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Boystown’s Halloweek of Tricks and Treats

Lead-Up to October 31 Parade Filled with Spooky Fun

Event Details:

Boystown brings you a full, seven-day Halloweek of tricks and treats.
Culminating with the legendary Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade on
October 31, Northalsted hosts a spectacularly spooky line-up of events.
Sat 10/26 10am-1pm Lakeview Halloween Pup Crawl
Sat 10/26 11am-1pm Trick or Treat
Sat 10/26 1pm-3pm Kids Zone by Howard Brown
Sun 10/27 Boystown Zombie Brunch
Sun 10/27 Sundead Fundead Zombie Bar Crawl
Tue 10/29 Halloween Ball at Hydrate
Thur 10/31 Parade Viewing & Dance Party at FFC Boystown
Thur 10/31 23rd Annual Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade
Halloweek Events: A different Halloween themed party each day
at neighborhood bars & restaurants. Trivia nights, glow in the dark
dancing, costume contests, musical sing-a- longs, variety shows and
more.
Halloween Night: The legendary parade kicks off from Halsted
and Belmont and travels north to Brompton. The costume contest
crowns a $500 cash winner in each of six categories: Scary, Drag, Cre-
ative, Youth, Cosplay, and Group (-10), and a Large Group (10+) cat-
egory with a $1,000 prize. A total of $4,000 in cash prizes await, for
those who participate!
Registration is open: Additional information available at:
www.hauntedhalsted.com
Haunted Halsted Parade: Thursday, October 31
FREE to spectate or participate / Floats Welcome!
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Registration at Halsted/Belmont
7:30 pm Parade kicks-off and travels north to Brompton
8:30 – 10:00 Awards Presentation and After Party (Halsted & Brompton)
Northalsted Business Alliance (NBA)

Formed in 1980, NBA represents more than 100 businesses along the
Halsted Street corridor. The organization hosts major events throughout
the year including Chicago Pride Fest, Northalsted Market Days, the
Halloween Parade, Taste of Boystown and Frost Fest.

For information about NBA visit www.northalsted.com.

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andy warhol of how he lived at the time. The Andy Warhol
Museum in Pittsburgh has also acquired a
Photo Exhibit large print of Gamble’s Andy Warhol’s Medicine
Cabinet, a particularly culturally important
The Hilton |Asmus Contemporary exhibition photograph as it’s the first of what became an
space is featuring a new photo exhibit display entire genre of photographs of artists’ medicine
called Andy Warhol’s House. The exhibit cabinets.
features David Gamble’s famous photos of  
Warhol’s house in New York City after death The exhibit at Hilton | Asmus Contemporary
that provide an impossibly intimate look at includes the following photographs from
the private life of the famed artist and include Gamble:
photos of his medicine cabinet, kitchen and  
living room, all untouched following his Andy Warhol’s Kitchen, East 66 Street NYC 1987
death. The exhibit is going on now at the  
Hilton | Asmus Contemporary, located at 716 N. Andy Warhol’s Living Room, East 66 Street NYC 1987
Wells St., Chicago.  
  Andy Warhol’s Parlour, East 66th Street NYC, 1987
Iconic Andy Warhol was a private man who  
rarely allowed anyone into his red brick Andy Warhol’s Medicine Cabinet (En suite),
townhouse in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. East 66th Street NYC 1987
After Warhol’s death, his manager, Fred  
Hughes, was charged with running the Warhol Andy Warhol’s Wig, Glasses & Watch,
Foundation, newly established to carryout East 66th Street NYC 1987
Warhol’s will. To kick start the foundation, there  
would be an auction of Warhol’s property and Fred Hughes in Andy Warhol’s Factory with Liz
personal collections, but Hughes needed a way Taylor Painting, 860 Broadway NYC 1987
to generate interest in the auction. Warhol was  
wildly popular, but hardly anyone had ever Andy Warhol’s Wig Glasses and Watch “Silkscreen”
seen the inside of his home. This was the first Marilyn Color Series, East 66th St NYC, 1987,
celebrity auction in America. Silkscreen series London, 1997
   
