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Community Movement

“Movement is the song of the body.”
— Vanda Scaravelli
 
 

Community Movement

Get into right relationship with change, ourselves, + each other in this workshop series, led by Gaby Martinez. Engage in self-exploration flow + community movement practice. No prior dance or movement experience is required. All bodies welcome.

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Forum

“The love we make in community stays with us wherever we go. With this knowledge as our guide, we make any place we go, a place where we return to love.”
— bell hooks
 
 

Community Forum

A bi-monthly virtual space to share, witness, + support in solidarity. We engage in self + communal deep listening practices in order to show up better for ourselves + our spheres of influence. All are welcome. 

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Yaku

“A strong Indigenous foundation reflects traditional knowledge + respect for Indigenous peoples and their cultures all over the Americas.”
— Carmen Edith Pachacamac Freeze
 
 

Yaku: Loving Mama Michigan

In partnership with Pachacamak Folk Foundation, Yaku is a weekly ecological conservation effort to protect the waters of Mishigami (indigenous word for Michigan) + the great lakes.

We work to restore the circular economy of wildlife by picking up plastic + other non-organic matter along the beach. We work on Montrose Beach Harbor + plan to extend to other beaches in our city.

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The Veil Between

“There’s magic in being seen by people who understand—it gives you permission to keep going.”
— Alok V Menon
 
 

Who will you become when the curtains are drawn?

Big Fine (Aplomb Lifestyle) + Frann Fatale (SheWolf Sacred) invite you to join us at The Newport Theater for a weekend of mystery, seduction, + enchantment.

The Veil Between is a unique event that explores the embrace of paradox, subversion of binary, + transcendence of duality.

In this two night immersive experience, audience + performers are encouraged to connect as the lines are blurred between creator + muse, control + surrender, dreamer + dream, separation + oneness. With you (precious audience member) as our witness, the artists explore the primal essence of existence — raw, untamed, + unfiltered — through the performance arts of burlesque, pole, kink, poetry, song + flow.

What might you discover if your instincts roamed free?

Who would you be, + who would you become, unshackled from the constraints of expectation?

Visualize the black light draped in ethereal silk, wrapping around the shadows like an embrace, capturing luminescence in a honey jar—a sacred alchemy of sensation + spirit. Here, we dance at the intersection of the Divine Masculine + Divine Feminine, entwining their energies within a singular being, a tapestry woven from the very fabric of duality. 

What joy + risk lie in this enchanting entanglement, in the audacious play of embodying both sides?

We dare to immerse ourselves in the exquisite tension of surrender and mastery, to question if we truly can inhabit both spectrums, not as dichotomies but as a harmonious whole. 

Let us ponder together: What does this dual existence feel like? What are its sounds, its scents, its colors? What meaning emerges when the veil lifts, or when the curtains are drawn wide open?

Content Warning: This performance contains sensitive content, including references to BDSM/Kink practices + explicit sexuality.

Accessibility:The Newport Theater is up a flight of stairs with no elevator, but access to a Genesis portable mobile stairlift (rated up to 400 pounds) is available. If someone in your cast or someone attending your event needs to utilize this, please email newporttheater@gmail.com in advance to coordinate entry/operators/liability waivers.

Masking/Ventilation: Masks and hand sanitizer are on-site + there is a double-HEPA filter in the main theater + an air purifier in each office/studio.

 
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SHOWS

Friday, November 28th, 2025 │ 9:30 PM

Saturday, December 20th, 2025 │ 7 PM

The Newport Theater│956 W Newport Ave, Chicago, IL

$15 Virtual │ $30 GA │$55 VIP

FEATURED PERFORMERS (NOVEMBER)

Emerald Ivy x The Tantric Mystic

Aros

Ladyship Steel

Champagne Holiday

The Lab

Jean Wildest

Eris Astra

 

FEATURED PERFORMERS (DECEMBER)

Elmo Painter-Edington

Melonee Moonbeam x Sir Leo

Cryptid Kid

Juniper Faewild x Monsieur Bombastic

Shillo Amari

Latte Dah

Valencia Vexx x Teddie Vicious

 
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MEET YOUR HOSTS / PRODUCERS

Big Fine (she/her)
I have always been eclectic, eccentric, uncommon, unconventional, bizarre, an oddity... An Enigma amongst the normality. My Essences has alway been the same EXTRAORDINARY, CELESTIAL AND NOSTALGIC. My AESTHETIC is always and will always be ME. I create & envision beauty with my thoughts and actions from people to the places I visit all around this world. where there is no beauty... Create beauty! And I will come join you as we paint the world with Mystery and Compassion.

Frann Fatale (she/they) is the feral housewife that will burn your dinner then your bed. Her solo burlyQ debut was in 2021, after participating in Gaea Lady’s Pvssy Magic transformation through burlesque program. Before that, she shook a wing for a good thing with The Fly Honey Show — femme powered, queer punk, communal cabaret — since 2013. She also brings 25+ years of dance/movement experience to the stage + believes in the power of being seen. Exploring the tantalizing intersections of burlesque, flow arts, + kink, her work finds the soulful embodiment of intimate alchemy. She traverses the paradoxes between sacred + profane, shadow + light, desire + fulfillment. Currently based in Chicago, she has performed at Untitled Supper Club, The Newport Theater, Elastic Arts, Epiphany Center for the Arts, Eco Collective, Transamoeba Studios, The Art of Balance, The Ace Hotel, + Between the Trees Festival. She is also the co-producer of PussyWolf with Gaea Lady – since 2021 + The Veil Between with Big Fine; both diverse community performance projects with therapeutic + transformational natures.
@frannfatale linktr.ee/heytherefrann

Photos by Kachi Mozie + Chris Nightengale

 
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