19 stories by "Micco Caporale"
Cult Show is a play about the human need to socialize and the cult of the Neo-Futurists. In it, ensemble members Alex Hovi, DeVaughn Loman, Joanna Jamerson, and Lara Johnson and writers/dire…
What's most apparent in Peter Samelson's Magic, Love, Mystery is the magician's love for his craft and its ability to bond people. Samelson is a seasoned magician who's renowned for how he b…
Today's the final day to throw down on a community mural going up in Belmont Cragin. Hades Underworld Tattoo Studio and AnySquared Projects invite volunteers to join them for a […]
The pos…
You might expect an album of Klaus Nomi material to sound like Klaus Nomi, but Man Parrish's Dear Klaus Nomi isn't that. Instead, the New York producer has added highly […]
The post Pionee…
Patrixia reigns supreme in digital clubspace. It's where the 29-year-old DJ feels empowered to be her spookiest, silliest Latinx self. Locally, she's known for DJing goth and industrial part…
That's what makes the Pioneers of Queer Cinema series at Gene Siskel Film Center this month a true event "for the culture": it's a broad survey of movies made by queers, for queers that offe…
The Pilsen Love Fridge is hosting a Community Care Day at Harrison Park (1824 S. Wood) from 1-4 PM. Join them for free cold-pressed juices and camaraderie as they hold a community discussion…
The Cosmic Country Showcase is an acid-infused variety show that happens a handful of times per year at the Hideout, and on July 23, its presenters are repotting this ravenous alien plant (t…
There's a lot that makes going to shows magical besides the live music, and no one knows this better than Empty Bottle art director Bill Connors. The Illinois native never expected to be gui…
If it's the first Friday of the month, you're going to see a line snaking out of Berlin that extends past the entrance to the Belmont CTA station and sometimes around the block. It's populat…
Land Trust: Benefit for NEFOC embodies the spirit of mutual aid that guides many punk communities. When Bikini Kill's 2020 reunion tour was canceled, touring guitarist Erica Dawn Lyle and dr…
Los Bitchos are an LSD-laced sugar cube melting in your mouth. The London-based four-piece make tripped-out 70s-inspired cumbia that sounds like it belongs in the 1966 Czech film Daisies"VÄ…
Over the course of 19 jam-packed minutes, Hanson plays with the storytelling conventions of rom-coms, reality dating shows, and pornography to tell a comedically rock 'n' roll story about un…
English electronic duo Paranoid London can only be described as the rock 'n' roll specters of acid house. When they exploded in the underground in 2007, the British dance scene was deep in h…
It's tempting to call Adult. electroclash; the synth duo of Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller debuted in 1998, coinciding with the style's peak, and they've collaborated with notable groups…
Patrick Wilkins's exhibit celebrates humanity's simplest pleasures with a perverse twist.
You could call Patrick Wilkins's solo exhibition at Extase a sausage pa…
The neighborhood tavern may be closing, but it's forever a part of Chicago's boozy, haunted history.
When news broke in May that the California Clipper was perm…
How Cliff Raven changed the city's ink culture forever
"What about Stonewall?" the interviewer asks.…
Before there was Joe Exotic, there was Roy Boy Cooper.
His forehead studded with peroxide-blond stubble, the back of his neck cloaked by a shock of matching cur…
