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• Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

  10-02-2023 23:55 via chicagoreader.com
  
  There’s a quiet poeticness to cover subject Diana Solís’ work. The Mexico-born photographer prefers for her stills to do the talking, and doesn’t fuss about whatever recognition her pieces might garner. Being fixated on her work leaves little room for, as she puts it, adding too much crema to her tacos. Learning more about the […]
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• Creature 2.0 [Excerpt]

  10-02-2023 21:36 via chicagoreader.com
  
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• A league of her own

  10-02-2023 17:39 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Like theater, baseball has no set time clock by which the action must unfold. It takes as long as it takes to finish the nine innings. That can lead to longueurs, or it can raise the stakes. It all depends on the quality of the play and the players. Fortunately, Lydia Diamond’s 2019 play Toni […]
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• The Frequency Festival tunes into music that grows between methods and genres

  10-02-2023 15:54 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Beginning on Tuesday, February 21, the Frequency Festival returns for its seventh iteration in eight years. Its seven concerts consist of a diverse array of performances united by a common thread—the thirst for growth and adventure that drives musicians and composers to transcend the boundaries of any genre. The festival is an outgrowth of the […]
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• When Black Cops kill Black People.”Is it the police culture? Or The danger of living in America. – Podcast Episode

  10-02-2023 14:00
  
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• New York duo Joanna Mattrey & Steven Long find beauty in small changes

  10-02-2023 13:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Brian Eno developed his concept of ambient music after an episode of convalescence led him to contemplate the ways that nearly subliminal sounds can influence one’s experience of a space in ways analogous to the presence of smells and lights. Building upon the foundational influence of enforced bed rest, most of his ambient pieces are […]
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• This Week In Black History February 8 – 14, 2023

  10-02-2023 05:00
  
  In this August 1922 file photo, Marcus Garvey is shown in a military uniform as the “Provisional President of Africa” during a parade on the opening day of the annual Convention of the Negro Peoples of the World along Lenox Avenue in Harlem borough of New York. 
  February 8
  1894—Congress repeals the Enforcement Act and thus made it easier for states, especially in the South, to take away Black voting rights. Originally passed in 1870, the Act had established criminal penalt
  
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• Super Bowl Or Rihanna Bowl: Billionaire Singer Shares Insight On Big Game Halftime Performance

  10-02-2023 04:14
  
  Moments before Rihanna spoke with members of the media to address her Super Bowl Halftime show, the legendary singer Babyface was asked which team he was going for in the big game. Instead of picking the Philadelphia Eagles or Kansas City Chiefs, Babyface, who will perform “America the Beautiful” on Sunday, confidently responded to the question by saying, “Rihanna.”
  Indeed, in what will be the most important sporting event of the year, Rihanna continues to shine brig
  
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