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• Cadillac Drives with Intention at the 2023 American Black Film Fest

  03-07-2023 21:15
  
  (Photo: Juanita Slappy, Nicole Friday, Tarshena Armstrong and Franklin Leonard. Credit: Nice Crowd/Eric Ellis)
  The 2023 American Black Film Festival (ABFF) was a remarkable event that brought together an array of talented creatives and thought leaders in the entertainment industry. Amidst the excitement and celebration, Cadillac took center stage with its captivating activation, leaving attendees in awe of its power, elegance, and commitment to innovation.
   
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• Review: Joy Ride

  03-07-2023 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Subversively clever and delightfully raunchy, Adele Lim’s directorial debut follows a transracial adoptee who goes to China to find her birth mother.
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• Sims Ends Youth Solitary Confinement

  03-07-2023 15:00
  
  State Senator Elgie R. Sims, Jr. spearheaded legislation aimed at abolishing solitary confinement for youth, resulting in improved outcomes for detained children.
  “Sadly, across the nation, young people are being held in solitary confinement for unreasonably long periods of time, sometimes spending 22 hours or more alone each day,” said Sims (D-Chicago). “That is inhumane and can cause long-term grave psychological, physical and developmental harm.”
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• Disinter will not stop the death

  03-07-2023 15:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Disinter have been spewing forth evil blackened death metal for more than three decades. The Chicago longtimers have changed their lineup many times since their 1997 debut full-length, Desecrated (Pulverizer)—only guitarists Mike “Bats” Martocci and Mike LeGros have survived from that era to the present. But their sound has maintained an unholy consistency, with fierce […]
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• Tickets Now on Sale For 25th Annual Chicago Football Classic

  03-07-2023 14:00
  
  Central State University and Mississippi Valley State University Will Face Off on Saturday, September 2 as the Celebration Makes Its Anticipated Return to Soldier Field in Chicago
  The Chicago Football Classic (CFC), the not-for-profit organization dedicated to encouraging African American youth to achieve their personal best in the classroom and beyond, has announced the return of the historic event on Labor Day Weekend, Saturday, September 2 at 3:30 p.m. CT. This year’s game featurin
  
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• LustSickPuppy will sever you from the everyday with their feral, alien party music

  03-07-2023 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  LustSickPuppy is a filthy cyber dog. A swaggering slut beast. A party howler. The Brooklyn artist’s sound combines elements of hip-hop, breakcore, and nu metal, capturing something animalistic about moving through a mechanical world. Onstage, they use prosthetics, contact lenses, face paint, studs, and spikes to create a strange, sexy interruption of everyday life—like if […]
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• Amateur Fireworks, Not Worth the Risk

  03-07-2023 14:00
  
  168 injuries and 20 dismemberment/amputation injuries caused by fireworks in Illinois during 2022
  The Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) encourages everyone to let the professionals handle fireworks this holiday weekend, it’s simply not worth the risk! Every year across the state, accidental fires, burn injuries, loss of limbs and deaths occur due to the use of fireworks.
  “Fireworks have been a tradition for many during the 4th of July, but this is a dangerous tradition
  
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