Chiller — Petraits RescueChicagoNow Staffon December 9, 2020 at 1:59 pm
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Angela Jackson is the state’s new poet laureateDeanna Isaacson December 9, 2020 at 3:00 pm
That shouldn’t cost her, right?
It was great to hear, late last month, that Chicagoan Angela Jackson has been chosen as the new Illinois poet laureate. Great because Jackson has never wavered from the mission she took on back in the late 1960s, when she was a nascent seed of a poet, nourished by the likes of Hoyt W. Fuller, Haki Madhubuti, Carolyn Rodgers, and Sterling Plumpp at the south-side arts hot house that was OBAC—the Organization of Black American Culture. …Read More
Adam Gogola, front man of Blind Adam & the Federal LeagueJamie Ludwigon December 9, 2020 at 12:00 pm
“When you look around your community, it’s easy to help the people around you. And once you start doing that, it’s easier to understand how we can effect change.”
Adam Gogola, 35, sings and plays guitar for Chicago punk band Blind Adam & the Federal League.…Read More
Parked on a snow route on the gig poster of the weekSalem Collo-Julinon December 9, 2020 at 12:00 pm
This week’s featured gig poster was created by Nashville graphic designer Terri Morris.
This week’s gig poster was created for a livestream concert by a famous Chicago-born jazz musician who’s recently returned home.…Read More
Chicago squares off against New York City on the fourth volume of Mars Williams’s Ayler Xmas projectBill Meyeron December 9, 2020 at 2:00 pm
Among the myriad injuries inflicted upon Americans by COVID-19 (though admittedly one of the mildest) is the impossibility of attending your favorite holiday concert. For the past dozen years, Chicago-based saxophonist Mars Williams has hosted a unique variation on that seasonal tradition.…Read More
Crews battle 2-alarm fire in EnglewoodSun-Times Wireon December 9, 2020 at 2:04 pm
Crews began battling the fire about 5:30 a.m. and it was struck out about an hour later.
Firefighters extinguished a two-alarm fire Wednesday morning in Englewood on the South Side.
Crews began to battle the blaze about 5:30 a.m. in the 5800 block of South Ashland Avenue, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
A hazardous materials response was also ordered, and the fire was struck by 6:20 a.m., fire officials said.
No injuries were reported.
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