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• Power and passion

  12-03-2024 22:03 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The overture begins with soft and almost wistful strings creating an atmosphere of tentative beauty, like a mist entering as the sun rises—a subtle, dark, and pensive beginning to an opera not characterized by a great deal of subtlety—before the full orchestra comes in a gigantic blast, then recedes again. The curtain opens on uniformed […]
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• ‘Socket to sit in’rouses spirits at Parlour and Ramp

  12-03-2024 18:32 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The spirit of Chicago’s young artist scene is alive at Parlour and Ramp, a funeral home-turned-art gallery in Pilsen that supports community-oriented programming. “Socket to sit in,” the gallery’s current exhibition, features four ambitious local artists carving out an eccentric, unashamed niche for their work.  Vibrant works play off each other through explorations of materiality […]
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• ‘Socket to sit in’ rouses spirits at Parlour and Ramp

  12-03-2024 18:32 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The spirit of Chicago’s young artist scene is alive at Parlour and Ramp, a funeral home-turned-art gallery in Pilsen that supports community-oriented programming. “Socket to sit in,” the gallery’s current exhibition, features four ambitious local artists carving out an eccentric, unashamed niche for their work.  Vibrant works play off each other through explorations of materiality […]
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• Rapper Jay Wood invites you to his room with his first art installation

  12-03-2024 17:43 via chicagoreader.com
  
  On Sunday, March 17, rapper Jay Wood invites fans to take an intimate peek into his life and creative process with his first art installation, which has been a year in the making. Last spring, while planning the release of his November EP Nowhere, Fast, he reached out to his friend Oluwaseyi Adeleke, owner and […]
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• As We Speak confronts the courtroom weaponization of rap lyrics

  12-03-2024 16:49 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Cole’s Bar is known for hosting late-night underground rap shows, but on the afternoon of Saturday, March 2, a small group of hip-hop fans gathered in the dimly lit back room of the Logan Square venue for a different reason. The new documentary As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial was screening for free, followed […]
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• The Sharon Reed Show Episode Four: One-on-One with Judge Greg Mathis

  12-03-2024 15:28
  On the latest episode of The Sharon Reed Show, Sharon goes one-on-one with Judge Greg Mathis. In this new podcast, Judge Mathis discusses his family, meeting his wife, being raised in politics by Rev. Jessie Jackson, his support for media mogul Byron Allen, his next TV project, and more. Watch the full interview now. The post The Sharon Reed Show Episode Four: One-on-One with Judge Greg Mathis appeared first on Chicago Defender.
  
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• The Sharon Reed Show Episode 4: One-on-One with Judge Greg Mathis

  12-03-2024 15:28
  On the latest episode of The Sharon Reed Show, Sharon goes one-on-one with Judge Greg Mathis. In this new podcast, Judge Mathis discusses his family, meeting his wife, being raised in politics by Rev. Jessie Jackson, his support for media mogul Byron Allen, his next TV project, and more. Watch the full interview now. The post The Sharon Reed Show Episode 4: One-on-One with Judge Greg Mathis appeared first on Chicago Defender.
  
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• Bears Announce Plans to Commit $2 Billion for New, Domed Chicago Stadium

  12-03-2024 15:00
  
  The Bears might remain in Chicago after all.
  In a watershed development in the team’s ongoing stadium saga, the Bears announced that they would be willing to invest $2 billion in private money into a publicly-owned, domed stadium south of Soldier Field in the city, ESPN reported.
  While no official designs have been unveiled yet, sources reveal the stadium will likely sit south of Soldier Field, with parking remaining in the south lot. This stadium is expected to feature community amenities
  
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• J. Pharoah Doss: The congresswoman, CAIR, and the benefit of the doubt

  12-03-2024 13:00
  
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  On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a surprise attack from Gaza on Israel. Hamas terrorists massacred 1,200 people and took 250 hostages.
  A month later, Nihad Awad, the Council on America-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) executive director and co-founder, spoke at the American Muslims for Palestine’s (AMP) annual convention. That same month, Virginia’s Attorney General announced that his office would investigate allegations that AMP may have utilized funds received to suppor
  
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• Black Mother Arrested After Complaining About White Neighbor’s Loud Music

  12-03-2024 13:00
  
  Photo: Wukela Communications (YouTube)
  Newly-released video shows an Alabama police officer forcefully arresting a Black mother who complained about a white neighbor’s loud music. An attorney representing Twyla Stallworth claims Andalusia police didn’t take her complaints seriously and got violent with her during an incident that unfolded on February 24, according to AL.com.
  Stallworth, a 40-year-old mother, reportedly called the police several times to report a noise complaint from
  
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