Nadine Labaki’s drama is almost too much realism to bear.
Tag: Ethiopia
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Street honoring fascist Balbo to remain after aldermen cave
Congress Parkway—not Balbo Drive—will reportedly be renamed for Ida B. Wells, leaving the honors to a “mass murderer” intact.
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The foodways of Chicago’s new immigrants
Newcomers from five countries discuss the differences between eating here and in their homelands, where they dine out and shop for ingredients, what kinds of adaptations they’ve had to make, and which American foods they’re learning to love.
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An Ethiopian mom introduced her kids to KFC, but they’d rather eat Indian
“Because we have similar spices, similar flavors, Indian and Pakistani food makes sense for Ethiopians,” Tigist Tesfaw says.
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The best of the 2016 World Music Festival
Highlights of the 2016 World Music Festival include Ethio-jazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke, electro-rumba innovators Ìfé, and forward-looking Indian classicists Anjna and Rajna Swaminathan.
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The World Music Festival teaches us how to fall in love with music all over again
This annual event can provide almost all of Chicago’s diverse populations with the unmediated joy of a concert that says “home.”
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The Athlete
“The Athlete,” a biopic about Ethiopian gold medalist Adebe Bikila, screens 10/13 and 10/17 in the Chicago International Film Festival.