05/22/2025
As we celebrate the Closing of BERLIN, it’s only fitting that we also celebrate the conclusion of BERLIN’s public programs!
This suite of programs was expansive, multidisciplinary, and full of defiant joy. In just a few weeks, we collaborated on a curated tour of Potential Energy: Chicago Puppets Up Close, an Agora about Resistance & Resilience, a book signing and conversation with graphic novelist Jason Lutes (author of BERLIN), a communal arts activation, a post-show discussion, a film screening, and a drag king and burlesque show.
We would like to thank our amazing partners – including the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, the Public Media Institute and Co-Prosperity, The Seminary Co-op Bookstores, the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, the Film Studies Center, and Po’Chop and Switch the Boi Wonder – and all who participated. You are the reason why we do this; thank you for joining us on this journey....
📸 (1 -2): Tour of Chicago Puppets Up Close, by Antwonette Burton of Ollie Photography
📸 (3): Grace Needlman and Leah Lara, by Antwonette Burton of Ollie Photography
📸 (4): Ed Marszewski, Stephanie Manríquez, Jenn Freeman, and Kristen Kaza at the Agora, by Ollie Photography
📸 (5): Agora: Resistance & Resilience Strategies, by Ollie Photography
📸 (6): Dr. Evan H. Carver and Jason Lutes, by Antwonette Burton of Ollie Photography
📸 (7): Jason Lutes, David J. Levin, and Charles Newell, by Ollie Photography
📸 (8): Silvia Inés Gonzalez at Books & Banners of the People, by Ollie Photography
📸 (9 - 10): Books & Banners of the People, by Ollie Photography
📸 (11): Po'Chop, Wes Andy Sins, Mush, Rippin Schwarzoff, D'Iconic, Sunny Haelstorm, and Switch the Boi Wonder at Notes on Masculinity: A Drag-King Centered Cabaret, by Joe Mazza
📸 (12): Po'Chop at Notes on Masculinity: A Drag-King Centered Cabaret, by Joe Mazza
📸 (13): Switch the Boi Wonder at Notes on Masculinity: A Drag-King Centered Cabaret, by Joe Mazza
📸 (14): Sunny Haelstorm at Notes on Masculinity: A Drag-King Centered Cabaret, by Joe Mazza