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- Music, Music Feature Apr 16, 2020
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Remembering Chicago music champion Christen Thomas
She booked shows for a decade with the Empty Bottle and Metro teams, but that work was just the beginning of the love, joy, and support she showered on the local scene.
- Film, Small Screen Jul 31, 2018
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Bea Cordelia and Daniel Kyri’s webseries The T is a love letter to queer and trans friendship in Chicago
As they grapple with their sexual identities, the characters find strength and comfort in their community.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 21, 2018
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The new Monday night show at Beauty Bar isn't Salonathon, it's Something Else
But the organizers promise they'll #keepmondaysweird.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 15, 2018
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Salonathon ends its weekly performance series with a joyous celebration
Salonathon & On & On & On was as much about the community as about the performances.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Feb 8, 2018
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Salonathon says goodbye—for now
The long-running live performance series isn’t dying, it’s evolving.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 31, 2017
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Baconfest, stencil art at Vertical Gallery, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Transgender Day of Visibility, Frontwoman Fest, and more happenings from March 31-April 2
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 27, 2017
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The Lavender Menace poster project creates queer visibility in dive-bar bathrooms
Angela Davis Fegan creates inclusion through her letterpress-printed posters and interactive graffiti events.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 22, 2017
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Bethany Thomas brings her first original songs from the stage to the studio
Actor and singer Bethany Thomas celebrates the release of her debut EP, First, on Monday at the Hideout.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 18, 2016
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The U.S. Pizza Museum, Adler After Dark, and more things to do this week in Chicago
Burgers and Beer 5K, Summer Night Market, and more happenings from July 18-21.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jul 14, 2016
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Salonathon: Theater with ‘a little more punk attitude’ and ‘a lot of PBR’
The Beauty Bar performance night celebrates its fifth anniversary.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 11, 2015
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Get hooked on art-pop act Fee Lion, who plays the Hideout tomorrow night
Catch a fever for the art-pop of Fee Lion, aka Chicagoan Justina Kairyte.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 12, 2014
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Shame That Tune celebrates its golden episode
Plus: Quinn Tsan's debut EP and a new tape from Bike Cops
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Mar 5, 2014
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With Late Night at Garage Rep, Steppenwolf returns to its roots
A new weekly series promises an eclectic lineup of up-and-coming Chicago artists.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 19, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Sat 10/19: Janeane Garofalo, Fall Ball, and Home Movie Day
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, October 19
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 16, 2013
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Gossip Wolf: No more Winters in Osaka
Plus: New music from Bully in the Hallway, the first annual Fall Ball, and more.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 6, 2013
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Are you going to the After Party?
Steppenwolf Theatre Company gives audiences something to see after Garage Rep.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 20, 2012
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Reader's Agenda, Thu 12/20: Thrill Jockey turns 20, "Holiday Fantasia," and Cameron Esposito
What's on the Agenda for Thursday, December 20, 2012
- Arts & Culture, Culture Vultures Dec 12, 2012
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This week's Culture Vultures recommend:
The Morse/Glenwood entertainment corridor, Salonathon, and Chicago storytelling
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 4, 2011
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Salonathon
The Chicago Underground Film Festival curates a program of "fantastical, funny, friendly, freakish films" from this year's lineup Monday 8/8 at Beauty Bar.