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March 5 - 19,
2009
Right Here,
Right Now
The highlight
of this weekend is without a doubt "Chicago Takes Off" on Saturday, March 7
@ Park
West (322
W Armitage Ave.). This annual burlesque revue-style presentation
will feature Miss Coco Peru and a cast of talented dancers strutting
their stuff in support of TPAN at two shows (7:30pm & 10pm).
For more info about the event and ticket availability: www.chicagotakesoff.org.
Back around for
it's monthly showcase is the The Flesh Hungry Dog Show @ Jackhammer on Friday, March 6,
with "Zombie-A-Go-Go!," a co-presentation
with The Chicago Horror Society. It will feature zombie themed
live music sets by Loto Ball Show, The Balkaners, and Yesterday's
Lies; special guest performers from Ms Bea Haven; an appearance
by Rich Experience; DJ Sky; and host Gary Airedale. Show starts
at 9pm; tickets are $8 (@ door or online at www.fleshhungrydog.com);
and all attendees are invited to dress in zombie garb.
Club events of
note this weekend include "Lube Wrestling" w/ DJ Jeanette @ Hydrate on Friday, March 6. The following night on Saturday,
March 7, Tracy Young takes over the Hydrate DJ booth while Jody Wisternoff delights a more
mainstream crowd downtown @ Vision. The legendary Crobar Nightclub celebrates its anniversary this weekend
with Robbie Rivera serving up his hard-hitting beats on Satureday.
Special
Mid-Week Happenings
"House
Music Thursday" @ Club Crescendo (222. W. Ontario) presents
Chicago's own DJs Cajmere (aka Green Velvet), Gene Farris, and
Frank Solano on March 12. Dajae will also be on hand for a special
guest performance.
Next
Weekend's Highlights
Start the
weekend off in proper fashion with anight of dancing @ Hydrate w/ DJ Ralphi Rosario
on Friday, March13. The "Fabulous Miss Foozie Variety Show"
takes place
at Circuit on Saturday, March 14. That same night @ Circuit,
Clubhouse Productions monthly hip-hop "UBU" after-hours party starting @ 1am. Also
on Saturday night, Santiago & Buishido will delight the househeads
at Smart
Bar while
Hydrate presents its "Inferno" party with DJ Jerry
Griffith.
Homes For
House
Chicago is
the home of house music and the premier weekly house event in
the city is "Boom
Boom Room" @ Green Dolphin Street w/ resident DJs Michael Serafini, Diz, JustJoey
& Uncle Milty and a slew of hosts that includes JoJo, Sal-E,
Chi Town Ronnie, and Byrd Bardot. DJ Ralphi Rosario makes a
guest appearance on March 9.
THE place to
hear house music in Boystown throughout the week is Cocktail, featuring its newly unveiled "Super Saver
Sundays" with
$1 well-drinks, Pate tending bar early (1pm-8pm) and DJ Pete
Augusta spinning late (9pm-2am). In addition to the sexy go-go
boys 5 nights a week, the DJ line-up includes Michael Serafini
(Tuesdays); Timmy Loop (Thursdays); Freddie Bain (Fridays); Diva
DJs Dhanna, Carla Starla, & Tracy Tobey (Saturdays); and
the DJ troika of Dealer, Chris Eterno & Augusta (Sundays).
Outside of Boystown,
house music finds a friendly home in Andersonville during "Attic-tion
Saturdays"
@ Mary's
Attic w/
DJ Plez; downtown @ Lumen's
"Industry Tuesdays" w/ resident DJ JustJoey; and on the South Side
on Fridays @ Jeffrey's
Pub w/ DJ
Dana Powell.
See It All
In Andersonville,
@mosphere hosts strippers on "Hot Mess
Thursdays"
w/ DJ Chris Eterno, and on Fridays and Saturdays with DJs Eric
Hall and Timmy Loop, respectively. Also in Andersonville, the
bathhouse Man'sCountry has nude strippers leaving
nothing to the imagination every Friday and Saturday night @
midnight. The Boystown bathhouse option, Steamworks, features a "Lights Out" party every Thursday
night, an after-hours setting w/ DJ Dick on Friday, Saturday
and Sunday nights, and DJ Jim B on Sunday afternoons. Guest
DJ John Murges (Milwaukee) will be spinning the after-hours (11pm-5am)
on Friday, March 6.
Out in the suburbs,
the Men
of Sarabia
appear regularly @ Club
Krave in
Blue Island on Fridays while Hideaway in Forest Park hosts the Chicago Beef dancers every Thursday and Saturday.
Upping the suburban stripper ante, Hunters presents "Hunters Hunks" every Thursday: Rico,
Seth, Blake and Ricky Sinz on March 5; Don Juan, Sean Taylor,
Fabion
and Camron on March 12; and Rocky, Cody, Blue Eyes & Pornstar
Shane Erickson for "Spring Break" on March 19.
Dancing
Queen Palaces
When it comes
to dancing early in the night, groovy beats are always being
produced @ Spin: w/ w/ DJ Chris Eterno
on Wednesdays for "WTF
$1 Drink Night" and
Luis M added to the line-up on Fridays. In Uptown the Wild Pug DJ Oskar is featured for "Dorian Gray
Night"
on Saturdays while VJ Steve Whitney programs video for the Sunday
afternoon "Tea
Dance" (3pm-9pm).
