Participants spent the night outside, heard from youth about their experiences, and explored the idea of home.
Author Archives: Julia Hale
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Talking about God, the air force, and Britney Spears with Chicago rapper KC Ortiz
This weekend Alabama transplant KC Ortiz performs at a showcase hosted by local label Futurehood, which supports gay and trans musicians of color.
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What we learned at the Chicago Humanities Festival about witches
Kristen Sollée explained our current witchy moment, with detours into mythology, theology, and Bewitched.
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Chicago-based Saint Louis rapper Smino gets ‘a lot more ass shaking’ on the new Noir
On his sophomore album, Noir, Smino highlights his rap skills without abandoning the soulful singing of Blkswn.
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Singer-songwriter Tatiana Hazel on a third-coast band with beach-rock vibes
Current musical obsessions of Chicago singer-songwriters Tatiana Hazel and Melo Makes Music and Reader intern Julia Hale
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Efforts to turn Cook County Jail into a polling location persist following governor’s veto
Though House Bill 4469 to turn Cook County Jail into an official polling location remains at a standstill, representatives who worked on the bill remain positive and motivated.
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German pop princess Kim Petras gets dark and campy with a Halloween-themed mixtape
Kim Petras opens for South African singer-songwriter Troye Sivan at the Chicago Theatre this weekend.
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Chicago International Film Festival and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Pop-Up Magazine’s Fall Issue tour and other goings on Mon 10/15-Thu 10/18.
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Making All Black Lives Matter: Barbara Ransby talks politics and protesting in 2018
At a book talk Tuesday at the SEIU Healthcare headquarters in Pilsen, Barbara Ransby discussed her book Making All Black Lives Matter.
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Indivisible Chicago’s Blue Wave Rave uses improv to mobilize political action
“Improv actors are like the best canvassers ever!”
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Lala Lala and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Chicago Votes’s Give a Shit and more goings on 9/28-9/30
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Chicago Votes launches Give a Shit Weekend to get young people in Chicago excited about election season
The nonprofit organization is using art and culture to get young people in the city excited about voting in a world where politics are “pretty boring, pretty old, and pretty white.”
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Pussy Riot use their Riot Fest set to demand justice for a fallen comrade—and for all the oppressed
The likely poisoning of Pussy Riot member Peter Verzilov this week didn’t keep the group from Riot Fest, where they delivered loud criticisms of Russia and the United States.
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Exploring the shock behind Mac Miller’s untimely death
His struggles with sobriety were no secret, yet everyone was surprised when news spread that he died of a drug overdose on Friday.