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• Review: Sharper

  16-02-2023 21:04 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Whether a hijinks film successfully works out its kinks or not, it will always contain a fun mystery game with unscrupulous characters—and that is where Sharper occasionally finds its magic.  Four stories unfold in a monotone, cloudy New York, beginning with Tom (Justice Smith), a cozy sweater-wearing, nervous bookshop owner. He meets Sandra (Briana Middleton), […]
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• Review: Pacifiction

  16-02-2023 21:04 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra has spent his career untangling and reframing historical and literary figures as avenues to think about history, power, and the human condition. He created a minimalist, slow-cinema take on Don Quixote with 2006’s Honour of the Knights, invoked Casanova and Dracula in 2013’s Story of My Death, and looked to 18th […]
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• Review: Knock at the Cabin

  16-02-2023 21:04 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan seems to envision the world as something of a high-concept riddle that can only be solved through a process of trial and error that often leaves many dead (or, at the very least, terrorized) in its wake. This film may be the purest incarnation of his sensibility, with three protagonists—a married […]
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• Chicago Theatre Week kicks off

  16-02-2023 20:53 via chicagoreader.com
  
  “If you see our show, that’s at least two spots on your bingo card!”  That’s what Jimalita Tillman, global director for the Harold Washington Cultural Center, said at the Chicago Theatre Week kick-off party Monday night at Wicker Park’s Den Theatre. She wasn’t being metaphorical either. Theater audiences who check out participating shows starting today […]
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• Why We Need Diverse Books in Schools

  16-02-2023 18:04
  Books banned nationwide are most likely to have LGBTQ+ content, characters of color, and themes of race, racism, rights, or activism.
  by Maya Pottiger
  Ever since he was young, Marchánt Davis has always loved children’s media and the power it possesses. Though his favorites were “Sesame Street” and “Reading Rainbow” — especially seeing himself represented on screen through LeVar Burton — he says he was “strangely” inspired by “Sno
  
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• Atlanta and Georgia Mourn the Passing of Favorite Son Tommy W. Dortch

  16-02-2023 17:45
  
  Atlantans from all walks of life are staggered from the loss of beloved entrepreneur and advocate Tommy w. Dortch. Dortch, 72, pass on Wednesday, Feb. 15 after a protracted and valiant battle with cancer.
  During his life and career was an integral part in building a world class city and a establishing a legacy worthy of international recognition. Dortch, who was a standard bearer for development with dignity was also a leading architect of Atlanta and the South’s rise on the national stage
  
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• Roasted, with love

  16-02-2023 16:55 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Brooklynite and professional ballbuster Ashley Gavin has a nickname among her fans: “Mommy.” Or, as rudely shouted by one lady in the audience last week, “asshole.” She’s technically neither, but as a nationally touring stand-up and host of the comedy podcast We’re Having Gay Sex, that hasn’t stopped her from cultivating a significant following of […]
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• Life And Legacy Of Thomas W. Dortch Jr. Honored By Community Leaders

  16-02-2023 03:10
  Leading businessman and community advocate Thomas Dortch Jr. has passed at the age of 72. His passing comes months after the city of Atlanta declared Nov. 7 as Thomas W. Dortch Jr. Day. 
  The chairman of 100 Black Men of America initially got his start in politics by working as an administrative aide for U.S. Senator Sam Nunn in 1974. He would join the 100 Black Men of America in 1986 and eventually became the chairman of the organization’s national board of directors.
  For nearly 40 ye
  
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