Many in Chicagoland have pitched in to help Ukrainian refugees and send aid.
Tag: Ukraine
Posted inMusic
DakhaBrakha create eclectic folk music for an antifascist Ukraine
It’s impossible to listen to DakhaBrakha right now outside a political context; they’re a Ukrainian folk band based in Kyiv. After Russia launched its full-scale war on their country in February, the band published an impassioned anti-Putin post on their website. But long before that explicit statement of solidarity, the four-piece group were using their […]
Posted inFilm
Navalny feels like a Soviet-era infomercial
I left feeling hollow and angry. Like I’d been manipulated using methods pioneered and perfected under the long-gone Soviet regime of my childhood.
Posted inNews & Politics
Life during wartime
A Ukrainian student living in Chicago shares her perspective on the Russian invasion of her homeland.
Posted inNews & Politics
Chicago comes together to support Ukraine
Thousands marched from Ukrainian Village to the Loop last weekend in a show of solidarity.
Posted inOn Culture
‘Are we calling this an invasion? It’s really a war.’
There were two crowds in front of Saints Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church in Ukrainian Village on a frigid afternoon last week. One was the medieval crowd that’s always there, on the church’s iconic mural—a depiction of the baptism of the Ukrainian people. The other consisted of several hundred live and livid Chicagoans reacting […]
Posted inNews
Queer Ukrainians in Chicago fear the worst amid Russian invasion
Russia’s violent history toward the LGBTQ+ community has many worried that anti-queer violence will be meted out in Ukraine.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Washington’s lessons
It’s going to take more Harold and less Barack to beat Trump.
Posted inArts & Culture
Odessa tries to shed some light, but only ends up going in circles
The production’s motivation and accents disappoint.
Posted inArts & Culture
The new Holodomor drama Sickle isn’t sharp enough to draw much blood
The tragic Ukrainian famine of the early 1930s remains an abstraction in Abbey Fenbert’s new play.
Posted inFood & Drink
The foodways of Chicago’s new immigrants
Newcomers from five countries discuss the differences between eating here and in their homelands, where they dine out and shop for ingredients, what kinds of adaptations they’ve had to make, and which American foods they’re learning to love.
Posted inFood & Drink
Starbucks doesn’t compare to Ukrainian coffee
“But American food? I love it! I like burgers, fries, chicken fingers, and cheese sticks,” Anna Tsymbaliuk says.
Posted inMusic
Lorena Cupcake of Store Brand Soda on an ode to thwarted taco desire
Current musical obsessions of Store Brand Soda blogger Lorena Cupcake, Dumpster Babies guitarist Tom Puschautz, and Reader music editor Philip Montoro
Posted inBlogs
Where Rauner sees threat, I see my family’s refugee roots
Refugees such as my father have contributed to the vibrant mix that’s made Chicago a fascinating place.
Posted inBlogs
Okean Elzy, Ukraine’s biggest rock band, plays the Riv on Sunday
If you’re wondering how big a rock band that is, watch the live stadium footage in the video for today’s 12 O’Clock Track.