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• OsamaSon’s hip-hop thrives at extremes

  19-02-2024 17:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  I can’t separate South Carolina rapper OsamaSon from the Internet, which has served as an accelerant for his career by directly feeding his muddy music to the young heads who can make sense of his woozy, discombobulating, and sometimes suffocatingly layered style. OsamaSon began self-releasing tracks in 2021, and his breakout came in April 2023 […]
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• María José Llergo creates pop bangers rooted in the flamenco of her homeland

  19-02-2024 17:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Composer and singer María José Llergo proudly foregrounds the flamenco traditions of her native Andalucía, where she was raised in the rural sierra town of Pozoblanco. But don’t come to her concerts expecting her to sing melismas while swirling in a ruffled, polka-dotted dress—she uses her formidable, pliant voice to propel contemporary, experimental tunes that […]
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• Friko aim for rock greatness with their big debut album

  19-02-2024 17:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago’s teen indie-rock scene established itself as a nationally important cultural force with Horsegirl’s beachhead 2022 debut for Matador, Versions of Modern Performance. This grassroots community continues to produce bands interpreting underground rock in vastly different ways. Among the best of the bunch are Friko, who began as a trio led by ambitious singer-guitarist Niko […]
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• Aoife Scott carries on a tradition of Irish rebellion

  19-02-2024 17:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Irish singer Aoife Scott is part of the second generation of professional musicians in her family. Her mother, Frances Black, is one of five siblings in the Black Family, a folk group that started performing in Dublin in the mid-1970s and became widely popular in Ireland and beyond as traditional Celtic music experienced a resurgence […]
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• The Chicago Teachers Union Is Pushing to Green its Public Schools

  19-02-2024 16:30
  
  Teachers and students in Chicago’s public schools are working to bring the Green New Deal to school buildings and classrooms.
  By Willy Blackmore
  Kevin Moore, a social studies teacher at George Washington High School in Chicago’s South Side, has a futuristic vision for the city’s public school buildings, one with links to the past but very much rooted in the climate change present. 
  In an era of record-breaking heat waves, Moore sees the city’s ancient school building
  
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• Violinist Samuel “Savoir Faire” Williams ushers in a new series at Center on Halsted

  19-02-2024 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  It wasn’t Samuel Williams’s idea to start going by “Savoir Faire.” But his friends gave him that nickname in the 90s, and after his headlining debut at Fred Anderson’s beloved Velvet Lounge in 2002, it really stuck. He remembers them chanting a famous line from the 1960s cartoon series Klondike Kat: “Savoir Faire is everywhere!” […]
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• How Fani Willis’ Father John Floyd Gave A Masterful Testimony During Misconduct Hearing

  19-02-2024 15:59
  The misconduct hearing involving District Attorney Fani Willis had another intriguing moment. During the final day of testimony, Willis’ father John Floyd III took the stand and gave a masterful testimony. 
  The hearing involves accusations of Willis’ relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade and whether she benefited financially from their time dating. The judge’s ruling could impact the election interference case where Willis indicted Donald Trump and others over t
  
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• Kate Kennedy is reframing the narrative around millennial women

  19-02-2024 15:50 via chicagoreader.com
  
  If Greta Gerwig can turn Barbie into a feminist blockbuster, then Kate Kennedy can deliver thoughtful cultural commentary via Spice Girls anecdotes and land on The New York Times bestsellers list. I don’t make the rules. Millennial women have spoken, and it’s time to reframe the narratives about us. And yes, we might do so […]
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• Rolling Out Celebrates Black History Month with RIDE CON AI Lab

  19-02-2024 15:25
  
  Rolling 0ut’s RIDE CON AI Lab is set to immerse attendees in the transformative world of Artificial Intelligence at Morehouse College on Feb. 23 and Feb. 24. The event, which coincides with Black History Month and promises to cover a range of topics, including the role of AI in creative music production, the rise of machine learning, and the implications of personal artificial assistants. Black representation in AI is crucial for challenging biases, promoting inclusivity, and empowering th
  
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• Vice President Harris’s Fight for Reproductive Freedom

  19-02-2024 15:00
  
  By Ben Jealous
  It matters deeply that America has a woman as our vice president. That has never been truer than at this moment.
  Nothing makes this more clear than Vice President Kamala Harris’s courageous decision to champion reproductive freedom in the midst of a full-on assault on the right to choose.
  Right now, Vice President Harris is traveling the country on an extensive Reproductive Freedom Tour.
  As noted by the New York Times, “The vice president has been the administration&rs
  
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• African American Clergy Rally to Back Candidates for Key Seats Affecting Black Community

  19-02-2024 14:45
  
  Cook County Democratic Party Chairman Toni Preckwinkle to Join Mass Group in Standing in Full Support of Attorney Clayton Harris Iii, Commissioner Larry Rogers and Mariyana T. Spyropoulos.
  A mass group of Faith leaders will gather at one of Chicago’s most historic churches to endorse three candidates for offices that are deemed “critical” to the Black community. The press conference is being held at the First Baptist Congregational Church where Reverend George W. Daniels is the
  
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• Nielsen Report: Black Audiences Consume More Media Than Any Other Group

  19-02-2024 14:30
  
  Courtesy of the Nielsen Company
  By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
  A groundbreaking Nielsen report unveiled this week spotlights the robust media consumption habits of Black individuals around the globe, exposing an obvious disparity between their high engagement and the prevalent feeling of being misrepresented or underrepresented in mainstream media.
  The report, covering Black audiences in the U.S., Brazil, Nigeria, the U.K. and South Africa, examined the
  
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• Man Arrested After Allegedly Biting, Stabbing Black Man With Scissors

  19-02-2024 13:30
  
  Photo: Getty Images
  A Portland man has been arrested after biting a Black man and attempting to stab him with scissors.
  Payton Thomas said he was visiting a friend on Saturday (Feb. 10) when he noticed a man, identified as Corey A. Nesenson, lighting clothes on fire in Portland’s Old Town Neighborhood.
  “About a third of the way into the block that we were on, he stopped and started lighting a fire,” Thomas said.
  Nesenson then started to follow an interracial couple, attempting
  
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