About the decision to hire Amir George, Gordon Quinn explains, “We really wanted someone we felt was going to help transform us into what the next iteration of Kartemquin would be.”
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The Chicago Reader’s nonprofit issue publication date is Nov. 16, 2023. We are offering any nonprofits our 26x rate PLUS 15% off for the nonprofit issue, on any size display ad. Display ads will be featured throughout the Nonprofit Issue (11/16/23), and you can specify if you want to appear in a specific section of […]
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Guaranteed income offers stability to formerly incarcerated people
Many struggle to find employment because of the stigma of a criminal record. To help, one organization is offering cash.
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Edgar Miller’s handmade homes have become wellsprings of inspiration for local artists
Like a scarlet pane of firelight shining from a brick-and-mortar facade, a red door on the 1700 block of North Wells announces the presence of a little piece of magic in the Old Town neighborhood. “You just walk beyond that barrier and you leave your life behind—a calm washes over you and you’re in this […]
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Open the Circle teaches footwork because footwork saves lives
Chicago nonprofit Open the Circle works to spread a local Black dance culture that can knit together youth communities.
Posted inCity Life
Learn Scuba Chicago wants to make underwater exploration accessible to everyone
Into Lake Michigan . . . and beyond!
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Guitarist and soul singer Isaiah Sharkey warms Chicago up for his next album
Guitarist and soul singer Isaiah Sharkey warms Chicago up for his next album, the Humboldt Park Orchestra celebrates five years with a tribute to women in salsa, and more.
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Chicago rap crew Pivot Gang honor a fallen comrade
Pivot Gang cofounder John Walt is memorialized in Saba’s Care for Me—and by an arts nonprofit that bears his name, which holds its flagship concert fund-raiser this weekend.
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Jamila Woods and Kevin Coval collaborate with Vinyl for a Cause to benefit Young Chicago Authors
Woods contributed a song inspired by a Coval poem about the blues going electric, and Coval enlisted Tasha for a wintertime answer to Woods’s “LSD.”
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Punk Talks works to change the conversation about musicians and mental health
Social worker Sheridan Allen and her organization Punk Talks hold a fund-raising concert in Chicago this month to help connect DIY musicians with mental-health care.
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By helping young black fathers, Sheldon Smith has become a ‘hero’
The founder of the Bronzeville-based Dovetail Project is honored by CNN Heroes.
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GirlForward gives teenage refugee girls a chance to grow
The local nonprofit offers educational and social support for refugee teens.
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For a Pilsen nonprofit, gentrification makes promoting the arts a double-edged sword
Nonprofit ElevArte works to promote Pilsen’s Mexican-American heritage in a rapidly changing neighborhood
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Nonprofits bring the arts into Chicago’s cash-strapped public schools
The Chicago Dance Institute delivers the “transformative” power of the arts to students on the south side.
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After 20 years, Neighborhood Writing Alliance signs off
The nonprofit, which encouraged ordinary people to write their own stories, has shut down due to lack of funds.