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SUMMARY:Siskel Film Center: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, June 22\, 2:00 p.m. | In the chilling BABY JANE\, two aging actresses\, “Baby” Jane Hudson (Bette Davis\, in an Oscar-nominated performance) and her wheelchair-bound sister Blanche (Joan Crawford) live in obscurity in a Hollywood mansion\, where Baby spends her days terrorizing Blanche. Much ink was spilled about on-set drama\, with gossip rags declaring that Davis and Crawford despised each other—is BABY JANE camp because of the alleged feud? If it was real\, and these women were out for blood\, then what a campy show indeed\, but if you ignore the lore\, Davis and Crawford’s performances\, while not subtle\, are sensational.
URL:https://chicagosocialbutterflies.com/wp-events/siskel-film-center-what-ever-happened-to-baby-jane/
LOCATION:Siskel Film Center\, 164 N. State St.\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:film
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SUMMARY:Siskel Film Center: Showgirls
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 7\, 8:30 p.m. & Friday\, June 20\, 8:30 p.m. | At first\, this NC-17 tale about stripper Nomi Malone (Elizabeth Berkley)\, who dreams of becoming a top showgirl\, was roundly rejected\, with USA Today calling the film “as hoary as it is whore-y.” But\, as Sontag notes\, “What was banal can\, with the passage of time\, become fantastic\,” and SHOWGIRLS has now been embraced for being “perfectly bad\,” and entirely camp. The film’s solemnity set against gaudy Las Vegas\, Berkley’s extreme performance\, the backstage melodrama of the Stardust Resort and Casino has enshrined SHOWGIRLS as camp canon. Content consideration: contains a scene of sexual assault.
URL:https://chicagosocialbutterflies.com/wp-events/siskel-film-center-showgirls/
LOCATION:Siskel Film Center\, 164 N. State St.\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:film
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SUMMARY:Black Alphabet: Noah's Arc The Movie
DESCRIPTION:Set against the backdrop of Los Angeles\, Noah’s Arc: The Movie picks up where the groundbreaking series left off\, following Noah\, Alex\, Ricky\, and Chance as they navigate love\, heartbreak\, and the complexities of chosen family. Packed with humor\, heart\, and unapologetic Black queer joy\, the film is a celebration of friendship’s power to carry us through life’s messiest moments. \nThis special screening invites the community to gather\, reminisce\, and reconnect with a story that helped shape a generation. Whether you’re a longtime fan or discovering Noah’s Arc for the first time\, you’ll feel right at home with us.
URL:https://chicagosocialbutterflies.com/wp-events/black-alphabet-truth-or-test/
LOCATION:Jamii Center for Arts & Media\, 3850 S Indiana Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:film
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SUMMARY:Siskel Film Center: Grey Gardens
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, June 5\, 6:00 p.m. & Sunday\, June 15\, 2:00 p.m. | In Slate\, J. Bryan Lowder wrote what makes the documentary GREY GARDENS in part a camp classic\, and “one of the most prominent and oft-cited entries in the canon of gay culture\,” is that Big Edie and Little Edie Beale\, the reclusive cousins of Jackie Onassis\, are intimately captured\, in their deteriorating house in East Hampton\, without an ounce of judgement. “The filmmakers simply allow them to be\,” Lowder writes. That uninhibited freedom is\, as Sontag writes\, a hallmark of camp: “a proper mixture of the exaggerated\, the fantastic\, the passionate and the naive.”
URL:https://chicagosocialbutterflies.com/wp-events/siskel-film-center-grey-gardens/
LOCATION:Siskel Film Center\, 164 N. State St.\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:film
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SUMMARY:Music Box: Sapphopalooza
DESCRIPTION:Programmed by Elizabeth Arnott (Music Box Films) \n\n\nFrom the island of Lesbos to the Music Box Theatre\, sapphic culture has always found its way into hidden corners of cinema\, visible to those who know where to look. This vibrant collection of sapphic films showcases groundbreaking classics\, cult favorites\, and overlooked gems that explore the lives\, longings\, and complexities of women who love women. Featuring visionary filmmakers like Yvonne Rainer\, Cheryl Dunye\, Lizzie Borden\, Céline Sciamma\, Barbara Hammer\, and more\, this series honors the many ways queer storytelling has been boldly brought to life. Discover the on-screen evolutions of sapphic desire from shadows and subtext to unapologetic celebrations of love and identity. \n\nRuns May 10 through June 1st\, 2025
URL:https://chicagosocialbutterflies.com/wp-events/music-box-sapphopalooza/
LOCATION:Music Box\, 3733 N Southport Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60613\, United States
CATEGORIES:film
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SUMMARY:Breaking the News: Panel and Screening
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a panel of Chicago journalists and a screening of the 2023 documentary Breaking the News. Journalists Anna DeShawn\, Founder E3 Radio & The Qube\, Ruby Bailey\, Editor-in-chief\, Illinois Answers Project; Karen Hawkins\, Story Editor\, the 19th*; Violet Miller\, Staff Reporter\, Chicago Sun-Times\, will be hosting a panel on LGBTQ+ journalism. \nBreaking the News (2023) follows three journalists\, as they break the status quo of journalism and launch the 19th*. Learn more here: https://www.breakingthenewsfilm.com/ \nSee schedule below:\n6 pm-6:45: Networking with lite bites and a cash bar\n6:30pm: Panel moderated by Anna DeShawn\n7pm: Breaking the News screening
URL:https://chicagosocialbutterflies.com/wp-events/breaking-the-news-panel-and-screening/
LOCATION:Center on Halsted\, 3656 N. Halsted St.\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:education-history,film
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DESCRIPTION:Director: Elegance Bratton\nProducers: Chester Algernal Gordon\, Elegance Bratton\nU.S.\, 92 min \nThe defining story of Chicago’s house music scene is finally here. Summer 1979: In the chaos of Comiskey Park’s “Disco Demolition Night\,” teenage usher Vince Lawrence witnesses a fiery scene: Thousands of people are throwing records\, mostly by Black artists\, into a bonfire. Undeterred by the display of racist and homophobic hostility\, Vince saves his money to buy a synthesizer\, setting in motion a life’s journey that would forever impact the sound of music. Mixing interviews with house music pioneers and compelling cinematic recreations\, Move Ya Body offers a revelatory chronicle of house’s humble roots\, explosive influence\, and inevitable exploitation\, all the while celebrating its unique power to liberate listeners and bring people together. A “compelling” (USA Today)\, “clear-eyed\, crowd-pleasing\, and loving tribute” (Screen)\, the film “blends civic and music history effortlessly while also having a truly banging soundtrack. You will learn a lot\, get angry several times\, and then get lost in the sick beats and dance yourself clean” (RogerEbert.com).
URL:https://chicagosocialbutterflies.com/wp-events/7402/
LOCATION:The Davis Theater\, 4614 N Lincoln Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60625\, United States
CATEGORIES:film
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