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Event Details: CHI Weekend Preview: Friday the 13th Edition - :

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Some people are more superstitious than others but I’ve never been one to fall into the psychological trap that is “Friday the 13th”. In fact, I’ve always had a fun if not calm Friday the 13th! Don’t trap your house in your house in fear of  a horrible day. Here are some great events that will keep your weekend lucky!

Tonight

• As a ten-year-old self-proclaimed “child freak,” Terry Galloway, acted out her fury at her boxy hearing aids and Coke-bottle glasses by faking her own drowning at a camp for crippled children. Ever since that first real-life performance, Galloway has used theater and performance, whether onstage or off, to defy and transcend her reality. With disarming candor, Terry writes about her mental breakdown, her queer identity, and living in a silent, quirky world populated by unforgettable characters. What could have been a bitter litany of complaint is instead an unexpectedly hilarious and affecting take on life. She has multiple performances over the weekend. Thursday Performance: “Out All Night” and “Lost My Shoes”, DePaul University’s College of Communication, 247 S. State Street,  Room LL102, Free, 6:30pm. Friday November 13, “An Evening with Terry Galloway: readings, performance and comic video shorts”, Access Living, 115 West Chicago Avenue, Free, 6:30 pm. Sunday Nov 15, “Performance: Out All Night and Lost My Shoes”, Victory Gardens Biograph Theater Mainstage, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue, $20 7:30 PM.
• A young ad exec takes on the mission of disposing of everything that defined his former self in “How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found“. It’s an adrenaline-charged, apocalyptic journey to the edge of existence, questioning everything that makes us who we are in the 21st Century. Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. Angel Island, 735 W. Sheridan Rd., Tickets $18-$20 but half price tix this weekend, 8pm.
• Center on Halsted hosts an evening of Speed Dating for women co-sponsored by Out Alumni Chicago, the Chicagoland Gay and Lesbian Singles Meetup, and the Chicago Professionals Meetup. Cash bar begins at 6:45PM. Center on Halsted, 3656 N Halsted, Tickets are $12 at the door, and $10 advance online, 6:45pm.
• November Prose, Poetry and Pints at the Pug is queer-focused, straight friendly open mic reading, featuring special readings from Terry Oldes (Dancing with Tina) C.J. Laity (ChicagoPoetry.com), and Anthony Fleming; Hosted by Tavern Boy Craig Rathwell and author Drew Ferguson. Sign-up for open mic 7:30 p.m. Readings start at 8 p.m. Wild Pug, 4810 N. Broadway Ave, Free, 7:30pm
• Conceived and directed by Collaboration company member and Creative Director, Sam Porretta, and inspired by Lewis Hyde’s “The Gift,” G.I.F.T. explores the nature of gifts, community and culture while leading the audience on a partially open-aired journey through a sprawling warehouse compound and soundstage. An ensemble of 11 performers and a multi-disciplinary design team bring a new world to life in a production that is not a typical “holiday” offering. Otherworldly characters exist in strange worlds of their own and among the audience members, as they bring the audience on a journey that traverses through four different environments built within the 7,000 square foot compound that Collaboration now calls home. In an interactive and transformative environment, audiences can participate and ruminate on gifting as we enter a season full of certain expectations.  459 N. Wolcott, $15, 8pm.

Friday

• The critically acclaimed, highly innovative dance company performs a highly charged evening of dance created by company founder and artistic director, Melissa Thodos. Featured on this program will be the premiere of “Fosse Trilogy,” three works created by the Oscar and Emmy-winning choreographer Bob Fosse in the early 60s: “Cool Hand Luke,” “Mexican Breakfast” and “Tijuana Shuffle.” These three works will be set on Thodos Dance Chicago by Ann Reinking, recipient of a 1997 Tony Award for re-staging and transition choreography for “Chicago”. Centre East, 9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL 60077, 6:30pm, Tickets are $38.

Saturday

• Give thanks with the bears at Bear Party Chicago’s November blowout. Free beer at 8 p.m. until the keg runs out. Bear buffet. Pumpkin pie eating contest. DJ Mann until 5 a.m. Jackhammer, 6406 N Clark Street, $10, 8pm.
• With winter on the way, start expanding your social calendar! Knowing a good man is hard to find, Date and Dash created this event specifically for the guys. Sick of having to hit the Chicago club scene to meet guys that you’re not even interested in? “Single Mingle: Guys Night Out ” will help you meet a quality man at our event over drink specials. With 10-25 “dates” in one night, the options are many and the odds are finally in your favor.   Sidetrack, 3349 N Halsted St, $35, 7pm, Dress Code: Dress to impress.
• Streeterville Organization of Active Residents (SOAR) is hosting the second Streeterville Artisan Market, an exhibit and sale of applied arts and fine crafts. Also, Sunday, November 15, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lobby of the Northwestern University Lurie Research Center, 303 E. Superior in Streeterville, Free, 11am.

Sunday

• An Evening with Diane Schroer (in partnership with ACLU-Illinois). The Center welcomes ACLU-Illinois and Diane Schroer (transgender activist) a woman who lost a job offer because of her sexual status and won a groundbreaking federal sex discrimination lawsuit. In 2008 a federal district court judge in Washington, D.C., ruled that the Library of Congress discriminated against Diane Schroer when it offered her a job and then rescinded it after learning she was transgendered. The American Civil Liberties Union, which represented Schroer, said Judge James Robertson’s ruling is the first to hold that the federal sex discrimination statute, Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, applies to transgendered people. Join Ms. Schroer as she shares her personal story of discovering her female gender identity and her decision to transition. She will talk about the challenges of coming out to her friends and family, and discuss the importance of engaging in the political process in a thoughtful and strategic way. ACLU’s John Knight will also speak on the recently passed Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Center on Halsted, 3656 N Halsted, $5, 5pm.
• Center on Halsted presents a staged reading of the new musical Witches Among Us, with book by Rick Karlin and songs by Scott Free. Set in the late 1950s, Witches Among Us examines the lives of a group of New York witches and warlocks who gather at secluded bars and clubs in Greenwich Village. They “pass” as mortals until an author plans a book exposing their way of life, and one of the community’s most powerful witches falls in love with the book’s publisher.Witches Among Us is directed by Steve Hickson. Composer Scott Free will lead a jazz ensemble, including members of local band The Heat Birds, during the reading. Following the performance, the show’s creators and director Steve Hickson invite the audience to give feedback during a Q&A session. Center on Halsted, 3656 N Halsted, $10, 3pm.

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