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• Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III Bridges Faiths in Chicago’s ‘Black Jerusalem’ Event

  27-10-2023 23:19
  
  Trinity United Church of Christ remains a staple in the African-American community.
  The multigenerational church that leads with Christ, culture and community at the forefront continues to push forward with groundbreaking conversations, innovative programming and transformational leadership.
  On Thursday, Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, senior pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ, curated an event entitled “Black Jerusalem: History, Healing, and Sacred Song,” held at the 95th Street wors
  
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• Review: The Holdovers

  27-10-2023 22:42 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Holdovers blends feel-good and sorrowful themes thoughtfully to make a rewatchable flick. But the next watch will likely be over the holidays.
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• Review: Five Nights at Freddy’s

  27-10-2023 22:42 via chicagoreader.com
  
  There’s enough backstory here for, say, a dozen movies (wink).
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• Review: Fellow Travelers (Miniseries)

  27-10-2023 22:42 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Fellow Travelers (adapted from Thomas Mallon’s novel of the same name) chronicles a decades-long gay love story set deep in the heart of McCarthy-era Washington, D.C.
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• Review: Anatomy of a Fall

  27-10-2023 22:42 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Justine Triet is challenging us, in a suspenseful frenzy, by interrogating what we believe “truth” really means.
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• Skyzoo’s The Mind of a Saint tour offers concertgoers a hip-hop master class

  27-10-2023 21:35 via chicagoreader.com
  
  It’s not difficult to find good live hip-hop in Chicago, but this headlining show by east-coast veteran Skyzoo, aka Gregory Skyler Taylor, isn’t merely good—it reads more like quintessential. The pedigreed Brooklyn-born rapper (he grew up a block away from the Notorious B.I.G.) has had a fruitful career. He’s dropped more than 20 albums and […]
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• Illusion of Safety celebrates 40 years of sonic confrontation

  27-10-2023 21:17 via chicagoreader.com
  
  When UK noise pioneers Throbbing Gristle filed their terminal report in the early 1980s, a legion of followers stood willing to continue the industrial collective’s research into humanity’s less comfortable impulses. Among those who took up the investigation was Elgin resident Dan Burke, who dubbed his own project Illusion of Safety. Early on, his combinations […]
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• Chicago percussionist Daniel Villarreal celebrates a chill new album

  27-10-2023 21:09 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago percussionist Daniel Villarreal is such a workhorse that his CV wouldn’t fit in a concert preview like this. But I think I can get my point across just by mentioning his role as cofounder and coleader of local Latine five-piece Dos Santos: Villarreal has a gift for rhythms that command your body to move. […]
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• George Bailey and American Blues Theater get a new home

  27-10-2023 19:23 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Sometimes you gotta take glimmers of hope where you find them when the news is consistently horrifying. And despite all the recent anxiety-inducing bulletins about the state of live performance, there are some positive signs on the horizon. (For an in-depth view of the local scene, I’d also suggest this recent American Theatre essay by […]
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• Discover five new Chicagoland artists 

  27-10-2023 18:39 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago’s art scene wouldn’t be as vibrant if we didn’t have so much new talent entering the flow each year. After all, art is about growth, change, and discovery. In its past editions, the Cleve Carney Museum of Art’s Emerging Artist Exhibit has highlighted some of the most iconic Chicagoland artists, including 2021 Joan Mitchell […]
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• Althea Gibson, Ida B. Wells To Be Featured On 2025 U.S. Quarters

  27-10-2023 15:30
  
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  Star athlete Althea Gibson and NAACP co-founder Ida B. Wells are set to be featured on quarters in 2025.
  According to The Root, Gibson and Wells are among the five women who will be highlighted on 2025 quarters, the U.S. Mint announced.
  The 2025 quarters are the last set of a four-year, 20-coin production that celebrates important women in American history.
  “It’s a privilege for the Mint to connect America through coins, and to tell our nation’s story throug
  
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• Roland Ford, the ‘Line Dance King,’ dies at 75

  27-10-2023 15:00
  
  ROLAND FORD (PHOTO BY J.L. MARTELLO)
  Bill Ford just knew he was the real athlete in the family. He played basketball in his early days and would even tease his younger brother, Roland, referring him to more as the “nerdy guy.”
  So, as a junior at Schenley High School, Bill Ford went out for the cross country team. Roland Ford, then a sophomore, also tried out for the team.
  “The first day of practice, we were running a two-and-a-quarter mile race, and halfway through the race, he
  
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• Family Pleads For Help After Mother Was Fatally Shot In Front Of Son

  27-10-2023 14:00
  
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  A mother is pleading for help after her 34-year-old daughter was shot and killed in front of her three-year-old son in Houston.
  According to KHOU 11, Sherniqua Danielle Banks, 34, was fatally shot on September 7. Banks’ young son witnessed the shooting.
  “He was in the car, wide awake. Saw every single thing. He has to live with that,” Lisa Callaway, Banks’ mother, said.
  Houston police said Banks was driving at around 2:45 a.m. when someone in another v
  
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