Chicago
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Move Ya Body: The Birth of House, a compelling journey back to queer black 1980s Chicago.
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House traces the evolution of House music through the eyes of one of its creators, Chicago native Vince Lawrence, founder of Trax Records and creator of the first house track launched, Z Factor’s 1984 Fantasy. Director Elegance Bratton has created a gem of a music documentary. Part social history…
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Cameron Raasdal-Munro and Rikki Beadle-Blair talk about the American Premiere of their very gritty queer drama GANGSTA BABY
Excellent new queer theatre is alive and well, thanks to the likes of RIKKI BEADLE-BLAIR MBE, British actor, director, and playwright, who is also the artistic director of multi-media production company Team Angelica. Yet it is his role as a mentor where he nurtures the next generation of queer theatrical talent that he comes into…
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Queerguru’s TOP PICKS of MUST SEE MOVIES @ Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
Its the 43rd Anniversary of Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, the second longest-running film festival of its kind…… and one of Queerguru’ s favorites. Is program is always very diverse and it showcases the very best queer cinema across the entire LGBTQA+ spectrum From award-winning international feature films to social documentaries to experimental…
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The Real Black Swann: Confessions of America’s First Black Drag Queen opens in Chicago
The people of Chicago are in for a real theatrical treat as this is the next stop for creator/storyteller Les Kurkendaal-Barrett is bringing his one-man show The Real Black Swann: Confessions of America’s First Black Drag Queen. We will confess that we had not heard of William Dorsey Swann, who was not just a leading…
