This class is designed for the beginning Excel user and includes:

• Understanding the Excel worksheet and basics of entering data
• Editing worksheets, opening, closing and saving files
• Formatting worksheets and copy & paste
• Creating and entering basic functions in cells
• Previewing and printing worksheet data

Start: Tuesday, Mar. 09, 2010 6:30 PM
End: Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010 8:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Open session for older adults is available in the Dr. David J. Lochman Cyber Center. If you need assistance using computers or equipment, our staff and volunteers are available to assist you!

Start: Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2010 1:00 PM
End: Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2010 3:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

This group’s focus is to establish a cohesive art collective that advocates for LGBT-identified older adults. Themes center on: visibility within the community, creating sustainable and accessible artwork for the public, and developing an artistic portfolio.

Open to all who want to have a voice in the community-no previous artistic experience necessary.

Start: Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2010 4:00 PM
End: Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2010 5:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Gather, socialize, and discuss concerns and ideas over lunch. Box lunch served at 11:00am. RSVP for lunch required.

Start: Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010 11:00 AM
End: Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010 12:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

This group is open to all! Focus: creating personal narratives as both a creative and empowering practice Facilitated by Dustin Goltz, Ph.D., Professor at DePaul University.

Start: Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010 1:00 PM
End: Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010 2:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

A weekly peer-led discussion group for women-identified seniors. Topic generated by group.

Start: Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010 2:00 PM
End: Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010 3:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Come and explore process art making in a safe and nurturing environment!  Using simple art materials and personal journaling we’ll reconnect to our innate creative abilities.  You can learn to identify your creative blocks, develop a different relationship to your inner critic, or just relax and enjoy color and motion. Have fun, develop insight, and expand your creative capacity for growth and change! 

No art making or writing experience is needed, just an openness to discovery.

As a “closed” group class, participants make a commitment to the 6-week class and drop-in participation is not offered. This program is made possible through the Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows Program.

Start: Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010 1:00 PM
End: Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010 3:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Enjoy 3 full courts of volleyball playtime. Participants must be 18 years or older.  All participants must sign-in and purchase a gym pass at first floor receptionist desk.

Start: Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010 9:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Enjoy this special showcase of women-focused entertainment and meet other LBTQ-identified mature women. Drinks, dancing and home by 10pm!

RSVP required.

Start: Friday, Mar. 12, 2010 7:00 PM
End: Friday, Mar. 12, 2010 9:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

This class is designed for the beginning PowerPoint user and includes: creating a presentation, working with text in slides, working with slides, using design templates, different presentation views, and printing presentations.

Start: Friday, Mar. 12, 2010 4:00 PM
End: Friday, Mar. 26, 2010 6:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

The Galleries at Center on Halsted will present artist Zuleyka Benitez in a show entitled “Narrative Interiors” in its second floor gallery and artist photographer Tony Kokes presents “Elemental: Photographs by Tony Kokes in its third floor gallery space. An opening reception will be held Friday, March 12 from 6:30pm – 9:30pm at Center on Halsted, located at 3656 N. Halsted in Chicago. The exhibits will run through April 19, 2010.

Start: Friday, Mar. 12, 2010 6:30 PM
End: Friday, Mar. 12, 2010 9:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

The workshop will cover legal issues unique to the gay and lesbian community, including legal separations for life partners, estate planning and the use of life insurance as a financial planning tool.  The event will be a panel presented by Golan & Christie LLP, The Law Offices of Louis R. Fine and New York Life.

Start: Saturday, Mar. 13, 2010 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, Mar. 13, 2010 2:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Learn to protect your body with self defense strategies and unleash your inner Warrior! Self-Defense teaches participants to harmonize the mind, body and spirit while striking hand pads, kneeing body pads. Tighten your body and reach your personal goals while having fun!

Start: Saturday, Mar. 13, 2010 10:00 AM
End: Saturday, Mar. 13, 2010 11:30 AM Location: Center on Halsted

This class will teach participants how to get started with computers, the internet and email, all of which are becoming more and more vital to everyday living. This class is intended for the beginning computer user and assumes no previous experience with computers.

