Something (rather than nothing)
Arts:Visual Arts
NIKKI LYNETTE is a performer, writer, and visual artist whose individual style is equal parts hip hop, alternative, and pop. A Chicago native, she fuses mental health activism into her performances and has created a lane for her music that is uniquely her own.
A proud independent artist, her self-produced tunes are currently featured in popular shows on Netflix, Hulu, Showtime and more. Lynette’s success in music licensing has earned its own accolades, including a prominent feature in Billboard Magazine and being invited to speak on a panel at South By Southwest.
After a hiatus from releasing new music, Nikki Lynette returned to the public eye with a confession: she’d secretly been battling mental health issues. She began writing articles about depression and suicide for prominent sites like BlackDoctor, Afropunk and AllHipHop. A newly appointed ambassador for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Nikki’s mental health documentary Happy Songs About Unhappy Things is also currently in production. Nikki has opened for Lion Babe and Leikeli47, and recently in Chicago, headlined her own sold-out show in the Foundation Room at the House of Blues.
After a sold-out run in Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s LookOut Series, Nikki’s autobiographical musical Get Out Alive was in conversation with multiple theaters to produce an extended run of the play. However, COVID-19 put those plans on hold… As a result, Get Out Alive has been reimagined for the internet for January 2021!
Episode 142 - Madison Marie McIntosh
Episode 141 - Gerald van Scyoc (Part One)
Episode 140 - Haley Robinson
Episode 139 - Greg Petre and Graham Smith
Episode 138 - Susie deVille
Episode 137 - Kimberly Laberge and Cory Fitzsimmons
Episode 136 - Jeff Ostler
Episode 135 - Jonathan Blalock (with guest host Kinneret Ely)
Episode 134 - Calina Lawrence (with guest host Paige Pettibon)
Episode 133 - Sally Mars (with guest host Melissa Oliveri)
Episode 132 - Daryl Parson (with guest host Rachel Lally)
Episode 131 - Spoken Word with Geoff Finan and Greg Clifford
Episode 130 - Jakub Ferencik
Episode 129 - Steph Littlebird
Episode 128 - Ellen Adair
Episode 127 - Nancy Houser-Bluhm
Episode 126 - Matt Hall
Episode 125 - Eleanor Wells
Episode 124 - Matt Brewster
Episode 123 - Caitlynn Abdow Velasquez
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