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• Unhappy mediums

  27-04-2023 20:48 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Eclectic Full Contact Theatre’s first full-length production in Chicago since 2019, a world premiere penned by Maggie Lou Rader, is haunting, literally. Based on the first reported instance of spiritual possession in the midwest, in Watseka, Illinois in the late 19th century, the story merges ghostly occurrences with the all-too-real trauma of a family consumed […]
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• Coretta Scott King Monument Unveiled At King Center In Atlanta

  27-04-2023 20:44
  
  In honor and in celebration of the birth of Coretta Scott King, a new monument was unveiled at the King Center in Atlanta. The monument was presented by Hulu’s “Made by Her Monuments,” a series of monuments to bridge the gender gap in public art by honoring women of historical significance. 
  The event featured keynote speeches from Dr. Bernice King (CEO, The King Center); Saya Woolfalk(Visual Artist); and Vivi Nguyen (Director of Creative Operations & Culture, Hulu).&n
  
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• Malevolent enchantment

  27-04-2023 20:32 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Through a wash of watercolor sea, as if glimpsed through a periscope, a lighted box appears, within which a poet writes lines in cursive script: “Far far out to sea, where the water is blue as a cornflower and clear as a crystal . . .” It isn’t once upon a time in Hans Christian […]
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• Damn Yankees hits it out of the park

  27-04-2023 20:01 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The devil goes down to Washington (D.C.)  in the 1955 musical Damn Yankees, and he’s rarely been more irresistible than in his current incarnation at the Marriott Lincolnshire.  Damn Yankees Through 6/4: Wed 1 and 7:30 PM, Thu 7:30 PM, Fri 8 PM, Sat 4 and 8 PM, Sun 1 and 5 PM; also Thu […]
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• Nip-and-tuck Oscar

  27-04-2023 19:36 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Cutting Oscar Wilde’s 1895 classic comedy of manners down to a sleek 90-minute running time is a bold step, but Theatre Above the Law’s current staging, directed by Tony Lawry, manages that task pretty handily. All the greatest Wilde lines (“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in […]
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• History in the house

  27-04-2023 19:23 via chicagoreader.com
  
  House Musical: Coming of Age in the Age of House, the new community production running at Center on Halsted’s Hoover-Leppen Theatre, is a great history lesson on the genre and Black Chicago culture in the mid-80s. This is a time when the CTA’s Supertransfer allowed you to ride buses and trains all day with one […]
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• Why I’m Still Riding With Biden

  27-04-2023 16:00
  
  On Tuesday, President Joe Biden made it official — he is running for re-election in 2024.
  In his announcement video, which promptly went viral, the president discussed what was at stake in this upcoming election, including whether Americans will have “more rights or fewer” — and nothing less than the future of our democracy itself.
  “This is our moment,” our 46th president states at the video’s conclusion. 
  I couldn’t agree more.
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• Oldest living U.S. Olympic medalist, Herb Douglas, has died at 101

  27-04-2023 15:57
  
  The track and field legend was a storied businessman and philanthropist
   
  by Erv Dyer
  Senior Editor, Pitt Magazine
  Herbert P. Douglas Jr., the oldest living U.S. Olympic medalist—and a University of Pittsburgh alumnus who served on its Board of Trustees and was later named an emeritus trustee—died Saturday, April 22, 2023. He was 101.
  “In every role that he filled, as an aspiring athlete from Hazelwood, as a student-athlete and University trustee and as an esteemed busines
  
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• Congressman Danny K. Davis Vows to Fight to Keep Support Systems Intact While Republicans Slash Benefits in Debt Ceiling Proposal

  27-04-2023 14:15
  
  On Wednesday, Rep. Danny K. Davis voted against the Default On America Act.
  This extreme MAGA Republican legislation presents Americans with a terrible choice: either House Republicans will wreck our economy or inflict cruel cuts that hurt everyday people.
  “Brinksmanship is no way to run a government.  The Default on America Act is one of the worst bills I have had the opportunity to vote on.  It is anti-children, anti-seniors, anti-veterans, anti-middle-America, anti-small-busin
  
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• The radical potential of photography

  27-04-2023 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  “Not all realisms: Photography, Africa, and the Long 1960s,” on view at the Smart Museum of Art, examines the mobilization of photography amid the shifting cultural and political dynamics that coincided with the African independence movements of the 1960s. The show surveys the dissemination of images over an array of print media, featuring the work of photographers […]
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• Join a Volunteer Day at Beaubien Woods this Spring with the Forest Preserves of Cook County

  27-04-2023 14:00
  
  Beaubien Woods is home to a mix of prairie, woodland and wetland habitats with Flatfoot Lake as the centerpiece. Visitors can hike the trails to look for birds and wildflowers, play and picnic in open grassy areas, and fish from a barrier-free pier for channel catfish and bluegill-sunfish hybrids.
  Want to help this natural space thrive? Join a volunteer opportunity happening this spring with the Forest Preserves of Cook County.
  Beaubien Woods
  W Doty Ave S, southeast of E 130th St & S Ellis A
  
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• Black Girl Killed In Shooting Just Miles From Where Dad Was Fatally Shot

  27-04-2023 13:30
  
  A 12-year-old girl in Connecticut was killed in a drive-by shooting just miles away from where her father was fatally shot over 10 years ago.
   
  According to People, Se’Cret Pierce,12, was the unintended target in a drive-by shooting on Thursday (April 20) in Hartford. Pierce was sitting in a car when she was shot in the head and abdomen. She was transported to a hospital where she died on Friday (April 21).
  The incident unfolded just miles from where her father, Shane Oliver, was shot
  
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• Biden’s Re-election Announcement to Test Resolve of Black Voters

  27-04-2023 01:06
  
  Even among Black voters, there’s a wide range of viewpoints about the question of whether Biden should be the nominee.
  By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia
  The news that President Joe Biden will seek re-election has many curious about how well he will perform among African American voters.According to the results of a recent poll conducted by TheGrio and KFF, black people had a positive opinion of both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.There re
  
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• White Pastor Defends Wearing Blackface For Ray Charles Tribute

  27-04-2023 00:56
  
  Photo: Getty Images
  An Oklahoma pastor says he won’t apologize for once wearing blackface because he was paying tribute to Ray Charles.
  According to Atlanta Black Star, blackface photos of Sherman Jaquess, a pastor at Matoaka Baptist Church in Tulsa, resurfaced on social media. Jaquess said he painted his body in black smudge and wore a Jheri curl wig during a 2017 performance in honor of Charles.
  “We have people [who] are offended by a lot of things, but it’s hard to play Ray
  
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