Pre-registration required. Learn the basics of computers: hardware, software, mouse, keyboard, Windows operating system, files, folders, Microsoft Word, internet, and e-mail. No
prerequisites.

Start: Saturday, Mar. 13, 2010 4:00 PM
End: Saturday, Apr. 24, 2010 6:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Health, Education and Recreation Day for LBTQ Women

Participate in a free day-long program featuring speakers, and workshops about women’s health and well being including a choice of the following: Yoga, Self-defense, Nutritional Cooking, CPR, Free Rapid HIV Testing, Bisexual, Transgender and Women of Color Health, Holistic Healing, and more. Complimentary breakfast and lunch.

H.E.R Day Schedule
*Free and confidential rapid HIV testing will be available throughout the entire day, from 9am - 8pm.

9am - 10:15am: Registration and light breakfast, 3rd floor

10:15am - 11:15am: Introduction of Speakers
Women and Health: Keynote Speakers Dr. Lynn Todman from the Institute of Social Exclusion, Adler School of Psychology and Helena Bushong from Chicago Women’s AIDS Project (CWAP), Hoover-Leppen Theatre

11:30am - 12:45pm: Session 1 (Select 1 Activity from the following)
- Holistic Healing 101: Auricular Acupuncture
- Bisexual Health: A Call to Action
- Older Women’s Health
- Alternative Insemination 101
- Cooking Unboring Healthy Food: Entrees
- BodyGuard: A blend of boxing, self-defense, Muay Thai, and dynamic stretching

12:45pm - 1:30pm: Lunch
Lunch will be served in the John Baran Senior Center on the 2nd floor. Feel free to eat on the 2nd or 3rd floors, or in the 1st floor lobby area.

1:30pm - 2:45pm: Session 2 (Select 1 Activity from the following)
- The Science of Gender
- Konversational Kung Fu
- Body Pump! (intermediate)
- Transgender Health
- Cooking Unboring Healthy Food: Appetizers and Desserts
- BodyGuard: A blend of boxing, self-defense, Muay Thai, and dynamic stretching

2:45pm - 3pm: Break

3pm - 4:15pm: Session 3 (Select 1 Activity from the following)
- Health for Women of Color: A Panel
- Heart Saver CPR* (class starts at 3, lasts until 5:30pm)
- Simply Yoga
- Sexual Embodiment
- Yoga Booty Ballet

For a detailed description of the above activities click here.

Start: Saturday, Mar. 13, 2010 9:00 AM
End: Saturday, Mar. 13, 2010 4:15 PM Location: Center on Halsted

A diverse community where all are welcome, grow spiritually and find meaning in hope and love!

Start: Sunday, Mar. 14, 2010 11:00 AM
End: Sunday, Mar. 14, 2010 12:15 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Enjoy 3 full courts of volleyball playtime. Participants must be 18 years or older.  All participants must sign-in and purchase a gym pass at first floor receptionist desk.

Start: Monday, Mar. 15, 2010 6:00 PM
End: Monday, Mar. 15, 2010 9:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

When the soap opera character she portrays is about to be killed off, June "George" Buckridge (Beryl Reid) knows her acting days are numbered. But the only other work she can get is doing voice-overs for a children's TV show. Meanwhile, her predatory boss (Coral Browne) has her sights set on George's sexy girlfriend (Susannah York). One of the first films to address lesbianism, this movie also was one of the first to get slapped with an X rating.– From Netflix

Start: Monday, Mar. 15, 2010 2:00 PM
End: Monday, Mar. 15, 2010 4:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

3rd Monday, Monthly Beginning in March

Start: Monday, Mar. 15, 2010 7:00 PM
End: Monday, Mar. 15, 2010 10:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

This weekly discussion group is peer-led and open to all older adults. Topic generated by group.

Start: Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 2:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 3:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Join us for some coffee and conversation followed by lunch in the John Baran Senior Center. Lunch begins around noon.

Start: Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 12:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 1:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Everyone is welcome at this monthly planning session. Get involved! Have your say!

