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Little Black Pearl art center is a jewel for North Kenwood neighborhood
Chicago Tribune Dawn Turner Trice
Jan 29When Monica Haslip was coming of age in the early 1970s, her mother worked in the town's first black-owned photography studio in downtown Birmingham, Ala. The studio was not far from the Trailways bus station where a group of Freedom Riders was attacke... »
Creative Futures
The Chicago Weekly
Jan 28Robert Taylor began the first day of class by asking his nine students why they were given their first names. “I was named Joy,” responded one student, “because my daddy said I brought joy into his life.” After two beats of respectful silence a single ... »
Paradise Lost
The Chicago Weekly
Jan 28For an Englishman living in Australia, artist Kit Wise has a lot to say about ecology and sprawl in America. In his new piece “Arcadia,” which is on display at the Hyde Park Art Center through April 8, he uses dynamic high-definition digital collages o... »
Teen girl shot, black SUV sought in Kenwood
Chicago Breaking News
Jan 27A 16-year-old girl was shot in the leg in the Kenwood neighborhood on the South Side this afternoon and investigators are seeking a black sport-utility vehicle that was seen fleeing the scene. »
Woman charged in Oak Lawn liquor dispute
Southtown Star
Jan 27A Crestwood woman was charged with battery, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after she was prevented from buying alcohol Jan. 14 at an Oak Lawn liquor store, police said. Terica Gordon, 28, 4924 Circle Court, became angry and punched a store sec... »
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Chicago Public League Sports Blog
Feb 02Here is the latest list of where CPS athletes are committed to play football next year. Note: they may/may not have signed their letter of intent. This list will get updated as I get more info. (please email Publisher@LaneTechFan.com for... »
Little Black Pearl = Black:unplugged
N'DigoChitChat & All That
Feb 01"Trust yourselves. Trust your vision. Trust your creativity. Trust your imagination." -Dr. Angela Davis Dating back to the days of the Harlem Renaissance along with the B.A.M. (Black Arts Movement) era, the arts have been the expression route of Black ... »
Matt Farmer: One City, Two Different Worlds
HuffPost Chicago Blogs
Feb 01Just ten miles and one world away from City Hall, Pastor Corey Brooks was spending his 43rd day in a tent atop the Super Motel thinking about how unbelievable it is that he keeps burying kids who never get a chance to grow up. »
Special night in La Grange
Heard In The Hallways
Jan 28All in the family The Maley family watches the St. Joseph girls basketball game Friday night at Lyons. St. Joseph is coached by Jim Maley. All three of his children were former athletic stars at Lyons. From left to... »
Barack Obama, Post-Partisan
B12 Solipsism
Jan 24If there was a single unifying argument that defined Obamaism from his earliest days in politics to his Presidential campaign, it was the idea of post-partisanship. »