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11/09/2024

Dilpreet Raju follows up on his April story on Heartland Alliance closing it's doors and how that has affected residents of Leland, one of the last affordable housing apartment buildings in Uptown. https://bit.ly/4fASw0K

Read Raju's previous coverage of Heartland Alliance here: https://bit.ly/3O02BZo

The future of the Leland, one of the few affordable housing options left in Uptown, is unclear following Heartland Housing’s financial turmoil.

11/09/2024

Improvising musicians Dani Dobkin (synthesizer, electronics) and Matt Sargent (guitar) started playing together after hearing each other through the walls at Bard College.

They play Constellation Chicago on Sunday, November 10 as part of the Frequency Series of new classical and experimental music. Organist Jack Landon and clarinetist Jeff Kimmel open.

Concert preview ✍️ Bill Meyer

The improvising musicians and Bard College instructors perform on Sunday, November 10 at Constellation in Chicago.

11/09/2024

"Bottle Fly at Redtwist Theatre is set in the Everglades and packed with q***r confrontation softened by poetic soliloquies and lengthened by equally poetic diatribes, bringing the heat of deep Florida to Chicago," writes critic Kimzyn Campbell. Check it out in Edgewater through 11/24.

Jacqueline Goldfinger's play at Redtwist examines the current political divide in the U.S. through a personal, character-driven story.

11/09/2024

The City of Chicago announced last week that it’s about to launch a thorough study of police staffing. Dave Glowacz has the details. | Co-published with Inside Chicago Government.

A look at what progress has been made thus far on a Chicago Police Department workforce allocation study required by the 2019 consent decree

11/09/2024

In a recent Chicago Tribune commentary, Hollywood writer David Mamet called our city dangerous. Jeff Nichols defends the city of big shoulders.

Opinion: Chicago, from David Mamet’s perspective, has lost its ability to offer anything new to the world, other than images of violence.

11/09/2024

After 30 years, Hoop Dreams is still considered one of the greatest American documentaries, not only because of its cinematic storytelling but also its enduring relevance. Join Chicago Humanities tomorrow for a panel about the film. | ✍️ J. Patrick Patterson

A reflection on basketball, education, and systemic racism 30 years after the release of the Chicago documentary Hoop Dreams

11/08/2024

To Cut a Barber’s Hands follows Anthony Spaulding’s real-life journey to obtain a barber’s license, something seemingly simple if it were not for his criminal record. | ✍️ Charlie Kolodziej

The solo performer and playwright's show details the hoops he had to jump through to get a barber's license after his release.

11/08/2024

Native San Franciscan and TikTok star Dr. Gabba makes acid house "for people who romanticize the days of dial-up Internet." He brings it to Sleeping Village on Sat 11/9; Ariel Zetina opens.

Concert preview ✍️ Micco Caporale

Dr. Gabba makes acid house for people who romanticize the days of dial-up Internet. Born in San Francisco but raised online, the DJ rose to prominence on social media platforms such as TikTok and YouTube, where he released piano-driven house tracks flavored with the music from 90s video games, whose...

11/08/2024

Heavy avant-garde rock band Extra Life use "unpredictable spasms and odd meters" to back up singer Charlie Looker's vocal leaps. They perform a 17+ show at Beat Kitchen on Tuesday, November 12 with Anatomy of Habit and Imelda Marcos of Chicago

Concert preview ✍️ Leor Galil

The band's "unpredictable spasms and odd meters emphasize Charlie Looker’s vocal leaps." They play Chicago on November 12 at Beat Kitchen.

11/08/2024

“20 Years of Western Exhibitions" is a journey through the gallery’s history, featuring archival materials—including artists’ work hung salon-style in the office space and the owner’s to-do journals. | ✍️ Kerry Cardoza

Western Exhibitions, a commercial gallery run by Scott Speed, is celebrating its 20th anniversary with “20 Years of Western Exhibitions.”

11/08/2024

Leor Galil tells us the legacy of Chicago indie record label Grandpa Bay and its lasting impact on fans, musicians, and its founders.

Albums from This Is Lorelei and Marcus Drake speak to the ongoing vitality of the community built by defunct Chicago indie label Grandpa Bay.

11/08/2024

Evil Perfect combines the double-speak of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four & the toxic workplace of Severance (Apple TV+).

Critic Emily McClanathan recommends this world premiere, the first fully staged production by Bramble Theatre since the opening of its permanent venue in Andersonville last spring.

Show runs through 11/10.

Take the mass surveillance and sinister double-speak of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, the toxic workplace of Apple TV+’s Severance, and the saccharine authoritarianism of Imelda Staunton’s Dolores Umbridge in the Harry Potter franchise, and you’ll get something like the setting of Ev...

11/08/2024

"I love my city. Through the good and the bad, I love being here, and I would never leave it." - Justin Cooper, our Accessibility Advocate from last year's People Issue. | ✍️ Taryn McFadden

Justin Cooper, 41, is a Black disabled photographer and filmmaker. He produces and cohosts a podcast at Crip Crap, a disability media company created by and for disabled people.

11/07/2024

A new book by Michael Soffer delves deep into the SS guard turned Oak Park custodian who divided the suburb. | ✍️ Emily McClanathan

In Our N**i, debut author Michael Soffer examines the fallout of the shocking revelation that a N**i was living and working in Oak Park.

$Recommended in Chicago theater: Refracted Theatre Company unveils Coronation, a dystopic sorta-comedy by Laura Winters, ...$

11/07/2024

Recommended in Chicago theater: Refracted Theatre Company unveils Coronation, a dystopic sorta-comedy by Laura Winters, just in time for the election. It plays through 11/16 at The Den Theatre

✍️ Kerry Reid

In Refracted Theatre's latest, playwright Laura Winters imagines a future U.S. where a queen tries to set things right.

11/07/2024

The 20th and final CHIRP Record Fair & Other Delights comes to the Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Union Hall | ✍️ Leor Galil

Shoegaze prodigies Sunshy release their dazzling debut, and the 20th and final CHIRP Record Fair & Other Delights arrives on Saturday.

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