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Author Archives: Micco Caporale

Van Paugam in 2019 and at Murasaki Sake Lounge in 2018
Posted inMusic

Van Paugam, City Pop evangelist and DJ

by Micco Caporale December 21, 2021December 22, 2021

Van Paugam, 36, is a DJ who specializes in the 70s and 80s Japanese jazz, disco, funk, and fusion records collectively known as City Pop. In 2015, he started a […]

Posted inCity Life

Holiday cheer, pop-ups, and more

by Salem Collo-Julin and Micco Caporale December 17, 2021December 20, 2021

Lots of end-of-year cheer to be had with these upcoming events! Whether it’s looking at lights, shopping for a good cause, or airing your grievances, we’ve got you covered. Don’t […]

Performance artist Cae Monae with a pink face in a green and yellow striped headwrap and top against an orange background
Posted inMusic

Queer nightlife fixture Cae Monāe opens for her synergistic collaborators in darkwave trio Pixel Grip

by Micco Caporale December 13, 2021January 4, 2022

Cae Monāe’s existence is her art. Whether she’s taking over an Instagram square with her face abstracted by embellishments and makeup or adorning herself in a custom outfit and commanding […]

Posted inCity Life

Otters, Monday Night Foodball, and the Messiah

by Kerry Reid, Micco Caporale and Salem Collo-Julin December 10, 2021December 14, 2021

Looking to fill your dance card? Here’s some events and activities to consider this weekend and beyond. FRI 12/10 The Japanese Arts Foundation is teaming up with the Logan Theatre […]

A hand holds a lit sparkler, twinkling pink and gold lights are in the background
Posted inCity Life

Successful Failures, Destinos, Big Chill, and more

by Kerry Reid, Micco Caporale and Salem Collo-Julin December 3, 2021December 2, 2021

We’re in the middle of Hanukkah now and the post-Thanksgiving holiday melee of holiday shopping pop-ups and light festivals is underway, but there’s still a few non-holiday-themed activities out there. […]

two male turkeys in a field
Posted inCity Life

Black Harvest Film Festival, reggaetón, and roller skating

by Kerry Reid, Micco Caporale and Salem Collo-Julin November 19, 2021November 19, 2021

It’s getting a wee bit chilly around here but here’s some things to do this week that just might warm you up. Fri 11/19 606 Records and Cleve Carney Museum […]

jade jewelry in many colors on a table
Posted inCity Life

Dante, shopping, and 70s grooves

by Salem Collo-Julin, Kerry Reid and Micco Caporale November 12, 2021November 12, 2021

Looking for some things to do this weekend and beyond? We’ve got you covered, whether you’re craving theater, dinner, comedy, or . . . stripper drag clowns? Read on, readers! […]

illustration of the musician Ravi Shankar, seated with sitar on a field of red and purple swirling lines
Posted inPublic Service Announcement

Ragamala, Party People, and Red Stars

by Salem Collo-Julin, Kerry Reid and Micco Caporale November 5, 2021November 6, 2021

Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend, which will give you that wonderful overnight “extra hour” if you happen to be out and about around 2 AM on Sunday morning (you […]

Posted inPublic Service Announcement

Pumpkin destruction, hot clowns, and hardcore

by Salem Collo-Julin, Micco Caporale and Kerry Reid October 29, 2021October 29, 2021

Looking for a little break from the spooky season? While it’s nearly impossible to completely avoid the ghouls and goblins over the next seven days, here’s some events and activities […]

Posted inCity Life

It’s the ghost wonderful time of the year

by Salem Collo-Julin, Micco Caporale and Kerry Reid October 28, 2021October 29, 2021

Here’s a (spooky) sampling of some Halloween and other (horrific) seasonal events and activities coming up (from the shadows of the night) in Chicago and beyond (the living dead). Bwahahahahahaha!  […]

Nick Alter and Rae Chardonnay, cofounders of the nightlife events organization Party Noire, surrounded by play balls
Posted inPublic Service Announcement

B is for Bobcat, Brown N’ Loud Market, and ‘booty bounce’ in this week’s round-up

by Micco Caporale, Salem Collo-Julin and Kerry Reid October 22, 2021October 22, 2021

B is also for bountiful, and there’s no shortage of intriguing events to check out this week, whether you’re looking for serious onstage drama, a musical meditation on Chicago’s lakeshore […]

Posted inPublic Service Announcement

From radical literature to ‘schlock and awe’

by Micco Caporale and Kerry Reid October 15, 2021October 15, 2021

Drag performances, classical Spanish dance, a radical book fair, b-movies, a ghostly tour of downtown, and some great cooperative community fairs and events are all on the agenda this week. […]

Pixel Grip: Jonathon Freund, Rita Lukea, and Tyler Ommen
Posted inMusic

Pixel Grip celebrate the club as a sacred queer space

by Micco Caporale May 12, 2021August 18, 2021

Chicago goth trio Pixel Grip invite you to dance on straight white capitalism’s grave.

Posted inArts & Culture

The midwestern decadence of “Indiscriminate Sincerity”

by Micco Caporale March 22, 2021August 18, 2021

Patrick Wilkins’s exhibit celebrates humanity’s simplest pleasures with a perverse twist.

Posted inMusic

John Carpenter trades build ups for lingering unease on Lost Themes III: Alive After Death

by Micco Caporale February 25, 2021August 18, 2021

John Carpenter is a master of thrills. The legendary filmmaker and composer unnerves and titillates by fusing sight and sound—how the light catches a blade or outlines a breast, for […]

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