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Posted inArts & Culture

Plague time at the Art Institute

by Dmitry Samarov August 14, 2020August 18, 2021

What it’s like to explore a familiar place under unfamiliar circumstances.

Posted inMusic

Jamila Woods builds on legacies that shook the world

by Tiffany Walden May 1, 2019August 18, 2021

On the new Legacy! Legacy!, Chicago singer and poet Jamila Woods lovingly details how art can learn from the past as it shapes the future.

Posted inBlogs

Urgh! A Music War and other punk and postpunk new wave cinema

by Patrick Friel July 10, 2018August 18, 2021

Five films that captured the vibrant, changing pop-music scene of the 1980s.

Posted inBlogs

Project Onward artists pay tribute to their African-American predecessors

by Madeline Happold February 15, 2018August 18, 2021

“Distinct Portraits by disAbled Artists” includes sculptures, paintings, and glitter art.

Approximately Nels Cline
Posted inFilm

Our guide to the Summer Music Film Festival at Music Box

by Chicago Reader June 26, 2013August 19, 2021

The Summer Music Film Festival screens documentaries on Death, John Fahey, Nels Cline, and Levon Helm.

Yesterday's Losers by Hebru Brantley
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Hebru Brantley: Straight Out of Neverland

by Elly Fishman March 17, 2011August 19, 2021

Afro-Futurist painter Hebru Brantley talks about Kanye, Common, and living like a shark.

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