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• Cult Show examines groupthink and collaboration

  14-05-2024 23:22 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Cult Show is a play about the human need to socialize and the cult of the Neo-Futurists. In it, ensemble members Alex Hovi, DeVaughn Loman, Joanna Jamerson, and Lara Johnson and writers/directors Jasmine Henri Jordan and Audrey Polinski greet audiences in ragtag outfits of red, blue, and yellow. Their getups and demeanors border on clownish […]
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• J Bambii makes space for everybody at south-side party the FiFi

  14-05-2024 20:33 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Inspired by her family and the get-togethers, birthday parties, and other celebrations they held throughout her childhood, south-side rapper J Bambii began curating fun, healing spaces for her community a decade ago. One of her recurring events is the FiFi, a party she started in spring 2022. Bambii says it’s grown to attract more than […]
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• Reader stories win at Peter Lisagor Awards

  14-05-2024 18:31 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Reader is pleased to announce that two of our stories from 2023 won at the Peter Lisagor Awards, which recognize some of the best in journalism from Illinois and northwest Indiana. The awards are organized by Chicago Headline Club, the official Chicago chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Best food or restaurant coverage […]
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• The spectacle of justice

  14-05-2024 17:36 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Amid former president Trump’s notorious hush money trial, Jordan Strafer’s solo exhibition at the Renaissance Society, “Decadence,” evokes another historical criminal trial involving a member of America’s “royal family.” In 1991, William Kennedy Smith, a nephew of JFK and at the time a bumptious medical student, was tried on a rape charge. The attention-grabbing trial […]
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• The Chi’s Curtiss Cook On Black Male Mental Health And His Role As ‘Douda’

  14-05-2024 16:00
  
  Curtiss Cook of The Chi sheds light on his portrayal of Douda and how that prompted him to advocate for Black men’s mental health (Credit: Evgeny Milkovich).
  Navigating the highs and lows of life is a collective experience, but how we handle the tough times defines us. Mental health struggles among Black men are an urgent matter that warrants open dialogue and attention. 
  In a recent interview with The Chicago Defender, actor Curtiss Cook shed light on his journey, mainly how life&rsq
  
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• Customers Save $9 Billion in Energy Costs Through Award-Winning ComEd Energy Efficiency Program

  14-05-2024 14:30
  
  Association House joins long list of ComEd customers who are reducing energy costs and carbon emissions through US EPA-recognized program
  ComEd today announced that hundreds of thousands of customers have saved a total of $9 billion on their energy bills through the company’s Energy Efficiency program. The program, which launched in 2008 and is now one of the largest in the nation, also received an ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year—Sustained Excellence Award, the highest level of
  
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• South Side Healthy Community Organization Recruiting For Community Advisory Council

  14-05-2024 14:00
  
  Applications Accepted Until May 15th from Those with Vested Interest in the Health/Well-being of Chicago’s South Side
  The South Side Healthy Community Organization (SSHCO) is recruiting for the next term of its Community Advisory Council (CAC), a volunteer group charged with sharing ideas and input and providing advice on priority health issues and outreach initiatives on Chicago’s South Side.
  The SSHCO is seeking diverse candidates who reflect various demographics from the South Sid
  
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• J. Pharoah Doss: The inglorious bastard boom on campus

  14-05-2024 14:00
  
  The baby boom was between World War II and the 1960s. When baby boomers reached adulthood, their elders criticized them for being self-centered and materialistic.
  The boomers were dubbed the “me-generation.” 
  Millennials were the grandchildren of the “me-generation,” but the Millennials, who became social elites, birthed the me-me-me generation. The me-me-me generation was not just another surge in birth rates; it was an inverted bastard boom.
  In Shakespearean times,
  
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