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• Clothing swap offers a chance to create a conscious wardrobe

  13-04-2024 22:15 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Looking to expand your wardrobe but mindful about the impact that consumerism has on the environment (and your wallet)? Chicago Fair Trade (CFT) is hosting an event that should be of interest: Conscious Closet Club’s Clothing Swap, a multiformat clothing trade-in and fundraiser for the organization. It’s taking place in conjunction with the artist-run studio […]
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• April’s Alcohol Awareness Month: Insights from Illinois Liquor Control Commission

  13-04-2024 16:00
  
  Imagine celebrating a joyful occasion such as a loved one’s 50th birthday party. What about going through the loss of a loved one while in despair? Life’s journey is a rollercoaster ride, and individuals often seek comfort or enjoyment through liquor. 
  However, without suitable education and balance, alcohol can quickly overturn lives.
  April is Alcohol Awareness Month. So, it’s essential to shed light on how liquor consumption can profoundly affect individuals, and underst
  
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• Public Memorial for Karen Yarbrough To Be Held Sunday at Rockefeller Chapel

  13-04-2024 14:30
  
  A public memorial will be held this Sunday for Karen Yarbrough, the first woman and African-American to serve as Cook County Clerk. 
  Yarbrough passed away on Sunday, April 7 from an undisclosed illness. 
  Her service will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday (April14) at the Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago. 
  Gov. JB Pritzker and Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth are scheduled to speak.
  On Friday, a visitation for Yarbrough was held at Grace Central Church in Westchester.
  
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• Black Grandmother Becomes First-Time Homeowner At 79

  13-04-2024 14:15
  
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  A Black grandmother has officially become a homeowner at 79, KATV reports.
  Mae Bailey, a mother of 5, became a first-time homeowner in Little Rock, Arkansas with help from Habitat for Humanity. The organization’s central Arkansas branch dedicated the fifth home they completed in the past 6 months to Bailey.
  “I want to thank all of Habitat,” Bailey said in a statement. “The employees, workers, everybody that know Habitat. I want to thank God for you al
  
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• Bally’s Chicago Casino Revenue Surged 13.2% in March to $13M

  13-04-2024 14:00
  
  In March, Bally’s Chicago Casino achieved significant milestones with a 13.2% increase in gross gaming revenue to $13,062,666 and a record-breaking attendance of 117,870, leading to over $2.5 million in tax revenue generated.
  “Our record-setting March results – with adjusted gaming revenue also up 12.7 percent over February to $11,127,674 – were driven by a strong events calendar, St. Patrick’s Day festivities and an increasing number of repeat guests,” said M
  
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• Ethiopia’s Qwanqwa swing a danceable blend of the traditional and modern

  13-04-2024 02:16 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Qwanqwa are an Addis Ababa–based ensemble founded by American five-string violinist and Debo Band veteran Kaethe Hostetter in 2012. The group’s shifting intergenerational lineup has included many stellar players over the years, notably Mesele Asmamaw, a vocalist and master of the electric krar, a lyrelike stringed instrument with a very flexible voice; he’s released traditional […]
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• Heccra made the sound of today’s digital emo underground a decade ago

  13-04-2024 02:12 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Every emerging scene has its share of young artists who take inspiration from one or two obscure, forgotten bands, often showing the rest of us what was so special about that relic we discarded, ignored, or plain couldn’t understand. So bless all the fifth-wave emo kids who’ve flocked to Heccra, an early-2010s project by a […]
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• Alt-country stalwart and well-traveled backup singer Nora O’Connor takes center stage

  13-04-2024 02:07 via chicagoreader.com
  
  For decades, Nora O’Connor has played a vital support role in the alt-country scene, not just in Chicago but far afield. Her sunshine-and-honey–tinged vocals recall the counterculture heyday of Laurel Canyon, and as a backup singer she’s lent her pipes to myriad releases by the likes of Iron and Wine, Andrew Bird, Kelly Hogan, Neko […]
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• Chicago alt-Americana group Minor Moon find the comfort in a ruined world

  13-04-2024 02:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  On Minor Moon’s new The Light Up Waltz (Ruination Record Co.), front man Sam Cantor sings about crossing an unstable bridge over an unearthly abyss (“Blue Timing”) and navigating what feels like an ongoing civilizational collapse (“I Could See It Coming”) with soothing, sure-footed tenderness. Cantor has been releasing rootsy folk tracks under the name […]
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• Bnny embrace love’s ups and downs on the new One Million Songs

  13-04-2024 01:55 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago indie-rock band Bnny, led by charismatic singer Jessica Viscius, have returned this month with their new second album, One Million Songs (Fire Talk). On the band’s 2021 debut full-length, Everything, Viscius embodied the most gripping and opaque aspects of trauma following a personal tragedy—the 2017 death of her partner, local musician Trey Gruber, at […]
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• Bnny embrace love’s ups and downs on the new One Million Love Songs

  13-04-2024 01:55 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago indie-rock band Bnny, led by charismatic singer Jessica Viscius, have returned this month with their new second album, One Million Love Songs (Fire Talk). On the band’s 2021 debut full-length, Everything, Viscius embodied the most gripping and opaque aspects of trauma following a personal tragedy—the 2017 death of her partner, local musician Trey Gruber, […]
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• Myra Melford comes to town with the best all-woman supergroup in jazz

  13-04-2024 01:50 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Myra Melford’s Fire and Water Quintet was born out of a one-off concert during her weeklong residency at New York venue the Stone in June 2019. Its all-woman all-star lineup consciously celebrated the advances women have made within jazz and improvised music since Melford launched her career in the 80s, when the Evanston native was […]
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