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Reviews About THING the Book

These magazines are over the top about the release of THING magazine as a book. See for yourself!

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Reclaimed: Victoria von Blaque

From Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art on display at the Brooklyn Museum. What does it mean to implore someone to “have several seats?” Not to be overused or […]

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Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Every Moment Counts (Ecstatic Antibodies), 1989. Courtesy of Autograph, London.

Transcendence: A Century of Black Queer Ecstasy, 1924–2024

THING magazine is featured in the new exhibition on display at the Art Galleries at Black Studies in Austin, TX.

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Having A Ball at the Black Harvest Film Festival

With The House of Avant-Garde Filmed and directed by Stephanie Coleman in 1992 with The House of Avant-Garde, this 30 minute film immerses us in Chicago’s vibrant, Black, LGBTQ+ ballroom […]

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Home of House at Navy Pier

Chicago is the birthplace of House music. House music evolved through the early 1980s and brought together Chicagoans of different races, ages, cultures, and orientations like no other medium of […]

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House Music, A Cultural Revolution

The new House Music documentary, House Music: A Cultural Revolution, airs November 8, 2024 on WTTW’s Chicago Stories series. This powerful film is produced by two Chicagoans who were immersed […]

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Ballroom is Still About Black Queer Joy

Ballroom continues to be an essential place for Black and Brown LGBTQ people to find care, connection, and chosen family.

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THING Magazine on Google Arts & Culture

THING magazine is online as part of Google Arts & Culture. What is THING? THING magazine was founded as a platform for Black LGBTQ+ life. As such, its issues are […]

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