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EDITORIAL Publisher Editor

Mike Macharello Rick Karlin Social Media Director Biggie Solis layout & design Titanium Graphics

3700 N. Halsted St. #2-S

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Chicago, IL 60613

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CONTENTS

Mr. international rubber schedule

MIR Schedule (CONT.)

PHOTOS: MIR

in the know, on the go!

THEATER NEWS & VIEWS

INTERVIEW: VICTOR SALVO

PHOTOS: URBANO AT CIRCUIT

CHICAGO bars & clubs directory

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MIR I6 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday, November 2 Noon - 7:00pm

MIR16 Registration and Individual Ticket Sales

Reception Hall-The Center on Halsted Pick up your weekend package at the Center on Halsted beginning today. Noon - 7:00pm The MIR Kink Market, Social and Chicago Rubbermen Gear Sale Recreation Center-The Center on Halsted 2:00pm Kink Ed Workshop #1 Topic: “A look at S&M in 20th Century America” 2nd Floor Classrooms Speaker: Chuck Renslow, founder of IML 3:30pm Kink Ed Workshop #2 Topic: “Fetishism in Comics” 2nd Floor Classrooms Speaker: Tom Kelley, MIR 2000 7:00pm to 9:00pm The “Greet the Meat” Cocktail Party Reception Hall-The Center on Halsted A cocktail party prior to the start of the MIR16 Contest. Socialize with attendees, contestants and judges. 9:00pm to 11:00pm The Mr. International Rubber 16 Contest PART 1 The Hoover-Leppen Theater - The Center on Halsted The fun and erotic entertainment begins as the contest swings into action. Contestants compete in the first two judged categories of the competition, including “Rubber Image” and ‘Wet Rubber” competition. Our contest is a fun and unique way to select an international titleholder. Come see why so many have said, “I’ve never had this much fun at a contest before!” 10:00pm - 4:00pm Slick and Twisted: A Steamworks Play Party Steamworks, 3246 N. Halsted

Good old fashioned rubber pig fun. DJ Jim Belanger spins all night.

Saturday November 3 NOON - 7:00pm MIR16 Registration and Individual Ticket Sales Reception Hall-The Center on Halsted Pick-up your weekend package at the Center on Halsted. NOON - 7:00pm The MIR Kink Market, Social and Chicago Rubbermen Gear Sale Recreation Center-The Center on Halsted 2:00pm Kink Ed Workshop #1 Topic: “Rubber Care and Maintenance” 2nd Floor Classrooms Speaker: Laura Pulice, Owner of Vex Clothing 3:30pm Kink Ed Workshop #2 Topic: “Sistory: A History of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” 2nd Floor Classrooms Speaker: The Abbey of the Windy City Sisters 4:00pm The MIR Rubber Pup Rumpus Recreation Center-The Center on Halsted The rubber pups and their handlers take over the demo space for the third annual Rubber Pup Rumpus. 7:00pm - 9:00pm Pre-Contest Cocktails Reception Hall-The Center on Halsted Enjoy cocktails with the contestants, judges and fellow attendees prior to the part 2 of the MIR16 contest! 9:00pm Mr. International Rubber 16 Contest PART 2 Hoover-Leppen Theater-The Center on Halsted The exciting conclusion to the Mr. International Rubber Contest. Includes judging of onstage question, “mystery-bag” and cast your vote for Mr. International Rubber in the audience voting. Be there for the excitement of selecting MIR16!

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MIR I6 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Continued .... 4:00pm Post Contest MIR Strict Rubber Dress Code Party and Victory Celebration A victory celebration and dungeon party in a 3700 sq. ft. private space. Strict rubber dress code enforced. 10:00pm. - 5:00pm RECON Full Fetish - A Late Night Gear and Cruise Party Jackhammer, 6406 N. Clark After the contest there is a victory party, but you can also join other Rubber Pervs, Skin Boys, Pups, Sirs and more for a fun-filled night of dancing and cruising down at Jackhammer and The Hole. This is not an official MIR event and a separate ticket is required. Entry is $20 dollars with five going towards your first drink.

