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Home » Defibrillator

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Posted inArts & Culture

Elana Katz: Translator of trauma

by Mia Harrison September 30, 2019August 18, 2021

The U.S.-born, Berlin-based performance artist continues a three-week residency at Defibrillator with ongoing screenings of her film Running on Empty.

Posted inMusic

How Homocore Chicago propped open the gate for queer punks

by Micco Caporale June 19, 2019August 18, 2021

Nineties concert series Homocore Chicago gave today’s queer punks a running start at the dramatically different hurdles they face.

Posted inBlogs

Tropicalia makes an appearance in Logan Square

by Isa Giallorenzo August 29, 2015August 18, 2021

Street View featuring new-media artist Paula Nacif in her tropical flower-power dress.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Fri 10/18: ?uestlove, Queer Chicago, and Reservoir Dogs

by Jillian Sandler October 18, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, October 18

Out and Back In Again
Posted inArts & Culture

Dancing around definitions in Michelle Kranicke’s experimental Out and Back In Again

by Jena Cutie October 2, 2013August 19, 2021

A Zephyr Dance and Defibrillator coproduction plays with boundaries—both real and imaginary.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Mon 9/16: No Lights No Lycra, Essay Fiesta, and Death in June

by Jillian Sandler September 16, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, September 16.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Sun 8/18: Chicago Air & Water Show, La Intrusa, Chicago Fashion Fest

by Tosten Burks August 18, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, August 18

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Tue 2/5: No Lights No Lycra, Artful Universe, and Other Desert Cities

by Drew Hunt February 5, 2013August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, February 5, 2013.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Hoover Dam as performance art

by Elly Fishman December 15, 2011August 19, 2021

Defibrillator presents On | Off, and evening of performance art by various artists

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