RAOUL’S RICHES: Unmasking the Myth of White Supremacy
byBlack playwright August Wilson once observed that “Those who would deny Black Americans their culture would also deny them their history and the inherent…
Entertainment
Q&A with Chandra Cooper – President of the Muddy Waters MOJO Museum
byChandra Cooper is the great-granddaughter of McKinley and Geneva Morganfield, known professionally as Muddy Waters. She is President of the Muddy Waters Original Jam…
Q&A with Charles Jenkins: Walking in a “New Season”
byCharles Jenkins knows a thing about SEASONS… He had a two-decade season at the helm of the historic Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago,…
J. Edgar Hoover Murdered Black Voices
byBlack History Month, February has ended. After a hundred years of celebrating the good deeds and achievements of African Americans, moving from a week…
Wu-Tang’s RZA Talks Second Chances and Cut Throat City Film
byDirector RZA As leader of the legendary multi-platinum selling rap group, The Wu-Tang Clan, RZA, or Bobby, as he is known to close friends…
Lonnie Edwards Q & A
byTell us about Lonnie Edwards and the paths that led you to become an acclaimed producer and filmmaker. Interestingly enough if someone were to…
Chicago Blues Legend Billy Branch
byBilly Branch is a Chicago blues harmonica player who grew up learning directly from some of the classic generation of Chicago players such as…
Time For A Timeout
by“Hey Chicago, you want some of this?” he asked me. Michael Jordan and I had met a few times in Chicago, but I was…
Our Country’s National Crime is Lynching
byWe are not supposed to have lynchings in 2020. Ahmaud Arbery was jogging in a neighborhood in Brunswick, Georgia. He was shot and killed…
WVON’s Samantha Thomas – The Talk of Chicago!!
bySamantha Thomas is an Emmy winning journalist, entertainment/lifestyle correspondent and radio/social personality. The Chicago native and cultural enthusiast started her media career as a…
Clarence Waldron Gets Lifetime Achievement Award from Chicago Headline Club
byClarence Waldron, known as the “Dean of Arts and Entertainment Journalists” reflects on his distinguished career that has lasted nearly more than 40 years….
On Q With the Folks Behind “Sophisticated Ladies”
byPorchlight Music Theatre’s production of Sophisticated Ladies will make your heart sing. The swing music of Duke Ellington makes great theater. One music critic…