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• What People Are Saying About The Bears’ First-Round Pick

  28-04-2023 23:18
  
  Justin Fields was one of the most sacked quarterbacks last year. So, it’s only natural that his team, the Chicago Bears, does the right thing and gets this man a bodyguard.
  That’s precisely what they did when they drafted Darnell Wright, an offensive tackle out of the University of Tennessee, with the 10th pick of the first round. 
  A scouting report from NFL.com describes Wright as a “big-bodied tackle who carries his weight well.”
  Chicago’s selection of the ma
  
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• Protected: Marketing Request Form (Internal)

  28-04-2023 20:17 via chicagoreader.com
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• Remembering Paola Coletto, Beth Murphy, and Vincent Williams

  28-04-2023 17:29 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago’s theater community suffered a trio of losses this past month. Paola Coletto, Beth Murphy, and Vincent Williams all made major contributions to supporting local theater artists in very different ways. And while none of them had a high profile onstage (indeed, two of them weren’t known as performers at all), they all created vital […]
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• Review: R.M.N.

  28-04-2023 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The film’s rejection of bigotry is undermined by its own uncomfortable assumptions about whose story is worth telling and who gets to represent the community.The post Review: R.M.N. appeared first on Chicago Reader.
  
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• Review: Polite Society

  28-04-2023 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Nida Manzoor is out to smash far more than a wedding in the action-packed, deeply feminist satire Polite Society.
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• Review: Judy Blume Forever

  28-04-2023 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  This documentary is a timely look at Blume's literary contributions, which primarily center on approaching young adult readers with a caring yet candid view of the world around them.The post Review: Judy Blume Forever appeared first on Chicago Reader.
  
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• Review: Everything Went Fine

  28-04-2023 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  If ever there was a case to be made for not being a parent’s favorite child, Everything Went Fine makes it.
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• Meet the Multifaceted Harold Green III, A Chicago Anomaly

  28-04-2023 16:00
  
  The day may be cold but the vibes were warm as I met Harold Green III at the South Loop, black-owned coffee shop, Overflow Coffee. 
  Already present once I arrived, Green greeted me with a smile and comfortable vibe, ready for whatever questions I was sure to throw his way. 
  Green is the embodiment of a classic man who lives to preserve black culture, black family and black artistry. Talking with the former educator turned full-time “curator of cool” as I called him, was lik
  
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• Chicago Chefs Gather to Celebrate ‘The Breakfast Queen’

  28-04-2023 15:30
  
  It was a celebration for a queen — the Breakfast Queen.
  Earlier this week, a group of Chicago chefs celebrated the 80th Birthday of culinary legend Ina Pinkney, best known as the Breakfast Queen.
  Pinkney owned and operated a brunch restaurant that bore her name for over 30 years before it closed in 2013. Yet, she helped, encouraged and mentored many along the way.
  So this luminary received her “flowers” when the philanthropic group Chicago Chefs Cook hosted her birthday celebra
  
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• Don Lemon Shares Future Plans Since Ousting from CNN

  28-04-2023 14:52
  Don Lemon may be out at CNN, but he is hardly down. The controversial news anchor who was suddenly and unceremoniously fired from his 17-year sting with the mega news outlet, spoke with reporters at the TIME 100 Gala on Wednesday, April 26.
  “I live my life with no regrets and whatever I did, I did, and I owned,” Lemon said. “I don’t look back and don’t want to change things in the past … Onward.”
  Lemon is making the best of the unexpected departure and
  
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• American Red Cross to Honor Chicago Man as 2023 Hero

  28-04-2023 14:00
  
  The American Red Cross of Greater Chicago is honoring Melvin Bridgmon of Chicago as this year’s Military Hero at the organization’s 21st Annual Heroes Breakfast. The event will be held Thursday, May 11 from 7:30-10:00 A.M. at the Hilton Chicago.
  Melvin Bridgmon, a U.S. Navy Veteran, and his late sister Margaret, founded Outreach Chicago, a veteran-led, faith-based organization to address the needs of people experiencing homelessness including families and veterans in Chicago.
  A veter
  
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• Emmett Till’s Accuser Carolyn Bryant Donham Dead At 88

  28-04-2023 00:14
  
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  Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman whose false accusation led to the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till, has died at 88.
  According to CNN, Donham passed away in Westlake, Louisiana, on Tuesday (April 25). The 88-year-old was reportedly suffering from cancer and was receiving end-of-life hospice care.
  In 1955, then-21-year-old Donham accused Till of grabbing her at a Mississippi store. Till’s relative witnessed their interaction and said the 14-year-old only wh
  
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