Mayoral resignations are rare in Chicago. That hasn’t deterred protesters and politicians looking to change the course of history.
Tag: riots
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Fifty years later, participants in the March on Washington still hoping for justice
Organizers of the Chicago contingent in the 1963 March on Washington say it’s time for another movement.
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La Sacre du Printemps turns 100, the Butchershop Quartet celebrates
The Butchershop Quartet get back together to play their version of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring to celebrate the work’s centennial
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19 million promises, but still no money
The city of Chicago still hasn’t received any federal funds for the NATO summit
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G8 moving to Camp David = one less summit to protest
It’s clear that to Mayor Emanuel, this was a big fucking bummer.
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Chicago has yet to receive a dime from the feds for NATO and G8
The city has yet to receive any grant money to prepare for the summits in May
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Your NATO/G8 primer
A NATO/G8 primer: Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask
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The $12 million protest
Will Chicago learn from its $12 million protest mistake?
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Edna’s Is Closing for Good Tomorrow
Edna’s Stewart’s eponymous west-side soul food restaurant will close as of August 1; an oral history by Amy Evans of the Southern Foodways Alliance offers a picture of what we’ve lost.
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A Lucky Day
Filmed in 2000 during the riots in Buenos Aires, this vibrant 2001 indie feature by Sandra Gugliotta may already be a little dated, but it’s still the only Argentinean film I saw in last year’s Chicago Latino Film Festival that seemed to reflect current events. After a brief fling with a visiting Italian, a young […]
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Down Town
The thriving if sinful city of Cairo seemed destined for greatness. What went wrong?