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• Enjoyed Get Out? Try The Belko Experiment and Raw.

  22-03-2017 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The whopping success of Jordan Peele's Get Out has demonstrated that general audiences can appreciate horror movies for their subtext. A thinly veiled commentary on American race relations, Get Out uses the horror genre to dramatize fears about the persecution of African-Americans and the suppression of black identity.…
  
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• Review: John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger

  19-04-2024 21:09 via chicagoreader.com
  
  John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) was the preeminent society portraitist of his day. A master at capturing the sheen and folds of the costumes he dressed his wealthy sitters in, the question of whether there’s any more to his pictures than dazzling surfaces isn’t easy to answer.  This exhibition onscreen was filmed primarily at the Museum […]
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• Review: The Sympathizer (Miniseries)

  19-04-2024 21:08 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Sympathizer begins with a commanding sequence of instructions issued to a prisoner by a military official: “Restart. Recollect. Reeducate. Revolution. And Rewrite.” These words are meant to coerce a confession from the protagonist, trapped in a relentless cycle of remembrance. But these five words linger as the nameless protagonist, portrayed by Hoa Xuande, returns […]
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• Review: Hanky Panky

  19-04-2024 21:08 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Hanky Panky is a delightfully unserious horror movie crammed with comedy. From the minds of Nick Roth and Lindsey Haun, the film follows a man and a talking napkin who are on a mission to save the world from an evil top hat. And as the promotional material proudly declares, four minutes of the 86-minute […]
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• Self Portrait as Blue Monday by Annie Lee

  19-04-2024 20:34 via chicagoreader.com
  
  By Charlotte Abotsi
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• Black Undercover Cop Gets $23M After He’s Beaten By Colleagues At Protest

  19-04-2024 20:29 via chicagodefender.com
  
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  A former St. Louis police officer was awarded over $23 million after he was beaten by his white colleagues while working undercover at a protest in 2017, The Guardian reports.
  Luther Hall was pinned to the ground by officers and beaten with a baton in 2017 while he was undercover at a protest following the acquittal of Jason Stockley, a white cop who fatally shot 24-year-old Black man Anthony Lamar Smith. Hall suffered permanent injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder fro
  
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• The Chicago Palestine Film Festival is here for eager audiences

  19-04-2024 20:28 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Behind a time stamp with the date “20 02 2001,” a line of blurred lights shudders. Overlaid, as if from a composite of two photos, a woman’s face appears. So does a camera. Voices are matched to these reflections against the glass. The glass door slides open, revealing the lights in the night.  “Suha, we […]
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• Amphibian friendship

  19-04-2024 17:09 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago Children’s Theatre’s (CCT) first production, back in 2006, was the Tony Award-nominated A Year With Frog and Toad, created by brothers Robert (music) and Willie Reale (book and lyrics) from the much-loved books by Arnold Lobel about the amphibious friends and staged at the Goodman’s Owen Theatre. It’s back now in CCT’s home space […]
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• Suburban circus extravaganza

  19-04-2024 17:03 via chicagoreader.com
  
  One of Chicagoland’s best-kept circus secrets is the Triton Troupers Circus, a motley cast of 80-plus circus performers who put on a traditional show every spring in Triton College‘s gymnasium to packed bleachers full of families and fans. For just $10 a ticket and $1 for concessions, you get two hours of jaw-dropping circus fun […]
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• Contaminated prison water, Howard Brown union contract, police misconduct

  19-04-2024 17:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Groups demand EPA intervention over contaminated water in prisons Formerly incarcerated people, folks with loved ones in prison, advocates, and attorneys gathered in the Loop on Monday to deliver a petition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) demanding the agency take immediate action to address contaminated drinking water in Illinois prisons.  Led by the […]
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• Overtime: The same Tiger…Just a different bite

  19-04-2024 15:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
  :10—Here’s a recap for you about Tiger “Eldrick” Woods, most likely the greatest golfer the world will ever know! Needless to say, a great number of you already know.  This is for the many of us who don’t have a clue about the golf world.
  :09—#1. Can we please put to rest this notion that Tiger Woods is not Black? And I don’t care who started it, including Tiger.  If your mother or father is Black, you’re Black!  Period, end of story
  
