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• Dancing into summer

  06-06-2024 20:02 via chicagoreader.com
  
  June is busting out all over, which means it’s time for Chicago Dance Month. The annual citywide celebration of dance and movement, presented through the nonprofit service organization See Chicago Dance, is now in its 12th year. And though the opening-day performances last Saturday at Navy Pier got rained out for the most part, that […]
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• Milo’s Market forges the one sandwich to rule them all at the next Monday Night Foodball

  06-06-2024 19:55 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Gilberto Bahena has already been initiated into the Sacred Order of Mary Stark. He knows the secret handshake. He sat stoically for the ecstatic agony of the hidden meat loaf tattoo. And he always bows and recites a short prayer before lighting up Mary’s stove. Bahena also is a registered Friend of Foodball, having developed, […]
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• Lee’s Unleaded Blues rises from its own ashes

  06-06-2024 17:53 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Like a phoenix rising from its own ashes, Lee’s Unleaded Blues (7401 S. South Chicago) has risen again after a decade of disuse, defying grim pronouncements about the demise of “real blues” on the south side. Chicago entrepreneur Warren Berger, who also owns Club Escape (a Black LGBTQ+ bar a few blocks away at 1530 […]
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• Review: Bad Boys: Ride or Die

  06-06-2024 17:04 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Bad Boys: Ride or Die, the fourth installment in the franchise, finds the buddy cop duo of Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) a bit older but not at all wiser. Narratively, we aren’t breaking any new ground for the action-comedy genre. Our heroes are framed for a series of crimes they […]
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• Review: Young Woman and the Sea

  06-06-2024 17:03 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In an era when collective, in-person viewing is in a tenuous state, Young Woman and the Sea is what we call a straight-to-streaming movie.  There’s certainly little that’s objectionable about the story and how it’s told, which easily lends itself to an inspirational, live-action Disney experience. There’s a heroine in period dress who overcomes all […]
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• Review: Hit Man

  06-06-2024 17:03 via chicagoreader.com
  
  There’s a lot of hope for Glen Powell, and lots of energy—from studios, directors, publicists, even critics—behind the idea of him as the next great Hollywood star. Untainted thus far by superhero dreck, he’s a charismatic lead focused on executing a nostalgic playbook for household status, which thankfully means compiling a diverse portfolio of interesting […]
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• Angel Reese Makes It Known That It’s Not Only One Person Boosting The WNBA

  06-06-2024 15:00
  
  Amidst growing popularity of the WNBA, Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese has voiced her significant role within the league. During a press conference held in Chicago on June 3, she challenges the narrative that attributes the WNBA’s rise solely to players like Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever. 
  Reese, who was the No. 7 overall pick, traced the surge in attention back to her performance in the 2023 NCAA National Championship game. “I’ve been dealing with this for two years n
  
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• CHICAT is enrolling now for its No-Cost Career Training Programs in Food Manufacturing, Advanced Maintenance, and Medical Billing

  06-06-2024 14:30
  
  The Chicago Center for Arts and Technology (CHICAT) (located 1701 W. 13th Street; Chicago, Illinois) is currently enrolling for 3 no-cost classes for individuals interested in pursuing careers in Food Manufacturing Quality Technician, Advanced Maintenance Mechanics, and Health Information Technology (HIT) Medical Billing and Coding.
  These programs will start on June 10th and run Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM for nine months.
  Serving all of Chicago, but mostly the North Lawndale,
  
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• White Dad Pushes Black Superintendent Away From Daughter During Graduation

  06-06-2024 14:15
  
  Photo: MAX TV – BARABOO/YouTube 
  A Wisconsin father is facing racism allegations after he blocked his daughter from shaking hands with a Black superintendent during her graduation ceremony.
  The allegations stem from a Barbaroo High School graduation ceremony, where a senior’s father grabbed Superintendent Rainey Briggs just before his daughter was set to shake his hand, WKOW reports.
  In a now-viral video of the incident, the father appeared to emerge from the audience and run on
  
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• Meet Ciera McKissick’s latest enterprise: cam.contemporarie

  06-06-2024 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Studio suite 920 in Pilsen’s Mana Contemporary building is home to the prolific Ciera McKissick’s latest enterprise: cam.contemporarie. With this new project space, one of Chicago’s staunchest advocates for the arts turns her eye both to the market and to cultivating holistic support for artists. She calls cam.contemporarie a “micro-gallery” (at 394 square feet), a […]
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• Bringing health equity to Chicago’s south side

  06-06-2024 13:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  As the state of reproductive health continues to evolve more than a year after the conservative-leaning Supreme Court overturned abortion protections codified in Roe v. Wade, Black health equity advocates in Chicago are responding to the growing need for reproductive health care in south-side neighborhoods. Such areas have long been disenfranchised and deprived of the […]
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• This Week In Black History – June 5 -11, 2024

  06-06-2024 05:00
  
  JUNE 5
  1872—The Republican Party National Convention takes place in Philadel­phia with substantial representation from former Black slaves. At least three Blacks addressed the national political gathering. At this point in history, the Republicans were the nation’s most progressive party and attracted the allegiance of African Americans. Blacks would remain loyal to the Republicans until the 1930s. But by 1945 with the Republicans becoming increasingly conservative and attracted
  
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