Sunday, November 4 NOON - 5:00pm The MIR Kink Market, Social and Chicago Rubbermen Gear Sale Recreation Center-The Center on Halsted 12:30pm - 1:45pm Film Screening: Kink Crusaders Hoover-Leppen Theater -The Center on Halsted Go behind the scenes at the annual International Mr. Leather competition, where men from around the world gather to compete for the title of Mr. Leather. This screening is free to MIR16 weekend package holders and $5.00 to non weekend package holders. 3:00pm - 4:00pm Lubed Up Latex Wrestling Recreation Center-Center on Halsted It may be the last day of MIR, but there are a few rumbles left to be settled. We invite YOU to join in our Lubed Up Latex Wrestling in the demo area. If you are wrestling in lube with another man in rubber, let the demo space coordinator know. It’s a bracket tourney, and winner takes all!

5:00pm - 9:00pm Shiny Guys, Showtunes & Slushies Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted Each year when MIR weekend has concluded, tradition has it that rubbermen from around the globe converge on Sidetrack for a uniquely Chicago experience. Rubbermen, leathermen, bears, twinks and vanilla guys gather for a Sunday Funday of slushies and showtunes.

Previous MIR Title Holders 2012 Sly Hands 2011 G-Man 2010 Fenn 2009 Stephane Donaldson 2008 Bj Turgeon 2007 Maurizo Iacone 2006 Michael Schneider 2005 Frank Bug 2004 Chris Vincent 2003 Rubberwilli 2002 Yannick Kerjose 2001 Chad Mclaughlin 2000 Tom Kelley 1999 Thomas Smith 1998 Christoph Lehner Vendor List Black Sheep Broken Brains Chicago Rubbermen E7 Gear Ego Assassin Full Kit Gear Head 2 Toe Piercing Howard Brown Mister S Leather Squeak Latex Steve Leather of New York TLS Rubber Gear TPAN

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THEATER NEWS & VIEWS by Gregg Shapiro

The pre-Broadway world premiere of “Kinky Boots,” the new musical, with a book by gay Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein and music/lyrics by Grammy Award-winning LGBT ally Cyndi Lauper, runs through Nov. 4 at the Bank of America Theatre. Putting it all together effortlessly, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s award-winning musical “Sunday in the Park with George” runs through Nov. 4 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier. Can’t get enough Sondheim? “Assassins,” with music/lyrics by the master and book by John Weidman, directed by Billy Pacholski, with music direction by Robert Ollis, hits the spot at the Viaduct Theatre through Nov. 10. Scott Ferguson directs Bailiwick Chicago’s production of the musical “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” at National Pastime Theater in Uptown, through Nov. 10. Hell in a Handbag Productions revives the show that started it all for them, “SCARRIE The Musical” the unauthorized “Carrie” parody/homage originally produced in 1998 with Sweetback Productions, at Mary’s Attic, through Nov. 10. Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s production of “Good People” by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by out ensemble member K. Todd Freeman, runs through Nov. 11 in the Downstairs Theatre. boi 17

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Victor Salvo in the Chicago Spotlight Interviews with leaders in Chicago’s GLBT community

by Gregg Shapiro

Chicagoan Victor Salvo has been active in the GLBT Community for twenty-five years. The founder and Executive Director of the Legacy Project, Victor was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 1998. When did you come out and what was the experience like for you? I first came out in my late teens to the girl I was dating at the time. I went on to college where I tried to live a mostly “gay life” but the crushing burden of still being closeted with my family eventually took its toll on me. Finally around the age of 29, after living a completely out and open lifestyle in the gay ghetto of Boystown, I came out to my larger family. There were a few tears and lots of questions but the doomsday scenario I had long envisioned never happened. Everyone just accepted it and life went on. My family is now immensely supportive and proud of me. I am living proof that, even though it can be a long and difficult process, in the end, it does get better. Please name five of your GLBT heroes and say a few words about why you chose them. Alan Turing, first and foremost, because his work to break the Nazi Enigma Code in World War II changed the course of history. Bayard Rustin, because he was an out and open gay man in the 1940s, 50s and 60s when it was exceedingly difficult to even be black, let alone black and gay. John Maynard Keynes, founder of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, whose economic theories formed the basis of the New Deal monetary policy. Ruth Ellis, who ran a safe house and gathering spot for queer youth of color in Detroit from mid-1940 to the early 70s so that those who had been shunned everywhere had someplace where they could be themselves. Barbara Gittings, Her tireless work to have homosexuality removed from the list of mental 22 boi