Start: Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 3:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 4:15 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Center on Halsted presents actOUT with Silk Road Theatre Project; an intimate conversation with OUT playwright and Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and OUT stage director Steve Scott, discussing their World Premiere "The DNA Trail" A Genealogy of Short Plays about Ancestry, Identity, and Utter Confusion.

THE DNA TRAIL: A Genealogy of Short Plays about Ancestry, Identity, and Utter Confusion is conceived by Jamil Khoury and directed by Steve Scott. Theatre meets science when a diverse group of playwrights each agree to take a genealogical DNA test and revisit their assumptions about identity politics and the perennial "who am I" question. Self, family, community, and ethnicity are all up for grabs. The DNA trail is comprised of seven unique, identity-defying short plays. The DNA Trail runs March 2 - April 4, 2010 at Pierce Hall in The Historic Chicago Temple Building, 77 W. Washington St., across the street from the Picasso.

Start: Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 7:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 8:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

This is open studio time for artists or those wanting to experiment with art materials. Come and play!

Start: Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 2:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 3:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

This group is designed for all proficiency levels. Come practice and made some new friends.

Start: Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 1:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 2:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Open session for older adults is available in the Dr. David J. Lochman Cyber Center. If you need assistance using computers or equipment, our staff and volunteers are available to assist you!

Start: Wednesday, Mar. 17, 2010 1:00 PM
End: Wednesday, Mar. 17, 2010 3:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Improve your flexibility, balance, breathing and overall fitness. This gentle chair yoga will make you feel good all over. Taught by Yoga Alliance certified instructor Nathan Boland.

Space is limited to 12 in this popular class so it is offered on a first come, first served basis. A sign-up sheet will be available 1 hour before class begins.

Start: Wednesday, Mar. 17, 2010 2:30 PM
End: Wednesday, Mar. 17, 2010 3:45 PM Location: Center on Halsted

This group’s focus is to establish a cohesive art collective that advocates for LGBT-identified older adults. Themes center on: visibility within the community, creating sustainable and accessible artwork for the public, and developing an artistic portfolio.

Open to all who want to have a voice in the community-no previous artistic experience necessary.

Start: Wednesday, Mar. 17, 2010 4:00 PM
End: Wednesday, Mar. 17, 2010 5:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

A weekly peer-led discussion group for women-identified seniors. Topic generated by group.

Start: Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010 2:00 PM
End: Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010 3:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Gather, socialize, and discuss concerns and ideas over lunch. Box lunch served at 11:00am. RSVP for lunch required.

Start: Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010 11:00 AM
End: Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010 12:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Enjoy 3 full courts of volleyball playtime. Participants must be 18 years or older.  All participants must sign-in and purchase a gym pass at first floor receptionist desk.

Start: Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010 9:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Come and explore process art making in a safe and nurturing environment!  Using simple art materials and personal journaling we’ll reconnect to our innate creative abilities.  You can learn to identify your creative blocks, develop a different relationship to your inner critic, or just relax and enjoy color and motion. Have fun, develop insight, and expand your creative capacity for growth and change! 

No art making or writing experience is needed, just an openness to discovery.

Start: Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010 1:00 PM
End: Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010 3:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

A Trans-focused casual open-mic night welcoming all members of the LGBT and ally community, co-hosted by Jami Bantry of the Center and Lars Von Keitz (OutMusic) open to musicians, poets, speakers, and artists.

Donations are encouraged to support community programs at COH.

This event occurs every third Thursday of the month.

Start: Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010 7:30 PM
End: Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010 9:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Come and play a familiar game or learn a new one. If you have a favorite game, you are encouraged to bring it along and teach it to the group. We’ll have a few classic games on hand as well as some newer ones. Light refreshments.

Start: Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010 8:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

This group is open to all! Focus: creating personal narratives as both a creative and empowering practice Facilitated by Dustin Goltz, Ph.D., Professor at DePaul University.

Start: Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010 1:00 PM
End: Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010 2:00 PM Location: Center on Halste

Join us for "It Might As Well Be Spring!"

Start: Saturday, Mar. 20, 2010 5:00 PM
End: Saturday, Mar. 20, 2010 8:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

A diverse community where all are welcome, grow spiritually and find meaning in hope and love!

