Capitol Hill’s Favorite Circus Needs Help

An Electrical Fire Shut Down The Unicorn In July. It’s Performers Have Been Walking a Tightrope Ever Sinceby Chloe PlattPhotos by Madison Kirkman
A fax machine almost took out Unicorn.
An electrical fire at Post Options on July 30 forced Capitol Hill’s most neon funhouse to close its doors indefinitely. That meant no carnival food, no pinball, no drag brunches and—most importantly—no steady income for the many drag artists, performers, bartenders, security, kitchen staff,