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• Umami From Scratch takes the spice road to the next Monday Night Foodball

  17-06-2025 21:57 via chicagoreader.com
  Divs Ray was too young to remember the French baking classes her mother, Manasi, taught in the remote northwestern Indian steel town of Rourkela. And yet Ray’s guava gochugaru pâte à choux somehow embodies the improvisational style of her mother, who had no problems experimenting with alternatives in a town not well provisioned with the […]
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• Materialists autopsies the rom-com genre

  17-06-2025 20:27 via chicagoreader.com
  Materialists in wide release in theaters
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• Gettin’ wiggy with it

  17-06-2025 16:14 via chicagoreader.com
  “This wig is stunning! Did you make it?” I asked my friend and fellow drag thing (a nonbinary or androgynous drag performer) Pegatron as we got ready for their Chappell Roan number in the drag competition Oh Snap! held in March at the Northalsted bar Scarlet. The wig in question was a recreation of Roan’s […]
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• Juneteenth in Chicago 2025: 25+ Events Celebrating Black Freedom and Joy

  17-06-2025 15:00
  Juneteenth Flag (Photo Credit: Office Holidays, Flickr). 
  From South Shore to Bronzeville, Garfield Park to Glenwood, Chicago is filled with ways to honor Juneteenth this year. Whether you’re cruising, vibing, learning, or just soaking in the day with loved ones—there’s a space for you. Here’s a look at how the city and suburbs are celebrating the holiday in all its forms and how you can take part. 
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  Juneteenth Freedom MarketJune 17 | 5PM
  
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• J. Pharoah Doss: Five years after George Floyd…an unlearned lesson

  17-06-2025 14:30
  Mychael Denzel Smith, a writer and activist, participated in a 2015 panel discussion about the riot in Ferguson, Missouri, that occurred following the 2014 Michael Brown police shooting. Someone asked the panel how to engage in peaceful societal change. Smith replied that revolutions in history have happened through violence. “The destruction of property is not violence,” he added. “It’s what revolution looks like.”
  A journalist reported that 25 businesses burned do
  
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• Lem’s Bar-B-Q Receives James Beard ‘American Classic’ Honor, Monday Night

  17-06-2025 14:00
  Lem’s Bar-B-Q, the South Side restaurant known for its rib tips and hot links, officially collected one of the highest honors in the culinary world. On Monday night at the Lyric Opera House, the James Beard Foundation named Lem’s one of its 2025 American Classics—an award reserved for independent, locally owned restaurants that serve food with deep regional and cultural roots.
  “This is a family legacy that we have continued, started by my dad’s two brothers and my f
  
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• Onyx Medical Wellness to Open South Shore Clinic Serving Black and LGBTQ+ Communities

  17-06-2025 13:45
  Dr. Maya Green, Founder and Chief Medical & Health Equity Officer of Onyx Medical Wellness (Photo Provided).
  Onyx Medical Wellness is proud to announce the grand opening & ribbon cutting ceremony of its newest health and wellness clinic on Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Chicago’s historic South Shore neighborhood. Located at 2247 E. 73rd Street, the clinic will serve as a vital community health hub, offering culturally competent care to Black, LGBTQ+, and other underserved populations
  
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• ‘No Kings’ Protests Draw Millions Nationwide, Thousands Rally in Downtown Chicago Against Trump

  17-06-2025 00:03
  Thousands gathered in Chicago’s Daley Plaza as part of the nationwide “No Kings” protests opposing Donald Trump’s policies. Federal lawmakers, activists, and union leaders called for renewed civic engagement and resistance to authoritarianism (Photo Credit: Tacuma Roeback)..
  Organizers reported that one million nationwide participated in the “No Kings” protests against President Trump and his administration’s policies. Thousands participated in the Chica
  
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