A noon hour lunch presentation and discussion series.
WHAT: Talk it UP
WHERE: Independent Media Center, Suite 203
WHEN: Monday, Aug. 30, 7:00–8:00 p.m.
Talk it UP is a peer-run LGBTQ support group for middle and high-school youth. LGBTQ youth can expect an atmosphere of acceptance and support while meeting other LGBTQ youth. The group is co-facilitated by two UP Center board members (one teacher, one social worker); however the group is led by the youth participants.
Snacks are provided.
For more information, please contact Megan.
WHAT: Fishnet & Feathers with David der Geist
WHERE: Chester Street Bar
WHEN: Monday–Tuesday, Aug. 30–31, 10:30 p.m.–12:30 a.m.
Fishnet & Feathers, the lovely dancers of the Carnivàle Debauche, make their C-Street debut on Monday, August 30! Come out to see Fishnet & Feathers industrial-style! With musical performances by David der Geist, this troupe is sure to get your blood pumping and your body moving! $5 cover.
WHAT: Rainbow Coffeehouse
WHERE: Etc. Coffeehouse, 1203 W. Green St., Urbana
WHEN: Tuesday, Aug. 31, 6:00–8:30 pm
Join the U of I LGBT Resource Center for the first Coffeehouse of the year! Rainbow Coffeehouse offers a welcoming, open environment for LGBT and Ally communities to socialize. Whether you're here for a meeting, with friends, or to study, we welcome all!
WHAT: eQuality C-U meeting
WHERE: Rainbow Coffeehouse (corner of Green and Goodwin)
WHEN: Tuesday, Aug. 31, 7:00–9:00 p.m.
eQuality C-U is an LGBTQ activist group for students and community members. If you're interested in helping in the struggle for LGBT liberation and equal rights for all, then this is a group for you!
This week's topic will be marriage equality, Prop 8, and DOMA.
For more information, please contact: John Kenealy.
WHAT: BI PRIDE (a new student organization for bisexual people and allies)
WHERE: LGBT Resource Center (323 Illini Union)
WHEN: Wednesday, Sept. 1, 6:00–6:45 p.m.
This group is brand new, and many aspects of it have yet to be determined.
- It will serve as a weekly discussion group where we can have a dialogue about issues affecting bi people and bisexuality.
- The group will be designed to help build a bi community and network on campus and in the community.
- Hopefully Bi Pride can serve as a vehicle for resisting and rejecting stereotypes affecting bi people.
- Bi Pride is intended to be welcoming of not only students who identify as "bisexual" or "bi," but also as "pansexual" or "queer."
- Bi Pride also welcomes people who do not identify as any of the above, but who would like to be allies to bi people.
WHAT: Look UP
WHERE: Independent Media Center (Suite 203)
WHEN: Wednesday, Sept. 1, 6:00–7:00 p.m.
What does it look like to combine sexuality with spirituality? Look UP is a discussion group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer individuals where we provide a safe environment to meet people, hang out, and discuss these two ideas and how they can and do coexist. Our goal is to bring together people from the LGBTQ community that have shared experiences, and allow them the freedom to explore these subjects in a respectful, peer-mediated setting.
For more information, please contact Rob.
WHAT: M Spot Drop In Hours
WHERE: The M Spot (Above The Blind Pig)
WHEN: Wednesday, Sept. 1, 6:00–9:00 p.m.
Come hang out with the men of Mpowerment. Play games, watch TV or movies, enjoy some snacks or just hang out. Bring a friend or meet new ones. Mpowerment is a social and HIV Prevention Group for young gay/bisexual men.
For more information, please contact Carrie Keenan.
WHAT: Boys' Night Out
WHERE: Boltini Lounge
WHEN: Wednesday, Sept. 1, 9:00 p.m.
Every Wednesday is Boys' Night Out at Boltini Lounge. DJ Randall Ellison at the decks. FREE candy and condoms! $4.00 X-Boyfriend & Well Hung martinis; $9 carafe Long Island Iced Tea; $1.50 Miller High Life bottles; $5.00 Classic & Baby Mama Bellinis; and half price food specials (4–6:30 p.m. only).
