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• Marriott Theatre Opens Summer Season with ‘BEEHIVE: THE 60’S MUSICAL’

  30-06-2024 00:20 via chicagodefender.com
  
  Grace Bobber, Lucy Godinez, Miciah Lathan (Photo Courtesy Liz Lauren).
  The Marriott Theatre has opened the summer season with “BEEHIVE: THE 60’S MUSICAL,” a vibrant homage to the music of the 1960s. 
  Directed and choreographed by Deidre Goodwin, known for her work on Broadway and in film, and featuring music direction by Jeff Award Winner Ryan T. Nelson, this production celebrates the influential female voices of the era.
  Women’s experiences in the 1960s were transfo
  
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• New Poll Reveals One Democratic Candidate Who Could Beat Trump

  03-07-2024 21:51 via chicagodefender.com
  
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  There’s only one Democratic candidate that could beat former President Donald Trump in a hypothetical match-up for the presidency, according to a new poll.
  On Tuesday (July 2), Reuters/Ipsos released the findings from a survey of 1,070 U.S. adults conducted days after the first presidential debate of 2024 between President Joe Biden and Trump.
  According to the survey, former first lady Michelle Obama was the only Democrat who led in a hypothetical race against Trump, ga
  
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• Celebrating Culture and Innovation: Cadillac’s Electrifying Presence at ABFF

  03-07-2024 21:23 via chicagodefender.com
  
  Cadillac took center stage at this year’s American Black Film Festival (ABFF), weaving together culture, innovation, and electric energy in a series of memorable experiences. The festival-goers were treated to an array of captivating events that showcased Cadillac’s dedication to supporting Black culture while spotlighting their cutting-edge electric vehicles.
  Juanita Slappy, Head of Multicultural Marketing at Cadillac, expressed the brand’s enthusiasm for their involvement in
  
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• Jessica Nabongo Ignites Inspiring Conversations at Coffee & Cadillacs

  03-07-2024 21:19 via chicagodefender.com
  A breakfast conversation at the Cadillac Lounge during the American Black Film Festival brought together cultural icons for a morning of inspiring discussions. Among the notable attendees was world traveler Jessica Nabongo, who had just returned from Paris after joining Cadillac for the OPTIQ reveal. The event, aptly titled “Coffee & Cadillacs: Lights, Camera, Action!” set the stage for a series of meaningful and thought-provoking dialogues.
   
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• God is seen and heard in Janet Planet

  03-07-2024 21:01 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In defending his composition 4’33” against audiences who didn’t see the value in extended silence as a form of music, John Cage famously insisted, “There’s no such thing as silence. What they thought was silence, because they didn’t know how to listen, was full of accidental sounds.”  Playwright Annie Baker has built a career out […]
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• Muki hotate (Hokkaido scallop) at 312 Fish Market

  03-07-2024 19:20 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In the midwest, many tend to cut their teeth on sushi rolls that are almost exclusively covered in spicy mayo and deep-fried tempura flakes. Even once your palette manages to progress to something like spicy tuna rolls and other raw offerings here and there, it can be hard to find fish fresh enough to warrant […]
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• Chicago Reader Volume 53, No. 22

  03-07-2024 19:20 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago Reader Volume 53, No. 22. July 4, 2024
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• Silence and surprise

  03-07-2024 19:05 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. This weekend, I watched approximately 550 minutes of Stan Brakhage films. That’s roughly nine hours, accounting for 44 of the 51 films that screened during Inventing Eternity: The Undersung Films of […]
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• Broken glass and sticky fingers

  03-07-2024 18:55 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Say you’re at a suave cocktail lounge, a few drinks in, with a gorgeous martini glass sitting comfortably in your hand. Maybe you start thinking, “Damn, this would look really good on my home bar.” Do you happen to take the glass with you when you go? If you said “yes,” shame on you—though I […]
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• What We Can Learn From Civil Rights Era Boycotts

  03-07-2024 18:50 via chicagodefender.com
  
  President Lyndon Johnson (l) shakes hands with Martin Luther King Jr. on July 3, 1964 in Washington DC, after handing him a pen during the ceremonies for the signing of the civil rights bill at the White House. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images).
  By The Conversation
  This article was published on Word In Black.
  By Kevin A. Young, UMass Amherst
  Signed into law nearly 60 years ago, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination in the U.S. based on “race, color, sex,
  
