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BIG ball EVENTS

HALLOWEEN PARADES

Saturday, October 22nd, Howard Brown Health Center Presents the BIG ORANGE BALL costume party at Carnivale, 702 W. Fulton Market in Chicago. To benefit primary health care. General admission is $150; VIP is $300; and at the door: is $175. For more information, go to their website at www.howardbrown.org/event/bob2016.

Saturday, October 22nd, 2016 the Chicago Cultural Mile Association hosts one of Chicago’s most exciting, new attractions, The second annual Halloween Gathering Festival and Parade. The Halloween Gathering includes a daytime festival at Millennium Park and Sir George Solti Garden 2pm to 5pm, and the All Souls Train Parade on Columbus Drive from Balbo to Monroe 6pm to 8pm. The Daytime Festival and the Spectacle Parade are free and open to the public.

Big Orange Ball

Black Cat Ball

Saturday, October 22nd, Tree House Humane Society Presents the BLACK CAT BALL cocktail party at the Moonlight Studios, 1446 W. Kinzie St. in Chicago. To benefit animal rescue & adoption. There are three levels of admission: Sapphire is $150; Ruby is $200; and Diamond is $250. For more information, go to their website: www.treehouseanimals.org/BlackCatBall.

The Halloween Festival/Parade

Saturday, October 29th, The Gardner Foundation Presents DRACULA’S BALL costume party at the Harold Washington Library Winter Garden, 400 S. State St. in Chicago. Tickets are $120-$150 which include top shelf open bar,hors d’oeuvres and live band dancing. To benefit Individual Advocacy Group housing. More info? Go to: www.thegardnerfoundation.com.

Be sure to check out the city’s longest soul-train line at the Halloween Gathering this year. Windy City Soul Club will be spinning records and entertaining the crowd for the All Souls Train parade, which will take place on the Van Buren bridge between Michigan Avenue and Columbus. Participants can enter the lines on the west side of the bridge, disco their way to the east end of the bridge and then dance down the center, back to the west end. So, dig out all your 70s disco gear and make your way to the All Souls Train on October 22nd!! Visit their website at www.chicagoculturalmile.org/ halloween-2016.

Goth Wedding & Ball

Adult Halloween Parade

Dracula’s Ball

Saturday, November 19th, The For the Love of Chocolate Foundation Present GOTH WEDDING a MURDEROUS UNION, a play, a wedding and costume ball at the Renaissance Blackstone Hotel, 636 S. Michigan Ave. in Chicago beginning at 7:30pm. To benefit the Foundation that supports all students in full-time programs at non-profit colleges, concentrated in pastry arts education. Tickets are $75 for the costume ball and$150 for the complete package of reception, silent auction, the play and costume ball. For more info. & tickets, go to www.ftloc.org.

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Saturday, October 29, 2016, the Adult Halloween Parade on Center Street in Downtown Douglas, Michigan. Join the Pumpkin King for a great Halloween celebration. Local merchants stay open late, bars and restaurants celebrate with pre and post-parade parties and scores of ghouls line the streets to watch the creative stylings and costumes of avid Halloween aficionados. Parade lineup begins at 9:30, and the Pumpkin King rises from the ashes at ten o’clock to start the parade. More details visit their site at www.douglashalloween.com.

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ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW A FILM BY: JIM SHARMAN STARRING: TIM CURRY, SUSAN SARANDON, RICHARD O’BRIEN, CHARLES GRAY, MEATLOAF, BARRY BOSTWICK by Stephanie Berlin

Happy Halloween 2016! It’s time to do the Time Warp again at the Music Box Theater! The film is screened with a cast of actors provided by Midnight Madness who ensure that what’s happening in the audience is just as entertaining as what is on screen. This notorious horror parody, a fast-paced potpourri of camp, sci-fi and rock ‘n’ roll, among other thing. Tracks the exploits of naïve couple Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon) after they stumble upon the lair of transvestite Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry). The film, a bizarre musical co-starring Meat Loaf and Richard O’Brien, bombed in its initial release but later gained a cult following at midnight showings. For 35 years, The Rocky Horror Picture Show has delighted audiences and terrified parents. The Music Box Theatre is the proud Chicago home of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Every screening has a shadowcast of the film (that’s actors acting in front of the screen during the film), and the Halloween screenings have in past years sold out.

