Chatting With Mayoral Candidate La Shawn Ford
byLa Shawn Ford started life in the Cabrini Green housing projects on the West Side and was brought up with his sister by his…
Black Culture
Maya Prentiss And Bernard Gilbert “Catch Creation”
byEqual parts entertaining and thought provoking, the Goodman Theatre’s world premiere of Christina Anderson’s (Blacktop Sky, pen/man/ship, The Ashes Under Gait City, Man in Love)…
Blackface In Black History Month
byBlackface. What happened to the medical student who became the Governor of Virginia? Can you believe that a student studying hard to be a…
“Nina Simone: Four Women” – Review by Rick & Brenda McCain
byChristina Ham brings a profound story to the Northlight Theatre stage about the most honest woman in America during the Civil Rights Movement era…
Felicia Fields Stars In “Ma Rainey” at Writers Theatre Through March 17
byCelebrated film and stage actress Felicia Fields returns to Chicago to play the lead in August Wilson’s landmark play, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Directed…
Melissa Conyears-Ervin Looks To Be Chicago’s Next Treasurer
byMelissa Conyears-Ervin, who began her second term as State Representative of the 10th District on Wednesday, January 9 as she took the oath of…
Hot Black Creativity Gala Warms Chicago’s Cold – By Derrick Baker
byThe 36th annual Black Creativity black-tie gala on January 26 at the Museum of Science and Industry (MSA) continued the event’s respected tradition of…
The Case of Laquan McDonald
by“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The death of Laquan McDonald, the 17-year-old Black male…
Remembering Dr. King In Pictures And His Words
byBorn in January of 1929, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would have turned 90 on his birthday this year. Amazingly in retrospect,…
Ed Burke’s Ties That Bind
byThe federal indictment of the longest sitting alderman in Chicago history, Ed Burke, is revealing. His legal troubles may change Chicago politics in 2019…
Q&A with Dana Anderson, of “Soul in Suburbia”
byDana N. Anderson is a Chicago-based performing artist and writer. Her experience spans on-camera, stage, voiceover and dance. She is a member of SAG-AFTRA…
The Quarry: South Shore’s Cultural Gemstone! – by Pamela Graves
byA renaissance of art, culture, and community is taking place in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. This reawakening is housed in The Quarry, an event…