House Music: Chicago Testimony
An Oral History Podcast Series with DJ Lori Branch and Hannah Viti. Chicago house music built a world. Every story about Chicago house music starts somewhere different. A record, a […]
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THING Reviewed in the Whitney Review of New Writing
by Umesi Michael Louis, in the January 2026 issue of the Whitney Review of New Writing Personified, THING is that cool older cousin who blows into town with stories to […]
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Scenes from City in a Garden
On Saturday, March 28, 2026 from 2-3:30 p.m. at Chicago’s MCA, several short films were shown, including Stephanie Coleman’s 1992 film, Having a Ball! with the House of Avant Garde. […]
Chicago Home of House Exhibit at O’Hare Airport
Travelers moving through O’Hare International Airport are being welcomed into Chicago by more than runways and terminals—they’re stepping directly into the city’s musical soul. The new “Chicago: Home of House” […]
Black, Queer, & Untold: Reclaiming Erased Histories
A tribute to the incredible designers, artists, and people at the center of queer Black publishing. Jon Key’s Black, Queer, & Untold: A New Archive of Designers, Artists, and Trailblazers […]
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Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert
New book by Bob the Drag Queen! An inventive, wondrous novel about American hero Harriet Tubman that remixes history into a fresh, dynamic novel about love, freedom, salvation, and hip-hop. […]
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 […]
The House of Hidden Meanings
From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date—a deeply intimate memoir of discovery, found family, and self-acceptance. The House of […]
The History of Queer Dance
The revolutionary history of ball culture in the LGBTQ community is not just about fabulous dance styles. It’s a profound intersection of sexuality, race, and gender nonconforming individuals defiantly living […]
Ballroom Culture: the Language of Vogue
Ronald Murray, also known as Father Ron ‘drama,’ is a founding father of the House of Xclusive Lanvin. One of the curators of the House, and a visible figure not […]