We Took a Bus Tour to Frankie Knuckles' First Chicago Apartment

Most people think of ball culture and connect it straight to New York and Paris Is Burning. But Chicago has its own deep history in queer creative spaces. In this clip, Isis Ferguson and Alyssa Gregory of Arts + Public Life talk about Never So Free: Queer Black Arts + Assembly in Chicago, which traces the “Black & Tan” establishments that animated 1940s–50s Washington Park and Woodlawn, to The Warehouse of the late 1970s and ballroom scenes in South Shore high-rises of the 1980s. This is a story about custodianship, about the people who quietly turn buildings, homes, and neighborhoods into creative havens, and why that spirit runs through Chicago's queer community, its arts community, and the city as a whole. 🎙️ Full episode of Notes from Chicago available now. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0sIS... All Audio Platforms: https://pod.link/1838675173/episode/Y... Follow Arts + Public Life: Website: https://artsandpubliclife.org Instagram:   / artspubliclife   | Isis Ferguson:   / meetmein1944   Follow Notes from Chicago: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0qkYwUr... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... YouTube:    / @notesfromchicago   TikTok:   / notesfromchi   Instagram:   / notesfromchicago