disorders in the early 1970s, along with the countless other things she did, have left me astounded to know just how much one person can contribute to the greater good. What do you consider to be your most significant contribution to the GLBT community in Chicago and at large? Everyone probably thinks it is the creation of the Legacy Walk, which was just dedicated. I think it would actually have to be my work on trying to get as many people from Chicago and Illinois as possible to the March on Washington in 1987. Everything we have around us now can be traced back to the passion that exploded after we returned from Washington. What are your future goals and aspirations? I would like to see us open a fullscale, international GLBT History Museum on Halsted where we can explore our many roles in world history and educate people. Because we have no such institution now, our precious personal collections are being bought up by university archives where our past is being locked away, never to be seen by the people who desperately need to touch it and learn from it. If we can open a museum and use it to enlighten the general public while teaching GLBT kids that they matter, and have always mattered, then there is hope that future generations won’t have to be stymied by the dual challenges of outside hate and internal doubts about our value in this world. Words of wisdom to the next GLBT generation. Try to learn from the past. Unlike other cultures, where stories and lessons from the past are passed down to future generations, the lack of social crossgenerational dialog in our community means that younger people have little understanding of the lessons already learned. When you learn that people like you have been navigating their way through difficult lives while still achieving great things for centuries it gives you a sense of perspective, a hope that things really do get better.

IN THE KNOW, ON THE GO News You Can Use

No sooner will they be sweeping up the Halloween candy, than the city will be covered in rubber and Latex for Mr. International Rubber Weekend. See the MIR calendar of events for a complete schedule, but two events you’ll certainly want to check out are “Slick & Twisted” at Steamworks on Nov. 2 and “Recon” at Jackhammer on Nov. 3… Bonsai opened last week and the $2 mimosas on Sunday and Monday’s $1 drinks (with no cover) are already drawing buzz … EQIL’s annual holiday wine tasting party at Sidetrack on Wednesday, Nov. 7, is a hugely popular event. No wonder, for just a $20 donation to Equality Illinois PAC, sample 99 wines from around the world and apps provided by J&L Catering... If you get this issue of BOI early enough, haul your ass over to Cocktail for a special edition of “Spank!” with boys dancing up a storm while modeling Egoist Underwear’s new brand, “Freedom Reigns”. There will be Egoist underwear giveaways, hot sounds from DJ John Murges and $9 Red Kool-Aid pitchers and the six shot “Shoot the Rainbow” for $15.

Song & Dance

“Lipstick & Lyrics: What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger” on Saturday, Nov. 3, at Mayne Stage features Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus’ drag divas, in two shows, singing live, performing the gamut from Madonna to Kelly Clarkson, pop to Broadway… Gus Giordano Dance celebrates 50 years with a special retrospective show Oct 26 and 27 at Harris Theater… Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band presents “Defining Moments”, a concert on Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Preston Bradley Peoples Church.

Celebrity Spotting

Sidetrack hosts the premiere of Chicago Lost and Found’s Mitch Pennell on HGTV’s “ The White Room Challenge” on Friday, Oct. 26. Meet Mitch and hear the hilarious behind the scenes commentary! Show airs promptly at 7:30pm… It’s three celebrities in one as singer/songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway (best known for the theme for “The Nanny”), entertains at a birthday party honoring community activist Michael Leppen’s 60th and his aunt, Miriam Hoover’s 99th, on Friday, October 26, as a benefit for The Center on Halsted.

Happy Anniversary

Hamburger Mary’s celebrates 40 years in business (the chain, not the Chicago location) with “Wig Night Out” on Nov.10. The $10 donation to attend benefits The Point Foundation…Touché celebrates its 35th anniversary with a full weekend of events. On Nov. 2, it’s M.A.F.I.A. club night and a hanky party to show off your fetish, with hanky giveaways and door prizes. Then on Saturday, Nov. 3, it’s “Bear Night” with the Great Lakes Bears, live performances by the band, Bear All, a midnight pizza panic and a “Feed the Bears” pizza raffle. It winds up on Sunday, Nov. 4 with an anniversary beer bust kicking off at 4pm with the Bud Boyz, drink specials, a free buffet, raffle prizes, and 50¢ Bud and Bud Light all day.

