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• Cupcake Wars

  • When
    12-Apr-2026
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    5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Location
    Leather Archives, 6418 Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

  Cupcake Wars

  
  

  Let Them Eat Cupcakes
  

  CHC is competing in Trident's annual Cupcake Wars! Come out to nosh and support. Proceeds benefit Broadway Youth Center.

  
  

  Event Time: 5pm

  Event location: Leather Archives & Museum (6418 Greenview Ave)

  
  

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• Movie Night: 'A Body To Live In' (Body Mod Documentary)

  • When
    22-Apr-2026
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    9:30 PM - 11:30 PM
  • Location
    Music Box Theater, 3733 N. Southport Ave, Chicago IL, 60613

  Movie Night: A Body To Live In

  
  

  A documentary about body modification, BDSM performance art, and Fakir Musafar is playing at Music Box Theatre. Let's gear up and go!

  • Time/location: Wednesday 4/22 at 9:30pm. Music Box Theatre address is 3733 N. Southport Ave, Chicago IL, 60613
  • Recommended arrival time: 9pm (to meet in lobby and secure seats as a group)
  • Ticket reservation: Buy in advance via their website.

  The event is open to the public, and we encourage people to show up in visible gear, body mods, and CHC colors (if applicable). Please balance being your sexy selves with the fact that it's a public venue. 

  Film trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cSCvOkuZsw

  Film description: 

  A BODY TO LIVE IN offers an uncompromising look at the rise of BDSM performance art, body modification and the ‘modern primitives’ cultural movement through the agonies and ecstasies of transgressive artist Fakir Musafar and the communities that surrounded him. Blending rare archival footage with the voices of queer and artistic trailblazers, the film shows how pain, ritual, and transformation became tools of identity, survival, and self-expression. Weaving from early experiments and secret gatherings to the emergence of a global subculture shaped by the AIDS crisis and spiritual reinvention, Director Angelo Madsen (NORTH BY CURRENT) reveals not just the story of one artist, but a collective history of bodies in revolt - asking what it truly means to live freely in one’s own skin. 

  
  

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• April Bar Night & Fetish Barcrawl

  • Start
    24-Apr-2026
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    7:00 PM
  • End
    25-Apr-2026
  •  
    2:00 AM
  • Location
    Jackhammer, 6406 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626

  CHC Bar Night & Fetish Barcrawl

  

  One Night, Two Kinky Events
  

  Our monthly CHC bar night is every fourth Friday.

  You can optionally pregame with Chicago Fetish Barcrawl!

  
  

  CHC Bar Night at Jackhammer

  (10pm-2am in The Hole)

  
  

  Hang with CHC members at our monthly Jackhammer bar night!

  
  

  All bags need to be checked. Cover will be waived for CHC members with club colors. 

  Fetish Barcrawl - Externally Produced

  (7pm-10pm, various locations, see below)

  
  

  Explore 3 bars in a different neighborhood every month. Gear is encouraged and all identities are welcome.

  This is a fantastic way to meet local kinksters. Have a drink, socialize, then invite your new friends to our Jackhammer bar night for the fun you both want.

  If you plan to attend CHC bar night, we recommend heading over after the second venue.

  Barcrawl neighborhood: TBA

  Locations & times: TBA

  Bar locations will be posted when announced, usually week of.

  Receive the group's updates via Telegram.

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• IML Thursday Bar Night

  • When
    21-May-2026
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    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Jackhammer, 6406 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626

  IML Thursday Bar Night

  

  As a one-time change, our May bar night occurs Thursday, 5/21 from 6pm-9pm. It will remain at Jackhammer and coincide with their "Dad's Den" cigar social.

  If you're a member, wear your colors and show off that CHC pride! This event is open to the public, and there is no cover during Dad's Den. 

  In June, our bar night will return to its usual 4th Friday at 10pm time. 

  Jackhammer address: 6406 N Clark St, Chicago IL, 60626

  
  

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• IML Sunday Cocktail Party

  • When
    24-May-2026
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    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Room TBD - Congress Hotel; 520 South Michigan Ave; Chicago, IL 60605

  

  IML Sunday Cocktail Party

  Our annual IML Cocktail Party occurs on Sunday afternoon at the host hotel from 2pm-4pm. This is a great way to meet members, find out more about the club, and reconnect with friends from around the world. No registration required. 

  More info, including room location, will be updated here when available. 

  
  

  Congress Plaza Hotel

  520 South Michigan Avenue

  Chicago, IL 60605

  
  

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