Meet Gnat Rosa Madrid, Chicago-based artist, designer, and creator of a collection of femme-centric fetish and bondage gear labeled ‘GNAT.’ Gnat got started designing femme-centric fetish wear while she was…
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Last night Opera on Tap Chicago premiered its first annual Diva-Off, a competition-themed night of arias and singing with Drag King and Queen judges. “It is probably one of the…
Early Saturday mornings at BOT Bakery customers are greeted by fresh flowers on tables, a handwritten menu featuring weekend specials in blue marker, and a smiling figurine robot under a…
On November 27th Uptown saw an addition of a coffee shop in an area that had been lacking one for a while. The area, dubbed Asia on Argyle, is home…
On Monday, 35th Ward Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa officially registered his campaign for Congress after Rep. Luis Gutiérrez announced he won’t seek reelection. Rosa, who has been on the radar of local politics…
On December 6th, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner elaborated on his “I am not in charge” comment with relation to the state of Illinois. “No, not really,” Rauner said at an…
Chicago transplant Hope Littwin is a singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist who uses her music as a form of exploration in a variety of themes. Her newest album Wild Beast is her exploration…
Rad as Fuck, Agency-Driven. Meet Kayleigh Butcher. You may know her from Chicago-based Quince: An All-Female Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, the badass girl group that you can catch singing a wide range…
On Black Friday this year activists in the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression plan to boycott Magnificent Mile shops in response to the continued lack of response by Chicago…
Will Guzzardi addressing Press It’s not actually funny to work long hours for low wages, even if you work at one of Chicago’s top comedy venues. And workers have had…
Magic is real. Or so says Fletcher Pierson, creator of the podcast Some Small Magic. The art of podcast is the magic of many things. The intimacy of listening to…
by Daniel Johanson In the ever-changing world of local media we take the blows in stride and the victories in glory. In the case of local outlet DNAInfo, those…