WHAT: ShapeUP: Fitness Cycling Group
WHERE: 105 N. James Street, Champaign
WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 2, 7:00–8:00 p.m.
Purpose: to convene a group of LGBTQA folks from the C-U area who are interested in fitness cycling. We provide weekly training information, that will culminate in the Pumpkin Pie Ride in Ottawa, IL on Sunday, October 3rd.
Thursday's meeting will discuss bike mechanics basics; fixing a flat, lubricating your chain, and proper airing of tires.
For more information, please contact Cristina.
WHAT: The DIVA and the DUDE, Live on Stage!
WHERE: Emerald City Lounge
WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 2, 7:00–10:00 p.m.
Join us for our FIRST of many live shows on stage at the lounge!
Kathey Harden and Andy Baylor will be performing as The Diva and the Dude!
Come out and enjoy our new "Small Bites" menu and enjoy Wine by the Glass at 1/2 price all night!
WHAT: Friday Film Screenings
WHERE: LGBT Resource Center (Illini Union, Room 323)
WHEN: Friday, Sept. 3, 2:00 p.m.
Beginning this Friday, the LGBT Resource Center will show LGBT related films every Friday @ 2 PM in the Center. A brief discussion will follow each film.
This Friday, the film is Latter Days. Product description:
Latter Days is the story of 19-year-old Elder Aaron Davis, a sexually confused Mormon missionary who moves into an apartment complex in West Hollywood with a fellow group of missionaries. There he meets a neighbor, Christian, who, on a bet, tries to seduce him. When Christian exposes Davis' secret desire, Davis rejects Christian for being shallow and empty. As each boy's reality is shattered, the two are drawn into a passionate romance that risks destroying their lives.
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WHAT: Wise UP Educational Series Workshop
WHERE: The Urbana Free Library
WHEN: Saturday, Sept, 4, 1:00–3:00 p.m.
It's Not Political; It's Legal
Know your rights! Come learn about laws impacting the LGBTQA community. We'll cover various topics, such as employment, public accommodation, housing, police protection, your rights in schools and beyond. This event is free.
For more information, please contact Kevin Johnson.
UPDATE: This meeting has been postponed.
WHAT: ShapeUP: Fitness Cycling Group, Sunday morning bike ride
WHERE: Country Side School parking lot, SW corner of Kirby and Staley Roads, 4301 W. Kirby Ave., Champaign
WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 5, 7:30 a.m. until finished (1–3 hours)
WHAT: Mpowerment Meeting
WHERE: The M Spot (Above The Blind Pig)
WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 5, 4:00–6:00 p.m.
Mpowerment is a local social and HIV prevention group for young gay/bisexual men. Meetings are open to all young gay and bisexual men interested in becoming involved.
For more information, please contact Carrie Keenan.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MODELS NEEDED for The Big Gay Hair Show! It will be at the Canopy Club on Saturday, Sept. 11th. The show starts at 7:30 but you must be available most of the afternoon.
If interested, give Alli Nisley (from H20 Salon) a call at 337-1480.
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UPDATE: Chester Street Bar is having a cookout today, from 5:00–9:00 p.m.
Check out their Facebook page for all the details.
UPDATE: John Eby (Parkland Community College) and Kevin Johnson (UP Center) will be on WILLam580’s Keepin’ the Faith tomorrow evening (Sept. 5) at 5:00–6:00 p.m. They’ll be talking about LGBT issues nation wide.
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@Jason: You’re right about that. I get groceries at Schnucks (they carry what I buy, which I can’t say of any other single grocery store in town), and if they have a beer I’m in the market for it’s usually a quarter or two cheaper per 6-…
Best Neighborhood Bar (& Grill) : Urbana - My ‘hood- the ‘Boom! http://www.boomerangbarandgrill.com Go on a Wing Wednesday or Fish Friday, or see a band play some night. Local blue-collar Urbana terroir galore. My only beer snobbish gripe is lack of a pale hopped ale, but you…
The one thing that’s bothered me for a while about the Friar is that, for most commonly purchased adult beverages, you can actually walk down the strip mall to Schnucks and get them cheaper. It makes no sense, but there it is. I suspect it’s because Schnucks…
Maybe I complained enough in person. One time I even explained to the (wholly uninterested) clerk how to navigate the Illinois Statutes web page, and Savoy’s Municipal Code database I wouldn’t know because I only go there when I want to pay 30% more for anything, which is never.
