Local creative and poetic type Makeda Loney just announced through her outlet Keda’s Poetry Service (insta) that she will be putting together a special holiday card program for those needing a…
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Pictured above: Alok Vaid-Menon performing at Femme in Public/Photo: Danielle Levsky On June 19 at AMFM Gallery on the South Side, gender non-conforming writer, educator and performance artist Alok Vaid-Menon…
Pictured above: Sara Zalek, Eileen Colwell, Kathleen Rooney, Maryse Meijer and Eleni Sauvageau in The Blue Hour/Photo: Eric Plattner Editor’s Note: This is an expression by FirstName LastName in response…
Photo by Ari Skinner A few months ago Daniel and Maureen sat down with Makeda Loney to discuss how she walks through the city of Chicago as a copywriter, poet,…
Pictured above: Promotional image for L’Heure Bleue or The Blue Hour/Art: Gannon Reedy Incisive and melancholy, the poems of writer Elisa Gabbert’s book L’Heure Bleue or the Judy Poems explore the…
Pictured above: Performers rehearsing for Art in Response/Photo: Anna Gelman On April 23, I talked with Sara Maslanka, the artistic director of Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble (CDE), and Natasha Mijares, a curator…
Photo by Bryan Allen Lamb with styling by Whitney Middleton & art direction by Jamila A. Woods Kevin Coval, poet-activist-community builder, also the Artistic Director of Louder Than a Bomb, sat down with Scapi Magazine…
Pictured above: Introduction of Darling Shear by Founder and Artistic Director Jane Beachy/Photo: Mary Kate Young Dear Salonathon, I heard tell of your beauty and grace, but I was not prepared…
Pictured above: Heather Jencks and Silvita Diaz in Nanay/Photo: Giau Minh Truong/Design: Lani T. Montreal When Lani Montreal speaks, she is at once educator, mother, cancer survivor, playwright and DIY theater…