Before Chicago singer-guitarist Molly Madden began performing indie-rock songs as Uma Bloo in 2016, she used that stage name as a burlesque performer. As she told Tribune critic Britt Julious […]
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The year of TikTok
How local creatives made the most of the social media platform in 2020
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Super Tasty brings sex education to Constellation
Learning about your bits just got a little bit more fun.
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The Fly Honey Show promises something for everyone—except minimalists
There’s sex-positivity, body-positivity, whooping, hollering, and convulsing, all loud and proud.
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Gypsy, Machinal, and three more new theater reviews
“The greatest book musical of all time” and a Woyzeck for the jazz age are among this week’s best bets.
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Banana inspires a burlesque performer’s outfit at the Logan Square Farmers Market
Street View featuring burlesque performer Nadha Vikitsreth wearing a yellow vintage ensemble at the Logan Square Farmers Market.
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Sex-positive burlesque The Fly Honey Show VII and five more new reviews
The Inconvenience’s celebration of the body is back.
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Leslie Zemeckis’s Goddess of Love Incarnate tells of how Lili St. Cyr made stripping classy
Back in the 1940s, burlesque was considered a shabby, second-rate, and mildly sleazy form of entertainment. Then Lili St. Cyr took the stage. “Lili,” writes Leslie Zemeckis in her new […]
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Best Midweek Burlesque Break
Expect plenty of feathers, tassels, and nylon stockings in a lair that might not quite be the Admiral, but isn’t that far off either.
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 6/19: Burlesque Fest, Carrie: The Musical, and Alex Wiley
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, June 19
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The Chicago Women’s Funny Festival commandeers Stage 773
The third annual Chicago Women’s Funny Festival offers a showcase of 70 acts featuring 400 performers.
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 12/27: Boobs of the Dead, Dark Wave Disco reunion, and Ms. 45
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, December 27
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Garbo, Divine, Bettie Page, and the rest of this week’s domination screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 7/26: Cat Film Festival, Fly Honey Show, Chicago French Film Festival
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, July 26