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• John Michael’s Spank Bank Time Machine gets a PG-13 makeover

  23-04-2025 22:53 via chicagoreader.com
  
  John Michael, who describes his solo performances as the work of a “trauma clown,” has never shied away from being nearly naked onstage, both physically and in terms of emotional vulnerability. In 2017’s Meatball Seance, while wearing just underwear and an apron, he talked about losing his mom to cancer, while recruiting possible new “boyfriends” […]
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• Hip-hop prodigy Kaicrewsade puts community first

  23-04-2025 22:46 via chicagoreader.com
  
  When I played my friend “Match?” and “Slow Dancing to Liv.e,” the newest singles from Chicago rapper Kaicrewsade, she immediately knew she was hearing something special.  “Match?” opens with smooth string swells spangled with harp runs and driven by a hushed, restrained beat, and its sonic garden grows to add nylon-strong acoustic guitar and touches […]
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• “What is a Title?”

  23-04-2025 20:58 via chicagoreader.com
  
  By The Third
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• Cocinero Verde smashes the next Monday Night Foodball

  23-04-2025 19:27 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Anthony Pascual loved to rock a 20-gallon tilt skillet of zuppa toscana. “I really gotta give OG props,” he says. “I started there having only worked at a taco spot prior. The training is built so that anyone without experience could learn. It helped me learn the importance of following a recipe so that you […]
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• George Freeman returns to the cosmos

  23-04-2025 18:40 via chicagoreader.com
  
  There are 1,001 stories worth telling about George Freeman—guitarist, raconteur, raucous traffic cop at the five corners of jazz, blues, and funk—but I think two do a lot of the heavy lifting. George died on April 1, after a career that spanned nine decades, so even 1,001 might be a low estimate. But of the […]
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• Nowhere to go

  23-04-2025 18:30 via chicagoreader.com
  
  All Ed Cetwinski could think was, “God, I’m out of prison. I can live my life a little bit.” He had just been released from Taylorville Correctional Center after five years behind bars. But even though he’s free from his prison cell, he’s still not free.  Most criminal convictions in Illinois include a period of […]
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• Chicago Reader Volume 54, Number 29

  23-04-2025 18:21 via chicagoreader.com
  
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• INVITATION TO BID

  23-04-2025 17:48
  
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• Debra Vines Champions Autism Awareness with 17th Annual Walk-A-Thon Empowering Black Families

  23-04-2025 16:00
  
  Debra Vines, founder of The Answer Inc., hosts the 17th Annual Walk-A-Thon to raise autism awareness and support families in underserved communities. Inspired by her son, Jason, Vines continues her mission of advocacy, education, and empowerment (Photo Provided).
  When a mother loves her child, that love is expressed through unconditional sacrifice, tireless effort, and unwavering devotion, but above all, through love itself.
  Debra  Vines has transformed her journey as a mother into a powerf
  
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• Hardball Student Loan Collections Will Hit Black Borrowers Most

  23-04-2025 15:00
  
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  By Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier
  This article was originally published on Word In Black.
  Mark your calendar for May 5 — or maybe circle it in red.
  That’s when the Department of Education will start collection proceedings on the more than five million people who’ve defaulted on their federal student loans. That means financial pain — wage garnishment, seized tax refunds, offset social security checks, and wrecked credit scores — is
  
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• The Carr Report: Grow the ‘Gap,’ build your wealth!

  23-04-2025 14:30
  
  Let’s talk about the Gap. Not the clothing store “Gap.” Not the gap or space between your teeth.  I’m talking about the space between your income and your expenses. That sweet spot where wealth is born and financial stress dies! I generally refer to it as the “Wiggle Room” in your budget.
  You see, too many people are caught in a cycle of living check to check. They hustle hard, get paid, and two days later, they’re broke. Get paid on Friday and brok
  
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• MR SONNY KNOWS for April 23, 2025

  23-04-2025 14:00
  
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• Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Condemns Trump’s Attack on DEI, Pledges to Defend Racial Equity in the Workplace

  23-04-2025 00:00
  
  Illinois State Senator Lakesia Collins, joint chairwoman of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus (ILBC), along with the full ILBC, is announcing their collective disappointment and intentions for continued aggression against President Donald Trump’s blatant termination of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in America. During President Trump’s campaign for the President, he pledged to eliminate DEI. Even prior to taking office, companies scaled down diversity initiatives to
  
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