Unfortunately, what Juergens presents onscreen comes across more like a loose scrapbook or vlog than a film.
Tag: veterans
Posted inMusic
Chicago rapper KC Ortiz brings buckle-your-seat-belts fun to The Campground
Rapper KC Ortiz grew up in Mobile, Alabama, and fell in love with Chicago after her drag mother showed her a video of local female-impersonation pageant Miss Continental. As she told Windy City Times last year, “I hadn’t transitioned at that time and didn’t know that world existed. When I saw that video, I wanted […]
Posted inCity Life
The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: day 66
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
Posted inCity Life
Learn Scuba Chicago wants to make underwater exploration accessible to everyone
Into Lake Michigan . . . and beyond!
Posted inArts & Culture
Quilts of Valor pieces together a way to honor military vets
“Many of these veterans feel alone, and to have strangers reach out and thank them is powerful.”
Posted inNews & Politics
A new battleground
Veterans of the armed forces’ segregated past fight to keep their legacy alive.
Posted inNews & Politics
This week’s Chicagoan: Dennis Dobrydnia, Vietnam-era vet
This week’s Chicagoan: Dennis Dobrydnia, Vietnam-era vet
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The man who wasn’t afraid of the mayor
Bill Lavicka unafraid to fight the mayor
Posted inBlogs
10/23—Free Job and Benefits Fair for Vets
A free job and benefits fair for veterans takes place Sat 10/23 at the Saint James Auditorium.
Posted inBlogs
Kimberly Peirce at University of Chicago
Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry) previews her new feature at the University of Chicago.
Posted inNews & Politics
Hate, Chicago style
In 1986, the Reader’s Steve Borgira took a look at the racism and violence that caused the families of two Black veterans to move out of West Lawn’s Airport Homes forty years before.