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• Meet Justice Joy V. Cunningham: A 2024 Women of Excellence Honoree

  20-03-2024 23:00
  
  Judge Joy Virginia Cunningham is a trailblazer, breaking barriers as the first African-American woman from Cook County to serve on the Illinois Supreme Court.
  Justice Cunningham will be recognized at the 17th Annual Chicago Defender Women of Excellence Awards and Ceremony as one of 50 honorees.
  “The Chicago Defender is a part of history. It is not only part of African-American history, but I would venture to say that it is part of American history because of the stature of the publication,
  
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• 6 Best AI Girlfriend Apps

  20-03-2024 22:45 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In the evolving world of digital connectivity, a new form of companionship has emerged – AI girlfriends (also known as virtual girlfriends) and digital romantic chatbots. These virtual partners are powered by advanced artificial intelligence algorithms that allow them to offer a unique blend of company, support, romance, and even sexuality.  What was once viewed […]
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• A spring full of film in Chicago

  20-03-2024 22:23 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Asian Pop-Up Cinema Asian Pop-Up Cinema is returning for its 18th edition through April 21. The festival focuses on a different region each week, with this year’s edition featuring an inaugural partnership with Northwestern University, with special screenings and guest lectures. Highlights include the opening night film Ru, which follows a young Vietnamese girl and […]
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• ‘The misfit toys of the misfit toys’

  20-03-2024 22:08 via chicagoreader.com
  
  What constitutes a puppet depends on who you ask. Purists argue for strict definitions that favor objects embodying personas, but as a fringe, interdisciplinary art form, many performers are pushing puppetry’s boundaries to invite new attitudes about the medium. That free-spirited rush towards possibility is at the heart of the Puppetqueers, a fledgling troupe with […]
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• Change your life: Eat a birria grilled cheese when Milo’s Market returns to the next Monday Night Foodball

  20-03-2024 21:56 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Usually a sandwich is just a sandwich. But sometimes a sandwich changes your life. It was about a year ago that I last spoke with Gilberto Bahena, and he had a brave new sandwich he’d just debuted at a pop-up at Life on Marz. Of the sandwich in question—a hot, gooey, queso-crusted beef birria sourdough […]
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• Spring Powerjam brings together Gucci Mane, Trina, and Cam’Ron for a night of iconic rap

  20-03-2024 21:15 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Rappers who enjoy long careers often diversify their skill sets. Dipping a toe into acting, book writing, motivational speaking, or political activism isn’t uncommon for a tenured word-slinging entertainer. But those who’ve made their most significant cultural impact through their music will always have fans eager to queue up to hear their classic tracks. And […]
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• Meet barefoot businessman Muffadal Saylawala and his Oro Chocolate cafe

  20-03-2024 21:15 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In early 2020, Muffadal Saylawala’s chocolate contained two primary ingredients: sugar and 77 percent cacao grown on the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve in northern Nicaragua. Some bars were molded with flavored inclusions like ginger, coffee, or hibiscus—but none included cannabis. And yet, one day in February 2020, as he tried to board a plane to Amsterdam, […]
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• Midwest emo becomes a meme

  20-03-2024 18:39 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In 2021, Indiana PBS station WTIU debuted Flyover Culture, a webseries about midwest pop phenomena. Flyover Culture began its third season in January, and its second episode was about midwest emo. This subgenre—a regional strain of scrappy, melodic posthardcore that arose in the 90s—has long been an obsession of mine. In August 2013, the Reader […]
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• A Lifeline to great storytelling

  20-03-2024 18:29 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Like a lot of Chicago theater companies, Lifeline Theatre’s origin story begins with a group of college friends deciding to form their own ensemble to produce off-Loop shows. In 1982, five recent Northwestern grads—Meryl Friedman, Suzanne Plunkett, Kathee Sills, Sandy Snyder, and Steve Totland—created Lifeline. In 1985, they moved into an old Commonwealth Edison substation […]
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• Cunty MeMe is genderless and genreless

