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Tag: 1980s
Chinese Ballroom Copycats
How China’s Queer Youth Built an Underground Ballroom Scene. Shanghai Voguing Ball Voguing, and the ballroom scene that gave rise to the dance genre, were started in New York City […]
Home of House at Navy Pier
Exhibition closes October 31, 2024 Chicago is the birthplace of House music. House evolved through the early 1980s and brought together Chicagoans of different races, ages, cultures, and orientations like […]
The House of Avant-Garde
Thanks to Media Burn, footage of the House of Avant-Garde’s Unity Ball (1991) and the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Ball (1992), can now be viewed online! Commentary and footage from […]
Patric McCoy: Take My Picture
On display April 14 through July 15, 2023 at Wrightwood 659 in Chicago. Purchase your tickets today for this powerful portrayal of Black gay men from the 1980s by Chicago […]
How House Music Was Born
House music was created to uplift and celebrate marginalized communities. This documentary film shows how social unrest and Chicago’s underground gay clubs led to a global dance movement. 2017 Music […]
Joey Arias Channels Billie Holiday
Drag artist, cabaret singer, performance artist. Joey Arias was involved in New York’s performance art scene in the 1980s, appearing regularly at Club 57 and other downtown venues. During these […]
THING Magazine
Thing magazine was founded as a platform for black LGBTQ+ life in November 1989. Robert Ford described his zine as a “black gay and lesbian underground arts journal and magazine […]
Think Ink Magazine
Think Ink was a black-and-white magazine Robert Ford, Trent Adkins, and Lawrence Warren launched in 1987 with the assistance of graphic designer Simone Bouyer. “Fashioned as a black arts paper […]
Deep House Radio
Deep House Radio | 24/7 Livestream Deep house is a subgenre of house music. It originated in the 1980s, initially fusing elements of Chicago house with 1980s jazz-funk and touches […]