Photos: George, Midnight Madness

THE MIDNIGHT MADNESS VIRGIN KIT The Midnight Madness Virgin Kit (or “prop bag”) contains all you need for a Rocky Horror showing. Midnight Madness sells participation kits at The Music Box for $3. The performers do not get paid for performing at any venue, and 100% of the proceeds from kit sales go back to cast costumes, props, promotions, etc. What’s in the bag? A Balloon, Glow Stick, Time Warp Flier, Rubber Glove, Noisemaker, Confetti Bag, Toilet Paper, Party Hat, Sponge, Paper Plates, Cards and Instructions. boiMAG 17

Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame To Induct

12 Individuals, Two Organizations and Two Friends of the Community Twelve individuals, two organizations, and two friends of the community have been selected for induction into the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame, the organization which honors and celebrates notable members of Chicago’s LGBT communities. The Hall of Fame’s annual induction ceremony will take place on Wednesday, November 9, from 5:30pm until 7:00pm at the Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago. The reception will begin at 5:30pm, with the program scheduled to follow at 6:00pm. The event is free and open to the public. The inductees were selected by a committee composed of current individual inductees who reviewed an array of nominations submitted by members of the public. The names were released by Friends of the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame, a nonprofit organization. “This year’s inductees, like our rosters since 1991, represent LGBT achievements in a variety of fields,” said Mary Morten and Gary G. Chichester, co-chairs of the Friends organization and longtime leaders in maintaining the Hall of Fame. “Each year, the Hall of Fame spotlights some of the many who have made contributions to their own communities and to the city as a whole.”

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by: Mike Macharello / boiMAG and: Rich Koz/ Sven

Did Svengoolie come from another planet or did you come from Earth? Even further away- from Berwyn! No, just kidding, I came from Transylvania, our old family home. Who do you get your distinguished looks from, your mother or father, and what did they look like? Well, if you were in Chicago in the early 70s, you might’ve seen my dad, the original Svengoolie, on WFLD- and I inherited many of his facial features, like the dark-circled eyes, and the moustache and goatee (didn’t know those could be inherited traits, did you?) he also had long hair like mine, but his was green- yes, GREEN! He looked like a hippie vampire. I think I inherited my coloring from my mom- who was a cross between Morticia Addams and Julie Newmar (no wonder dad was always so happy…)

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How was Svengoolie as a child? (Did you go to school? Were the other children/teachers scared of you?) Well, to avoid sunlight, I had to attend night school- with other similar kids, like Harry Talbot, the Wolf Man’s son, and Frankenstein’s grand-daughter (boy was she built…literally). There was a high turn-over among the teaching staff- I think most of them got too tired from carrying around all those crosses, stakes, garlic, silver bullets, etc.

Does Svengoolie have brothers or sisters? No, I was an only child. In fact, originally I think my parents wanted to call me “Quits”- because when I was born, Dad looked at Mom and said “Let’s call it Quits”. Is there a Mrs. (or Mr.) Svengoolie? If not, are you looking for someone? (What does Svengoolie look for in a potential mate?) There is a Mrs. Svengoolie- you might say she’s a Sven-girlie. In looking for a mate, I wanted someone with a sense of humor (she’d HAVE to have one if she was going to be linked with me!) Does Svengoolie have any magical powers? Yes- I can put an audience to sleep with only about three jokes.

the Chicago Ghost Conference to the Chicago Street Theatre in Valparaiso, to Elgin’s “Nightmare on Chicago Street” and the Volo Auto Museum! We post all the appearances as they come up under the “appearances” tab at www. svengoolie.com.- we’ll update them as October rolls on. My favorite memory of Svengoolie is chickens being thrown at you. If you were given the opportunity to throw anything back at the chickenthrowers, what would you throw at them that would be the most fun? I’d throw chickens back at them, except it would be unthawed ones from the grocer’s freezer.

