Queer In The New Year
Okay, so the holidays have passed and you’re trying to figure out where to put all of your loot, who you forgot to call, and how you’re going to make up for those little faux pas. Well, OPALGA has a way to Queer in the New Year. You can start by taking a friend or two to the jazz brunch on Sunday, January 21, at Cucina Pardiso (see enclosed flier). Unwind with your friends, reflect on the holidays, tell a good story or two, and partake in a champagne toast for the new year.
If the budget is tight after all of your generous gift-giving, join us for the start of our 2007 Coffeehouse season on Friday, January 19, at 7:00 p.m. at the Buzz Café (905 S. Lombard, Oak Park), featuring Andrea Bunch and Aerin Tedesco, a mesmerizing duo with tantalizing harmony. They hail from the Old Town School of Folk Music, and they are guaranteed to bring down the house Then, you can join us for an educational workshop at the Oak Park Public Library in February. The topic will be finance and investing for “people like us”; how to invest your hard-earned money, lower your taxes, and make sure that your partner and children are provided for, plus other legal aspects of our finances and our lives.
What’s next? March Madness, OPALGA style. That’s right, we’re not talking college basketball, we’re talking a theater outing, potluck, coffeehouse, and drag show. Are you a friend of Dorothy’s? Well, kick off March Madness with some of your friends and ease on down the yellow brick road for the opening performance of “The Wiz” at the Theatre Building, 1225 W. Belmont, Chicago. Lions and tigers and city life, oh my! (Saturday, March 3, 7:00 p.m., ticket price TBA.) Then, we have our monthly potluck, the second Friday of the month, and we are happy to announce a lot of new potluck hosts for 2007, so don’t miss these monthly gatherings, all year long. And, finally, there’s the 6th annual OPALGA Dragmania Show. We’re back!!!!!! Your friends and pals Monica Marlowe, Mike Hawk, Johnny E., and other queens and queers are going to don the drag and gay apparel and dance the light fandango. Check the next Empower and our Web site, http://www.opalga.org, for updates on these events. Hope to see you there!
