Vogue Workshop Series at Batey Urbano Starting Next Month
Generation L will be hosting the first in a series of Voguing Workshops this coming month on Friday, May 17th at Batey Urbano. This movement event will focus on not […]
Category Archives: The Arts
Respond React: Rape Culture and Hip Hop
Hip hop activist Rosa Clemente recently posted a video response to a Rick Ross lyric on emcee Rocko’s new mixtape The Gift of Gab 2. The line goes, “Put molly […]
Shout Out to B-Divine Hip Hop Festival
This past weekend, b-girls from all over the country and street dancers from around the Chicago area converged for B-Divine: Celebrating the Feminine in Hip Hop Fesitval. The gathering featured […]
Cultural Appropriation and the Lessons of Our Own Traditions
Several of the creative and artistic organizations I work closely with have been talking recently about how to create and sustain the kinds of projects that matter to us most, […]
‘Jotas Sin Papeles Y Sin Permiso’: Workshop with Artists Yosimar Reyes and Julio Salgado
Tuesday of next week, the 19th of February, poet Yosimar Reyes and visual artist Julio Salgado will be hosting an artist showcase and workshop as part of their Jotas Sin […]
Rest In Peace Irma Cabrera Romero and Johnny B
I believe the honoring of our ancestors is the sacred space in which our spiritual and our political selves meet, and that important members of our communities become ancestors every […]
No Se Vende: Gentrification and Its Resistance
We live in an era where claims are commonly made, and largely accepted, that the U.S. has made such significant and irrefutable progress from its past of racial struggle that […]
Teaching for Social Justice Curriculum Fair This Saturday!
Teachers for Social Justice in collaboration with Rethinking Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union will be hosting the 12th Annual Teaching for Social Justice Curriculum Fair tomorrow, Saturday the 17th of November at […]
Dance as Community Organizing: Building a Vogue Practice Space
I began voguing as a high school student, drawn to the art form because I had so little support and community as a queer person of color in my hometown. […]
Vogue Workshop this Friday at Columbia College
As part of the Little Big Foot free dance workshop series, the House of Ninja Chicago Chapter, along with members of the Passisas Samba Group, will both be presenting at a […]
Radical Faggot 