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A group of dancers in lingerie perform onstage. A Black woman stands center. The stage is lit with purple lights.
Posted inArts & Culture

‘Huge, very loud, and with a lot of glitter’

by Irene Hsiao June 10, 2022June 16, 2022

For the first time since a pandemic hiatus, The Fly Honey Show is live for three days only of sparkle, sweat, and shimmy. Begun in 2010 with about 30 performers in the living room of the DIY venue The Inconvenience, The Fly Honey Show has since manifested through the bodies of hundreds of dancers, musicians, […]

Maggie Kubley out and about in the purple fairy makeup she wore for parts of the "Come Over" video
Posted inMusic

Maggie Kubley of Celine Neon drops a video about a private kind of self-care

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil December 21, 2021December 22, 2021

By the time Emily Nejad and Maggie Kubley of Celine Neon amicably retired their electro-pop duo in 2018, Kubley had already released several appealing solo tracks and videos online. In 2019, she compiled several of them on an EP, Come Over, and that spring she staged a musical storytelling event based on the songs at […]

Posted inArts & Culture

A dance-world wallflower finds digital sustenance with Fly Honey

by Sallyann Price June 23, 2020August 18, 2021

Practicing self-love and community in an age of pandemic and protest

Posted inArts & Culture

The Fly Honey Show hits double digits

by Kerry Reid August 14, 2019August 18, 2021

The body-positive burlesque-inspired hive of performance queens fills the Den.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Fly Honey Show promises something for everyone—except minimalists

by Irene Hsiao August 16, 2018August 18, 2021

There’s sex-positivity, body-positivity, whooping, hollering, and convulsing, all loud and proud.

Posted inFilm

Bea Cordelia and Daniel Kyri’s webseries The T is a love letter to queer and trans friendship in Chicago

by H. Melt July 31, 2018August 18, 2021

As they grapple with their sexual identities, the characters find strength and comfort in their community.

Posted inBlogs

Avoid the Air and Water Show with Wizard World Comic Con, David Cross, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Brianna Wellen August 19, 2016August 18, 2021

Catzilla 4: A Cat Fest, SlutWalk Chicago, and more happenings from August 19-21

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