Home »

• 

  Toe Jam

  Pat Lehman

  Cover songs played by a rock band.

• 

  [Club LaRay Presents: The Anita Baker Show (February 2, 1987)]

  Arts & Culture, Black, Chicago, LGBTQIA, Performance

  Club LaRay presents a “Battle of the Stars” with host Anita Baker (impersonator) and co-host Tasha Thomas. This video documents the performances throughout the night by queen impersonators of popular soul and r&b singers and groups such as Gladys Knight, Grace Jones, and The [male] Emotions.
  Club LaRay was a Black, gay club in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, IL. The club was owned by Ray “LaRay” Hill. The club was housed in a former theatre consisting of two bars, a dancefloor, and a staircase that went from the floor to the ceiling, dubbed the “Stairs to Nowhere”.

• 

  [WHOLESOME ROC PERFORMANCE ART, 5/7/88 TAPE #2]

  Arts & Culture, Chicago

  Wholesome Roc Art Gallery and Cafe, an alternative art space opened in Chicago in 1987, provided a place for artists, particularly black queer artists, to display their art and engage with one another. This video contains footage from the second half of the Wholesome Roc First Anniversary Show, celebrating Wholesome Roc Gallery and Cafe’s first year in operation and featuring various types of performance art.

• 

  Songs + Theater

  Appalshop, CLIR, Guerrilla Television

  A folk-rock band performs several songs, followed by partial footage of a stage play.

• [Poi Dog Pondering at the Vic Theatre, Feb 17 1994, part 1]

  Arts & Culture, Bill Stamets, Chicago, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  Unedited recording of a live performance by the Chicago band Poi Dog Pondering at the Vic Theatre in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. Shot on Hi-8mm videotape. With Terri Hemmert and House-O-Matic and special guest Parallax String Quartet.

• 

  [CamNet on Independent Eye]

  1992 Election, Black, Chicago, Nancy Cain, Performance, Politics, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll, Videomakers

  Judith Binder and Nancy Cain introduce an episode of CamNet on KCET’s Independent Eye.

• 

  Jimmy Walker 1978 Performance at Elsewhere

  Arts & Culture, Black

  Video recording of Jimmy Walker’s 1978 performance at Elsewhere blues club in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, shot in black and white.

• 

  Speakin’ of the Blues: Larry Hoffman

  Arts & Culture, Black, Chicago, Communities, Performance

  Barry Dolins interviews Larry Hoffman on his Blues composition, accompanied by a performance of the composition from the New Millenium Orchestra String Quartet.