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• Harry Lennix Brings August Wilson’s Legacy to Life in ‘How I Learned What I Learned’

  19-04-2024 15:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
  To understand the gravity, privilege and importance of a play by August Wilson about August Wilson, imagine if Shakespeare had also written about Shakespeare. 
  That’s precisely what Chicago audiences will get when Wilson’s autobiographical, one-man show “How I Learned What I Learned” plays at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut St) from this Sunday, April 20 to May 5.
  That Shakespeare analogy is courtesy of the esteemed Chicag-bred actor Harr
  
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• ‘Unstuck’ is a genre-shattering evening of live work

  19-04-2024 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  “Unstuck” is an evening of performance art and installation, a result of the dynamic collaboration between dancer-choreographer Michelle Kranicke (Zephyr Dances) and internationally touring performance artist and curator Joseph Ravens (DFBRL8R Gallery). This one-night-only tour de force occurs on Saturday, April 27, at West Town’s SITE/less venue. “Unstuck”Sat 4/27 7 PM, SITE/less, 1250 W. Augusta, […]
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• Help the Illinois Dream Fund provide scholarships to local students by playing the $200,000! Bingo Tripler!

  18-04-2024 19:33 via chicagoreader.com
  
  For nearly two decades, the Illinois Lottery has been a pioneer in creating specialty lottery tickets dedicated to raising awareness and funding for specific causes that impact our local communities. In January 2024, the organization introduced their joint specialty ticket, the $200,000! Bingo Tripler Instant Ticket which will provide a portion of its funds to […]
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• Jon-Carlo Manzo, indie tastemaker

  18-04-2024 18:56 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Jon-Carlo Manzo grew up in Shorewood, an exurb just west of Joliet, but his tastes are thoroughly informed by Chicago. Since graduating from New York University in 2021, he’s entrenched himself in the Windy City’s indie-rock scene. In fall 2020, he began interning for indie label Fire Talk Records, which works with many Chicago acts—some […]
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• Pizza Dom throws dough on the patio at the next Monday Night Foodball

  18-04-2024 17:29 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Dom Vallone got his first job making pizza at a Little Caesars in Wood Dale, Illinois. He didn’t last long. “I absolutely tossed dough against management’s wishes and dropped them on the floor many times,” he says. “Dough on the floor is ‘dough’ lost, so, naturally, I was fired.” Or maybe not. His memory’s fuzzy. […]
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• Suicides Are Up Among Black Youths. Is Anyone Paying Attention?

  18-04-2024 16:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
  Researchers studying suicide haven’t included enough Black people, but one study points the finger at a familiar cause for a rising rate among Black youths: racism.
  By Jennifer Porter Gore
  This article was originally published on Word In Black.
  Data on Black teen suicide confirm that the kids are not alright, and the research shows that not enough has been done to understand or confront the problem.
  Although suicide has become a leading cause of death for young Black people in the U.S
  
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• Black Uber Driver Shot Dead by Man Who Was Tricked By Scammers: Police

  18-04-2024 15:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
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  An Uber driver in Ohio was shot and killed by an elderly man who believed she was scamming him, according to authorities.
  Uber driver Loletha Hall, 61, was allegedly shot dead by 81-year-old William Brock on March 25 after she arrived at his home in South Charleston, Ohio, per PEOPLE.
  Brock reported the shooting to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, telling authorities that “a male on the phone threatened him and his family.” When Hall arrived at his home, Brock
  
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• The Support Group to Be Honored by the Chicago Cubs on Jackie Robinson Night

  18-04-2024 14:30 via chicagodefender.com
  
  The Support Group Will Bring More Than 200 Students and Their Family Members From 10 Different Chicago Public Schools to Experience the Legacy of Jackie Robinson during the Cubs-Marlins Game on April 18.
  The Support Group, a Chicago-based nonprofit that creates opportunities for youth from Chicago’s underserved communities, announced that it will be honored by the Chicago Cubs as part of the club’s Jackie Robinson Night, Thursday, April 18.As the first African American to play in Maj
  
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• Mina Loy has finally arrived 

