Halloween Dilly Dally: a Queer Crafty Costume mask4mask mixer

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Artistic Alphabet Mafia and Parallel Play are excited to present…

If you loved Dragalicious and want to come back for a second helping, you're in luck! The Artistic Alphabet Mafia and Parallel Play have teamed up once again, combining TAAM's third annual Queer Crafty Halloween and Parallel Play's fifth Dilly Dally mask4mask mixer. Join us for an indoor-outdoor costume party at Uptown's iconic Haymarket House featuring dancing & karaoke, quieter collaborative crafting activities, art & food vendors, a variety show, and more! A detailed schedule of events and partner organizations will be announced in mid-October.

Tickets are pay-what-you-can at $5, $10, $20, or $30 levels. The promo code for free tickets is DILLYDALLY and can be used by anyone who needs it, as we never want ticket cost to be a barrier to attending Dilly Dally. Because ticket revenue typically only covers about 1/3 of the cost of Dilly Dally, we ask those who are able to cover the full price cost of their ticket to contribute their fair share ($20) or, better yet, help subsidize tickets for others ($30: your ticket + half of someone else's).

DD Solidarity Fund: We will be collecting cash and Venmo free-will contributions at the event for the community meal, to be split evenly among Parallel Play, The Artistic Alphabet Mafia, and Palestinian Family Relief through Rebirth Garments and Vulpinic Vestements, who are directly in contact with families in Gaza. PP and TAAM portions will go towards recovering the cost of the event, Dilly Dally operating costs, and paying our artists and collaborators.

Historic Haymarket House in Uptown, an ADA compliant, expansive, indoor-outdoor space owned by Haymarket Books - an independent, radical, non-profit book publisher based in Chicago. "Haymarket House is fully accessible and has a wheelchair ramp entrance through our back entrance off Clarendon. All our restrooms are gender neutral and fully accessible." More access details and information on the space to be added soon!

This is a mask-required event. Guests who are able to wear a well-fitted respirator (N95, KN95, KF94 or equivalent) should do so at all times when inside Haymarket House. Free high-quality masks will be available at check-in. Guests will be permitted to temporarily remove their respirators in the outside space to eat, drink, or take a quick mask break. In alignment with Parallel Play's more flexible mask policies for outdoor spaces, we ask our community to distance themselves as much as possible and to participate in reciprocal masking when in close proximity to others who are themselves wearing a respirator.

Air purification and performance areas: Multiple HEPA air purifiers for large spaces will be provided by Clean Air Club and Parallel Play. To protect our community and performers, the stage and front section of the audience will have multiple far UVC light air sanitization devices provided by Rebirth Garments. These will be directed at performers who themselves will be permitted to unmask during performances after a negative COVID test.

Testing & masking prior to DD: The organizers highly recommend that attendees mask extra carefully in the week leading up to Dilly Dally and that they rapid test for COVID before the event if it is possible/accessible to do so. We kindly ask guests to notify us if they test positive for COVID-19 in the week following using the AFTERPARTY-19 reporting page so we may anonymously share that info with our community.

If you are feeling unwell in any way, please stay home! There will be other Dillys to Dally.

Extra respirators (K/N95 or equivalent) for our mask drive for distribution at Parallel Play events, with any extras going to Collective Air & Chicago Mask Bloc.

A note: those registering for and attending this event may have their photo/video taken for our socials and future content. If you wish to opt out of this, please notify a volunteer at check-in.

Artistic Alphabet Mafia: The official silliest queer arts focused event group (sober focused/COVID-safer) located in Chicago. Alphabet Mafia strives to create more inclusive queer spaces through collective art making, centering accessibility, and bringing out attendees inner(gay) child.

Parallel Play: Fostering community among COVID-cautious people in Chicago by creating safe, accessible, and creative spaces that center the liberation of LGBTQIA+, immunocompromised and disabled individuals, and people of color through mutual aid, supply drives, and collaborative arts partnerships. Parallel Play hosts Dilly Dally: a mask-required mixer series for COVID-cautious queers (and allies). Each event is a little different, with activities ranging from karaoke, dance parties, variety shows, bingo, plant swaps, community dinners, speed-friending, and more!

Event Host

Quarantini Vintage