Last Sunday, stuffed with antibiotics, numbed by painkillers, and facing a date with an oral surgeon the next morning, I made my way to the International Museum of Surgical Science for an artist’s talk by James R. Wilke. It’s not the best way to visit this unique repository for the medical devices of yesteryear, but […]
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Jazz saxophonist Melissa Aldana looks inward on 12 Stars
For her 2019 record Visions, jazz saxophonist Melissa Aldana looked outside herself, crafting songs around meditations on the work of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. But on her new Blue Note debut, 12 Stars, the 33-year-old bandleader taps into the realities of the pandemic era to explore inward, plumbing familial links and self-care as well as […]
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Why black family violence deserves more attention
It’s a tough subject to write about, but Ta-Nehisi Coates is more than capable.
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The best books we can’t wait to read in 2015
Here’s a list of 29 upcoming titles we’re looking forward to.
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This Friday Black Cinema House presents its first ‘Movies Under Stars’ event of the summer
Noting a free outdoor program hosted by the South Shore arts organization
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Buried by textbook$
It’s either time to empty your pockets on college textbooks or find clever ways around the cash-suck
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Toni Morrison Talks to Oprah Winfrey at the Carl Sandburg Literary Awards Dinner
Morrison discusses her affinity for “outlaw women,” having her first book rejected 12 times, and more.
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Chicago Public Library Announces Its Fall One Book, One Chicago Selection
Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison’s novel A Mercy is the selection for the Chicago Public Library’s One Book, One Chicago citywide book club
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Chicago Best Seller List for Week Ending August 23
Hardcover Fiction 1. The Help by Kathryn Stockett 2. That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo3. South of Broad by Pat Conroy4. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larrson5. The White Queen by Phillippa Gregory Note: Russo is scheduled to discuss That Old Cape Magic as part of the Writers on the Record […]