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• From Jail to Judge: A Play About Greg Mathis’s Life Comes to Park Forest

  10-11-2023 16:00
  
  With all due respect to Judge Greg Mathis and his acclaimed 2002 biography “Inner City Miracle,” he is more than that. Like Joseph the Dreamer from the bible, this man’s life is not only A miracle.  
  Judge Mathis’s story is well known. Growing up in inner-city Detroit, he got caught up in street life and went to jail. But because of a promise to his ailing mother, Mathis decided that he would live and do right. Like Joseph, who went from prisoner to prime minist
  
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• Remembering Linsey Falls

  10-11-2023 15:01 via chicagoreader.com
  
  You may not have known Linsey Falls’s name, but if you spent much time in the audience at Chicago non-Equity and storefront theaters over the years, you almost certainly knew his face and his voice. His expressive features, big eyes, and mischievous grin lit up the stage in comic roles, and his malleable voice and […]
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• DOJ Launches Civil Rights Investigation Into Mississippi Police Department

  10-11-2023 15:00
  
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  The Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the Lexington, Mississippi police department over alleged civil rights violations.
  On Wednesday (November 8), Kristen Clarke, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said the agency has received credible reports of excessive force and discriminatory policing by Lexington police officers, per Reuters.
  Some of the allegations against the department include police stopping and searching people wit
  
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• Grand Lux Cafe Will Close Magnificent Mile Location After 21 Years

  10-11-2023 14:30
  
  Grand Lux Cafe, a destination for dates, birthday parties, and graduation celebrations, is closing its Chicago restaurant for good.
  The restaurant announced that it would be closing its Magnificent Mile location after 21 years, with its last day of service on Dec. 31.
  “We are working with our staff to help them transition to other opportunities in one of our nearby concepts,” the restaurant said in a statement. “We have enjoyed being a part of the downtown Chicago community and
  
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