Start: Sunday, Mar. 21, 2010 11:00 AM
End: Sunday, Mar. 21, 2010 12:15 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Center on Halsted, in partnership with Femmes Write Porn, is proud to present "Body Heat: the 4th National Femme Porn Tour" a national touring collective of Queer Femmes who perform erotic spoken word, dance, and song. In honor of Women's History Month, the Center encourages all women to turn the temperature up a notch and feel the body heat!

Start: Sunday, Mar. 21, 2010 3:30 PM
End: Sunday, Mar. 21, 2010 5:30 PM Location: Center on Haslted

4th Tuesday, Monthly

“WAC” is comprised of women dedicated to providing quality programming and community to LBTQ women and their allies in the Chicago-land area. If you identify as a woman, then be the change you want to see in LBTQ programming at Center on Halsted!
 

Start: Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010 7:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010 9:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

A friendly game with small, interesting prizes led by the warm and wonderful Cathy Jones.

Start: Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010 2:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010 3:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

This is open studio time for artists or those wanting to experiment with art materials. Come and play!

Start: Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010 2:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010 3:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

This weekly discussion group is peer-led and open to all older adults. Topic generated by group.

Start: Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010 2:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010 3:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

This group is designed for all proficiency levels. Come practice and made some new friends.

Start: Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010 1:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010 2:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Join us for some coffee and conversation followed by lunch in the John Baran Senior Center. Lunch begins around noon.

Start: Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010 12:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010 1:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

This group’s focus is to establish a cohesive art collective that advocates for LGBT-identified older adults. Themes center on: visibility within the community, creating sustainable and accessible artwork for the public, and developing an artistic portfolio. Open to all who want to have a voice in the community-no previous artistic experience necessary.

Start: Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2010 4:00 PM
End: Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2010 5:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

4th Wednesday, Monthly

Attend a FREE monthly seminar series on important issues for Trans folk 18+, such as transitioning in the workplace, and will address the concerns of both trans men and trans women alike.

Start: Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2010 6:30 PM
End: Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2010 9:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Open session for older adults is available in the Dr. David J. Lochman Cyber Center. If you need assistance using computers or equipment, our staff and volunteers are available to assist you!

Start: Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2010 1:00 PM
End: Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2010 2:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

A weekly peer-led discussion group for women-identified seniors. Topic generated by group.

Start: Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010 2:00 PM
End: Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010 3:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Come and explore process art making in a safe and nurturing environment!  Using simple art materials and personal journaling we’ll reconnect to our innate creative abilities.  You can learn to identify your creative blocks, develop a different relationship to your inner critic, or just relax and enjoy color and motion. Have fun, develop insight, and expand your creative capacity for growth and change! 

No art making or writing experience is needed, just an openness to discovery.

Start: Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010 1:00 PM
End: Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010 3:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Gather, socialize, and discuss concerns and ideas over lunch. Box lunch served at 11:00am. RSVP for lunch required.

Start: Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010 11:00 AM
End: Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010 12:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

4th Saturday, Monthly

A free casual, movie night for those 18+, who identify as transgender or have an interest in questions of gender identity. Stay afterwards for a discussion of the film. 

Start: Saturday, Mar. 27, 2010 5:30 PM
End: Saturday, Mar. 27, 2010 9:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

The Center, Amigas Latinas, La Dulce Palabra and Voces Primeras present a screening of “Palabras Dulces, Palabras Amargas” a 45 minute documentary featuring the work of La Dulce Palabra a multi-cultural, multi-generational Spoken Word Ensemble. Join us for a reception at 6pm followed by the film and a post film Q&A with the film maker and performers and then a “meet & greet” with book sales, signings and live performances.

Start: Saturday, Mar. 27, 2010 6:00 PM
End: Saturday, Mar. 27, 2010 9:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

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With a Job-Readiness Certificate you will have a competitive edge in the workplace.  You will also create a resume and cover letter, develop interviewing skills and receive assistance in finding employment.

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*Lunch will not be provided.

Start: Monday, Mar. 29, 2010 11:00 AM
End: Friday, Apr. 02, 2010 5:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

This weekly discussion group is peer-led and open to all older adults. Topic generated by group.

