December / January Events

Bungalo monthly board meeting on December 2. We will be discussing the board member positions and potential schedule of events for early 2009. Everyone is welcome to attend.

The Bungalo general meeting will be held on January 18th this year.

Reeling Film Festival

Reeling 2008: The 27th Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival

As the second-oldest LGBT film festival in the world, Reeling continues to push boundaries and keep its programming fresh by presenting work from multi-global perspectives and in genres ranging from insightful experimental to romantic comedy. Our mission is to recognize the important artistic contributions LGBT filmmakers have made to our culture and to counteract stereotyping with valid, meaningful, and diverse portrayals of LGBT people.

Reeling 2008 will screen approximately 70 independent films over 11 days, from November 6 - 16, 2008.

For more information, film listings, and tickets - please go to the Reeling website: http://www.reelingfilmfestival.org/reeling2008/index.html

Upcoming events -

November's First Friday Movie Fest.
This month's month: Love, Valor, Compassion
Movie, snacks, and discussion to follow.

More events will be posted as they are scheduled.
Please check back for more information.

Upcoming meetings

Bungalo monthly board meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m at our town's library. All are welcome to attend.

Meeting schedule for the rest of 2008:
October 7
November 4
December 2

First Annual Berwyn Pride!!!

You may or may not have noticed but, its official, Berwyn is on the map!
Between the BDC’s “bullseye” advertising campaign, ABCs diversity forum, the BAC’s struggle over the spindle, and the passage of the Human Rights Ordinance we have made a rightful claim to our cultural and progressive independence.

BUNGALO has always said that We to are Berwyn, and has worked for this idea that Berwyn is both progressive and has a cultural identity all it own. With that said we should thank and congratulate not just BUNGALO founders and members, all who make this town great. Also we need to extend a special thanks to all who made our First Annual Berwyn Pride a success. Ann Filmer of the 16th Street Theater, North Berwyn Park District Thank you so very much. Arnie and Delores Salerno… thank you.


First Annual Berwyn Pride Weekend.

What is this all about you are asking yourself, right?

Well let me assure you it is the beginning of something special. The idea was born out of our desire to create a cultural connection with our membership and create a sense of community. Earlier this year Equality Ill. had screened a movie called “Freeheld”. They managed to generate some interest w/ late notice. Few here in the western suburbs were able to make this event. One door closes and another opens they say. Always on the ball Marge Paul (hey that rhymes) took action to see that more people have access to this extraordinary film. We partnered w/ the 16th Street Theater to screen this Academy Award winning Documentary. It was a special evening full of our neighbors and friends communing in the joy and sadness of this film.

The following evening, BUNGALO celebrated our 13th anniversary with a party at Salernos. The restaurant is a depot district staple and now moonlights as a gay bar. Yes you heard it right, A Gay Bar!

On that evening there was much to celebrate. Jack Corliss gave a moving oratory to the history of our organization and all of its successes. “Thirteen years waiting and five minutes work…” he said of the Human Rights Ordinance to the laughter of the crowd of over fifty people. Our Mayor O’Connor was there along with members of City Council, BDC, ABC and others. Then there is the recently renamed Founders Award. This year’s award was given to the Community Relations Commission. Their efforts along with BUNGALO made the passing of the ordinance possible.

Soon after dessert was over it was time for the transformation of the restaurant into a club atmosphere. Talk about fun! As some of our people were calling it an evening others were just arriving. Disco music gave way to Latin drag show complete with an Almodovaresque drag queen host! While I do not speak Spanish I hung on her every word. The crowd had completely changed from dressy diners to hipster Latino men that partied well in to the night.
It was an eventful evening, to say the least.

Chicago activities June 28 and 29

There's plenty to do in Chicago this weekend.

Saturday June 28 is Chicago Pride Fest from 11 am - 9 pm. On Halsted Str. between Waveland and Grace. The sixth annual GLBT celebration includes live music by disco legend Martha Wash, '80 teen pop star Tiffany, and many other performers. Food, beer, and more..

Saturday is also the day for the girl-centric Dyke March. This is the 12th anniversary of this event and features a new location to promote GLBT activism: Pilsen! The procession begins at 18th and Halsted, and travels west on 18th to Damen Avenue. Live music and comedy follows at Harrison Park (1824 S. Wood St). The parade begins at 2:30 pm.

Sunday June 29 is the 39th annual Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade. Floats, politicians, and other surprises. The parade starts at noon at Halsted Str. and Belmont Ave., goes north on Halsted to Broadway, south on Broadway to Diversey, and east to Cannon Drive.

Have fun!

Time Change for Freeheld Screening

Whoops! We made a mistake on our flier sent to hundreds of people about the last screening of Freeheld this coming Friday. The last show time was mistakenly listed at 9:00 p.m. Thank you to everyone who called to inquire about the time.

The last screening for the Academy Award winning movie Freeheld is 9:30 p.m. on Friday June 20th. We apologize for the error.

Please consider joining us. Tickets are still available for all show times. Reservations can be made by calling the BUNGALO hot line at (708) 216-9723. We will stop accepting reservations by telephone on Friday morning at 10:00 a.m.

We will be happy to seat you without a reservation if space in the theater allows. There are five scheduled showings: 6:30. 7:15, 8:00, 8:45 and 9:30 p.m.

BUNGALO thanks our partners: The North Berwyn Park District and the 16th Street Theater, especially Joe Vallez and Ann Filmer for helping us bring this important film to Berwyn.