@Rob: You seem to have the weirdest experiences. I’m in Friar Tuck every other week (don’t tell my mom that I’m a lush). They never fail to ask for my birth date but never my age, they never card afterwards, and they often allow me to use…
This column affords me a long-awaited opportunity. I’ve wanted to write my own column called Fuck You Friar Tuck Liquors. but I always thought it’d be too pithy. Here, I can say Fuck You Friar Tuck Liquors and not feel bothered to stretch it out to 750…
Ha! Exactly. You, sir, are welcome at the bar in My House.
Why wait ‘til 3 pm?
I’m excited to go tonight- should be very fun!
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The Alan Partridge lookalike on the right in the first small photo has nothing to condescend to anyone about. AH HA!
Snell and the little Hitlers of the neighborhood association need to chill out. Legitimate businesses should have the freedom to exist without having to endure the slings and arrows of ignorant and misguided opposition.
represent, Matt.
Yeah, I’d agree that Transporter Room 3 is the worst house venue I’ve ever seen.
Food trucks are the start-up, small businesses of the future for those unable to afford real estate. No surprise, that merchants who pay rent, utilities, and maintenance on a property would despise the traveling competition. Or developers who build more empty retail spaces would want to close…
Not so much far-right Tea Party as a balanced, moderate viewpoint between letting businesses succeed and protecting society with reasonable regulations. In spite of what the city reps are saying, the interpretation of policy on this issue certainly has changed. Letting a business start up under one…
I think it’s neat that SP has turned rightward, now espousing a Tea Party-style frustration with government regulations & taxes.
This makes me so sad. (Happy to live in Urbana, though!) Crave Truck has been a GREAT addition to the food choices in C-U, and it’d be a travesty to chase them away. This town should be supporting small businesses. I’m glad to hear that they’ll still…
*slow. clap.* Still offering no threat of intelligence…. I know I said I thought you should just write this whole column yourself next year, Isaac, but now that you’ve gone and taken a “part deux” run at it, I’d like to modify my request: Best Music 2013,…
Actually, it’s kind of nice, the quiet. John Heoffleur’s engaging commentary/dialogue is sorely missed, however. In lieu of someone intelligent saying something, I’ve compiled a list of Honourable Mentions: BEST ROCK BAND: Take Care ::these gentlemen have four completely different sets at their disposal right now (which…
What? Echo! (Echo!) Where’s the dischord and dissent?
This weekend will mark the first appearance of Kayla Brown’s Fire Doll Candle booth at the Market. Check it: http://www.facebook.com/firedollcandles
And without bloodshed. Sounds like the Savoy trustees aren’t as narrow-minded as some of their whiny pants constituents. Do you think quack Snell is already planning an asinine counterattack or is he still laying low after those “threats” against his person?
hey, if hair ain’t gon’ be over your head, my jokes may as well be.
Okay, almost 24 hours later and I finally got Issac’s Summer joke. I’m an idiot.
Excellent. I am glad sometimes American dreams are encouraged, rather than stifled.
Swap the dog for a fire pit and it sounds like you’re writing about my back yard. Very nice.
funny, as your summer begins, another Summer ends.
@Dan - Wow. Unfortunately, I have to refrain from further comment due to a previous employment relationship. But with that brief context you might be able to imagine possible comments or responses I could have.
Oh, by the way, the “Champaign County YMCA” no longer exists. The official name is now the “Stephens Family YMCA” (the website has not been updated, but check out the latest program guide). And no, it’s not just the name of the building. It’s the name of the organization.
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The Alan Partridge lookalike on the right in the first small photo has nothing to condescend to anyone about. AH HA!