  18-04-2024 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Who was Mina Loy? You might know her as a poet and essayist, whose work, although difficult and seemingly without parentage, was admired by contemporaries such as Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, and Gertrude Stein. If you are a student of Dadaism you will have seen her name alongside those of her rowdy friends Marcel […]
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• Invasion of privacy

  18-04-2024 13:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Content note: This story includes mentions of sexual assault and sexual harm. Many subjects in this story use pseudonyms to protect their privacy. The first appearance of each is denoted by an asterisk. Michael Johnston had a perfect life. A nearly 9,000-square-foot mansion in Roscoe Village. A wife and two beautiful children. A handful of […]
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• This Week In Black History April 17-23, 2024

  18-04-2024 05:57 via chicagodefender.com
  
  APRIL 171872—Activist and fiery journalist William Monroe Trotter is born on this day in Boston, Mass. A close friend of W.E.B. Du Bois, Trotter was one of the most militant Black leaders of the late 1800s and early 1900s. He helped found the Niagara Movement, which led to the estab­lishment of the NAACP but then refused to join, claiming the group was too moderate and elitist. He was also a leading opponent of the accommodating policies of Booker T. Washington. Trotter’s primary
  
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• ‘Reading saved me’

  17-04-2024 23:18 via chicagoreader.com
  
  “I suppose it is easy to dismiss a young woman for forming and shaping her identity under the influence of books, of reading—and yet. That was what I had and it was everything.” Suzanne Scanlon is the poet laureate of young, artistically inclined women who feel too much and search for meaning in books. Decades […]
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• The Reader’s Guide to Record Store Day 2024

  17-04-2024 22:32 via chicagoreader.com
  
  This Record Store Day, which arrives on Saturday, April 20, Republic Records is doing its best to make sure you can buy a newly pressed record by Vermont singer-songwriter Noah Kahan. Republic (part of Universal Music Group) has pressed 15,000 copies of Kahan’s second album, 2021’s I Was / I Am, which is not the LP […]
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• March on the DNC plans Chicago’s ‘largest mobilization for Palestine’

  17-04-2024 20:27 via chicagoreader.com
  
  “From the river to see, Palestine will be free!” “The people united will never be defeated!” “Fight back!” Boisterous chants fill the basement of Teamster City on April 13, where hundreds of people from more than a dozen states have assembled to plan a massive mobilization when Chicago takes the national stage later this summer. […]
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• Ano Bank$ is a cornerstone for his people

  17-04-2024 19:58 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The barbershop has long been a cornerstone institution for Black and Brown communities. It serves folks looking for fresh cuts, of course, but it’s ultimately a place where people gather and exchange information. This information can be as trivial as sports banter or as profound as the wisdom born of experience that older barbers give […]
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• Demented bordello

  17-04-2024 19:17 via chicagoreader.com
  
  My first visit to Trap Door Theatre did not disappoint, from the hidden alley entrance to the immediate sense of time travel and disorientation upon entry. For the last show of its 30th anniversary season, the company is bringing back Nana by Olwen Wymark, first staged in 2002. Resident choreographer Miguel Long codirects with managing […]
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• Time travel, Babes With Blades style

  17-04-2024 18:59 via chicagoreader.com
  
  What is better than a time travel play? Not much. A rare species in itself, it can only be improved upon by something equally awesome—like centering women, impeccable stage combat, and a rock-solid plot that accounts for the bootstrap paradox. This is exactly what the Babes With Blades world premiere of The S Paradox pulled […]
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• Mazurkas of memory

  17-04-2024 18:42 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Hershey Felder first played Frédéric Chopin at the now-closed Royal George Theatre in 2005—one of several solo shows about great composers that Felder has created over the years (he’s also played George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, and Beethoven, among others). Now Writers Theatre has brought Felder’s Monsieur Chopin (directed by Joel Zwick) back in […]
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• Children will listen

  17-04-2024 18:25 via chicagoreader.com
  
  It’s tempting to start a review of Beyond the Garden Gate with a comment like, “The fairy tales I grew up with were never like this.” But let’s face it: The fairy tales we grew up with at least started out as something like this. Impostors Theatre Company’s expert, if occasionally disturbing, new production (written […]
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