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• Radius grows beyond Chicago beat battles

  03-07-2024 18:45 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Producer and performer Ramon Norwood, 42, aka Radius or Radius Etc, is a self-described nomad, and not just in terms of musical style. While he has deep Chicago roots, when I spoke with him in mid-June, he’d just returned from gigging in Los Angeles and was working on tracks in Michigan. He’s recently performed and […]
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• MaXXXine is an electrifying return to form

  03-07-2024 18:34 via chicagoreader.com
  
  “Y’all might as well go home, ’cause I just fucking nailed that!”  An adult movie star sensation teetering on the brink of Hollywood stardom, Maxine Minx (Mia Goth), hollers these words after delivering a bone-chilling audition for a new horror picture, The Puritan II. It’s 1985 Los Angeles, and Ti West’s third installment of his […]
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• Jackie DeShannon launched her rarefied music career in Batavia

  03-07-2024 18:12 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago, like any city, likes to claim beloved artists as its own, even if they weren’t born or raised here or they moved away before becoming stars—Sun Ra, Nat King Cole, and Charlie Musselwhite, to name just three, came up or had their first successes in the Windy City. Even when an artist is identified […]
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• Laimoon lights up for another Monday Night Foodball

  03-07-2024 17:50 via chicagoreader.com
  
  I think I’ve demonstrated that I lose control of my emotions when I’m in the presence of Brandon Dumot’s wood-fired pita bread:  “. . . soft, warm, five-inch saucers of astonishment, pillows of char-stippled bread that gently exhale steamy gusts when he pulls them from the fire. They taste like they’re alive.” Dumot, of course, […]
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• Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese Breaks Records and Earns All-Star Honors

  03-07-2024 15:30 via chicagodefender.com
  
  Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese is having a rookie season for the ages and is in the middle of a week that professional athletes dream of. On the heels of breaking the WNBA record by notching 10-straight double-doubles, the Chitown Barbie was named a WNBA All-Star and garnered June Rookie of the Month honors. 
  “Coming into this league, so many people doubted me and didn’t think my game would translate, and I wouldn’t be the player that I was in college or better or would b
  
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• Stay Safe and Leave Fireworks to the Professionals on July 4th

  03-07-2024 14:30 via chicagodefender.com
  
  The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) and the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) remind organizations and individuals to leave the fireworks displays to licensed, trained professionals this Fourth of July season.
  According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), fireworks started an estimated 12,264 fires in 2021, including 2,082 structure fires, 316 vehicle fires, and 9,866 outside and other fires. These fires caused 29 civilian injuries and $59 million i
  
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• Delegate Warns Black Women Will ‘Blow Up’ Democratic Party If This Happens

  03-07-2024 14:15 via chicagodefender.com
  
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  A delegate for President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign says Black women will “walk away” from the Democratic party if the presumptive nominee were to be replaced by another white man over Vice President Kamala Harris.
  During a recent appearance on “The Stephen A. Smith Show,” Areva Martin, a California delegate for Biden for President, issued the warning amid calls for Biden to be replaced as the Democratic nominee for president following his d
  
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• The Carr Report: Here’s the 4-1-1 for the 1-4-4 rule for money management!

  03-07-2024 14:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
   411 is the telephone number for directory information. We informally use the numeric expression 411 as a synonym for information or knowledge.
  I was recently listening to a podcast where the host was detailing the 1-4-4 rule. This rule is about goal-setting and money management. Although I’ve written about both goal-setting and money management extensively, I’ve never heard of the 1-4-4 rule. As I listened to this rule and jotted down notes, I thought it was a noble concept wor
  
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• MR. SONNY KNOWS for July 3, 2024

  03-07-2024 14:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
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• How to test your water for lead

  03-07-2024 13:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  If you’re concerned about lead levels in your water or want to reduce lead levels in your water, there are a variety of ways to ensure your household has access to clean drinking water.  For residents of single-family or two-flat homes built in Chicago prior to 1986, there’s a high likelihood your water service line […]
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• Chicago’s lead problem

  03-07-2024 13:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In July 2021, Erika Chavez helped her mother fill out a lengthy application for the Equity Lead Service Line Replacement program. The program, offered through the Chicago Department of Water Management (DWM), replaces lead service lines for low-income homeowners free of charge, which could otherwise cost upwards of $16,000. When Chavez didn’t hear back from […]
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• Naming our existential crises 

