Out Chicago | August 16, 2026

On this week's show:

– Madison Alderperson Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford, 2026 candidate for Wisconsin Assembly

– Ada Cheng, speaker, producer, educator, storyteller; her solo show, “The Trouble with My Hair: Coloring, Cutting, and Coming into Who I Am,” is coming to five different locations across Chicago for a series of intimate, site-specific performances, August 21-30; Ada is joined by Anna Rose Ii-Epstein, producing director of Nothing With a Company

– Richard Knight Jr., narrative features programmer for Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, September 17-27

Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).

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