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The Poetry Brothel: Chicago

@poetrybrothelchicago

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📍Chicago IL
🪩 Founder @queerdancefreakout
⚧️ Organizer @chitransauthority
🚴🏽 Marshall @femnthembikechi
🕺Dancer @comedydancechicago

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Enchanted, entranced, entertained? No? Then get thee to MONSTERS! and be graced by @dawnphenomenom flitting about our dark den of delights as one of our resident Kittens🥰

Don’t miss our All Hallows Eve spectacular😈

#chicagoperformers #chicagoperformer #chicagohalloween #chicagoevents #poetrycommunity by @poetrybrothelchicago

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Had the best time celebrating my baby sister Tori’s bachelorette party this weekend! Tori you’ve grown into such a beautiful, talented, and loving woman and I can’t wait to be by your side to celebrate your wedding day!!!
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Scroll on for the rest of my Texas adventure! Took Maverick and Maxson to the San Antonio zoo! (Special Unky Tradition)
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Had a special lunch with my Grandma, Grandpa, and Annma.
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Tiny side quest to enchanted rock. Hiked to the top in 15 minutes
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Got to see Travis in action at work at Rails in Kerrville.
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Feeling gratitude pouring out my heart for such a wonderful abundance of family for generations older and younger than me! Can’t wait to come back to TX soon 🤠 by @poetrybrothelchicago

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13 hours ago

TRANSilience: Meet the Producers!

Can you BELIEVE we are 1 day away from TRANSilience? How about a shout out to our fabulous producers who made this happen!! 👏 We couldn't be more thankful than to share this space with a bunch of creatives who want to see trans joy. Get to know who are the faces behind the scene and say hi!

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Where: Eckhart Park (outdoors behind the fieldhouse)
When Friday October 9 | 5-7 PM
Cost: FREE!
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Make sure to bring a lawn chair if you’d like to sit for performances!
All bathrooms in the fieldhouse will be gender neutral during the festival!
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Covid precautions: -please stay home if you feel sick in any way -we encourage everyone to test before they come -encourage masks (we will have masks available at the Gender Fucked Table)
⚧️ taken in Eckhart Park by @poetrybrothelchicago

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8 days ago

Premiering Tonight! Come out to the Mixxed Dance Festival at Dovetail Studio’s to see my new work: Birth of a Fish! 🐟 ticket link in bio! Shoutout to the badassery of Ryan, Kyle, Ash, and Beau for making this underwater dance puppet world a reality. 💕 taken in Dovetail Studios by @poetrybrothelchicago

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21 days ago

Biked up to Kenosha WI 🧀 with my brothers, dad and Neil! Would do it again! Comment below with which of my brothers you think I look like the most? 🏠 taken in Kenosha, Wisconsin by @poetrybrothelchicago

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24 days ago

I had the privilege and honor to co lead and plan @chicritmass for the first time with @emily.sutherlin and I would say we were a dream team. If you want to see more trans people and women on the streets biking hmu! These streets are our streets and we deserve to be in them! 🩷💙💜🩵
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I had a moment where I started to cry when not only Emily and I were leading the ride but a whole line of 8 other trans bike leaders in Chicago were holding the front of the line with me. My community means the world to me.
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If you’ve ever had a fun or magical moment on a bike with me, let me know in the comments.
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Major gratitude to @ace7mann for mentoring me as a bike leader, riding alongside us at the front, and truly being the epitome of the change you want to see in the world. Also major gratitude to @foxyjewishmama2.0 for mentoring me to lead my first ride In Chicago with @femnthembikechi love y’all and wouldn’t be the biker I am today without you.
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This is also just a dump of all the amazing groups rides I’ve helped organize recently! Did bike the the drive for the first time , shoutout to Ace again for the wonderful picture! I believe in a utopian future where all the highways are shutdown and bikes take us anywhere we need to go.
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Marshalled for the femmes and thems x @chicagobikesox ride this weekend too and had so much fun! The white Sox lost but they won in my heart
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And last but not least had my biggest @chitransauthority ride yet! We rode from Logan square to Hollywood beach for a night swim and I still feel charged with all the magical trans moon energy! Feeling blessed by sparklers from @erica_love333 and fireworks from Navy pier for free! taken in Daley plaza by @poetrybrothelchicago

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a month ago

3 states, 121 miles later! I survived my first bike packing trip with a ton of other trans people ⚧️ would do it again! Shoutout to Tyler, Hudson and Oliver for planning and organizing this trip and Neil for driving car support and making sure we had a kitchen and food for the weekend.
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Pictures, a blizzard and a milkshake from Dairy Queen! And an ice cream from oink in new buffalo michigan! 🍨 🍦 the houses of the new century from the 1932 worlds fair! 🏠 Amish pies from Michigan city 🥧 the depot museum and art gallery in Beverly shores 🖼️ Neil and trying to get through a path with some friendly and noisy cranes walking alongside us 🦅 Neil eating a raw tomato in Michigan from a box of free produce we found on the side of the road 🍅 taken in Dunewood Campground by @poetrybrothelchicago

