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 […]
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Holiday cheer, pop-ups, and more
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 […]
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Queer nightlife fixture Cae Monāe opens for her synergistic collaborators in darkwave trio Pixel Grip
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 […]
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Otters, Monday Night Foodball, and the Messiah
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 […]
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Successful Failures, Destinos, Big Chill, and more
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. […]
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Black Harvest Film Festival, reggaetón, and roller skating
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 […]
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Dante, shopping, and 70s grooves
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! […]
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Ragamala, Party People, and Red Stars
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 […]
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Pumpkin destruction, hot clowns, and hardcore
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 […]
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It’s the ghost wonderful time of the year
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! […]
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B is for Bobcat, Brown N’ Loud Market, and ‘booty bounce’ in this week’s round-up
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 […]
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From radical literature to ‘schlock and awe’
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. […]
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Pixel Grip celebrate the club as a sacred queer space
Chicago goth trio Pixel Grip invite you to dance on straight white capitalism’s grave.
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The midwestern decadence of “Indiscriminate Sincerity”
Patrick Wilkins’s exhibit celebrates humanity’s simplest pleasures with a perverse twist.
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John Carpenter trades build ups for lingering unease on Lost Themes III: Alive After Death
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 […]