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Portrait of pianist and singer Rev. Marvin Yancy embedded in the header for the Secret History of Chicago Music
Posted inMusic

The Reverend Marvin Yancy’s solo career lasted just one great album

by Steve Krakow September 22, 2021September 21, 2021

If some sort of god or higher power exists, it clearly has a dark sense of humor—otherwise why send us plagues, floods, and fires, till even nonbelievers start to worry about the end times? And only a divine being with a cruel streak would’ve taken the Reverend Marvin Yancy from this earthly plane so young, […]

Posted inArts & Culture

It’s Rick Stone: The Blues Man, starring Rick Stone as Rick Stone

by Max Maller July 26, 2018August 18, 2021

For 90 minutes, the Cooley High alum will sing the blues with utter absorption.

Posted inBlogs

How Cooley High and Good Times shone a spotlight on Chicago Public Schools

by Renata Cherlise and Danielle A. Scruggs June 14, 2016August 18, 2021

Nearly 41 years after the premier of Cooley High, we take a look back at CPS during the 60s and 70s, and the longstanding fight for educational equality.

Posted inArts & Culture

People Issue 2012: Jackie Taylor, the dramatist

by Chicago Reader December 20, 2012August 19, 2021

Black Ensemble Theater founder: “I put my life into this and I don’t want it to go when my life goes.”

Posted inBlogs

Walter Payton Prep publishes Cabrini-Green issue

by Michael Miner March 27, 2009August 19, 2021

The Walter Payton College Prep student newspaper devotes an issue to the community it borders, Cabrini-Green.

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