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• Solidarity in the summer

  24-08-2023 23:15 via chicagoreader.com
  
  As has been the case for most of my adult life, I've also watched a lot of movies (and occasionally, some television) this summer. What's been different this year is that I'm now thinking more about those who made what I'm watching, both in front of and behind the camera.
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• Dan Bigg’s legacy of positive change

  24-08-2023 22:41 via chicagoreader.com
  
  This August 21 marked the five-year anniversary of Dan Bigg’s death. As the CRA gets ready for their 2023 barbecue, I dropped by to learn more about Dan and his legacy from folks who knew him best.
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• Brandon Johnson’s first hundred days as Chicago mayor

  24-08-2023 21:07 via chicagoreader.com
  
  “Today the dream is alive,” Mayor Brandon Johnson told a crowded room of supporters at his election night party in April, invoking the words of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in his victory speech. “Tonight is the beginning of a Chicago that truly invests in all of its people.” Johnson’s resounding victory was […]
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• Teatime with Lisa Low

  24-08-2023 19:33 via chicagoreader.com
  
  On the warm summer night of Lisa Low’s recent chapbook release, I trekked on foot from Pilsen to Taylor Street’s Living Water Tea House, where many poets from Chicago and beyond came together to drink tea and celebrate the release of Crown for the Girl Inside. The Chicago-based writer’s poems have appeared in Copper Nickel, […]
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• PUBLIC NOTICE: Regional Transportation Authority – Interagency Signs Expansion: Fabrication And Installation

  24-08-2023 19:17
  
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• Calez makes music his guide

  24-08-2023 18:52 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Ten years ago, Chicago artist Calez was part of a changing of the guard in Chicago music. The south-suburban rapper made a name for himself locally during the peak of the blog era: as a member of the BRKF$T Club collective (part of a larger crew called 2008ighties), he collaborated with many future Chicago staples, […]
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• Clowns over easy

  24-08-2023 16:42 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The invite to a clown brunch arrived at a pivotal point in my summer, when the thought of clowning and eating made perfect sense. I accepted, and invited along a clown friend as well, so we could dine and laugh together, making hot clown summer suddenly seem feasible—thanks to the heat wave and air pollution […]
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• COLUMN: Juxtaposition: Kamala Harris’s ‘Everytown’ Speech and the Racial Dynamics of Gun Violence

  24-08-2023 16:30
  
  Columnist A. Toussaint Werner weighs in on the Vice President’s recent appearance at the “Everytown for Gun Safety” conference in Chicago
  Last Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris made her way to Chicago, taking the stage at McCormick Place to address the “Everytown for Gun Safety” conference. This event brought together a sea of predominantly white women wearing red “Everytown moms against gun violence” T-shirts, creating a stark visual contrast that le
  
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• Natalie Hudson To Become 1st Black Chief Justice Of Minnesota Supreme Court

  24-08-2023 15:30
  
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  Natalie Hudson is set to make history as the first Black person to become chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
  On Wednesday (August 23), Gov. Tim Walz promoted Hudson, who’s served as an associate justice since 2015, ahead of the October retirement of current Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, per AP.
  “Justice Hudson is one of our state’s most experienced jurists. She has a strong reputation as a leader and consensus builder,” Walz said in a statement. &
  
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• Gary Breaks Ground on $8 Million Tech Hub at Historic Union Station

  24-08-2023 14:30
  
  Photo: Digital Equity/Eagle Eye Media
  10,000 sq ft Fiber Smart House will serve as workforce, educational training hub
  The City of Gary and national telecommunications development firm Digital Equity™, LLC broke ground on the Gary Fiber Smart House on Wednesday, officially launching the $8 million tech hub that will serve as a workforce and educational training site for the community.
  The groundbreaking was attended by Indiana Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch, U.S. Congressman Frank Mrva
  
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• Chicago indie rockers Ovef Ow merge reality and science fiction on the new Vs. the Worm

  24-08-2023 13:30 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Local four-piece Ovef Ow have become darlings of Chicago’s indie-rock scene for their Farfisa- and guitar-driven hybrid of art-rock and punk. Their brand-new full-length debut, Vs. the Worm (released by local label What’s for Breakfast? and the band’s own Oort Clouds imprint), is a smart, topical, danceable concept album that’s more or less about the […]
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• The Body unleashes unpredictably predictable doom

  24-08-2023 13:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Body’s music is a remorseless, seemingly eternal trudge of numbing night that frequently contorts itself into a bizarre festering eclecticism, then returns to its fetid, featureless form. Formed in Providence, Rhode Island, the duo of drummer and programmer Lee Buford and guitarist and screamer Chip King (who also supplies electronic weirdness) have proved ominously […]
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• 16 Best Hookup Sites and Apps for Adult Dating in 2023

  24-08-2023 07:04 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Looking for casual sex? A one night stand? Here are over 20 legit hookup sites that actually get you laid and you can try for free!
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• This Week In Black History August 23-29, 2023

  24-08-2023 06:00
  
  AUGUST 23
   1826—This is generally recognized as the day that the first Black person in America graduated from college. His name was Edward Jones and he received his BA degree from Amherst College in Massachusetts. Despite the general recognition, however, there is some evidence that the honor actually belongs to Alexander Lucius Twilight who appears to have graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont in 1823. Nevertheless, Jones would eventually leave America and help establish the A
  
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