Please join us for The Mill (@millstone.mag), a variety show and open mic that raises money for local Chicago charities. The night will begin with featured performers, including a stilts walker and folk musician. After the featured performances, is an all-genres open mic – all art mediums and styles are welcome – comedians, clowns, writers, puppeteers, musicians, and whatever in-between.
For this show, The Mill is fundraising for Chicago Books for Women in Prison.
The Mill, a Variety Show and Open Mic
Millstone
Friday | June 26 – 28, 2026
7 – 9 p
interior of Comfort Station
Millstone curates a monthly variety show and open mic called The Mill on the third Thursday of every month to help raise money for local charities. The show features local artists from a range of mediums and genres (poets, puppeteers, dancers, comedians, musicians, comic book artists, clowns, and more). The micropress also publishes the literature and arts journal Millstone, along with other zines and books throughout the year.
Millstone was founded from a desire to return to an emphasis on local community building and DIY art scenes, as well as a desire to offer an alternative to contemporary paradigms of meaning, such as the commodified performance of the self. Millstone attempts to foreground authenticity and exploration, with the belief that genuine speech will result in the creation of genuine community.