Start: Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2010 2:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2010 3:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

This group is designed for all proficiency levels. Come practice and made some new friends.

Start: Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2010 1:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2010 2:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Join us for some coffee and conversation followed by lunch in the John Baran Senior Center. Lunch begins around noon.

Start: Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2010 12:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2010 1:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Everyone is welcome at this monthly planning session. Get involved! Have your say!

Start: Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2010 3:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2010 4:15 PM Location: Center on Halsted

This is open studio time for artists or those wanting to experiment with art materials. Come and play!

Start: Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2010 2:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2010 3:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

In a safe and friendly environment, connect with others living with HIV/AIDS to share your stories and experiences related to HIV and AIDS. The groups are open to newly-diagnosed individuals as well as those who have been HIV+ for years. The free groups run in 10-week cycles, are confidential and facilitated by a professionally licensed counselor.

18 - 34
Wednesdays: 6PM – 7:30PM
March 31 – June 2

Ages: 35+
Wednesdays: 6PM – 7:30PM
March 31 – June 2

Registration ends April 9, 2010.

Start: Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2010 6:00 PM
End: Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2010 7:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

This group’s focus is to establish a cohesive art collective that advocates for LGBT-identified older adults. Themes center on: visibility within the community, creating sustainable and accessible artwork for the public, and developing an artistic portfolio.

Open to all who want to have a voice in the community-no previous artistic experience necessary.

Start: Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2010 4:00 PM
End: Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2010 5:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Beginning Wednesdays and Thursdays in January 2010, the Center on Halsted will be resuming its HIV-positive support groups. In a safe and friendly environment, connect with others living with HIV/AIDS to share your stories and experiences related to HIV and AIDS. The groups are open to newly-diagnosed individuals as well as those who have been HIV+ for years. The free groups run in 10-week cycles, are confidential and facilitated by a professionally licensed counselor.

18 - 34
Wednesdays: 6PM – 7:30PM
March 31 – June 2

Ages: 35+
Wednesdays: 6PM – 7:30PM
March 31 – June 2

Registration ends April 9, 2010.

Start: Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2010 6:00 PM
End: Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2010 7:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Open session for older adults is available in the Dr. David J. Lochman Cyber Center. If you need assistance using computers or equipment, our staff and volunteers are available to assist you!

Start: Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2010 1:00 PM
End: Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2010 3:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Beginning Wednesdays and Thursdays in January 2010, the Center on Halsted will be resuming its HIV-positive support groups. In a safe and friendly environment, connect with others living with HIV/AIDS to share your stories and experiences related to HIV and AIDS. The groups are open to newly-diagnosed individuals as well as those who have been HIV+ for years. The free groups run in 10-week cycles, are confidential and facilitated by a professionally licensed counselor.

Ages: 35+
Thursdays: 6PM – 7:30PM
April 1 – June 3

Registration ends April 9, 2010.

Start: Thursday, Apr. 01, 2010 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, Apr. 01, 2010 7:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Join us for some coffee and conversation followed by lunch in the John Baran Senior Center. Lunch begins around noon.

Start: Tuesday, Apr. 06, 2010 12:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Apr. 06, 2010 1:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

A friendly game with small, interesting prizes led by the warm and wonderful Cathy Jones.

Start: Tuesday, Apr. 06, 2010 2:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Apr. 06, 2010 3:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

1st Tuesday Monthly.

An event for bisexuals, bi-curious, and bi-allies to form community, share ideas and connect with peers. Come out and help build the bi community! We meet for game nights, potlucks, networking, social activism, peer-lead discussion & more.

Start: Tuesday, Apr. 06, 2010 7:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Apr. 06, 2010 9:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

LIBERATION 2010 is a weekend long spiritual conference designed to empower LGBTQ people, friends, & family to come out of the closet spiritually. It is created to heal limiting false beliefs that our orientation is somehow a mistake or curse so that we can be powerful and free. Special guests include Founder Mark Anthony Lord, Byron Katie, Gay Hendricks, Michael Bernard Beckwith, Jason & deMarco and a special surprise major recording artist.

