Come out early to SubT this month and catch the Chicago stop of Sister Spit’s 2011 tour! (RSVP on Facebook) Chances will get started after the show, at 10pm, with your DJs Nina Ramone, Baby Sloth, and DJackattack! The show is $10 but as always, Chances is FREE. More info on Sister Spit: The legendary, [...]
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FREE TIX TO JESSICA SIX
March 8, 2011 – 02:06
Chances Dancers! We’re hosting Jessica Six’s show at the Double Door on Thursday and we’re SUPER EXCITED. Jessica 6 is the new project of THREE former members of Hercules & Love Affair, including the fabulous Nomi Ruiz, who joined us at Berlin for Pride last summer. This is gonna be AMAZE and we want you [...]
CHANCES MARCHES ON!
March 2, 2011 – 22:03
We’ve got a BUSY month coming up, y’all. And this is just the first two weeks–there’s more to come! Check it out! Saturday March 5 CHANCES AT THE HIDEOUT w/ PEOPLE’S DJ’s COLLECTIVE (RSVP) The Chances crew is heading to Columbia MO for the True/False Film Festival, so we’ve invited our pals the People’s DJs [...]
Announcing the Critical Fierceness December 2010 Grant Winners!
January 18, 2011 – 22:18
The Critical Fierceness Grant The Critical Fierceness Grant The Critical Fierceness Grant ***********************************************A micro-grant for queer art in Chicago Twice a year since 2008, Chicago-based individuals or groups needing funds for artistic purposes, and who identify themselves or their work as queer, have been awarded financial assistance of up to $500 via the Critical Fierceness [...]
IT’S A QUEER NEW YEAR!
December 27, 2010 – 13:49
(beautiful poster design by our very own Aay Preston-Myint!) Let’s be our baddest, sweatiest, most beautiful selves as we START 2011 OUT RIGHT with a CHANCES DANCE PARTY. Since January 1st just so happens to be our scheduled night at the Hideout, we thought we’d throw a SEXY SPECIAL PARTY to get our year started [...]
Chances Dances (A Blueprint)
September 30, 2010 – 00:28
Hello everyone! Just wanted to let you all know that the video we’ve been working on, and that many of you worked on is finally up and ready for view! For those of you who do not know about it, Chances Dances was asked to participate in a group show about Art + Bureaucracy for [...]
pics from chances’ fifth birthday!
September 28, 2010 – 14:17
We’re a tiny bit late on this, but the lovely photos that A/S/L Media took at our 5th birthday bash last week were featured on the TimeOut Chicago blog! Check ‘em out! Big hugs and kisses to everyone who came out (especially the secret glitter thrower!). It was an amazing way to celebrate five years [...]
CHANCES TURNS FIVE!
September 15, 2010 – 20:53
That’s right–Chances Dances is turning FIVE YEARS OLD! Come celebrate the amazing community of Chicagoans past and present (i.e., YOU) who have partied down, gotten wild, supported causes, helped fund artists, and generally made this city a more amazing, radical place for queers and allies alike! Cupcakes are being made, special balloons are being inflated, [...]
MYLES COOPER @ CHANCES TOMORROW!
July 18, 2010 – 17:48
HEY EVERYBODY! Just a reminder to SHOW UP EARLY to CHANCES tomorrow night: Don’t miss a SPECIAL 11PM performance by San Francisco champion and ambassador of musical freedom, Myles Cooper. Myles will give us an exclusive short performance inspired by his viral video and …uncut European 7″ sensation “Gonna Find Boyfriends Today.” More info on [...]