Join us for this month's book club featuring the YA novel "Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire" by local author Don Martin. There will be an author reading, followed […]
On this day in 1945, Marsha P. Johnson was born. Famous for being one of the initiators of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, Johnson was a gay liberation activist and a […]
Forget everything you know about your grandma’s bingo hall. No rolling cages, no dusty daubers, and definitely no silence. Every first Thursday of the month, Critical Grind transforms into a […]
Monthly board meeting.
Bisexual Awareness Week, or #BiWeek, is an annual event held every September 16-23, culminating in Celebrate Bisexuality+ Day on September 23, to raise visibility, promote acceptance, and advocate for the […]
The Joliet Pride Network hosts a regular “gayme” night at the Critical Grind Board Game Cafe in Shorewood, IL on the third Thursday of the month from 7-11pm. The “gayme” […]
Booked Eau Claire is bringing the wonderful world of storytelling to life with an exciting new literary celebration on September 18-19, 2026! Join us at the Lismore Hotel in downtown […]
Joliet Pride Network is Proud to sponsor Wallyball every third Saturday of the month from 11am – 1pm at the Annerino Community Center in Bolingbrook. The event is free to […]
More info to come!
Bi Visibility Day, celebrated annually on September 23rd, is an international awareness day to recognize, celebrate, and raise visibility for bisexual people and the broader bisexual+ (bi, pan, fluid, etc.) […]
Forget everything you know about your grandma’s bingo hall. No rolling cages, no dusty daubers, and definitely no silence. Every first Thursday of the month, Critical Grind transforms into a […]
National Coming Out Day (NCOD) is an annual LGBTQ+ awareness day on October 11th, celebrating the act of "coming out" (sharing one's sexual orientation or gender identity) as a courageous […]
