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|  | THEATER Queer-inclusive original play 'The Cleanup' set to debut 2022-10-17
- Playwright Hallie Palladino's The Cleanup focuses on four parents, one of whom is a gay father, as they interact behind the scenes of a DIY preschool co-op. The play, directed by Jen Poulin, will run Oct. ...
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| | Judge: Kevin Spacey owes almost $31 million 2022-08-04
- On Aug. 4, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mel Red Recana confirmed that embattled actor Kevin Spacey must pay House of Cards producer MRC nearly $31 million for alleged sexual misconduct behind the scenes of the ...
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| | TELEVISION Darwin Del Fabro ('They/Them') talks horror, love scenes and inner strength 2022-08-04
- Queer Brazilian singer/actor Darwin Del Fabro is one of the cast members of the horror movie They/Them (pronounced "they-SLASH-them")—a slasher movie (get it?) set ...
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| | Calls to free Brittney Griner increase after prisoner release 2022-04-28
- As some people celebrate the April 27 announcement that Texas Marine veteran Trevor Reed would be released from a Russian prison, there were others urging the U.S. government to continue working behind the scenes—particularly regarding the ...
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| | Billy Masters 2022-04-18
- "I'd never done that before—on camera, at least. … I don't think."—Harry Styles discussed shooting sex scenes for his upcoming movie My Policeman (with both Emma Corrin and David Dawson) and Don't Worry Darling (wit ...
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| | 'Tapping into Ca$h' : CaSera Heining lives double life as DJ Ca$h Era and radio producer 2021-10-14
- Minutes before DJ Ca$h Era hosted Lollapalooza's first drag show, the Black queer woman behind the stage name was pacing nervously behind the scenes and listening to a drag queen animatedly remind her they were "making ...
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| | VIEWPOINT Tulsa Race Massacre reparations would begin the healing 2021-05-31
- When HBO's 2019 Watchmen series opened with the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and HBO's 2020 Lovecraft Country series closed with scenes from the riots, most Americans had never heard of the event—even Tulsans. On May 19, ...
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| | TV'The L-Word' follow-up aims for sex, laughs, drama and diversity 2019-11-26
- During 2004-09, Showtime's The L-Word offered a Sapphic-centric L.A.-set successor to Queer As Folk. While groundbreaking, audacious and sexy—with more than 110 sex scenes during its run—creator Ilene Chaiken and ...
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| | WEBSERIES 'Kissing Walls' creators on Chicago, sex scenes, independent TV 2019-09-17
- Local webseries Kissing Walls has continued to challenge television's traditional boundaries in its second season with its upfront depiction of the lives of twentysomething gay men living on the North Side. Windy City Times sat down ...
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| | David Jay Collins
readings Nov. 9 2018-11-07
- Chicago author David Jay Collins will read scenes from his locally set novels Gaybash and Summerdale on Friday, Nov. 9, at 6:30 p.m., at The Leigh Gallery, 3306 N. Halsted St. Collins will sell and autograph ...
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| | NUNN ON ONE, REELING The Queens film holds court at Reeling 2018-09-19
- The Queens will be coming to Reeling Film Festival this year in a new film about the Miss Continental Pageant. Filmmaker Mark Saxenmeyer takes viewers behind the scenes as a camera crew documents the trials and ...
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| | Independence Day celebration for whom? 2018-07-11
- Last week we celebrated the Fourth of July with rounds of festivities marking our nation's 242 years of independence. Scenes of hyperpatriotism were on display, too. People were singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" or reciting the pledge ...
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| | 'Nutcracker' feature to premiere Nov. 16 2017-11-15
- WTTW public media has partnered with the Joffrey Ballet to produce a new 60-minute documentary, Making a New American Nutcracker, which will go behind the scenes to reveal how it was made and introduce audiences to ...
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| | THEATER REVIEW Yasmina's Necklace 2017-11-08
- Playwright: Rohina Malik At: Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St. Tickets: $10-$40. Runs through: Nov. 20 Don't be fooled by the first few scenes in Rohina Malik's play—or the second, or the third, for that matter. ...
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| | Homocore 25 events Nov. 2-4 at dfbrl8r Gallery
2017-11-01
From a press release - Homocore Chicago's 25th Anniversary, a queer punk retrospective exhibit with performances, videos and artifacts of the 90's queer and punk scenes in Chicago will be at Defibrillator Gallery, 1463 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, Thursday, Nov. 2, ...
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