For after-hours
dancing, Hydrate has "DJ Jeanette's Sunday Dance Party," DJ Laura B on Mondays for $1 drink night,
the "girls" of "Hy-Drag" on Wednesdays, and Cyon Flare with lots
of strippers and DJ Greg Drescher on Thursdays. The "still
hip after all these years" Berlin has "Cosmix Fridays" w/ DJ Greg Haus, "Twisted"
w/ DJs Chester & Larissa on Saturdays, and "Stardust" on Thursdays. Hi-energy
beats can be had during after-hours with the likes of DJs LuLu
and Mixmaster F @
Charlie's
on the
weekend as well as on weeknights while up on the North Side as
DJ Oskar rocks Jackhammer on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Where Are
The Boyz?
The ever-growing
video bar Sidetrack features signature potent
frozen slushie drinks and a weekly line-up that includes "Showtunes" on Monday nights and
early evening Sundays, "Comedy" clips on Thursdays,
and "Energy
Videos"
on Fridays and Saturdays. Across the street, Roscoe's featured weekly events include "You're The
Star Karaoke" w/
Honey West @ 10pm on Mondays (following the airing of "RuPaul's
Drag Race" @ 9pm). The live and in-person "Drag Race
2009"
w/ Frida Lay starts @ 11pm on Tuesdays while "Male Call" w/ Miss Foozie starts
@ 5pm on Sundays.
Scarlet
Bar's signature
"First
Ward Ball"
party on Sundays has been joined on their calendar by "Frat House
Thursdays" and
resident DJ Psycho-Bitch on Saturday nights. Across the street
@ Minibar, the cute and trendy crowd groove to
a weekly line-up of events that features with a line-up that
include DJ Jon Roberts, DJ Phil Da Beatz, DJ Shawn Edwards,
and DJ Jesse Seely. Just to the north a block or two sits two
popular spots: Bucks
Saloon and
the "late night closing, early morning opening Little Jim's.
Cornelia's
features cabaret performances and L.B.C. fills up with
a pansexual mix of hip and cool 20-somethings.
The Fairer
Sex
Circuit hosts
the monthly "Girl
Bar"
on Saturday, March 7 and then "Lipstick & Lace: The Spring Affair" on Friday, March 13
with music provided DJ Phantom (house, hip-hop, steppers classics,
and reggae). On a regular basis the fairer sex congregates at
Closet in Boystown and at several
places in Andersonville, including T's and Joi De Vine. Star Gaze has "Salsa Night" and "Urban
80s & 90s" on
alternating Fridays and DJ XL on Saturdays.
Other Boystown
Faves
On the northern
end of Boystown, the sports bar North End hosts a weekly darts tournament on Tuesdays, and
TPAN's poz-friendly "Pulse" bar night every Thursday.
Next door Bobby
Loves is
a friendly place with karaoke on Fridays. The popular Kit Kat Lounge has nightly performances
by the Kit Kat Divas, half-price martinis on Sundays and Tuesdays,
and "Desperate
Housewives"
viewing parties on Sundays. On the opposite end of Boystown 3160 features darts on Mondays and "Open Mic
Night"
on Tuesdays.
Que Pasa/What's
Happening?
The weekly
Latin pursuits at Circuit include "La Noche Loca" on Thursdays, featuring
Miss Ketty's Latina Review and DJs Tock-O-Mix & Fast Freddy;
and "Noche
Latina"
with hostess Veronica Zaid and DJs Ink & Alex Perez on Sundays.
Other Latin hangouts includes Sundays @ Jackhammer and on the weekend @ Club Chesterfield.
For an urban
music vibe that includes hip-hop as well as house music, the
Rails Marketing Group gets busy every Friday night @ The Prop House. On Saturdays, Shadow Bar hosts "Reunion" with DJs Box, Shannon, and Kenae spinning
hip-hop, reggaeton, and house. Every Sunday night, the same
urban musical blend gets served up during DJ Stoney's "Ear-Rotic" @ Mix Niteclub.
Beyond
Halsted
Up in Andersonville
you'll find the Chicago
Eagle leather
bar as well as neighborhood outpost SoFo. You'll also find the martini bar Marty's and the always fun Mary's Attic w/ Rogue DJ for "Feel Good Fridays" and Karaoke on Sundays
and Wednesdays. Further north, the fetish community finds a
home at Touché with "Hardcore Leather Cruisin' Night" on Tuesdays. Even further
north in Rogers Park is the relatively new bar, The Glenwood.
The Uptown/Edgewater neighborhood is home to Granville Anvil; Big Chicks (and its popular free buffet on Sundays) and the
sports bar Crew ("Karaoke Night" on Tuesdays).
Scot's is a friendly gathering
spot in the Ravenswood neighborhood while Manhandler sits as a gay oasis in the heart of
Lincoln Park. Downtown, Second Story Bar serves office workers and shoppers alike
while Davenport's piano bar entertains over in Wicker Park.
The young, fun LGBTIQ crowd will be at the monthly "Chances Dances" party at Subterranean on Monday, March 16.
Outside the Windy
City limits, Hunters
Nightclub
in Elk Grove Village features DJ Ron G on Wednesdays for the
"MWM" party and DJ Laura
B on Saturday night for "Just Dance." In Lake Station, Indiana, Encompass hosts "Karaoke" on Tuesdays and
Fridays and the "Rush St. Revue Show" on Sundays.
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