  20-03-2024 18:06 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In the 1970s, New York City gave birth to two progressive and influential music cultures: punk rock and hip-hop. Though they’re often treated as opposites on the musical spectrum, they have plenty in common. Both genres were born when poor and working-class communities invented a sound that defied the respectable music of the time. Black […]
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• Stages in bloom

  20-03-2024 17:39 via chicagoreader.com
  
  It feels like we just did the winter performance picks and now it’s spring (even if the weather has been playing all kinds of tricks on us). Along with the daffodils and tulips, great performances are popping up all over the place. Here are just a few of the best options for the months ahead. […]
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• Chicago Reader Volume 53, No. 12

  20-03-2024 16:59 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago Reader Volume 53, No. 12. March 21, 2024
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• Fresh ground for Chicago theaters—thorns and all

  20-03-2024 16:32 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In Andersonville, the block just south of the Clark and Bryn Mawr intersection is quickly becoming a destination for arts-minded folks. The Understudy, a theater-themed bookstore and coffee shop, opened in March 2023 and has since hosted play readings, chamber music performances, drag shows, and its first fully staged production. This April, the Understudy gains […]
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• Saving the Point, again

  20-03-2024 16:09 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Every summer, Steve Tullis and his wife drive roughly 20 miles from suburban La Grange to Hyde Park’s renowned Promontory Point, a pilgrimage they make at least 50 times throughout the season. It’s the only reason they visit the city anymore, Tullis says. Tullis participates in triathlons and says, for him, the Point is a […]
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• A Call to Action for Women: Collaboration Over Competition

  20-03-2024 15:00
  
  Happy Women’s History Month! What an incredible month filled with celebrations! I’ve had the pleasure of attending numerous events and programs dedicated to honoring women and their remarkable achievements in life. It’s been more than just a time of revelry; it’s been an opportunity for learning and connecting with other empowered women.
  One of the standout moments for me this month was participating in a panel discussion hosted by Meetings Today magazine, a premier publi
  
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• Kentucky House Votes To Defund DEI Offices At Public Universities

  20-03-2024 13:45
  
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  The majority-GOP Kentucky House has voted to defund diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices at public universities.
  On Friday (March 15), the House voted 68-18 to pass an overhauled bill on DEI in state-funded universities, sending it back to the Senate, which had previously passed a much different version of the bill, per the Associated Press.
  The overhauled bill includes a change in the Senate’s language that “takes a tougher stand on DEI initiatives at p
  
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• Turtel Onli celebrates the 30th anniversary of his comics movement

  20-03-2024 13:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In 1934, social theorist Walter Benjamin argued that a radical artist does not choose between fulfilling their artistic aspirations and carrying out their political duties because they are one and the same. For Benjamin, this meant that the artist was not only responsible for creating socially relevant art but for its distribution and dissemination so […]
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• The Carr Report: Money Psychology

  20-03-2024 13:00
  
  Personal finance is more personal than it is math. In fact, personal finance is 80 percent personal and 20 percent finance. In other words, our decisions revolving around money are more influenced by our attitudes and behaviors towards money than it is the numbers.
  I recall doing a financial coaching/planning session with a client. She came prepared with all of her financial statements including bank statements, credit report, investment statements, and a list of all of her income and expenses.
  
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• MR. SONNY KNOWS for March 20, 2024

  20-03-2024 13:00
  
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• 2024 Illinois Primary Results: Danny Davis Wins, State’s Attorney Too Close to Call

  20-03-2024 12:00
  
  The 2024 Illinois Primary race for Cook County State’s Attorney was the closest contest of the night, with Clayton Harris III and Eileen O’Neill Burke running almost even.
  According to ABC 7 Chicago, Burke led, garnering 51% of the vote, with Harris about 10,000 votes behind at 49% as of 9:40 p.m. Tuesday.
  More than 100,000 mail-in ballots have been requested, and returned ballots sent by today will be counted within the next two weeks. The winner will compete against Republican Bob
  
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