More in Chicago:
- Envisioning democracy—in photos—at the MoCPFrom literal and data-driven to poetic and hopeful, the galleries curated by Columbia College Chicago professors show what democracy means to them. When Raquel Monroe thinks of democracy, she envisions a certain freedom. “I just want to see Black women—Black trans women, Black cisgender women, Black nonbinary, gender non-conforming, femme people—being able to occupy public […]
- Black Magic and Call for the Wailing Women offer two views on griefBlack women deal with loss in new digital plays by Perceptions Theatre and Black Lives Black Words. Starting a theater company any time is tough. Starting one right before a pandemic shuts down performing arts venues around the globe is maybe the worst possible timing.…
- Alexis Hex casts spells—and yarnThe crafty, supernatural queen hosts the webseries Knitting’s A Drag. The queendom of drag is vast and diverse: There are comedy queens and look queens and insult queens and pageant queens, goth queens and dancing queens and lip synch assassin queens. And then there is Norwood Park’s Alexis Hex, who has carved out a singular […]
- Ladies and MartiansThe Neo-Futurists and Theatre in the Dark offer shows for the spookiest of election seasons. After the uproar around Bill Burr's recent SNL monologue taking white women to task for their role in upholding institutional racism, a YouTube clip of Burr complaining about Michelle Obama in particular and First Ladies in general made the social […]
- John D’Emilio dives deep into queer archivesWith his new book, the historian highlights underappreciated LGBTQ trailblazers. Queer history lives in its multitudes. While specific individuals like San Francisco politician Harvey Milk and Chicago businessman and photographer Chuck Renslow have historically dominated the spotlight, the real legacy of queerness is rooted in the untold stories of the historically forgotten and discarded, those […]
