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 to the top of his favorites list. “To me, [Armstrong] represented unrelenting optimism, amidst what I could imagine was pretty, pretty unbearable things that he […]
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Celebrate everyday Black heroes with 28 Days of Greatness
Artist Brandon Breaux’s Instagram project highlights his peers, mentors, collectors, friends, and more throughout Black History Month.
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A Juneteenth livestream for Black lives on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by Chicago designer Julie Yost, the programming director at Rebuild Foundation.
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D-Composed redefines classical music
Chicago string quartet D-Composed takes chamber music outside the institutions that have long excluded Black musicians and audiences.
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“BUILD YOUR SELF,” Light in Winter, Uppers and Downers, and more to do this weekend
Arts and culture happenings from Fri 2/21 to Sun 2/23.
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The audacity of art
A new book celebrates the National Portrait Gallery paintings of the Obamas.
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Ayesha Jaco’s Black Samurai celebrates her father’s contributions to a vibrant community
Gregory Jaco’s Tornado School of Martial Arts comes alive in a new dance performance developed through the Rebuild Foundation.
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The gazebo where Tamir Rice was shot by Cleveland police is now an outdoor memorial in Chicago
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.
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Theaster Gates is reopening a slicker Arts Bank this weekend
The refurbished bank will include a 19th-century bar, an improved library, and a brand-new multiartist show.
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Solange supports black Chicago creatives at Pitchfork and beyond
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.
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#Imomsohard at the Vic, Gorillaz, and more things to do this weekend in Chicago
Square Roots Festival, Tamir Rice’s mother at Stony Island Arts Bank, and more happenings from July 7-9
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For Derrick Adams, black imagination is the future
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.
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Black Cinema House honors the art of the shoeshine
American Shoeshine and Shinemen screen at the Stony Island Arts Bank this Friday.
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Chicago’s south and west sides offer a wealth of art galleries and museums
Feast your eyes at these spaces outside the downtown area.
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Chicago trio Bottle Tree warp cosmic R&B into a distinctive shape of their own
Chicago trio Bottle Tree is one of many projects on the long and varied resumé of cornetist Ben Lamar Gay.