In a 2019 interview for WBEZ’s Weekend Passport, Filipinx producer-vocalist Ano Ba said they were inspired to start their own group after seeing a garage band at a favorite Logan Square bar that was made up entirely of white dudes. Ano thought it’d be cheeky to recruit other POC musicians to make garage rock under […]
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Boxes to the Philippines keep loved ones close
The balikbayan tradition involves sending clothes, chocolate, toys, and even cleaning supplies.
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Chicago’s crash course in Filipino art cinema continues this weekend with Kidlat Tahimik’s I Am Furious Yellow
Noting a rare, 16-millimeter screening of the acclaimed 1994 diary film at the Prak-sis New Media Art Festival
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Tribune sued over Red Plum/Local Values
Chicagoans who don’t want Red Plum/Local Values but get it anyway sue the Chicago Tribune.
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Meet the skull and crossbones
Stolen Seas dives deep into the economic waters of modern Somali pirates.
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A list of 20 notable classics and rediscoveries that screened in Chicago in 2012
The year in revival screenings
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12 O’Clock Track: Deiphago, “Heretic Oath”
“Heretic Oath” is from the new Satan Alpha Omega by bestial Filipino black-metal band Deiphago
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This week’s food and drink events
A Japanese Gourmet Foods Fair, the first Chicago Food Trends Summit, a sushi-making class, and more.