Special thanks to Center on Halsted for its support.

Start: Thursday, Apr. 08, 2010 12:00 PM
End: Sunday, Apr. 11, 2010 12:00 PM Location: Los Angeles

Women’s Speed Dating For Spring Chickens (35 and under and the women who love them.)

No special spark across the Internet? Long, wasted evenings with those just-not-happening blind dates? Time for some real-time, fun-time SPEED DATING at Center on Halsted (located at 3656 N Halsted. Street - Chicago, IL). April's Speed Dating Event will be for the spring chickens: women 35 and under and the women who love them!
 
ARRIVE between 6:30pm and 6:45 pm. First speed dating round begins at 7 pm. Rounds continue until everyone has had a chance to meet, or until 8:45pm, whichever comes first.
 
BRING YOUR AGENDA BOOK: “I'm interested” cards will be matched after the last round ends. 

Start: Thursday, Apr. 08, 2010 7:00 PM
End: Thursday, Apr. 08, 2010 9:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Pre-registration required. This class is designed for the intermediate PowerPoint user.

Start: Friday, Apr. 09, 2010 4:00 PM
End: Friday, Apr. 23, 2010 6:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Interested in learning about the youth program?  Whether you are a youth, high school staff, social service provider or a funder, this day is for you to learn all that is offered in the youth program at Center on Halsted.

Start: Friday, Apr. 09, 2010 3:00 PM
End: Friday, Apr. 09, 2010 5:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

This multi media exhibit features youth artists who explore themselves through materials, process and technique.  Young artists give rise to issues of loss, grief, identity, empowerment, and transformation.  This body of work is a powerful message of how ideas and creativity can turn manifest into a reality.  Art making has become an action to get to the Center of issues that affect youth lives.

Start: Friday, Apr. 09, 2010 5:30 PM
End: Friday, Apr. 09, 2010 9:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

This FREE event is a casual, peer-lead conversation group for those 18 years and older who either identify as transgendered or are dealing with a gender identity issue, moderated by Christina Kahrl (COH  Transgender Program Volunteer Liaison).

Start: Monday, Apr. 12, 2010 5:30 PM
End: Monday, Apr. 12, 2010 7:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Join us for some coffee and conversation followed by lunch in the John Baran Senior Center. Lunch begins around noon.

Start: Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2010 12:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2010 1:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Pre-registration required. This class is designed for the intermediate Word user. Topics include: working with columns and tables; spelling and grammar; and find and replace.

Start: Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2010 3:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Apr. 27, 2010 5:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

This class is designed for the beginning Excel user and includes:

• Understanding the Excel worksheet and basics of entering data
• Editing worksheets, opening, closing and saving files
• Formatting worksheets and copy & paste
• Creating and entering basic functions in cells
• Previewing and printing worksheet data

Start: Thursday, Apr. 15, 2010 2:00 PM
End: Thursday, Apr. 29, 2010 4:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

A Trans-focused casual open-mic night welcoming all members of the LGBT and ally community, co-hosted by Jami Bantry of the Center and Lars Von Keitz (OutMusic) open to musicians, poets, speakers, and artists.

Donations are encouraged to support community programs at COH.

This event occurs every third Thursday of the month.

Start: Thursday, Apr. 15, 2010 7:30 PM
End: Thursday, Apr. 15, 2010 9:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

3rd Monday, Monthly

A casual FREE movie night. This is an event for bisexuals, bi-curious, and bi-allies to form community, share ideas and connect with peers. Come out and help build the bi community! 

Start: Monday, Apr. 19, 2010 7:00 PM
End: Monday, Apr. 19, 2010 10:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Center on Halsted (in partnership with UNABRIDGED BOOKS) presents a reading & book-signing of "Boyhoods: Rethinking Masculinities", with author Ken Corbett. An insightful book about gender and what is means to be a man (and a boy) through the lens of feminist and queer theory.  Sound heavy? It is quite the opposite. Although Corbett journeys through some heavy duty psychoanalytical thought, this is an amusing, accessible and ultimately groundbreaking assessment of gender that even a layman like me can grasp.

