Jos N. Banks Archives - Chicago Reader

Sixteen people seated and standing in a group on the set, which features white plastic folded to resemble paper, upon which are written the names of people lost to police violence and racism. Candles glow behind them. The group is mostly Black and Brown people.

To heal and hear

by Kerry Reid October 5, 2022October 5, 2022

Aleshea Harris’s 2018 performance piece, What to Send Up When It Goes Down, had its local premiere this past spring with Congo Square Theatre Company in a production that played both in West Town (at GRAY Chicago) and the south side (Rebuild Foundation Stony Island Arts Bank). It’s back now in a short residency with […]

Arts & Culture

Dada Woof Papa Hot shows that modern parenthood’s not just for straight people

by Dan Jakes January 25, 2019August 18, 2021

“Isn’t being normal the most radical thing of all?” God no!