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• Dancing on the edge of disaster

  13-04-2023 17:02 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The last great production of The Cherry Orchard I saw was at Steppenwolf, nearly 20 years ago. Tina Landau turned the company’s upstairs theater into a near-immersive experience, with Riccardo Hernández’s set design incorporating swathes of lacy white cloth all around us—perfect for Chekhov’s characters, who spend so much time hiding from visible truths and […]
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• Chicago Teens can Apply for After School Matters® Summer Programs

  13-04-2023 16:00
  
  After School Matters’ summer session application is open, offering thousands of Chicago teens the opportunity to apply to hundreds of programs in the arts, communications and leadership, sports, and STEM. Programs begin June 26, run for six weeks, and will take place in-person at locations across the city like libraries, parks, After School Matters facilities, and community-based organizations as well as some select remote options. Teens interested in applying can visit afterschoolmat
  
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• Black Unemployment Rate Hits Record Low

  13-04-2023 15:00
  
  The Black unemployment rate declined to a historic low in March.According to the Bureau of Labor statics job report, the Black unemployment rate hit a record low of 5 percent last month, which is also down from February’s 5.7 percent, per The Hill.The national unemployment landed at a near 50-year low of 3.5 percent.
  “Thanks to the policies we have put in place, the recovery is creating good jobs that you can raise a family on, which is pulling more Americans into the labor force,&rd
  
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• This Week In Black History April 12-18, 2023

  13-04-2023 05:42
  
  Richard AllenApril 121787—Famous Black clergymen Richard Allen and Absalom Jordan organized the Free Africa Society which is believed to be the first Black self-help organization or mutual aid society in America. The two, especially Allen, attempted to better life for Blacks through the organization of separate Black controlled institutions. Allen is also the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
  1861—The Confederates attack Fort Sumter in the Charleston, S.C., harbor s
  
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• No Federal Charges Will Be Filed In Death Of Shanquella Robinson

  13-04-2023 03:30
  
  Federal prosecutors have declined to pursue charges in the death of Shanquella Robinson, a 25-year-old North Carolina woman who was found dead last year at a resort in Mexico, ABC News reports.
  Robinson died on October 29, 2022 while on a group vacation to a resort in Cabo, Mexico. The group initially claimed that Robinson died of alcohol poisoning, but an autopsy report determined the 25-year-old suffered trauma to her neck and spine.
  Following her death, viral video showed Robinson being beate
  
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• Southside Alderwoman Criticizes Walmart Store Closures

  13-04-2023 01:22
  
  At least one Chicago alderman isn’t happy with the way Walmart announced its store closures Tuesday, especially the one located in her ward.
  “With little to no warning, the Walmart on 47th & Cottage Grove will close its doors this Sunday,” wrote 4th Ward Ald. Sophia King on Twitter on Wednesday. “This is truly a disappointing decision, especially given the short notice.”
  “Certainly, Walmart has the resources and respect to give more notice,” she adde
  
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