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the artist Adeshola Makinde standing in front of a large print photograph of Louis Armstrong. Makinde is wearing a navy blue winter hat and navy blue hoodie that has the word Ebony printed on it in bold white capital letters
Posted inArts & Culture

Black joy ‘Is where it’s at!’

by Arionne Nettles February 3, 2022February 3, 2022

When artist Adeshola Makinde thinks about the work in his current exhibition, it’s a giant, larger-than-life canvas image of the legendary Louis Armstrong—Makinde’s largest-scale piece he’s done to date—that rises […]

Curator, artist, and architect Janice Bond as featured in 28 Days of Greatness.
Posted inArts & Culture

Celebrate everyday Black heroes with 28 Days of Greatness

by Tara C. Mahadevan February 23, 2021August 18, 2021

Artist Brandon Breaux’s Instagram project highlights his peers, mentors, collectors, friends, and more throughout Black History Month.

Posted inMusic

A Juneteenth livestream for Black lives on the gig poster of the week

by Salem Collo-Julin June 17, 2020August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was created by Chicago designer Julie Yost, the programming director at Rebuild Foundation.

Posted inMusic

D-Composed redefines classical music

by Janaya Greene March 10, 2020August 18, 2021

Chicago string quartet D-Composed takes chamber music outside the institutions that have long excluded Black musicians and audiences.

Posted inArts & Culture

“BUILD YOUR SELF,” Light in Winter, Uppers and Downers, and more to do this weekend

by Reader staff February 21, 2020August 18, 2021

Arts and culture happenings from Fri 2/21 to Sun 2/23.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

The audacity of art

by Deanna Isaacs February 18, 2020August 18, 2021

A new book celebrates the National Portrait Gallery paintings of the Obamas.

Posted inArts & Culture

Ayesha Jaco’s Black Samurai celebrates her father’s contributions to a vibrant community

by Irene Hsiao September 11, 2019August 18, 2021

Gregory Jaco’s Tornado School of Martial Arts comes alive in a new dance performance developed through the Rebuild Foundation.

Posted inNews & Politics

The gazebo where Tamir Rice was shot by Cleveland police is now an outdoor memorial in Chicago

by Matt Ford June 25, 2019August 18, 2021

On what would have been Rice’s 17th birthday, we chart the journey of the structure that his mother can still picture him playing under.

Posted inBlogs

Theaster Gates is reopening a slicker Arts Bank this weekend

by Deanna Isaacs April 25, 2018August 18, 2021

The refurbished bank will include a 19th-century bar, an improved library, and a brand-new multiartist show.

Posted inMusic

Solange supports black Chicago creatives at Pitchfork and beyond

by Tiffany Walden July 12, 2017August 18, 2021

Solange and her Saint Heron collective show off the depth and richness of the city’s black cultural expression with a festival installation and three off-site events.

Posted inBlogs

#Imomsohard at the Vic, Gorillaz, and more things to do this weekend in Chicago

by Emily Wasielewski July 7, 2017August 18, 2021

Square Roots Festival, Tamir Rice’s mother at Stony Island Arts Bank, and more happenings from July 7-9

Posted inArts & Culture

For Derrick Adams, black imagination is the future

by Danielle A. Scruggs June 20, 2017August 18, 2021

In his solo show, the New York-based polymath artist uses installation, video, music, and collage to remix the archival holdings of the Stony Island Arts Bank.

Posted inBlogs

Black Cinema House honors the art of the shoeshine

by Ben Sachs May 24, 2017August 18, 2021

American Shoeshine and Shinemen screen at the Stony Island Arts Bank this Friday.

Posted inArts & Culture

Chicago’s south and west sides offer a wealth of art galleries and museums

by Danielle A. Scruggs May 17, 2017August 18, 2021

Feast your eyes at these spaces outside the downtown area.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago trio Bottle Tree warp cosmic R&B into a distinctive shape of their own

by Peter Margasak April 18, 2017August 18, 2021

Chicago trio Bottle Tree is one of many projects on the long and varied resumé of cornetist Ben Lamar Gay.

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