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Home » Hebru Brantley

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Posted inMusic

PJ Gordon, hip-hop promoter, curator, and writer

by Leor Galil April 14, 2020August 18, 2021

“I have a pinned tweet on my page that says, ‘“I fucked someone to that playlist you made” is the highest compliment you can give me.’”

Posted inMusic

Solange supports black Chicago creatives at Pitchfork and beyond

by Tiffany Walden July 12, 2017August 18, 2021

Solange and her Saint Heron collective show off the depth and richness of the city’s black cultural expression with a festival installation and three off-site events.

Posted inBlogs

Love illuminates Chance the Rapper’s highly anticipated new Coloring Book

by Leor Galil May 13, 2016August 18, 2021

Chatham superstar Chance the Rapper rhymes about family, religion, and Chicago throughout his brand-new mixtape, binding it all together with irrepressible love.

Posted inBlogs

Chiditarod hits the streets, the Interview Show celebrates eight years, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Brianna Wellen March 4, 2016August 18, 2021

Waffle Fest 6, Gilmore Guys, and more happenings from March 4-6.

Posted inArts & Culture

Black to the future with Regina Taylor’s Stop. Reset.

by Tony Adler June 10, 2015August 18, 2021

The actress/playwright/director’s Goodman Theatre show is nervy is hell.

Posted inBlogs

Announcing the lineup for Afropunk Chicago

by Leor Galil May 19, 2015August 18, 2021

Here’s the breakdown for Afropunk’s one-off Chicago bash, plus all the info you need to see it.

Posted inBlogs

Arts expo Lake FX opens with a question: What’s the ‘lake effect’?

by Deanna Isaacs April 17, 2015August 18, 2021

Lake FX, Chicago’s weekend of workshops and events for the creative community, launched Thursday with a discussion of the “lake effect.”

Patrick Hull
Posted inArts & Culture

Patrick Hull’s journey from the boardroom to the gallery

by Laura Pearson July 16, 2014August 18, 2021

Vertical Gallery’s Patrick Hull traded in a marketing career to open a street art gallery.

Diasporal Rhythms cofounders Joan Dameron Crisler, Daniel Parker, Carol Briggs, and Patric McCoy, in Parker's home
Posted inArts & Culture

The art of collecting

by Sam Worley October 9, 2013August 19, 2021

Diasporal Rhythms, a group of Chicagoans who collect work by artists of African descent, celebrates ten years.

Male to Manhood: Code of Silence by Mark Richardson
Posted inColumns & Opinion

On the south side, art tackles a problem

by Deanna Isaacs September 16, 2013August 19, 2021

The South Side Community Art Center’s “Maleness to Manhood” offers an arts expo grounded in a Chicago reality.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Bargain Painting (If You’re Jay-Z)

by Mara Shalhoup June 20, 2013August 19, 2021

A steal at $20,000

Dwight Twilley
Posted inMusic

Gossip Wolf: HoZac saves Dwight Twilley’s shark from the dark

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil May 1, 2013August 19, 2021

Vintage Dwight Twilley on HoZac Archival, a photo op for Cherries Records, and a lineup change for Terminate

Captain, O' My Captain
Posted inArts & Culture

Hebru Brantley visits planet America

by Sam Worley October 9, 2012August 19, 2021

Paintings by Hebru Brantley in “Brothers of the Robbing Hood,” at Lacuna Artist Lofts

This man has a secret to tell you
Posted inMusic

Gossip Wolf: Legs McNeil reads from Please Kill Me at Late Bar

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil September 25, 2012August 19, 2021

Legs McNeil reads from Please Kill Me at Late Bar, the inaugural Black Dot Music Festival brings together bands of color, and more

Posted inBlogs

Cauleen Smith’s Sun Ra-inspired “A Star Is a Seed” at the MCA

by Elly Fishman June 1, 2012August 19, 2021

A review of Cauleen Smith’s “A Star Is a Seed”

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