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Come see the world premiere of my new work “Brigid’s Bridge of Fire” this Friday and Saturday with @wearedancecollective ticket link in bio.
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in this dance, you’ll see the performers ritualistically weave fire magic, community, friendship and connection through dance! At the end of the piece, the audience is invited to join in the tradition of jumping the fire on stage to practice bravery, and relationship building!
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Arts of Lore is an arts festival that will be celebrating the lore of 8 individual artists. These artists are presenting works that relate to their personal lore, their community stories, and ancestral histories. Arts of Lore is meant to uplift queer folks & those around them by showcasing, tending to, and celebrating our varied experiences. Become part of our lore by attending Arts of Lore!

PERFORMANCE ON:
Sept. 4th & 5th
Doors @ 7:00p | Starts @ 7:30p
at @danztheatre

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LEAD ARTISTS:

Dawn Heilung | they/them - Choreographer
Derrick Rossbach | he/they - Dancer
Ash Williams | they/them - Dancer taken in Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble by @poetrybrothelchicago

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Up next, it’s Dawn Heilung! Another artist we are excited to be featuring in this seasons MIXXED DANCE FESTIVAL!

Seats are limited, get your ticket today! Link in bio! by @poetrybrothelchicago

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2 months ago

Visiting Detroit and it still feels like home! Biking around and looking at the sky 🌌 playing around in abandoned building and railroad tracks. 🛤️ gardening with Nick and Brian. 🌱 Monday night techno parties at motor city wine 🍷 swimming in the river and hiking at Belle isle. Can’t wait to go back soon 🔜 taken in Detroit, Michigan by @poetrybrothelchicago

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2 months ago

📣 1 WEEK AWAY FROM TONGHT - Sun Aug 23, 7:30pm - @RemSalon 📣

🤓 Read more about the guest artists at Rem Salon opening for THE TROUBLE WITH MY HAIR by @Ada Cheng

⬆️ Bios above - ⬇️ piece description below 🎱

🌟 Dawn Heilung: “I would love to perform two pieces that are near and dear to my heart as a born and raised trans Texan who had to migrate to Chicago for safety and legal gender protections. The first piece is an interactive dance and storytelling piece called Debi Never Taught Me to Braid. A part of transitioning to be a woman has including figuring out what the hell to do with my hair and my mom (Debi) barely knows what to do with her own her. In this piece, I braid a 3 foot hair extension on my head as I share transphobic acts I’ve faced in Texas as the audience calls and responds with a hell know underscored to the music “Redneck Woman” By Gretchen Wilson. The piece ends with me singing the chorus of this song and leading willing audience members in a absolute beginner country line dance. The second half of this work is set to a historical Queer Folk Artist Meg Christian titled “Southern Home”. In the work, Me and 2 other collaborators sing an original 3 part harmony to the song while dancing with some comfy blanket choreography. This song explores the heartbreak of leaving home when there is no other options and the joy of finding home in chosen family and community. Total runtime for both these works would be 7 minutes.”

🏳️‍🌈 Cal Walker: Revenge of The Daddy Issues is solo deconstruction of queer masculinity. Cal Walker recounts their own experience loving and tolerating masculinity: a verbally abusive father as a child, unrequited high school crushes and questionable boyfriends as a closeted teenager, and queer love in frightening adulthood. In a coming-of-age survival story, Walker uses humor and audience interaction to explore what it means to “be a man.”

⏳Other Info & Tickets at NothingWithoutaCompany.org

🎟️ 5 available (pay-what-you-can tickets) at the door 🎟️ taken in REM Salon by @poetrybrothelchicago

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2 months ago

Toronto Canada for the birthday Princess 👑 Julez!!!
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Such a special time getting to meet Julez new friends and community in the maple syrup country!
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Infinity rooms and sunset at the art gallery of Ontario!
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Biking Tommy Thompson peninsula park, the Toronto islands, the don valley and much more!
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Hanlan’s historic queer beach for Julez bday
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Historic tours, Toronto underground pedestrian, st Lawrence market and other tourist fun.
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Christie pits park for DIY cowboy themed bday!
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First time at jack & astors, Canadian version of chilis.
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Exploring the village with locals is so much better!
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Chinatown, union station, and CN tower when we visited Julez at work at Steamwhistle! And many more non pictured moments. I miss my sister already and I’ll definitely be back to Toronto soon. 💕 taken in Tommy Thompson Park by @poetrybrothelchicago

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