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• Review: The Deepest Breath

  27-07-2023 20:37 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Deepest Breath rivals Free Solo as one of the most anxiety-inducing extreme sports documentaries ever.
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• Review: Afire

  27-07-2023 20:37 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Afire is an imbroglio, a vapid exercise, as Christian Petzold abandons clarity in favor of character-driven complexities.
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• The Malibu Barbie Cafe opens in Chicago

  27-07-2023 16:30 via chicagoreader.com
  
  I confess: I was not excited about the opening of the Malibu Barbie Cafe Chicago. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against Barbie. I feel like Mattel has done a great job of expanding the Barbie line to include a wide variety of ridiculously stylish characters (yes, their outfits are fabulous). I was delighted […]
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• Dave Chappelle to Grace Chicago with Two Shows in October

  27-07-2023 16:00
  
  The man often called the greatest comedian alive comes to Chicago in the Fall.
  Dave Chappelle is performing at the United Center on Wednesday, October 4, and Friday, October 6, as part of a nationwide tour that starts in late August. Tickets will be available to the public on Thursday (July 27) at 10 a.m. through Live Nation.
  The 11-city tour begins on August 22 and 23 at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Chappelle will also perform in Detroit, New Orleans and Nashville. He will concl
  
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• Xylouris White’s introspective new album delivers a paradoxical kick in the seat

  27-07-2023 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Xylouris White’s fifth and latest LP, April’s The Forest in Me (Drag City), stands apart from everything else in the duo’s discography. Cretan folk musician George Xylouris—who contributes laouto (lute), lyra (upright fiddle), and vocals—and Australian MVP (most valuable percussionist) Jim White have typically recorded music that feels a lot like their live performances. Their […]
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• Dreams of the continent

  27-07-2023 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  “Art for the Future: Artists Call and Central American Solidarities” at the DePaul Art Museum explores a forgotten nationwide solidarity movement. The future was on Lucy Lippard’s mind in 1982. That year, the art historian, critic, and organizer christened the opening of all-star art collective Group Material’s New York exhibition “¡LUCHAR! An Exhibition for the […]
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• President Preckwinkle Launches Starting Block Grant Initiative for Cook County Organizations

  27-07-2023 13:00
  
  Cook County has unveiled the Starting Block Grant initiative, aiming to furnish capacity building resources and assistance to community-based nonprofit organizations catering to Cook County residents.
  These grants, known as Cook County Starting Block Grants, aim to aid small organizations in enhancing their internal capabilities and establishing robust infrastructures to foster organizational health, growth, and long-term viability. Unlike conventional grants solely directed towards service deli
  
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• This Week In Black History July 26 – August 1, 2023

  27-07-2023 05:00
  
  Rev. IkeJULY 261847—President Joseph J. Rob­erts declares the West African nation of Liberia an indepen­dent republic. The nation was primarily founded by former U.S. slaves returning to Africa. Roberts, himself, was born in Virginia. Three factors were behind the founding of Liberia beginning around 1821. Free Blacks were coming under in­creasing discrimination in America; pro-slavery forces felt the presence of free Blacks would encourage re­bellion within the slave popul
  
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• Here’s What Criminal Charges Carlee Russell May Face After Kidnapping Lie

  27-07-2023 02:08
  
  Photo: Hoover Police
  Experts say Carlee Russell, the 25-year-old Alabama woman who faked her abduction, could face multiple charges for her actions, per WBRC.
  Russell disappeared earlier this month after calling 911 to report a child walking alone on the side of the highway. The 25-year-old previously claimed she was kidnapped after she got out of her vehicle to check on the child. She returned home on foot two days after her alleged abduction.
  Following her return, Hoover police said they were
  
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