Halloweening

Let’s break it down by date and place: Thursday, Oct. 25

E.M. Lounge, “Monster Ball”... Sidetrack, “Happy Apocalypse”... Touché, the Club Room Maze opens.

Friday, Oct. 26

Circuit, “Urbano Halloween” ... Cocktail, “Powder Your Wig”... Crew Bar, sing-along “Rocky Horror”, costume contest... Piccolo Ultra Lounge, “Throw It Back”... Steamworks, “Bears Bath and Beyond” and “Cumpocalypse... Touché, “Black Out Party”.

Saturday Oct. 27 Club Krave, “Halloween Spooktacular”... Cocktail, Versailles “Let Them Eat Cake” costume contest... The Glenwood, “Groovin’ in the Graveyard”... House of Blues, “Circus Revolution Evil Under the Big Top” ... Hydrate, “Dirty Pop”... Jackhammer, “Purgatory”... Parlour on Clark, “ZomBeyonce”... Scot’s, afternoon pumpkin carving contest... Touché, Zombie Fetish Night. Sunday Oct. 28 Cocktail, “French Revolution”... Kit Kat, “Rocky Horror Picture Show” brunch”... Scot’s, afternoon pumpkin carving contest... Touché, Big Boo Beer Bust. Monday Oct. 29 Touché, Halloween Full Moon Party. Tuesday, Oct. 30 Touché, Rocky Horror Party. Wednesday, Oct. 31, Halloween Hydrate, Spooky Hydrag Revue with Tajma Hall & Teri Yaki... Las Mananitas, free shot of Patron for diners in costume... NortHalsted Parade steps off at Halsted & Waveland at 7pm. Steamworks, post parade F**K party... Touché, Halloween Bear Bash, costume contest. boi 25

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CHICAGO BARS & CLUBS Boystown / Lakeview

3160 3160 N.Clark G&L, LM,DS Berlin 954 W. Belmont G&L, D, 4 Bobby Love’s 3729 N. Halsted G&L Buck’s Saloon 3439 N. Halsted G Cell Block 3702 N. Halsted G, LF Charlie’s 3726 N. Broadway G, D, W Circuit 2.02 3641 N. Halsted G&L, D, 4 Cocktail 3359 N. Halsted G, GB Elixir Lounge 3452 N. Halsted G, 4 F. O’Mahony’s 3701 N. Broadway G&L, R Hydrate 3458 N. Halsted G, D, DS, 4 Kit Kat 3700 N. Halsted G&L, DS, R Little Jim’s 3501 N. Halsted G, V, 4 Lucky Horseshoe 3169 N. Halsted G, GB Manhandler 1948 N. Halsted G, W, 4 Minibar 3341 N. Halsted G, R North End 3733 N. Halsted G Roscoe’s 3356 N. Halsted G, D, V, DS Scarlet 3320 N. Halsted G Sidetrack 3349 N. Halsted G, V Smart Bar / Metro 3730 N. Clark MS, D, 4 Spin 800 W. Belmont G&L, V, 4 The Closet 3325 N. Broadway G&L, V, 4

773.327.5969 773.348.4975 773.525.1200 773.525.1125 773.665.8064 773.871.8887 773.325.2233 773.477.1420 773.477.1420 773.549.0226 773.975.9244 773.525.1111 773.871.6116 773.404.3169 773.871.3339 773.871.6227 773.477.7999 773.281.3355 773.348.1053 773.477.9189 773.549.4140 773.327.7711 773.477.8533

