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• A week without moviegoing

  27-03-2025 19:07 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer. What does a week without moviegoing look like for a moviegoer?  Well, for one, bleak. And frustrating. It wasn’t by choice that last week was void of any moviegoing. (Though, of […]
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• Creative agency 3V helps independent artists build sustainable futures

  27-03-2025 18:58 via chicagoreader.com
  
  I was lucky to catch Dayneeia Thrash and Cat Sanchez, cofounders of Chicago-based creative agency 3V, for an interview. They only had a short window for a Zoom sit-down, between the February 28 installment of TheGr8Cypher at Never Have I Ever Bar and their trip to South by Southwest in Texas. Their agency oversees the […]
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• Taigo Onez, DJ, producer, and label head

  27-03-2025 18:07 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In the 1980s, when he was still a teenager, Englewood native Taigo Onez got involved in Chicago music by joining what’s now the city’s oldest hip-hop community group, Chi-ROCK Nation. He dabbled in every hip-hop element—breaking, DJing, MCing, and graffiti writing—but he’d adopt music as his calling card. He made beats for emerging local MCs […]
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• Turning the Ghost Light back on

  27-03-2025 17:01 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Tapping microphone . . . is this thing on? Welcome to the first Ghost Light column of 2025. Yes, I realize it’s almost the end of March. But time is a flat tire, and this year has already been a lot to deal with. (The rise of fascism and some unexpected struggles for the Reader […]
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• Chicago Eighth Graders Urge U.S. Leaders to Cut Military Spending and Invest in People

  27-03-2025 15:00
  
  These ITAV students are studying the national budget, making recommendations and perhaps lobbying state lawmakers for change (Photo Credit: ITAV).
  Some eighth graders in Chicago have a few things they’d like to tell Congress. Their message? Stop prioritizing bombs over books and the military over healthcare.
  “We should focus on what makes the people more safe, more happy,” said Cedric Washington, a student at It Takes a Village Family of Schools (ITAV). “Then, as we focus
  
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• Funding Crises Threaten Diabetes Program’s Success

  27-03-2025 14:00
  
  Photo Credit: Samara Heisz/Getty Images
  Before ECHO-Chicago launched its diabetes program in 2020, patients were often waiting up to four to six months to see a diabetes specialist.
  By Jennifer Porter Gore
  This article was originally published on Word In Black.
  Without question, diabetes has long been a scourge in the Black community: slightly more than one in 10 Black adults suffer from the disease. In Chicago, the news is even worse: the city’s public health department found that up to 3
  
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• Illinois Lottery Player Wins $349 Million Mega Millions Jackpot

  27-03-2025 13:00
  
  Someone in Illinois is waking up a millionaire hundreds of times over. A Mega Millions ticket worth $349 million was sold at a Casey’s General Store in Cortland, Illinois, for Tuesday night’s drawing.
  The lucky player matched all five numbers and the Mega Ball — 1, 5, 17, 39, 62, and Mega Ball 8 — to win the top prize.
  The store that sold the ticket, located at 70 S. Somonauk Road, will receive a $500,000 bonus from the Illinois Lottery.
  This marks the fourth time in four
  
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• T.D. Jakes Reveals He Suffered ‘Massive’ Heart Attack During Church Sermon

  27-03-2025 12:30
  
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  Pastor T.D. Jakes has revealed that the life-threatening medical emergency he suffered during a church sermon last year was a “massive” heart attack.
  During an interview with TODAY on Wednesday (March 26), Jakes, a pastor at The Potter’s House in Dallas, Texas, opened up about suffering a heart attack onstage during his livestreamed sermon in November 2024.
  “I didn’t really realize what was happening to me onstage until I got to the hospital in a
  
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