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• Fashion show celebrates Chicago’s diverse style

  21-07-2023 22:36 via chicagoreader.com
  
  A welcome jolt of enthusiasm was infused into the local fashion scene during “A Celebration of Chicago Style,” a fashion show presented by The Curio and 21c Museum Hotel Chicago at the end of May. The celebration, hosted by Barrington-born fashion designer Cynthia Rowley and British photographer Nigel Barker (previously a panel judge on the […]
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• Chicago Shakespeare announces new leadership team

  21-07-2023 18:42 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Changes at the top of Chicago theaters large and small have been a constant for the past three years—we have definitely been experiencing the biggest shift in leadership I’ve seen in the decades that I’ve been writing about the scene here. Not coincidentally, these changes are happening as regional theaters across the country wrestle with […]
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• Seeking queer acceptance

  21-07-2023 17:45 via chicagoreader.com
  
  I think about acceptance a lot.  When I was a young twentysomething, I heard a lot about “acceptance” versus “tolerance.” That it wasn’t enough to merely put up with queer people. We were striving for something more, something solid. But these days even tolerance feels like a high bar to meet.  I have been writing […]
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• Sip & Savor Plants Roots in South Loop

  21-07-2023 16:30
  
  Grand Opening this Saturday, July 22nd
  Since first opening its doors in 2005, Sip & Savor has continued to be a safe haven for creatives, entrepreneurs, students and coffee lovers across the South Side. Serving more than just coffee blends, the café infuses culture into every sip. From the rich interior aesthetic to the soul-replenishing playlists, multifaceted patrons and friendly staff, Sip & Savor is where coffee and community meet. 
  “When I first opened, the main th
  
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• Chicago Should Follow Cincinnati With Its Own ‘Black Music Walk of Fame’

  21-07-2023 16:00
  
  Regarding cities with formidable Black music legacies, Cincinnati is one of the most underrated of them all. 
  Thanks to the “Queen City” and the Southwest Ohio region, the world has been blessed with pioneering recording artists such as Bootsy Collins, The Isley Bros., Mamie Smith, The J.B.’s and The Deele. 
  Without their contributions, the Blues, R&B and Funk would not be the same. Black pop music wouldn’t be the same without Babyface and L.A. Reid, formerl
  
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• How I learned to stop worrying and love the doll – a feminist philosopher’s journey back to Barbie

  21-07-2023 14:00
  
  Issa Rae as President Barbie. (Photo: Issarae/Instagram.)
  by Carol Hay, UMass Lowell
  As a mama trying to raise a daughter free from the gendered stereotypes of my own childhood, I steered her clear of Barbie dolls.
  I felt compelled to nudge my now 11-year-old away from the Mattel mainstay for the same reasons I tried to avoid the shallow frivolity of all those Disney princesses waiting around to be rescued.
  True, I’d enjoyed plenty of afternoons with these dolls of anatomically impossible
  
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• Author Ta-Nehisi Coates Appears At School Board Meeting Over Book Ban

  21-07-2023 05:27
  
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  Author Ta-Nehisi Coates crashed a South Carolina school board meeting where his book was at the forefront of discussion because it allegedly made students feel “guilty for being white.”
  On Monday (July 17), Lexington-Richland District 5 School Board convened to discuss controversy surrounding Coates’ book “Between the World and Me,” which details the author’s experiences with racism, the Daily Beast reports.
  The meeting came after an AP Lan
  
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• ‘Big Step Backward’: Florida OKs Teaching Slavery Was Good for Black People

  21-07-2023 05:17
  
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  The Florida Board of Education has set new standards for how Black history should be taught in the state’s public schools, with critics calling the move a “big step backward.”
  On Wednesday (July 19), the standards were approved at the Florida Board Of Education’s meeting in Orlando, CNN reports. The approval comes after the state passed new legislation barring all school curricula that suggests anyone is privileged or oppressed based on race or skin co
  
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• Black Filmmaker Wrongly Tased By Cops While Making Film On Police Brutality

  21-07-2023 05:09
  
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  A Black actor-filmmaker is suing the Los Angeles Police Department after he was wrongly tased by officers while making a film about police brutality.
  The lawsuit, filed by Snowfall actor Damien Smith, stems from a police encounter on October 14, 2021, per Atlanta Black Star. Upon arrival at his apartment, Smith encountered an unidentified man in his bedroom carrying a backpack and wearing his grandfather’s watch.
  The burglar charged at Smith, prompting the actor to grab
  
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