A roundup of art events happening this weekend
Tag: south side
Posted inArts & Culture
Black fatherhood
Black men are rarely afforded the luxury of being seen as nurturers and caregivers.
Posted inArts & Culture
Started from the Bottomyards, now we’re gentrified
A hyper-colored, Afrofuturistic graphic novel captures how white privilege feeds on Black neighborhoods.
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The Time Is Now! celebrates the black artists of the south side who used their work as a vehicle for social change
The Smart Museum exhibit and companion book provide a valuable historical record of Chicago art between 1960 and 1980.
Posted inFilm
Sociologist and filmmaker David Schalliol explains how he came to make his first documentary, The Area
“I want to meet people, understand a place, make connections, and produce work that has meaning and effect.”
Posted inArts & Culture
Brian Wells has quietly spent decades documenting the south side in oil paintings
The McKinley Park artist’s work will be on display at the Rainbo Club in September.
Posted inBlogs
South-side poet Kwynology wants you to fall back in love with Chicago at her open mike
In the Yard will let south- and west-siders share their work in their own community.
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Roseland’s transformation captured in 1970 student film
The footage of Old Fashioned Days on South Michigan Avenue will become the centerpiece of a new documentary.
Posted inMusic
The Vixen revisits the starting line of her personal drag race
The Vixen didn’t win over RuPaul, but she’s carrying on the fight for inclusivity that she began at the south side’s venerable Jeffery Pub.
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Magnolia Screen Printing wants to provide jobs for the young people of Chicago Lawn
Omar Kamran and Justin Clemons hope to grow something beautiful and lasting in their neighborhood.
Posted inBlogs
Daily Show’s final night in Chicago: Hasan Minhaj on 90s Bulls and North Korea; Vic Mensa on the city’s ‘toxic situation’
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah wraps up a stint at the Athanaeum Theatre.
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A new dance company celebrates the ‘positive and peaceful places of the south side’
German dancer-choreographer Nejla Yatkin and the new South Chicago Dance Theatre put Jackson Park’s Garden of the Phoenix at the center of an immersive work.
Posted inBlogs
The 2017 Silver Room Block Party was too much celebration to capture on camera—but we tried
Photos by April Alonso from the 14th annual Silver Room Block Party on Saturday, July 15
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Help us identify these south-side neighborhoods
The latest Blvck Vrchives features photos of the south side of Chicago from the 1960s to the 1980s, with a call to action to help identify the neighborhoods depicted.
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In Chicago, Obama’s legacy is visible
Despite Trump’s promise to wipe out Barack Obama’s legislative victories, images of the former president in Chicago won’t be easily erased.