Matt Simonette

Publisher at Windy City Times

evanston, illinois, united states

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Award-winning journalist/editor with experience in reporting on politics, public health, economic development and other community issues, as well as film and popular culture.

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THEATER Ice queens: Handbag's 'Housewives' weather North Polar disorders

Poor Ruth Claus. As Hell in a Handbag’s Christmas 2025 offering The Real Housewives of the North Pole opens, her year-long sobriety gets put to the test. Santa and other North Pole VIPs—Frosty the Snowman and Jack Frost among them—are in jail for racketee... See more

windycitytimes.com•Matt Simonette•Dec 18, 2025

Chicago remembers Robert Joffrey and other artists lost to AIDS at Wrightwood 659

Chicagoans gathered at the Wrightwood 659 art gallery, 659 W. Wrightwood Ave., on Dec. 4 for a World AIDS Day remembrance of, among others, choreographer Robert Joffrey; his protégé, choreographer Edward Stierle; and other creative professionals who have ... See more

windycitytimes.com•Matt Simonette•Dec 5, 2025

THEATER Chicago's PrideArts lets its hair down with 'Rapornzel' panto - Windy City Times

Rapornzel, PrideArts’s 2025 holiday ‘panto’ performance, characteristically delves deep into fairy-tale lore and comes back up with a script combining the centuries-old tale of the princess with the famous coif with cheeky references to—in no particular o... See more

windycitytimes.com•Matt Simonette•Nov 26, 2025

Chicago Filmmakers's Tatum Yancey dishes on the 2025 Reeling Festival

It’s a good thing Tatum Yancey, director of education and filmmaker development at the nonprofit Chicago Filmmakers, is somebody who likes watching movies. Chicago Filmmakers organizes the annual Reeling: The Chicago International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, wh... See more

windycitytimes.com•Matt Simonette•Sep 18, 2025

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Master Of Arts, Communication at Marquette UniversityGraduated: 1995

Bachelors, Film at Oakland Community CollegeGraduated: 1993

Bachelor Of Arts, Film at University Of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeGraduated: 1993

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THEATER Ice queens: Handbag's 'Housewives' weather North Polar disorders

Chicago remembers Robert Joffrey and other artists lost to AIDS at Wrightwood 659

THEATER Chicago's PrideArts lets its hair down with 'Rapornzel' panto - Windy City Times

Chicago Filmmakers's Tatum Yancey dishes on the 2025 Reeling Festival

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THEATER Ice queens: Handbag's 'Housewives' weather North Polar disorders

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Chicago Filmmakers's Tatum Yancey dishes on the 2025 Reeling Festival

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