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Crew 4804 N. Broadway G&L, V, R 773.784.2739 Davenport’s 1383 N. Milwaukee G&L, LM 773.278.1830 Debonair Social Club 1575 N. MilwaukeeAve. MS, D 773.227.7990 Fat Cat 4849 N. Broadway MS, R 773.506.3100 Green Dolphin 2200 N. Ashland G&L, D, LM, 4 773.395.0066 Green Mill 4802 N. Broadway MS, LM, 4 773.878.5552 In Fine Spirits 5420 N. Clark MS, R 773.334.9463 Jackhammer 6406 N. Clark G, D, V, GB, LM, 4 773.743.5772 Joi de Vine 1744 W. Balmoral L, R 773.989.6846 Kinetic Playground 1113 W. LawrenceMS, D, LM, 4 773.769.5483 Marty’s 1511 W. Balmoral G&L 773.561.6425 Mary’s Attic 5400 N. Clark G&L, D, V, R 773.784.6969 Parlour On Clark 6341 N. Clark 773.564.9274 Mary’s RecRoom 5402 N. Clark G&L, D, V, R 773.784.6969 Scot’s 1829 W. Montrose G&L 773.528.3253 Scot’s 1829 W. Montrose G&L 773.528.3253 Sidecar Bar 6920 N.. Glenwood 773.764.2826 T’s 5025 N. Clark G&L, R 773.784.6000 The Call 1547 W. Bryn Mawr G&L, D, DS, V, LM 773.334.2525 The Glenwood 6962 N. Glenwood G 773.764.7363 Touché 6412 N. Clark G, V, LF, 4 773.465.7400 Uptown Lounge 1136 W. Lawrence 773.878.1136

Chicago Downtown-Near north Chicago Southside

Baton Show Lounge 436 N. Clark DS Club 720 720 N. Wells MS, D, 4 Crimson Lounge 333 N. Dearborn MS, D, R Downtown Bar & Lounge 440 N. State G Dragon Lady Lounge 3188 N. Elston Excalibur/Vision 632 N. Dearborn MS, D, 4 Funky Buddha 728 W. Grand Ave. MS, D House of Blues 329 N. Dearborn MS, LM, 4 Krush/Prop House 1657 N. Elston G&L, D, 4 Nikki 1543 N. Kingsbury St. MS, D, 4 Second Story Bar 157 E. Ohio G, V Sound Bar 226 W. Ontario MS, D, 4 Spy Bar 646 N. Franklin MS, D, 4 Underground 56 W. Illinois MS, D, 4 Vibe 1543 N. Kingsbury MS, D, 4

Chicago Northside

The Anvil 1137 W. Granville G, V @mosphere 5355 N. Clark G&L, V, GB Big Chicks 5024 N. Sheridan G&L, D, R

312.644.5269 312.787.8720 312.923.2473 312.464.1400 773.267.1970 312.266.1944 312.666.1695 312.923.2000 773.486.2390 312.857.5009 312.923.9536 312.787-4480 312.587.8779 312.644.7600 312.266.1900 773.973.0006 773.784.1100 773.728.5511

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Club Escape 1530 E. 75th G&L, D Escapades 6301 S. Harlem G&L, D, V, 4 Inn Exile 5758 W. 65th G&L, D, V Jeffrey Pub 7041 S. Jeffrey G&L, D, V, 4

773.667.6454 773.229.0886 773.582.3510 773.363.8555

Chicago Suburbs Hideaway 7301 W. Roosevelt Forest Park G, D, V, DS, GB

708.771.4459

Club Krave 13126 S. Western Blue Island G&L, D, V, DS, GB, 4 708.597.8379 Hunters 1932 E. Higgins Elk Grove Village G, D, V, GB, 4

847.439.8840

Mission 209 E. Chicago Downtown Elgin G&L, D, V

847.488.0320

Encompass 24215 Rush St. Lake Station, IN G&L, D, R, DS 219.962.4640 Velvet Rope 728 Lake St. Oak Park G&L, D, V, R

Adult Entertainment

Banana Video 4923 N. Clark G, BK Bijou Theater 1349 N. Wells G, GB, BK Man’s Country 5017 N. Clark G, GB, BH Steamworks 3246 N. Halsted G, BH, FC The Ram 35111/2 N. Halsted G, BK, D

708.358.8840

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4-------------------------------------------------------------Open til 4am MS--------------------------------------------------------Mostly Straight LF---------------------------------------------------------Leather / Fetish W-------------------------------------------------------------------Western LM--------------------------------------------------Live Music / Cabaret BH--------------------------------------------------------------Bath House BK----------------------------------Adult Book, Booth & Video Store FC-------------------------------------------------------------Fitness Club