As the voter registration deadline closes, the gubernatorial campaigns have continued to heat up daily. On the democratic party side, recent polls show a growing battle between JB Pritzker and…
Posts published by “Daniel Johanson”
Daniel Johanson (he/him) is a journalist and digital media specialist living in Chicago, Illinois. He serves as Editor-in-Chief at Scapi and in that capacity manages all things content, including writing and editing articles and producing digital content. His previous projects include the docuseries Heart of a Nation: Tracking Socialism in the Midwest and Scapi Radio, now preserved in the Scapi archive. He spends his free time with cats.
Over the week, there have been waves of backlash at The Metropolitan Opera’s newest season announcement. A recent Washington Post made the rounds, taking to task the institution’s insistence on an…
Back in June 2017, Scapi Magazine sat down with Pamela Torrey and Matthew Peckham of the Chicago Vocal Arts Consortium to talk about their production of Little Women. CVAC is…
On February 23rd, 24th, and 25th at 7:00 PM Friday and Saturday Evening and 3:00 PM on Sunday afternoon, Der Freischutz is being produced by Opera on Tap Chicago, will be…
On February 28th, 2018, in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Pianoforte Foundation will house a concert of Rossini works by Chicago newcomer Roberta Terchi Nocentini with local singers including Adrianne…
Photo by Michael E. Rothman Transgressive Theatre-Opera will be opening its Cosí fan Tutte in the second weekend of February, opening on the 9th, and running through the 10th and the…
Late Friday afternoon a popular facebook group for short-term housing throughout Chicago changed its name to “Ghostlight Housing Chicago” after a series of complaints from users. In a post after…
The race to win over the hearts and minds of Amazon’s elites has been well publicized over the last year, the most notable feature coming from John Oliver’s episode on…
The Evanston Chamber Opera Company (EChO) makes its debut as a production company with the world premiere of a new chamber opera by composer Francis Lynch: For Those in Peril. The…
On January 16, 2018 former Chicago principal Troy LaRaviere announced a bid for the democratic mayoral candidate nomination. LaRaviere has a history of criticizing current mayor Rahm Emanuel, and the…
Gubernatorial candidate Chris Kennedy, son of Robert Kennedy and nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, left the stage during a forum on Monday after Republican State Rep. Jeanne Ives…
Sitting down to write an editorial for Scapi always feels like I’m wading into some controversial space to make a point when no one asked. That’s why I was so excited…