Tonight, six art venues have teamed up with the nonprofit Old Town Triangle Association to spotlight art in Lincoln Park: Madron Gallery (1000 W. North), Leslie Wolfe Gallery (1763 N. North Park), Wrightwood 659 (659 W. Wrightwood), DePaul Art Museum (935 W. Fullerton), Josh Moulton Fine Art Gallery (2218 N. Clark); and Gallery 1871 (1871 […]
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Chicago drill star in the making King Von dropped his third album a week before his untimely death
In the early hours of Friday, November 6, 26-year-old Chicago rapper Dayvon Bennett, better known as King Von, was shot and killed outside an Atlanta nightclub. Von emerged a couple years ago as part of a newer generation of locals refashioning drill’s austere, hard-edged aesthetic in their own image. He imbued his tough-as-nails verses with […]
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There’s more to trauma than meets the eye in This City is Killing Me
Jonathan Foiles’s new book explores how systematic forces contribute to mental health issues in Chicago.
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Power, violence, and the Chicago Architecture Biennial
This year may end the unstoppable homage to dead white men and narratives that neglect how architecture has victimized communities of color.
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In An American Summer, Alex Kotlowitz creates a portrait of a city battling intractable ills
He doesn’t offer solutions, but he’s an empathetic witness to the damage done by violence.
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Lit recs to dismantle violence, both the personal and systemic
The current book obsessions of Reader staff writer Maya Dukmasova and activist Mariame Kaba.
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Girl in the Spider’s Web uses past trauma as an excuse for further violence
The movie version of the first post-Stieg Larsson Lisbeth Salander novel forgets that its heroine is more than a victim.
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Sluggish stage combat is Fight Quest 4 Peace’s kryptonite
Otherworld Theatre makes a lackluster debut in its new space.
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The day has come: Quenchers hosts its final concert
Plus: Bric-a-Brac celebrates five years with a stacked in-store show, prog-punk brothers Avantist keep the hits coming on a new EP, and more.
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Chicago’s ‘clusters’ of unsolved strangling deaths near Washington Park and Garfield Park, and other news
Also, Chris Kennedy continues bold attack on Emanuel by mentioning Joe Berrios.
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In the wake of the Facebook Live attack, we need to talk about black anger
Condemn the attack, but also understand the roots of black anger and violence done in Trump’s name.
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Angered by homicides, activists leave coffins at Rahm Emanuel’s home
“Behind each of these deaths is a failure,” activists said.
Posted inNews & Politics
Chicago Muslims: ‘We’ve been yelling, but no one’s been listening’
CAIR’s Hoda Katebi says her group is bracing for a Trump presidency by beefing up its legal team—and promoting self-defense classes.
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The rise and fall of community policing in Chicago
Chicago used to be at the vanguard of community policing. But more than two decades after the strategy was launched, CAPS is a shadow of its former self.
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University of Chicago named the country’s third-best school, and other news
Also, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos is being touted by some as a possible 2018 Democratic candidate for governor.