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• Los Angeles five-piece Early Moods make doom and gloom sound like a good time

  29-03-2024 23:44 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Early Moods were formed by members of the Los Angeles death- and thrash-metal scene in 2015. But the band’s classic hard-rocking doom metal sounds so fresh it’s tempting to imagine an Encino Man scenario—maybe they were frozen solid in a freak ice storm in the 70s, only to thaw out a half century later well-rested […]
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• Steppenwolf retools its youth theater program

  29-03-2024 18:55 via chicagoreader.com
  
  When Steppenwolf Theatre’s 2024-25 season announcement came out a couple of weeks ago, it sparked immediate concern for what wasn’t included: namely, any productions for the company’s much-lauded Steppenwolf for Young Adults (SYA) program. Things moved pretty quickly on social media from concern to outrage to mourning. It’s not surprising: among other things, the SYA […]
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• Review: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

  29-03-2024 18:44 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The latest Ghostbusters film is a direct sequel to 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, but the opening chase sequence sets the scene for casuals outside the franchise’s inexplicably dedicated Gen X fanbase. Paul Rudd is the ersatz stepdad to Carrie Coon’s Ghostbusters family, with two grandkids of the departed Harold Ramis’s Egon Spengler, and the whole crew […]
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• Review: Ennio

  29-03-2024 18:44 via chicagoreader.com
  
  “Watching Ennio [Morricone] work is like watching an athlete,” British filmmaker Roland Joffé says at the beginning of Ennio. This statement is joined by a barrage of one-liners from talking heads, ranging from Bruce Springsteen and Quincy Jones to Silvano Agosti and Dario Argento. Footage rolls of Ennio Morricone stretching, wandering around his house, and […]
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• Review: Easter Bloody Easter

  29-03-2024 18:44 via chicagoreader.com
  
  If, as it does for me, the seasonal glut of doe-eyed bunnies, jellybeans, and Jesus elicits more of an epic eye roll than an impetus to celebrate, know that producer-director-star Diane Foster sees you. Easter Bloody Easter has the budget of a B movie and the soul of a rabid rabbit that’s been inhaling nitrous. […]
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• Review: Baghead

  29-03-2024 18:44 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Alberto Corredor’s Baghead has a lot of parallels with 2022’s Talk to Me. In both films, the moral is, “Talking to dead people is a really bad idea—WTF is wrong with you?!”  It’s a solid horror premise, and Baghead (like its predecessor) exhibits a suitable ruthlessness in the followthrough. Unfortunately, it gets trapped in its […]
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• Jessi Woska creates one-of-a-kind chain stitched pieces

  29-03-2024 16:50 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Jessi Woska’s cozy home studio in Logan Square is located in her former dining room, just off her kitchen. Technicolor pegboards filled with cotton and wool thread spools line the walls, and plants cover the floor. Two giant tabletop chain stitch machines (a vintage and newer model) are situated in the corner. Both are operated […]
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• Prison closures, school board elections, reproductive care in jail

  29-03-2024 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Pritzker proposes closing two prisons—temporarily Governor J.B. Pritzker recently announced a $900 million proposal to raze and rebuild two of the state’s oldest prisons. It follows an independent report released last year that found a prison system in disrepair.  Housing units at Stateville Correctional Center, the report found, “are not suitable for any 21st century […]
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• Terrence Shannon, Jr. Propels Illini to Elite Eight With Win Over Iowa State

  29-03-2024 15:00
  
  The Illinois Fighting Illini are headed to the Elite Eight for the first time in 19 years thanks to leading player Terrence Shannon Jr.The Chicago product, who once starred at Lincoln Park High School, made three key plays to seal a 72-69 win over the Iowa State Cyclones in the East Region of the Sweet 16. 
  Shannon’s journey to victory was not without its challenges. He found himself in foul trouble for a significant portion of the second half, re-entering the game with four fouls at
  
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• Black Twitter Reclaims Phrase ‘DEI’ As Critics Try To Make It A Racial Slur

  29-03-2024 14:15
  
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  Black Twitter is reclaiming the phrase “DEI” from its critics.
  The phrase “DEIs” was trending on X, formerly Twitter, this week as Black social media users generated a plethora of memes and jokes reclaiming the three letters for diversity, equity, and inclusion. The trend was created in response to the apparent racist overuse of “DEI” by right-wing critics. Many consider the overuse as a new way for critics to covertly say racial slurs, lik
  
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• Baltimore Mayor Calls Out Critics Who ‘Don’t Have Courage To Say N-Word’

  29-03-2024 13:30
  
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  Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott blasted critics for not having “the courage to say the N-word” after he was labeled a “DEI mayor” in the wake of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
  Scott faced blame from several social media users over the collapse, which has left at least six people dead. After being deemed “Baltimore’s DEI mayor” on social media, MSNBC host Joy Reid asked Scott if he had a response “to the tomfoolery and atta
  
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• Tapestry 360 Health Hosts Workshop Bridging Women’s History Month and Cancer Awareness

  29-03-2024 13:00
  
  Tapestry 360 Health hosted a workshop highlight the importance of cancer screenings for women (Photo: Annie Tarricone).
  By Rashad Alexander
  The month of March is Women’s History Month. However, it is also Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. One in 25 women is at risk of developing cancer, while women are most vulnerable to other cancers, such as breast, cervical, skin and more, according to the American Cancer Society. 
  In honor of both observances, Tapestry 360 Health (previ
  
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• Black Excellence in Gymnastics

  29-03-2024 12:30
  
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  (NORMAL, ILLINOIS, March 23, 2024)
  Talia Omotola, an 8th grader at Lincoln Middle School in Edwardsville, recently competed in the State Gymnastics Championship at Horton Field House in Normal, Illinois and secured a 1st place finish.
  Talia scored a 9.625 on Vault, 9.575 on Bars, 9.35 on Beam, and 9.45 on Floor for an All-Around score of 38 and the title of Level 7 State Champion. She has also qualified for the Region 5 Gymnastics Championship. Talia trains at Pride of Illi
  
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