Tag: Vol. 48 No. 37
Issue of Jun. 20 – 26, 2019
Posted inArts & Culture
With First Read 2019, The Syndicate hoped to transcend boundaries
The theater company presented readings of four new one-acts by trans playwrights.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Why no oral for me?
A husband whose wife won’t even kiss him wants to know what gives, and more.
Posted inNews & Politics
Nobody’s business
The push to make all single-stall public restrooms in Illinois gender-neutral
Posted inArts & Culture
‘Black women are everything’
Centering the voices and experiences of Black lesbians in Chicago
Posted inFilm
This year’s African Diaspora International Film Festival illuminates the experiences of Black people around the world
The lessons in these dozen films build on one another as the week goes on.
Posted inMusic
How Homocore Chicago propped open the gate for queer punks
Nineties concert series Homocore Chicago gave today’s queer punks a running start at the dramatically different hurdles they face.
Posted inNews & Politics
Journalist Jim DeRogatis reveals why it took so long for the case against R. Kelly to stick
The evidence against the Chicago superstar was damning, but for almost 20 years, no one was listening. At a Chicago Humanities Festival event, DeRogatis and #MuteRKelly cofounders discuss the systemic apathy that allowed the Kelly to walk free for years.
Posted inArts & Culture
Pride 1976
Diane Alexander White was a photography student with a camera at the seventh annual Gay Pride Parade in 1976. It was the disco era, and the fashions of the day were captured by the 21-year-old Chicago native. The goal was to document the spirit of Chicago’s urban landscape and photograph candid moments of a vibrant […]
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If I Forget is a powerful portrait of a family trying to survive in a changing world
An intellectual debate escalates into the unwinding of tightly-coiled fears.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Will cannabis supper clubs be legal in 2020?
Our expert says: Yes! As long as you restrict your guest list—and quantities
Posted inArts & Culture
Maybe a Big Mouth Billy Bass would liven up The River
But all we’ve got is a murky early effort from Tony winner Jez Butterworth.
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The new farce Prophet$ looks back on the good old days of corrupt televangelists
It’s firmly rooted in the 80s, in more ways than one.