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Fall 2008
Chicago rolls out the pink carpet November 6 for the annual showcase of the world's best lesbian and gay independent films and videos. The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival is the 2nd oldest gay and lesbian film festival in the world and prides itself on showcasing the best LGBTQI films and videos from around the globe.
Over 10 incredible days, Reeling 2008 will screen approximately 100 titles, including Antarctica; Ask Not; Choose Connor; Ciao; Clapham Junction; To Each Her Own; Eleven Minutes; Half Life; Japan, Japan; The Lost Coast; Out in India: A Family's Journal; Ready? OK!; The Secrets; Seeds of Summer; The Sensei; Sizzle; Squeezebox; Sugar Rush; True Loved; Watercolors; The Way I See Things; When Kiran Met Karen; Whirlwind; Wrangler: Anatomy of a Gay Icon, and others. And new this year: “Rock Reeling Queer Music Video Showcase.”
Films will be shown at Landmark's Century Centre Cinema, Film Row Cinema at Columbia College, Chicago Filmmakers, the Chicago History Museum, the Leather Archives and Museum, and other venues.
Parties and special events are essential elements of Reeling, and this year's festivities with opening and closing night galas and centerpiece events in-between promise not to disappoint.
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Everybody Can Suck It
You met her on "Suddenly Susan," caught glimpses of her on "ER" and "Seinfeld," and liked what you saw on her HBO and Bravo comedy specials. But it was on Kathy Griffin's Emmy award-winning program that you fell in love with this Chicago native and her "d-List" life.
Catch the d-list diva in her true element on October 14-16 at the Chicago Theatre, where she'll have more stories, more dish, and so much more of what she shouldn't say – but you know you want to hear.
Snag your tickets today and accept Kathy's personal invitation to "Come with an open mind and laugh until you puke... just a little."
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
 Boystown goes balls to the wall every Halloween. And when the big eve kicks off a weekend, as it does this year, imagination and outrageosity know no bounds.
Chicago's most renowned – and uninhibited – Halloween party will draw even more than the usual thousands of spectators for the 12th Annual North Halsted Halloween Parade. Stepping off on Friday, October 31 at 7 PM, this year's costume parade has a new extended route from Belmont along Halsted all the way to Addison.
Before the parade, tricked-out kids, pets, adults and groups will compete for funniest, scariest, and most original costume honors as well as cash and prizes. Organizers expect imaginations to run wild as participants create costumes which relate to this year's theme: the year of the rat in the Chinese Zodiac.
Post-parade entertainment will take center stage with great live music. Get the latest details.
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Play Well With Others
 It’s no secret that Chicago loves sports, and there are many sports clubs tailored for the out crowd. From badminton to skiing, you’ll find a league of your own all year long.
Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association – the Midwest's largest not-for-profit gay and lesbian sports organization – offers year-round recreational and competitive level play. Open to all, CMSA has men's, women's and mixed leagues in badminton, bowling, dodgeball, flag football, kickball, soccer, and softball.
Chicago Gay Hockey Association welcomes everyone with a passion for the game - novice or pro, male or female, straight or gay. CGHA's The Blackwolves, two-time champions, is expanding play to Chicago's McFetridge Park District Ice Rink.
Chicago Dragons invites athletes from typically underrepresented groups – particularly gay men – to engage in rugby football, the world's third most popular team sport.
SkiBudz – Chicago's Gay Ski and Snowboard Club - heats things up all winter and plans summertime camping and canoe trips.
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