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• Academic blood sport

  27-02-2025 21:26 via chicagoreader.com
  
  One Party Consent, through 3/15, First Floor Theater at Den Theatre
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• Flights of trauma

  27-02-2025 21:15 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Cygnus, through 3/16, Gift Theatre at Filament Theatre
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• The silly, silly west

  27-02-2025 21:02 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Kitty James and Destiny's Trail to Oregon, through 3/29 at Factory Theater
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• Mikel Galati, owner and operator of Modest Merch

  27-02-2025 19:16 via chicagoreader.com
  Mikel Galati owns and operates a small screen-printing shop on the northwest side called Modest Merch. He prints custom apparel for musicians, clothing companies, small businesses, and others—but his niche is the DIY scene. Galati has been running his shop for 13 years, and he headed down the bumpy road of business ownership when he […]
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• Bulgogi beef at Rice’N Bread

  27-02-2025 19:06 via chicagoreader.com
  Some people make the trip to Wrigleyville for $20 beers and mediocre baseball. For others, it’s brunching and binge drinking among roving bands of twentysomethings. For me, it’s bulgogi beef over rice. Rice’N Bread, in an unassuming storefront off Sheffield, feels a little like you’re stepping into the neighborhood’s past. Before fast food joints and […]
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• ‘RHOP’ Star Karen Huger To Serve One Year In Prison For DUI Crash

  27-02-2025 19:00
  
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  Real Housewives of Potomac star Karen Huger will serve one year in prison for driving under the influence (DUI) after she crashed her car last year.
  On Wednesday (Feb. 26), Huger was sentenced to two years in prison with one year mandatory after being convicted in December by a Montgomery County jury of DUI, negligent driving, failing to control her vehicle’s speed to avoid a collision, and failing to notify authorities of a change of address, per WJLA.
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• Review: The Monkey

  27-02-2025 18:55 via chicagoreader.com
  The Monkey in wide release in theaters
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• Chicago Record Report: February 2025

  27-02-2025 16:50 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Nestor Arriaga, The Lost Files Born in Honduras, Chicago-based DJ and producer Nestor Arriaga makes minimalist house and techno inspired by the natural world. His slick, spacious new album, The Lost Files, feels like drinking a glass of cool water under the stars on a breezy summer night. Cloakroom, Last Leg of the Human Table […]
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• EXCLUSIVE: Rev. Al Sharpton on Trump’s Agenda, DEI Rollbacks, and the Fight for Democracy

  27-02-2025 16:30
  
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  By Alexander Efird & James S. Bridgeforth, Ph.D. 
  It has been just one month since Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, and in that short time, his administration has waged an all-out war against diversity, equity and inclusion. With the stroke of a pen, executive orders have sought to erase Black history from classrooms, dismantle workplace DEI programs and purge highly qualified women and people of color from key leadership po
  
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• Black Tech Leaders Inspire Students at Harper College

  27-02-2025 15:30
  
  Photo credits: Harper College photographer Michael Hubatch
  Throughout the 20th century, innovation has evolved in ways that continue to shape our world, and this transformation will accelerate in the years ahead.
  Harper College in Palatine hosted a Black History Month event, “Black Futures: Inspiration to Innovation in Emerging Tech,” highlighting the contributions of Black leaders in technology. The event featured a panel of industry professionals, including Michael Crawley, William
  
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