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by Samuel Plauché Adelaide in the Raging Opossum garden in Avondale PC: Sam Tucker @sammtucker_ on Instagram Adelaide (they/them) is a singer/songwriter who moved to Chicago from Ferndale, Michigan to study film and production design at Columbia College Chicago in 2019. When asked what had gotten them making music when their purs uits were based more in visual creative disciplines, they explain; “My friends had encouraged me to record some stuff in a dorm room, and it turned

Kaltra Seferi in Cole's Bar in Logan Square, Chicago. Photo taken by Erin Lyle @erinm.lyle on Instagram Published in issue 6 of Raging Opossum Press, Kaltra Seferi is a momentous artist from Chicago whose artistic pursuits have built sanctuaries for many. With many of her pieces, the viewer can see her background in architecture as it appears in her collaging together old cities to make new utopian ones. In her own analyzation of her work, Seferi points out to us the issues i

Photo by Erin Lyle (@erinm.lyle) shot at Cole's Bar in Chicago Noah Thomas moved to Chicago from Platteville, Wisconsin in 2018, starting a new chapter that he hoped would include more diversity and inspiration in a major U.S. city. Since then, Thomas’s paintings have been found in galleries all over the city as well as markets or on the walls of the lucky ones who have had the chance to purchase some of his work.  Thomas got into art at a young age. His older sister was a su

Photo by Colin Gahungu Riot Fest returned for its 20 th  anniversary in Chicago this year with Blink-182, Weezer, and Green Day headlining this year’s bill with support from Rico Nasty, Citizen, Idles, Jawbreaker, The Beach Boys featuring John Stamos, and more. Chicago's very own La Rosa Noir opened the fest with a noon set on Friday, with other local favorites Dehd, Footballhead, Harm’s Way, and Knuckle Puck taking the stage over the rest of the weekend. With music being the