A group of ladies aged 65 - 97 got a hardcore makeover, and went out drinking. Lydia Scheltes woke up in her bed at Bethesda Retirement Center one morning with pinkish hair, a tattoo on her arm and a hangover. Not a typical morning for the 90-year-old.

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Scheltes wasn’t alone: Seven ladies and one dude – aged 65 to 97 – all had a similar hazy look in their eyes after they hung out with bikers at the Evil Olive bar in Wicker Park on Feb. 11. Some of them were still wearing their own biker gear. Bethesda’s residents usually spend their time knitting or quilting or doing an activity typical of their age group, but they wanted something different for a change. They often drive past the Evil Olive during day trips and fantasized about what goes on inside. One day Elizabeth Barrett, 68, asked their Life Enrichment Director, Ruth Werstler, if they could check it out. “I did a little digging and found out it was a nightclub,” Werstler said. “But that didn’t deter them.They still wanted to go.” In fact, Barrett upped the ante: She suggest going out as bikers. “It was all my idea,” Barrett says with a devious laugh. “We aren’t the regular type of nursing home.” Werstler indulged her crew and reached out to various people who could help transform the retirement home crew into a boss biker gang. She recruited hairstylists, make-up artists, a professional costumer and a tattoo artist from Artreach at Lillstreet to donate their time to make the ladies look fearsome. About 100 people showed up to the club, including members of the Latino American Motorcycle Association and Chicago’s Chapter of A.B.A.T.E.

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