David Gamble, internationally renowned Andy Warhol’s Coke Bottle and VHS Movies, In
artist / photographer was given never-before- Bedroom, East 66th St NYC, 1987
seen access to Warhol’s home, an exclusive  
opportunity to photograph the contents of the Andy Warhol’s Teddy Bear and Cowboy Boots,
house as they lay before the items were sent East 66th Street, NYC 1987
to auction at Sotheby’s. Gamble’s astonishingly  
personal photographs were featured on the Andy Warhol’s Wig and Glasses “Silkscreen”
cover and in a 10-page spread in of Observer Marilyn Color Series, Complete Set (4) Limited
Magazine in London. Hughes plan worked, as Edition
the photos generated the immense world-wide  
interest that he sought. The 1988 auction raised Andy Warhol’s Wig and Glasses, Complete Set (4)
$25 million for Warhol’s foundation. Limited Edition, East 66th St NYC 1987
   
Gamble said that from the start his goal was The Hilton | Asmus Contemporary is owned and
to “put Andy back in the house,” to make the run by multi-media artist, poet and writer Arica
photographs look so realistic that a viewer Hilton. With more than 30 years of experience
could imagine that the artist was just in the in representing artists around the world, Hilton
other room grabbing a snack. In 1997, he used founded Hilton | Asmus Contemporary in 2012.
silkscreen technology to physically screen pop  
art versions of Warhol into some of his photos, Located in Chicago’s River North Art District,
some of which are featured in this exhibit. the gallery specializes in modern and
  contemporary paintings, works on paper and
While originally taken to increase interest in an sculpture, with a special focus on photography
already hyped auction, Gamble’s photographs featuring internationally known artists from
have since become valuable in their own right, the United States, Northern Europe and the
with two selling at Sotheby’s NYC earlier this Mediterranean region. Whether it is the history
year.  These images are also used as historical of the film industry that has changed the way
evidence that the objects in the house we see our world, or artists making history
belonged to Warhol and to show visual proof by using film, moving or still, Hilton | Asmus
Contemporary seeks to initiate a dialogue, to
bring awareness to the contemporary issues of
our times.
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Swedish Pop Sensation Robyn Shows Us More Love

By Joey Amato America’s biggest pop hits were
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Robyn has been keeping us American artists work with Swedish
dancing for almost 20 years now. songwriters and producers,” Robyn
WdbbtaHsttoohhlaaromiueiotctslnelhrowkomieeaslsttsdydnalhto,an-tjteetootAhoshevurromeeeriesttnritlygSegaeyhglwruoanoiwilscysdfseberarm2idoeiietc0ofifeonosa1ftsrhncnro9thewtodas,ehhsupsif,rp.leheplpwlreweabeirshnterhfoemosgoacsnt.rastosomgFiramrnoseel.grbidTnuhgmis states. “There is definitely a school
  of songwriting in Sweden. There are
Robyn began writing Honey in many artists here that nobody knows
2015, with the lyrics to the lead off but are very talented.”
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Stockholm, London, Paris, New York gaSnwaydediAceovnnicshiiaotsvoepTrroothvdeeucyLeeoda. rRnso,ufbmroyenmrfoiArusBstBA
and Ibiza. “I was more involved in the noticed she was drawing a large
production of Honey than any of my gay following after the release of
cwpTslaBas ihooklhnrasaeeuelrdosslvoartediScgomubomwreoguoelesieieshswrnnadtanoaegtntiitilusnenobdfhJtosutnwaospptrmehxiioitoatdrxeeshpan.ls”stoarTmhie“tstoyhRceuonaleeoesfwdsrfiarAcdroolo.Atm”biuuhnmlRuneelgedomrdrmitCbpcl”s.oayrrahb“ovennnIeyecayettososr, her Body Talk album in 2010, which
on a future project. “He is such a featured the smash “Dancing On
genuine and interesting artist. I really PMaytrOikwBn”ewrgheicr.h“Pshlaeyicnog-winrofrtoenwt oitfha
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They are singing loudly, dancing,
partying and are so engaging. It’s all
about the artist and fan connection
and because it’s gay, it’s more fun. We
create a celebratory atmosphere at the
show which is really cool.” Recently,
her song, “Dancing On My Own,”
wBraitsisphegrfaoyrmaretidstaCnadluremcoSrdcoetdt,bwyhich
skyrocketed his career.
 
In addition to a gay icon and positive
role model for many LGBTQ people
around the world, Robyn is also an
advocate for combating climate
change and hopes 2020 is a year
the world really starts working
towards the goal of stabilizing the
environment and saving the planet.
 
For more information and upcoming
tour dates, visit http://robyn.com.

 
About the Author
Joey Amato is the publisher of Pride Journeys,
an LGBTQ travel website as well as Frugayity,
a new personal finance website targeting the
LGBTQ community. For more information,
please visit www.frugayity.com.

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