Quin Kirchner blew into Chicago in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina devastated his old hometown of New Orleans. He wasted no time making himself essential as a drummer, and since then he’s played with a wide variety of acts: Afrobeat combo Nomo, tropical pop band Wild Belle, singer-guitarist Ryley Walker, and countless jazz ensembles. In all […]
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Brave Like Them, The Bricklayers of Oz, and ten more new stage shows for the dog days
A “queer as f**k riot grrrl musical” and Chicago Dance Crash’s latest story-length hip-hop showcase are among this week’s best bets.
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This weekend the Instigation Orchestra combines musicians from Chicago and New Orleans
This weekend an ambitious project organized by guitarist Steve Marquette and dance producer Marie Casimir brings together musicians and dancers from the Crescent City and the Windy City.
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This is Rahm Emanuel’s Katrina moment
The cover-up of Laquan McDonald’s death is proof that Emanuel and his allies don’t care about black people.
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Making art out of Hurricane Katrina’s suffering
Ten years after the disaster in New Orleans, true stories of survival fill a pair of Chicago productions.
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The Tribune’s Kristen McQueary takes a Katrina-strength pounding
Readers overreact to Tribune Editorial Board member Kristen McQueary’s column calling for the city of Chicago to face a reckoning.
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Gary Rivlin—the reporter Harold Washington and Hurricane Katrina have in common
Former Reader writer Gary Rivlin has a new book out on the rebuilding of New Orleans postflood.
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Best Dirty Rice
It’s born out of the dinner parties he and his cohort of Hurricane Katrina evacuees used to throw.
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Oscar-nominated live-action shorts: The “30-Second Auteur” takes to the high seas in Asad
Oscar-nominated live-action shorts: Asad
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An echo is also a choice
Facts are fairly inflexible, but reporters can have their way with contexts
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The haunting southern gothic Beasts of the Southern Wild
Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild portrays life on a Louisiana floodplain
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Times-Picayune scales back, but can an iPad produce the same intimacy?
Times-Picayune goes to three days a week publication. Sigh.
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PBS Launches Arts Website
Online initiative debuts with a focus on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
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Ned Sublette on New Orleans and Himself
A new book by Ned Sublette delves into his own history, the rich musical culture of New Orleans, and what Hurricane Katrina meant to both of them.