How did you, Svengoolie become so popular? I think a big part of it is the viewing audience’s desire to see the classic monster movies we bring them- and I think they like having me around for comic relief from the scares. I’m fortunate that they like what I’ve been doing and have stayed with me for all these years! When can we see Svengoolie on WCIU, The U? On WCIU, The U, it’s Saturday mornings at 11 am- but, now we’re on the MeTV network every Saturday night, at 9 pm central time, playing to a national audience- who have accepted us so warmly that most weeks, we’re actually trending on Twitter! Any live appearances coming up that we can see Svengoolie at? I’ve got a full docket of Halloween season appearances- everything from

Now a question for the man behind Svengoolie: If you can wave your magic wand and elevate Svengoolie to the next level, what ideas do you have for the future of the Svengoolie character? Well, playing this character for so long, and having national recognition- is already a dream come true (or is it a nightmare?) It’d be fun to eventually perhaps do a full length movie, or at least do cameos in movies and TV shows. Of course, I could always work in Vegas… (they DO need janitors there, right?) boiMAG 21

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Northwestern Block Museum

“Tseng Kwong Chi: Performing for the Camera,” on view at Northwestern University’s Block Museum of Art from Sept. 17 to Dec. 11, 2016, is the first major solo museum exhibition of the photographer’s works, which have long sparked the imaginations of younger artists. The exhibition features more than 80 photographs, including well-known works -- such as Tseng’s collaborations with Keith Haring and his “East Meets West” and “Expeditionary” series -- as well as examples from the artist’s archive that have rarely been shown. Celebration this fall will be held on Saturday Oct. 1.

Oh Sweet Charity

Nov. 4 – 20, 2016, at 7:30PM on Thurs. Fri. and Sat., Sun at 2pm at the Ethel M. Barber Theater, Northwestern Wirtz Theater presents Sweet Charity Directed & Choreographed by Tommy Rapley. Charity Hope Valentine, is the optimistic dance hall hostess who sings, dances and pours her heart out to one undeserving man after another in her pursuit of finding true love. Emboldened by her girlfriends at the Fan-Dango Ballroom, the hardworking women declare their intent to obtain the better life that they deserve. However, the deceptively charming men in their life can make their hope for a brighter tomorrow seem unreachable. Still the hopeful romantic, Charity marches and dances onward in her pursuit of love, happiness, and blissful self-enlightenment. Adult $30. Tickets are: Seniors (62+) & Area Educator $27, NU Faculty/Staff $25, NU Student $6/ Adv. $10/Door. For tickets, go to: https:// web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/961265 or http://www.northwestern.edu/

Giordano Dance Fall Series

World-renowned Giordano Dance Chicago presents its high-energy, high-

impact artistry complete with legendary repertory and a world premiere from multi-faceted artist Peter Chu, known for pushing the physical boundaries of dance. Praised for his distinguished choreography, Chu is the recipient of the 2010 Capezio A.C.E. Award for Choreography and currently serves as rehearsal director for Nederlands Dans Theater 2. Experience the company that triumphantly “brought the house down” (a quote from Chicago Sun-Times). Performances are Friday, October 28, 2016 at 7:30pm and Saturday, October 29th at 7:30pm at the Harris Theater Chicago. For more information, go to: http://www.harristheaterchicago.org/

Get Off The Sofa

The SOFA-Expo is the world’s foremost Sculptures Objects Functional Art (SOFA Expo) and Design Fair. It will be happening here in Chicago at Navy Pier on November 7th thru 9th.. Now in its 21st year, SOFA-Expo Chicago will bring together nearly 70 internationally renowned galleries, exhibiting an array of ceramics, wood, glass, fiber, jewelry, metal and innovative designs. For more info. go to: http://www.sofaexpo.com

International Reels

For those who love movies, the 52nd Chicago International Film Festival takes place from October 13 thru October 27th. Opening Night will be held at AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois St. on Thursday, October 13 with a prefilm reception at Ogden Plaza at the Sheraton Hotel Chicago. Cinema/ Chicago is the presenting organization of the Chicago International Film Festival, is a year round notforprofit arts and education organization. Tickets for events and all film festival screenings are currently on sale. A full list of the movies and events can be seen on their website: www.chicagofilmfestival.com. boiMAG 29