Start: Wednesday, Apr. 21, 2010 5:00 PM
End: Wednesday, Apr. 21, 2010 7:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

Center on Halsted Youth Program recognizes the supporters, leaders and activities of the LGBTQ youth community. The event will also feature performances by the many talented youth in the community.

Start: Friday, Apr. 23, 2010 6:00 PM
End: Friday, Apr. 23, 2010 9:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

A friendly game with small, interesting prizes led by the warm and wonderful Cathy Jones.

Start: Tuesday, Apr. 27, 2010 2:00 PM
End: Tuesday, Apr. 27, 2010 3:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

No special spark across the Internet? Long, wasted evenings with those just-not-happening blind dates? Time for some real-time, fun-time SPEED DATING at Center on Halsted (located at 3656 N Halsted. Street - Chicago, IL); co-sponsored by Out Alumni Chicago, the Chicagoland Gay and Lesbian Singles Meetup and the Chicago Professionals Meetup.
 
ARRIVE between 6:45pm and 7pm. First speed dating round begins at 7:15pm. Rounds continue until everyone has had a chance to meet, or until 8:45pm, whichever comes first.
 
BRING YOUR AGENDA BOOK: “like to get together for coffee” cards will be matched after the last round ends.

Start: Thursday, Apr. 29, 2010 7:00 PM
End: Thursday, Apr. 29, 2010 9:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

James F. Sullivan, M.D., specialist in Infectious Disease and Internal Medicine at Saint Joseph Hospital, will discuss the latest in antiretroviral medications and treatment as well as new HIV/AIDS research. Presentation at the Center.

Start: Tuesday, May. 04, 2010 6:30 PM
End: Tuesday, May. 04, 2010 7:30 PM Location: Center on Halsted

SAVE THE DATE!

Gala Co-Chairs Robert Kohl, Gail Morse and Lauren Verdich, and Dori Wilson, Center on Halsted Staff and Board of Directors invite you to attend:

Human First 2010, A Gala Perfomance.

Starring Lily Tomlin

Featuring Oleta Adams

Harris Theater for Music and Dance at Millennium Park

Performance: 7:30pm

Click here to visit the Human First 2010 website.

2010 Human First Honorees

HUMAN FIRST AWARD:

Martin Gapshis
Community and Civic Leader

COMMUNITY SPIRIT AWARD:

Chicago Foundation for Women

Walgreens

Start: Saturday, May. 22, 2010 7:30 PM
End: Saturday, May. 22, 2010 11:00 PM Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance at Millennium Park

No special spark across the Internet? Long, wasted evenings with those just-not-happening blind dates? Time for some real-time, fun-time SPEED DATING at Center on Halsted (located at 3656 N Halsted. Street - Chicago, IL); co-sponsored by Out Alumni Chicago, the Chicagoland Gay and Lesbian Singles Meetup and the Chicago Professionals Meetup.
 
ARRIVE between 6:45pm and 7pm. First speed dating round begins at 7:15pm. Rounds continue until everyone has had a chance to meet, or until 8:45pm, whichever comes first.
 
BRING YOUR AGENDA BOOK: “like to get together for coffee” cards will be matched after the last round ends.

Start: Thursday, Jun. 10, 2010 7:00 PM
End: Thursday, Jun. 10, 2010 9:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted

No special spark across the Internet? Long, wasted evenings with those just-not-happening blind dates? Time for some real-time, fun-time SPEED DATING at Center on Halsted (located at 3656 N Halsted. Street - Chicago, IL). February's Speed Dating Event for women will be for women 35+ and and the women who love them. Like a fine wine, it gets better with age!
 
ARRIVE between 6:30pm and 6:45 pm. First speed dating round begins at 7 pm. Rounds continue until everyone has had a chance to meet, or until 8:45pm, whichever comes first.
 
BRING YOUR AGENDA BOOK: “I'm interested” cards will be matched after the last round ends. 

Start: Thursday, Jun. 17, 2010 7:00 PM
End: Thursday, Jun. 17, 2010 9:00 PM Location: Center on Halsted