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• Rev. Jesse Jackson To Receive Lifetime Achievement Honor At 2024 Men Of Excellence Ceremony

  08-05-2024 22:27
  
  This year’s Induction Ceremony Honors Exemplary Black Men in the Chicagoland Community at the Tinley Park Convention Center on June 14, 2024.
  Chicago, Illinois – Rev. Jesse Jackson, the revered Civil Rights icon, will receive the lifetime achievement honor at The Chicago Defender’s 17th Annual Men of Excellence ceremony.
  Few have accomplished what Rev. Jackson has. From his work with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Operation Breadbasket to launching two civil rights organizations a
  
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• For the late Christina Ramberg, collecting was part of her practice

  08-05-2024 20:31 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The late Christina Ramberg’s paintings, drawings, and quilts are showcased in a gorgeous and long-overdue retrospective at the Art Institute, on view until August 11. Rather than explore Ramberg’s trenchant themes of gender and the body, I’d like to focus on her personal archive, pieces of which are displayed here. As an artist who also […]
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• Navigating FAFSA Delays: Students Talk Scholarships, Embrace Resilience

  08-05-2024 16:00
  
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  For years, students nationwide have relied on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as a gateway to their educational dreams. 
  Whether submitted physically or online, this vital form stands as a beacon of hope for current and prospective college students, opening doors to essential financial assistance. FAFSA isn’t just a form; it’s a lifeline, offering avenues to affordable or even free college education through scholarships, grants and student lo
  
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• Mothering the Movement connects past and future

  08-05-2024 15:50 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In the first scene of Mothering the Movement, seven members of Free Street Theater’s youth ensemble riff on what mothers mean to them. On opening night, it was clear that some had their own mothers in the audience, giving special meaning to their tributes. It’s a touching, personal way to begin a play about Hazel […]
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• Prelude to a Kiss highlights old souls in a fresh package

  08-05-2024 15:42 via chicagoreader.com
  
  It’s amazing that this play about old souls moves along at such a brisk pace.  Theatre Above the Law’s new production of Craig Lucas’s romantic comedy/drama Prelude to a Kiss is intentionally staged with no props or scenery. Director Tony Lawry’s notes say that’s to let the audience “dine on the sustenance inside this story.” […]
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• Judgment Day is amusing but slight

  08-05-2024 15:39 via chicagoreader.com
  
  “Jerry, just remember, it’s not a lie, if you believe it.” Jason Alexander doesn’t repeat this famous George Costanza line from Seinfeld in Rob Ulin’s morality comedy, Judgment Day, now in a world premiere at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. But he may as well. So much else in this play (directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel), which […]
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• Panther in the Sky tackles gun violence

  08-05-2024 15:35 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble and CIRCA-Pintig’s collaborative piece, Panther in the Sky, written by Lani T. Montreal and directed by Mignon McPherson Stewart, tackles difficult subject matter. Through its one-hour production, Panther grapples with gun violence, its victims, and the families (specifically the mothers) they leave behind, from the perspective of BIPOC moms and their sons. […]
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• Prospective Student Shot & Killed By Stray Bullet While Visiting HBCU

  08-05-2024 15:30
  
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  A prospective student was shot and killed by a stray bullet at Delaware State University
  Camay Mitchell De Silva, 18, was fatally shot on April 21 while staying with a friend who attended Delaware State University, per PEOPLE. According to a GoFundMe page set up by De Silva’s family, the teen, who had previously attended Morgan State University, was considering enrollment at Delaware State to pursue cybersecurity.
  Gunshots rang out at roughly 1:40 a.m. on April 21. Officers
  
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• Black Man Pushed In Lake By Friend, Left Underwater For 10 Minutes: Lawyer

  08-05-2024 14:30
  
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  A Louisiana family is seeking answers after their son nearly drowned in Lake D’Arbonne, KSLA reports.
  Christopher “Chris” Gilbert was at a lakefront restaurant in Farmerville with a group of friends when the near-death experience occurred.
  Gilbert’s family and their lawyer, Claudia Payne, claim he was pushed into the lake and left underwater for nearly 10 minutes.
  Payne said the friend group had initially told police and Gilbert’s mom that he had fal
  
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• MR. SONNY KNOWS for May 8, 2024

  08-05-2024 14:00
  
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• ‘Straight Words’: 4 Differences Between Trump and Cousin Ray Ray in Court

  08-05-2024 13:54
  By Naba’a Muhammad, Contributing Columnist
  The judge in the Trump hush-money case in New York, which revolves around charges the GOP boss paid off a porn star to keep an affair quiet and lied about it to flim-flam voters, has gotten a ton of media coverage. Judge Juan M. Merchan told the presidential hopeful that “…violations of a gag order barring Trump from inflammatory out-of-court comments about witnesses, jurors, and others closely connected to the case could result in ja
  
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• Bally’s Chicago Outpaces the Market for the Month of April

  08-05-2024 13:30
  
  Bally’s Chicago Casino outpaced the market for the month of April with gross gaming revenue of $12.2M. Additionally, admissions were strong, and rewards enrollment continued to increase during this period. Exciting new amenities are also on the horizon for Bally’s Chicago, such as valet parking operated by Bally’s staff starting this summer, expanded restaurant seating at Kitchen 888, and the upcoming introduction of a new VIP Lounge on the third floor of the Medinah Temple.
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