Bertolt Brecht’s satire set in 1930s gangland Chicago and Interrobang Theatre’s local premiere of an off-Broadway hit are among this week’s best bets.
Tag: Zimbabwe
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Cecil the lion and everything else that’s wrong with the world
Is Cecil the lion a small part of a big picture?
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You go to print with the sources you’ve got, not the sources you want
Zimbabwe’s Herald is a sketchy source to rely on for news of Mel Reynolds.
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The 24th African Festival of the Arts
The 24th African Festival of the Arts brings the likes of Otis Clay and Brandy to Washington Park.
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Corruption is relative—the Tribune’s Hastert scandal suffers by comparison
How the balance of a news section undercuts a story’s revelations
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Talking while Africa burns
Danai Guriria’s The Convert premieres at Goodman Theatre
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We have that guy right where he wants us
After the presidential address, the opposition broods
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Tapestries of Hope
“Tapestries of Hope,” a documentary about human rights activists combating Zimbabwe’s devastating “virgin myth,” screens Tuesday at Landmark Century Centre and the Lake Theater.
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Saint Louis Blues
Dyana Gaye’s Senegalese musical “Saint Louis Blues” and Alla Kovgan and David Hinton’s “Nora” about Zimbabwean dancer-choreographer Nora Chipaumire screen tonight in the Black Harvest Film Festival.
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“Milking the Rhino” Director David E. Simpson
David E. Simpson, director of the documentary “Milking the Rhino” about community-based conservation in Africa, speaks Tuesday 1/26 at Chicago Filmmakers.
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1/20 — Free Lecture on “Blood Diamonds”
Leber Jeweler Inc. hosts a reception and discussion of human rights abuses in Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond mines on Wed 1/20 at 5:30 PM.
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A Far Off Place
Mikael Salomon, the cinematographer on The Abyss and Far and Away, directs his first feature (for Disney), and it’s a creditable job–an effective adventure story about two recently orphaned teenagers (Reese Witherspoon and Ethan Randall) fleeing from the ivory poachers who killed their parents and crossing the Kalahari Desert with the help of a young […]