City in a Garden Interview
City in a Garden: Queer Art and Activism in Chicago is an intergenerational group exhibition that highlights Chicago’s essential, yet often under-acknowledged, role in the story of queer art and […]
Category: Interviews
WTTW Interviews Frankie Knuckles
Explore the origins of house music, which began in Chicago’s underground party scene.
Interview with Stephanie Coleman
Stephanie Coleman, a seasoned videographer and realtor in Chicago, has a unique and inspiring background in the arts. Her film, Having A Ball! With the House of Avant Garde, was […]
Interview with the Legendary Lori Branch
The Gay Origins of House Music on the ‘But We Loved’ podcast. Sneaking out in the early Warehouse years; Robert Ford and Thing mag; being disowned for being gay; the […]
Thing Magazine Covered in Faith Fanzine
Thing Magazine is included on pages 46-48 in Faith Fanzine’s Winter 2022 issue. This issue includes a large section on the Chicago house music scene on pages 37-72. Terry Martin’s […]
Interviews from SPEW
In 1991, SPEW brought together artists, writers, editors of zines, performers, video-makers, activists, and bands from throughout the US and Canada. As the first queer zine convention, SPEW marked the […]
Stephen Winter
Stephen Winter, the award-winning filmmaker, writer and artist, photographed Pam Johnson for issue number 4 of Thing back in 1991. He went on to write, produce and direct his 1996 […]
Zola Powell
Zola is originally from Massachusetts and was a Show Director for Boston’s only 7-night-a-week Show Bar, Jacque’s Cabaret on Broadway in New York. In addition to working at Jacque’s, Zola […]
Ken Hare + THING Magazine
What was your role with THING, how did it inform the magazine’s direction and reception? I appeared on Think Ink and THING magazine covers, and my role was purely I&G: inspiration […]
Memories of THING Magazine
from Simone Bouyer – Stephanie Coleman and I opened the Wholesome Roc gallery in 1986; we met Robert Ford, Trenton Adkins, and Lawrence (Larry) Warren not too long after that. […]