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• ‘Reading saved me’

  17-04-2024 23:18 via chicagoreader.com
  
  “I suppose it is easy to dismiss a young woman for forming and shaping her identity under the influence of books, of reading—and yet. That was what I had and it was everything.” Suzanne Scanlon is the poet laureate of young, artistically inclined women who feel too much and search for meaning in books. Decades […]
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• The Reader’s Guide to Record Store Day 2024

  17-04-2024 22:32 via chicagoreader.com
  
  This Record Store Day, which arrives on Saturday, April 20, Republic Records is doing its best to make sure you can buy a newly pressed record by Vermont singer-songwriter Noah Kahan. Republic (part of Universal Music Group) has pressed 15,000 copies of Kahan’s second album, 2021’s I Was / I Am, which is not the LP […]
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• March on the DNC plans Chicago’s ‘largest mobilization for Palestine’

  17-04-2024 20:27 via chicagoreader.com
  
  “From the river to see, Palestine will be free!” “The people united will never be defeated!” “Fight back!” Boisterous chants fill the basement of Teamster City on April 13, where hundreds of people from more than a dozen states have assembled to plan a massive mobilization when Chicago takes the national stage later this summer. […]
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• Ano Bank$ is a cornerstone for his people

  17-04-2024 19:58 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The barbershop has long been a cornerstone institution for Black and Brown communities. It serves folks looking for fresh cuts, of course, but it’s ultimately a place where people gather and exchange information. This information can be as trivial as sports banter or as profound as the wisdom born of experience that older barbers give […]
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• Demented bordello

  17-04-2024 19:17 via chicagoreader.com
  
  My first visit to Trap Door Theatre did not disappoint, from the hidden alley entrance to the immediate sense of time travel and disorientation upon entry. For the last show of its 30th anniversary season, the company is bringing back Nana by Olwen Wymark, first staged in 2002. Resident choreographer Miguel Long codirects with managing […]
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• Time travel, Babes With Blades style

  17-04-2024 18:59 via chicagoreader.com
  
  What is better than a time travel play? Not much. A rare species in itself, it can only be improved upon by something equally awesome—like centering women, impeccable stage combat, and a rock-solid plot that accounts for the bootstrap paradox. This is exactly what the Babes With Blades world premiere of The S Paradox pulled […]
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• Mazurkas of memory

  17-04-2024 18:42 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Hershey Felder first played Frédéric Chopin at the now-closed Royal George Theatre in 2005—one of several solo shows about great composers that Felder has created over the years (he’s also played George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, and Beethoven, among others). Now Writers Theatre has brought Felder’s Monsieur Chopin (directed by Joel Zwick) back in […]
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• Children will listen

  17-04-2024 18:25 via chicagoreader.com
  
  It’s tempting to start a review of Beyond the Garden Gate with a comment like, “The fairy tales I grew up with were never like this.” But let’s face it: The fairy tales we grew up with at least started out as something like this. Impostors Theatre Company’s expert, if occasionally disturbing, new production (written […]
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• Hat trick

  17-04-2024 17:43 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Forgetting a hookup’s name? Bad. Forgetting your spouse’s name? So bad it requires Old Testament intervention.   Hetchman (Scott Danielson) is on a mission to find his lost partner (Daria Harper) and favorite accessory in Lauren Yee’s 100-minute, one-act, modern fable dramedy. After a young woman (Taylor B. Hill) moves to a new home in the […]
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• Spies like us

  17-04-2024 17:31 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Written and directed by Grant Batdorff, this satire of spy thrillers for Two Chairs Theatre at the Annoyance begins with a bang: a wry, spot-on parody of those bombastic title sequences popular in the 60s in shows like Mission: Impossible and mocked in the 90s in the Austin Powers movies. Sadly, nothing in the subsequent […]
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• Chicago Reader Volume 53, No. 14

  17-04-2024 17:05 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago Reader Volume 53, No. 14. April 18, 2024
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• Black Maternity Health Week: Resources & Organizations To Check Out

  17-04-2024 16:30 via chicagodefender.com
  
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  It’s been one year since President Joe Biden officially proclaimed April 11 through April 17 as Black Maternal Health Week. The seven-day observance shines a light on Black mothers who struggle with pregnancy or maternity-related complications due to various obstacles and dangers. The Centers for Disease Control says Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. Healthcare access and quality, under
  
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• Artists Against Apartheid organizers balance joy and Palestinian resistance

  17-04-2024 16:04 via chicagoreader.com
  
  A cross between an art market, block party, and political rally, Artists Against Apartheid brings together Palestinian and Arab artists from around Chicago to recharge, build community, and raise funds for those in occupied Palestine.  Artists Against ApartheidSun 4/21 2-8 PM, Alhambra Palace Chicago, 1240 W. Randolph, $5-10 suggested donationinstagram.com/falasteen.favorites “This is a time for […]
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• Auditorium Theatre Unveils Alvin Ailey Dance Theater’s Highly Anticipated Return, April 17-21

  17-04-2024 14:30 via chicagodefender.com
  
  Members of the Company in Alvin Ailey’s For ‘Bird’ – With Love. Photo by Dario Calmese
  World renowned ambassadors of Dance and Culture, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to its Chicago home – the landmark Auditorium Theatre at 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive – for its 55th engagement here, with six dynamic performances, April 17-21, 2024. 
  Celebrating its 65th Anniversary season in 2023-24, the company will perform three distinct programs certain to
  
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• The Carr Report: Choosing your life mate…The most important decision you’ll ever make!

  17-04-2024 14:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
  Investing in yourself is the best in­vestment you’ll ever make. When you focus on becoming the best version of yourself, you’ll strive to continual­ly learn more, earn more, save more, exercise more, eat healthier, and do things that you love and enjoy.
  When you’re seeking a romantic companion, you want to find a person who will enhance the quality of your life. Someone who will encourage you to be the best version of yourself as you do the same for them. No one en­
  
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• MR. SONNY KNOWS for Apr 17

  17-04-2024 14:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
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• Rainbow Push CEO Rev. Haynes III Resigns After 3 Months On The Job

  17-04-2024 13:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
  Three months after being formally appointed as CEO of Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH, Pastor Frederick Haynes III has resigned. 
  Haynes, 63, confirmed to The Associated Press that he submitted his resignation letter, citing personal reflection and a need to step down amid ongoing challenges. He expressed gratitude to Rev. Jackson for the opportunity but did not delve into specifics about his decision.
  “After a time of prayer and consultation, I felt it was best to step down a
  
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