Posted on June 24, 2008 by thinkpinkradio
Back in May, TPR helped a call out from Issue Lab for research relating to queer youth, and they have finally compiled their results. Their June Closeup, compiled by guest editorialist Marco Hidalgo, see his personal statement about the project and checkout the complete list of research here. With topics that go from Gay-Straight Alliances [...]
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Posted on June 19, 2008 by thinkpinkradio
I know art is a matter of taste and everything, but if you live in Chicago right now, particularly if you are big ol’ queer, Peter Carpenter should be on your radar. His recent work has been layered with commentary on literature, the culture surrounding identity and HIV/AIDS, as well as specific surveys of political [...]
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Posted on June 8, 2008 by thinkpinkradio
Who doesn’t love a gay parade? I can get drunk with my friends and laugh at the ridiculous commercialization and empty political gestures as much as anyone, but after a while my inner activist wants to get real. That’s where the Dyke March comes in, Chicago’s only true organized, annual protest that embodies the current [...]
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Posted on June 3, 2008 by thinkpinkradio
Is it wrong to want to be in a doc about Chicago’s gay life? I mean, this is the smallest town in a big city, and, like, I go out and stuff. But the trailer for WTTW’s “Out & Proud in Chicago” is more about the history, and not the, ahem, present. The program goes [...]
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Posted on April 14, 2008 by thinkpinkradio
The University of Chicago chose April as their Pride Month and is having events all month to celebrate being a nerdy homo. This Tuesday’s event will be called “Graphic Queerness” and will be ” a panel of comic book artists, illustrated novelists, and enthusiasts of all kinds will discuss queer
representations in graphic media. Who will [...]
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Posted on March 19, 2008 by thinkpinkradio
Chicago-based film makers Awilda Rodriguez Lora and Kortney Ryan Ziegler are wrapping up their first documentary, still black, a portrait of black transmen and have roughly cut a trailer (see above). From stillblackfilm.org :
still black is a feature-length documentary that explores the lives of six black transgender men living in the United States. Through the [...]
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Posted on February 6, 2008 by thinkpinkradio
*Samia Mirza, Conjoined Snowmen (We all Fall Down), 2007
The current exhibition, THAW, at estudiotres gallery in Andersonville has a great show of hot new artists.
Samia Mirza is always worth seeing and I blog about her work at www.artinthepresent.blogspot.com. But two other young queer artists really shine in this show.
A wall of photographs from Davin [...]
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Posted on January 15, 2008 by thinkpinkradio
Take a deep breath Chicago, can you smell that smoke-free air? If you’ve been out at the bars or paid any attention to the news, then you’re probably aware that the State of Illinois has gone smoke-free. While the sight of smokers shivering outside of bars does pull at my heartstrings a bit, the [...]
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Posted on December 31, 2007 by thinkpinkradio
Top Ten Queer Artists (Chicago)
Barbara DeGenevieve ( www.degenevieve.com)
John Parot
Noah Singer & Mike Andrews ( imperfectarticles.com )
Laurie Palmer
Mary Patten
Feel Tank Chicago
Doug Ischar
Latham Zearfoss
Mark Jeffrey + Matthew Goulish
Stan & Dutes
Honorable Mention:
Nick Cave
Top Ten Artists/Shows 2007
10.) Assume Vivid Astro Focus
9.) Christian Holstad at Documenta
8.) Slava Mogutin + Brian Kenny
7.) Kehinde Wiley at Rhonna Hoffman [...]
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Posted on December 30, 2007 by thinkpinkradio
*Image from Stereoscope
Top Ten Concerts in Chronological Order
Apples in Stereo, Tullycraft, Casper & the Cookies at Subterranean, 2/23/07
Love of Diagrams, the Narrator at the Hideout 3/3/07
Of Montreal, Walter Meego at the Metro 3/15/07
Andre Williams at the Beat Kitchen, 5/4/07
Dan Deacon, Video Hippos at the House Cafe in DeKalb, 7/5/07
Gravy Train!!! at the Empty Bottle, 7/13/07
Sparklehorse, [...]
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