  03-07-2024 01:06 via chicagoreader.com
  
  It’s 2018, the #MeToo movement is in the cultural vernacular and Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings take up everyone’s Twitter feeds. Margaret Anne “Moddie” Yance, the protagonist in Halle Butler’s third novel, Banal Nightmare, returns to her college town in the midwest after living in Chicago, where she worked as an art teacher while developing her […]
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• Quilting into queer ritual

  03-07-2024 00:57 via chicagoreader.com
  
  I first found artist Eliza Fernand through a flier in a north-side coffee shop. Next to a menu for lattes and cold brews was a half sheet of paper promoting a workshop in hand-drawn cursive; it read “queer quilting.” When I visit one of these workshops, where sewing machines stitch new shapes of fabric into […]
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• Angel Reese of Chicago Sky Named WNBA Rookie of the Month for June

  02-07-2024 23:50 via chicagodefender.com
  
  The Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese won WNBA Rookie of the Month for June. This feat comes on the heels of her setting a remarkable record for consecutive double-doubles.   🏀 @Kia Rookie of the Month 🏀
  Angel Reese averaged 14.5 PPG, 13.2 RPG and 1.8 APG to earn June rookie of the month honors for the @chicagosky#KiaROTM | #WelcometotheW pic.twitter.com/ZszouOgdxh
  — WNBA (@WNBA) July 2, 2024
   
  Until Sunday (June 30), no other WNBA athlete in the league&rs
  
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• Community kitchen

  02-07-2024 23:17 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Cooking as the crucible for family and friendship, as well as self-discovery, is familiar territory in theater and film. Whether it’s Jenna in Waitress working out her personal angst through creative pie recipes, or the brothers running a struggling Italian restaurant on the Jersey Shore in the 1996 film Big Night deciding just how much […]
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• Elastic Arts hosts Independence Day improvisations that center Black folks

  02-07-2024 20:59 via chicagoreader.com
  
  This January, Elastic Arts announced the four new curators for its long-running weekly Improvised Music Series: Ishmael Ali, Molly Jones, Ben Zucker, and Angel Bat Dawid. The Improvised Music Series hosts a show every Thursday, and though it usually skips holidays, this Independence Day is an exception. On the curators’ shared calendar, Dawid noticed the […]
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• Savannah songs

  02-07-2024 19:04 via chicagoreader.com
  
  John Berendt’s nonfiction novel, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, became a cultural sensation on its release 30 years ago. (When I hear the phrase “nonfiction novel,” I think of Huckleberry Finn talking about Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer: “He told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told […]
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• J. Pharoah Doss: Disturbing Black generational divide on the demise of Affirmative Action?

  02-07-2024 14:00 via chicagodefender.com
   The 1996 presidential election was expected to be a landslide victory for incumbent President Clinton due to the strength of the economy. Affirmative Action became a contentious national campaign issue after California’s ballot proposition 209 threatened to eliminate Affirmative Action in the state’s public sector.
  Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole publicly endorsed proposition 209, while President Clinton acknowledged that Affirmative Action had flaws but should be &ldq
  
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• Mayor Johnson’s Paid Time Off, One Fair Wage Ordinances Go Into Effect

  02-07-2024 01:09 via chicagodefender.com
  
  Starting today, Mayor Johnson’s landmark Paid Time Off and One Fair Wage ordinances are in effect, raising the minimum wage to $16.20 per hour. More Perfect Union, a nonprofit media organization, has released a video interview with Mayor Johnson discussing these significant changes and his vision for Chicago’s working families. You can watch the video here.
  “It is a new day in Chicago,” said Mayor Brandon Johnson. “Over 60,000 service industry employees just got a r
  
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• Local, National Lawmakers Respond to SCOTUS Ruling on Trump’s Immunity

  02-07-2024 00:52 via chicagodefender.com
  
  With Monday’s Supreme Court ruling, it’s almost certain that Donald Trump will not face trial for interfering with the 2020 election before November when this country will vote for its next President. 
  In a 6-3 decision, the high court’s conservative majority declared that former presidents are protected from prosecution for official acts but not for unofficial acts. The case will be sent back to the lower court to decide whether key parts of the indictment are unofficial
  
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