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• Rhino Fest comes charging back

  31-05-2023 21:40 via chicagoreader.com
  
  When you’ve been around for decades, paradoxically it’s sometimes easy to be overlooked. I’m reminded of this every time I hear someone ask why Chicago doesn’t have its own fringe theater festival and politely remind them that the Rhinoceros Theater Festival (more commonly known as Rhino Fest) is right there. First presented in 1988 as […]
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• Wild Prairie Vinyl & Vintage is closing in June

  31-05-2023 21:34 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Gossip Wolf has been fond of Wild Prairie Vinyl & Vintage since it opened in KStarke’s old spot at 1109 N. Western in late 2017, so it’s no fun to report that co-owners Natasha Rac and Alex Gonzales will permanently close Wild Prairie on Sunday, June 11. Gonzales says the couple have been feeling burned […]
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• A Q&A with the directors of blues documentary Born in Chicago

  31-05-2023 21:18 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Born in Chicago film screeningPart of the Chicago Blues Festival. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with directors John Anderson and Bob Sarles plus Howlin’ Wolf’s daughters, Bettye Kaye and Barbra Marks. Fri 6/9, 1 PM, Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Randolph, RSVPs are full but do not guarantee entry, […]
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• Starship Chicago II has landed

  31-05-2023 21:08 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Here’s a question: How many elements can you strip from an iconic building before it loses its identity? Could you pull the clocks off State Street’s flagship Marshall Field Building? Slice the big Tiffany dome from the Chicago Cultural Center? Cut the X braces from the Hancock? How about tearing the Trump sign off Trump […]
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• Chicago Reader Volume 52, No. 17

  31-05-2023 20:06 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago Reader Volume 52, Number 13. April 6, 2023
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• City Council Votes to Spend $51 Million for City Asylum Seekers

  31-05-2023 19:59
  
  The City Council voted 34-13 for $51 million in emergency services and housing to be disbursed for asylum seekers in Chicago. But it was not without great consternation and tension from gallery members at the city council.
  Since the first bus arrived in August, more than 8,000 women, men and children have come to Chicago. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has overseen the shipping of these asylum seekers from Southern border towns to Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C.
  $51M from the city’s 2021 bu
  
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• Doug Adams wrote the book on the Lord of the Rings scores

  31-05-2023 19:31 via chicagoreader.com
  
  At Howard Shore’s invitation, Doug Adams—a Chicago-based author and musicologist—observed, documented, analyzed, and eventually illuminated the composer’s work in a 400-page book titled The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films.
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• Gray Schiller, ambient musician and founder of StretchMetal

  31-05-2023 19:11 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Gray Schiller didn’t expect to be running a nonprofit at 26. From middle school through college, they were relentlessly focused on becoming a folk singer. After growing up in the North Shore area, they moved to New York to attend the Pratt Institute. “I wanted just to make music, but my parents wanted me to […]
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• [PRESS RELEASE] Chicago Reader celebrates Best of Chicago at Metro June 1

  31-05-2023 17:20 via chicagoreader.com
  
  CHICAGO, IL — Best of Chicago Celebration is back! On June 1 at Metro Chicago, the Chicago Reader is thrilled to host its iconic event of celebrating the Best of Chicago–nominated and voted by the people of this great city. Buy Tickets Here Where: Metro Chicago3730 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613 When: Thursday, June […]
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• Cardi B Leaves YouTuber Tasha K Broke and Bankrupt

  31-05-2023 16:51
  Poor Tasha K, and when we say poor we mean poor. The former headline grabbing Youtuber who audaciously came after Cardi B, and was warned repeatedly that trolling the rapper would not go well for her is reportedly facing the music after after losing a legal dispute and receiving a massive judgment against her. 
  Following a trial in January, jurors sided decisively with Cardi B, holding Tasha liable for defamation, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. They o
  
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• CLATA launches an incubator for new Latine voices

  31-05-2023 16:43 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Through theater, we can experience a variety of perspectives, while examining dialogue, monologue, and characters that allow us to reflect, learn, and connect. The Chicago Latino Theater Alliance (CLATA) is an organization that helps foment this idea by supporting Latine theater through rich storytelling locally and worldwide with theater projects like Destinos: Chicago International Latino […]
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• Help support individuals experiencing homelessness or housing instability with your purchase of a “BLACKJACK” Instant Ticket from the Illinois Lottery

  31-05-2023 16:20 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In 2019 the Illinois Lottery launched a new Instant Ticket to raise money for agencies and organizations that support people experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity throughout the State. The Illinois Lottery gives 100 percent of profits from the ticket to the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS), which then utilizes funding for a grant program […]
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• In Motion: The Era Footwork Collective take footwork abroad while investing in the next generation of Chicago dance and music

