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• The suitcase or the coffin

  24-04-2025 22:33 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Prayer for the French Republic, through 5/18, Northlight Theatre and Theater Wit at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie
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• Review: On Swift Horses

  24-04-2025 21:45 via chicagoreader.com
  
  On Swift Horses in wide release in theaters
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• Salmon nigiri at Parachute HiFi

  24-04-2025 21:05 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Have you ever taken a bite of something so smooth and scrumptious that it catches you off guard? Your eyes roll back. Your brow furrows. Your head falls slowly and heavily into the TikTok food-influencer head nod. In the low light of Avondale’s Parachute HiFi, while DJ Radio Luna spun upbeat music on vinyl not […]
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• Till death

  24-04-2025 20:32 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. Funnily enough, it’s been two movies about death—either outrightly or more abstractly—that have helped elevate me out of my several-week-long funk. It’s par for the course with me; I’m drawn to […]
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• Review: The Visitor

  24-04-2025 19:34 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Visitor screening Thu 4/24 at Facets
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• Not your average Joe

  24-04-2025 18:37 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Trader Joe’s remains unchallenged when it comes to intriguing food combinations (apple pie cheddar cheese, chocolate hummus), and its stores are just as remarkable for their patrons’ style. It’s not uncommon to spot savvy dressers patiently navigating the narrow aisles, often unaware of how good they look. Case in point: Keenyn Perry, 22, aka Garçon […]
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• ‘Breaking the Chains’: Chicago Leaders Champion Equity and Empowerment for Black Men and Fathers

  24-04-2025 16:00
  
  From L–R: Deon Hodrick, community advocate and entrepreneur; Richard Wallace, founder of Equity and Transformation (EAT); Clinton Boyd, Jr., executive director of Fathers, Families & Healthy Communities; and Daniel Ash, president of the Field Foundation, speak during the “Breaking the Chains” panel on reclaiming wealth, power, and dignity for Black men in Chicago (Photo Courtesy of The Field Foundation).
  As a Black woman, I’ve seen firsthand how financial struggles ca
  
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• Reason Why Michelle Obama Skipped Trump’s Inauguration Revealed

  24-04-2025 14:00
  
  Photo: Getty Images
  Former First Lady Michelle Obama is speaking out for the first time about why she didn’t attend President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
  In January, the IMO podcast host fueled speculation about possible marital issues with former President Barack Obama after she declined to attend Trump’s second inauguration. Michelle’s decision came shortly after she missed late President Jimmy Carter’s funeral, where she was expected to sit next to Trump.
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• Mayor Brandon Johnson Opens Applications for Chicago Reparations Task Force

  24-04-2025 14:00
  
  In a major step toward racial justice, Mayor Brandon Johnson has officially opened the application process for Chicago’s Reparations Task Force—a first-of-its-kind effort to study the legacy of systemic harm against Black Chicagoans and chart a path toward repair.
  Announced Wednesday in partnership with the Office of Equity and Racial Justice and the Aldermanic Black Caucus, the task force will play a central role in producing Chicago’s first comprehensive reparations study, sc
  
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• Timothée Chalamet will set you free

  24-04-2025 13:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  At night, I dream of a thousand Timothée Chalamets setting fires in the streets to declare that a country under fascism is one worth destroying.  Every online community has its trends, and since 2020, one way makeup influencers have been proving their prowess is by transforming people into Timothée Chalamet. These videos are as entertaining […]
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• Cook County Commissioner Kisha McCaskill Leads Powerful Earth Day Celebration in South Suburbs

  24-04-2025 13:00
  
  Cook County Commissioner Kisha McCaskill (Photo Credit: Cook County Government).
  On Tuesday (April 22), Cook County Commissioner Kisha McCaskill of the 5th District successfully hosted a dynamic and impactful Earth Day Celebration at South Suburban College, located at 15800 State Street in South Holland, Illinois.
  The event, presented in partnership with State Senator Napoleon B. Harris III and the Office of Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart, brought together residents from across the South Sub
  
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• This Week In Black History April 23-29, 2025

  24-04-2025 06:51
  
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  1856—One of the greatest inven­tors in American history, Granville T. Woods, is born in Columbus, Ohio. During his life he received 65 patents for electrical, mechan­ical and communications devic­es. Among his inventions was an advanced telephone transmitter. The transmitter was so advanced that the Alexander Graham Bell Company purchased the rights to it from Woods, both because it was superior to what Bell had in­vented and for fear that Woods might become a majo
  
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• Senator Dick Durbin to Retire in 2026, Ending Over 40 Years of Public Service

  24-04-2025 03:00
  
  Sen. Dick Durbin at a committee hearing (Photo Credit: Glenn Fawcett, Public Domain).
  Senator Dick Durbin, the U.S. Senate’s second-highest-ranking Democrat, announced on Wednesday that he will not run for reelection in 2026. The move signifies an ending to a career spanning over 40 years and paves the way for a massive leadership shift among Democrats, both in Washington and Illinois. The 80-year-old senator made the revelation in a video on X, declaring: ‘I truly love the job of be
  
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