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Op-Ed: Keep the Pretrial Fairness Act as-is

Pretrial justice reform was sorely needed in Illinois to address the harm the money bond system has caused Black, Brown,…

3 years ago

Laos to Your House goes live at the next Monday Night Foodball

Each week “Lucky” and “Pam” Seuamsothabandith walked the floor of the Seaford Clothing factory in Rock Island, Illinois, taking egg…

3 years ago

Jack Off the Beanstalk at PrideArts, Natasha Leggero, and more

PrideArts’ Jack Off the Beanstalk The Evolved Network is a recently established not for profit organization founded by Sebastian White…

3 years ago

Editor’s note: I remember

The who’s who of local journalism gathered recently at the Newberry Library for the 83rd annual Chicago Journalists Association awards.…

3 years ago

Black Arts Movement School, Looking for Jean-Luc, and more

It’s the final week to catch the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s “SAIC Faculty Sabbatical Triennial” exhibition, which…

3 years ago

Monologuing: Title Ten at Artemisia Theatre

Int. messy Chicago apartment, unseasonably hot end of November.  Being a theater critic can be so isolating when you don’t…

3 years ago

Season of the Grinch

After earning rave reviews during its Chicago premiere last year, Matthew Lombardo’s provocative take on a holiday classic makes a…

3 years ago

American Blues plants a whole holiday garden

Frank Capra’s 1946 Christmas classic film is packed frame-by-frame with small moments of storytelling perfection, and as I get older,…

3 years ago

God bless us, once again

At a preshow reception introducing the Goodman’s new artistic director, Susan V. Booth, executive director Roche Schulfer talked about how…

3 years ago

Black Ox Orkestar return after 15 years to explore modern socio-political strife though Jewish diasporic traditions

The Yiddish language originated in the 900s and peaked in the early 1940s with around 11 million speakers, primarily in…

3 years ago