Screenings
Screening | Scenes from the City in a Garden
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Explore another facet of queer life with a collection of short films and national broadcasts, curated in conjunction with the exhibition City in a Garden. This screening highlights Chicago’s LGBTQ+ history, including the first queer zine fest in the United States, drag queen and activist Joan Jett Blakk, Chicago’s first ballroom house, and more.
Films include:
- Joan Jett Blakk: Queer Nation’s Candidate for President, 1992 (1991), Bill Stamets
- Much handled things are always soft (2019), Derrick Woods-Morrow
- Hokey Sapp Does SPEW (2022), Mary Patten
- Jollies (1990), Sadie Benning
- The AIDS Connection: Hour V (1987), broadcasted on ABC
- Kissing Doesn’t Kill (1990), Tom Kalin and Gran Fury
- Having a Ball! with the House of Avant Garde (1992), Stephanie Coleman
Scenes from the City in a Garden is organized by Korina Hernandez, Curatorial Assistant.
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Funding
Lead support for the 2025–26 season of MCA Talks is made possible by The Richard and Mary L. Gray Lecture Series through a generous gift to the Chicago Contemporary Campaign.
Generous support is provided by The Antje B. and John J. Jelinek Endowed Lecture and Symposium on Contemporary Art; the Kristina Barr Lectures, which were established through a generous gift by The Barr Fund to the Chicago Contemporary Campaign; The Gloria Brackstone Solow and Eugene A. Solow, MD, Memorial Lecture Series; and the Allen M. Turner Tribute Fund, honoring his past leadership as Chair of the Board of Trustees.
