By Jean A. Williams When the Style Network came looking for an epitomizing salon that demonstrated the chic in Chicago, they cast a wide net. Ultimately, they set their sights on one they deemed most iconic: Ajes. Located at 648 West Randolph, AJES Salon, Inc., is “the chosen one” to extend Style Network’s popular [...]

  By Melody M. McDowell Ed and Betty Gardner’s lives can be measured in moments that are under-girded by a love for their community, their fellow man, their family and their God. In decades of moments, the couple has scaled and reached the summit of business success and are idolized as entrepreneurs, philanthropists, political activists [...]

By Nicole Rhoden Chicago Dramatists Theater’s current production, Southbridge, is inspired by a true, tragic tale set in 1881 in Athens, Ohio, when a young African-American man named Christopher C. Davis was accused of the brutal murder of a White woman. The most recent endeavor of Dramatists resident playwright and author Reginald Edmund, Southbridge, directed [...]

By Donna Hodge For its 13th annual “A Taste of Black History” celebration, Jewel-Osco recently hosted a private reception at Chicago’s South Shore Cultural Center, where guests sampled a variety of soul-stirring dishes prepared by Melon Express Catering using Jewel’s more than 20 African-American vendor products. Emceed by NBC5 Chicago entertainment reporter LeeAnn Trotter and [...]