  31-05-2023 16:10 via chicagoreader.com
  
  “Footwork saves lives.”  Those three words comprise the mantra that the members of the Era Footwork Collective live by. The local group—also known as the Era Footwork Crew—consists of four dancers and two producers who helped pioneer Chicago Footwork, the Chicago-born electronic music genre and battle-dance styles known for their impressive speeds. “We’re products of […]
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• Obfuscation as survival

  31-05-2023 16:08 via chicagoreader.com
  
  As the womxn of Ruschwoman gallery are much smarter than I, I could not tell you what the “game of pearls” entails in the gallery’s current show: “The Game of Pearls, Prune de Madame, and Other Phantasia (As Confided to the Rusch Womxn).” However, for an exhibition as intricately laced as this one—featuring art as […]
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• Beauty in Superbloom

  31-05-2023 16:01 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Superblooms, nature’s greatest masterpiece, have captivated the attention of the public in recent months. These arresting botanical marvels are found in the arid landscapes of California and Arizona and grow when an extraordinary number of dormant wildflower seeds awaken and burst into a vibrant bloom simultaneously. Superblooms unveil their mesmerizing splendor all at once, immediately […]
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• Mayor Brandon Johnson on Holiday Weekend Violence: ‘Intolerable’

  31-05-2023 16:00
  
  Chicago had its deadliest Memorial Day Weekend in eight years. By Tuesday morning, at least 50 people were shot and 11 killed — the highest death toll since 2016.
  Additionally, a man who lives across the street from Mayor Brandon Johnson was charged with stabbing a woman to death in South Austin, reported CBS.
  Johnson issued a statement on Tuesday in response to the spate of violence two weeks into his tenure as mayor.
  “The violence our city experienced this weekend is intolerable. I
  
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• Atlanta Native Halle Bailey Defies Critics, Racist Trolls As ‘The Little Mermaid’ Breaks Box Office Records

  31-05-2023 15:59
  The Little Mermaid broke box office records during Memorial Day weekend. The Disney film, which stars Atlanta-native Halle Bailey, became the fifth highest-grossing release in the history of Memorial Day weekend by earning $117.5 million in the United States. 
  The film faced backlash from racist trolls since Disney announced Bailey as the lead character Ariel in 2019. On social media, the hashtag #NotMyAriel began trending and became a space for hatred against Bailey, who is Black, for her
  
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• Minnesota To Launch First Office For Missing & Murdered Black Women, Girls

  31-05-2023 14:30
  
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  Minnesota is set to launch the nation’s first Office of Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls, NPR reports.
  Over the past couple of years, a Minnesota task force has focused its efforts on understanding why African American women and girls go missing and are murdered at a disproportionate rate. The task force reported last year that African American women and girls represent 40 percent of domestic violence victims, while the group only makes up 7 percent
  
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• White Man Fired After Allegedly Snatching Black Woman’s Wig Off Her Head

  31-05-2023 14:00
  
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  A New York lawyer has been fired after he was accused of yanking a wig off a Black woman’s head in a viral TikTok video.
  On Tuesday (May 30), Leader Berkon Colao & Silverstein law firm posted a statement on LinkedIn addressing the alleged viral incident involving Anthony Orlich, one of the company’s now-former employees.
  “We have been made aware of a video of a non-work related incident involving one of our associates circulating on soci
  
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• With local appearances and a new album, JoVia Armstrong’s Eunoia Society incepts a new sound

  31-05-2023 13:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In 2019, Detroit-born drummer and composer JoVia Armstrong recruited trusted musical collaborators to support her dissertation research on time-based sound processing (e.g., reverb and delay) at the University of California, Irvine. That contingent became the Eunoia Society, the flexibly rostered ensemble that joined Armstrong on one of 2022’s most gripping debut albums, The Antidote Suite, […]
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• The Carr Report: Put your thinking cap on, Joe College

  31-05-2023 13:00
  
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  Congratulations are in order for this year’s high school graduating class. Graduation from high school is a milestone in everyone’s life.  This completes your general education from Kindergarten in grade school to senior in high school.  All of us who finished high school can recall the joy we experienced walking across the stage to receive our diploma. We remember the genuine friendships we developed and the teachers who taught and encouraged us.   I
  
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• Illinois Public Health Association Commends Illinois FY2024 Budget for Strengthening Certified Local Public Health Departments

  31-05-2023 13:00
  
  The Illinois Public Health Association (IPHA) is delighted to announce the passage of the FY2024 budget by the General Assembly on May 27, which includes substantial increases in state funding for certified local health departments within the Illinois Department of Public Health. The budget, awaiting Governor Pritzker’s signature, demonstrates a commendable commitment to supporting public health initiatives. Notably, the Local Health Protection Grant funding is set to receive an additional
  
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