His debut collection, Stateway’s Garden, captures the city’s unique, ugly beauty.
Tag: Bronzeville
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Chicago soul dynamo Renaldo Domino breaks out his sugary sweet pipes on “Never Thought”
Correction: This item has been updated to include details about Renaldo Domino’s new Colemine Records single “No Laggin’ and Draggin’,” whose upcoming release the show celebrates. In a just and perfect world, Renaldo Domino would be as widely revered as legendary Chicago soul greats Curtis Mayfield, Jerry Butler, and Gene Chandler. In my opinion, the […]
Posted inCity Life
Bronzeville’s best
This longtime boutique has garments—and bling—for every walk of life.
Posted inArts & Culture
See the Bronzeville church that is the real birthplace of gospel
Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, one of more than 350 Open House Chicago sites this weekend, is significant musically and architecturally.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Despite Mayor Lightfoot’s campaign promise, Chicago’s casino will be owned by a private investor after all
So much for gambling of the people, by the people, and for the people.
Posted inArts & Culture
Survival of the starter home
Could a design contest help replenish Chicago’s affordable housing stock?
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Angel Bat Dawid taps into the root of all black music
Chicago singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Angel Bat Dawid talks about the improvisation and inspiration that shaped her new album, The Oracle.
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A note from the editor
Boy howdy did it get exciting ’round these parts last week! Our Public Newsroom with City Bureau kicked off last Thursday with a toast in our new Bronzeville office—which then led to some of the smartest discussions I’ve had in this city about how we can hold public office-seekers publicly accountable. I don’t mean “we” […]
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Agriculture offers a crop of style in the heart of Bronzeville
Co-founders Milton Latrell and Christopher Brackenridge stock “classic and timeless pieces” to evoke the neighborhood’s golden age in the 1920s.
Posted inArts & Culture
Alley cats: exhibit highlights history of Bronzeville’s weekly jazz party
Smart Museum of Art captures the sights and sounds of the long-running ‘happening.’
Posted inNews & Politics
Eve Ewing still believes in Chicago’s public schools
The new book Ghosts in the Schoolyard explains why people care so much about institutions that the world has deemed “failing.”
Posted inMusic
It’s G Herbo’s time to give back
Lately it seems like G Herbo can’t even play a show in Chicago, but the city’s favorite street rapper has found another way to give back: he’s joined a project to turn part of a shuttered south-side school into a media lab and music incubator.
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CTA reverses its decision after community outcry, giving new hope for the 31st Street bus
After announcing that the pilot would end this week, the CTA is giving the route a reprieve
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What ever happened to the King Memorial Mural at 43rd and Langley?
The artist, Eugene “Eda” Wade, wants to know, but nobody seems to have any answers.
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Donations pour in for Ida B. Wells monument in Chicago, but $180K still needed
The investigative journalist and civil rights activist could be one of the first women memorialized with a public monument in Chicago