The pastors took their seats at the table next to HIV-positive advocates last Monday as light streamed in through the multicolored stained glass windows at the Trinity United Church of Christ.
It was time to talk about God and AIDS.
The panel discussion at the South Side church, facilitated by The Balm in Gilead and sponsored by the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC),...
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Courtesy of our friends at the Court Theatre, here's a video of Tony Kushner reflecting on his play Angels in America , with the artistic director Charlie Newell, at the first rehearsal for the spring production.
Tony Kushner will be the guest of honor at the AIDS Foundation of Chicago's 2012 fundraising dinner, An Angel Among Us: A...
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By Lauren Whalen
When I was 18, I did an art project against my will.
As a theatre major at Loyola University Chicago, I was required to take Introduction to Theatrical Design. Early in the semester, we had to create a conceptual project based on a favorite play. No rules. Just do it.
After 13 years of Catholic school, where structure was the air we breathed,...
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Tom Rubnitz in 1990
When Mary Lu Roffe’s brother died of AIDS in 1992, his death left a void in her life that likely will never be filled.
In a recent interview, she fought back tears before the first question had been asked.
“People say it gets better with time,”...
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Tomorrow, a Chicago panel of experts will honor National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day by tackling a difficult topic: the increasing incidence of HIV among aging baby boomers.
Why is this happening? What can be done about it?
The "seX Factor" panel will address those questions and more tomorrow on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The AIDS Foundation of Chicago is...
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In honor of National Black AIDS Awareness Day, the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) and a team of advocates will be making their voices heard in Springfield, urging the extension of a crucial program that funds HIV prevention and treatment.
AFC representatives and community advocates will join legislators at a press conference on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 11 a.m., in Room 115 of the State Capitol,...
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Charlie Newell (at left) , longtime artistic director of the Court Theatre,and playwright Tony Kushner discuss the upcoming production of Angels in America .
AFC Photos
Legendary playwright Tony Kushner shuffled into the rehearsal room about 10 minutes before the first read-through of the Court Theatre’s spring production of Angels in America .
He shook...
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UPDATE: (2/23/12) Legislators approved the proposed changes to the Illinois AIDS Drug Assistance Program. The changes will be implemented over the next six months.
Life is about to get much simpler for the 4,200 people who access their HIV medications through the Illinois AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).
The program has undergone major changes in the last 18 months or so,...
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Robert Dibbles (standing at left) John Cerdon (center in blue shirt) and other homeless youth advocates help advise the city's new homelessness plan. (All photos courtesy of Bruce Powell)
A young Asian-American man stood to address the crowd of 200 or so people gathered at the Chicago Temple to discuss youth homelessness on Wednesday.
John...
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The powerful story of Frank and Anthony Nowotnik, 43-year-old twin brothers recently housed after a hardscrabble life of homelessness, was featured in the Monday Chicago Tribune .
We encourage you to read Colleen Mastony’s honest and compelling story, “Warming to Life Indoors.”
The inseparable Nowotnik brothers, as the story describes, are still coming to terms...
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