News and events from the central portion of Illinois, generally Springfield, Peoria, Decatur and Bloomington.
NORMAL — ISU Pride will have it’s annual drag charity show at the Bone Student Center on March 2 with RuPaul’s Drag Race finalist Shea Coulee. From the Facebook event: We are so excited to announce our headliner is Shea Coulee! Her name is Shae Coulee and she didn’t come to play – finalist of…
SPRINGFIELD — The Phoenix Center is hosting a film series with the University of Illinois-Springfield Performing Arts Center this spring. For March: The first is Boy Erased starring Nicole Kidman & Russel Crowe as parents of a young gay man. Due to their religious beliefs they force him to go to conversion therapy. While the movie…
PEORIA — Peoria Proud is hosting screenings of “American in Transition” for Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31. Both screenings will be at the Big Screen Theater At Peoria Riverfront Museum in East Peoria. From the Facebook event: America in Transition is an award-winning, Sundance-backed documentary series exploring relationships, family, and social issues with trans people…
BLOOMINGTON — Bobzbay will be hosting the next Drag Queen Story Hour on Friday, Feb. 8 at 4 p.m. From the Facebook event: Bobzbay is proud to host Sharon ShareAlike and Ava ShareAlike for Drag Queen Story Hour (also known as DQSH). The Bistro has generously offered to partner with us to help this event…
DECATUR — Decatur Pride is promoting a petition in support of queer and trans youth in Decatur Public Schools District #61. From the Change.org petition: There is a lot of fear and misunderstanding regarding queer and trans students. Hate crimes along with suicide (in the queer and trans community) is at an all-time high. It…
New non-profit to partner with other organizations to fundraise in memory of Illinois Cub 2017. CHICAGO — #1commUNITY is a non-profit created with the belief that it is only through coming together as one family can we truly overcome any obstacle in our way. To help foster the concept of Ohana they will be producing…
BLOOMINGTON — ISU Pride will be holding auditions for their annual drag show on February 7 and 8. From their Facebook post: Pride is gearing up for our annual drag show! If you are interested in performing in our show, we will be holding auditions for student and local performers to be in the show.…
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Illinois Prairie Community Foundation (IPCF) will accept applications for grants in three categories from February 1-28, 2019. Interested applicants may find information about the grants on IPCF’s website along with links to the online applications. The Community Foundation expects to grant out more than $140,000 during this grant round. These grants provide…
DECATUR — PFLAG Decatur has set the date for their Post Holiday Party after having to be rescheduled do to severe winter weather a couple weeks ago. From the Facebook event: RESCHEDULED !!! PFLAG DECATUR is having a post holiday party on Saturday January 26 at 5:30pm. The party will be in the Fellowship Hall…
DECATUR — Decatur Pride is looking for high school students in Macon County to apply for internships. From their Facebook post: Committee – Pride Fest Decatur IL is looking for dedicated Freshmen, Sophomore and Junior students residing in Macon County to assist the Committee with various projects, productions, and community initiatives. Seniors who plan to stay…
