Chef Brandon Rogers, Contestant Season 4 – Fox’s “Next Level Chef”
byIf there’s one thing Chef Brandon Rogers doesn’t do, it’s play it safe. With a career spanning nearly 20 years in luxury hospitality, his…
Interview
Ari Fulton – Costume Designer, Children’s Theatre Company’s Frozen: The Broadway Musical
byAri Fulton is an award-winning costume designer for stage, film, opera, and dance that has dedicated herself to building a diverse career designing costumes…
Writer/Director Mark Anthony Green on OPUS: Tribalism, Threats, and Truths…
byReggie Ponder sat down with writer/director Mark Anthony Green to talk about his film OPUS, starring Ayo Edebiri (The Bear). The film is officially…
Dr. Mildred Dixon, Panache Holyfield & LaGena Cain – Your School of Beauty
byFounded by Dr. Mildred Dixon in 1966, Your School of Beauty Culture, then known as Mildred’s Beauty College, originated on Chicago’s west side and…
Q&A – with George Ellzey Jr., Filmmaker ‘Cottage Grove’
byCottage Grove is a film by Chicago native, writer, and director George Ellzey Jr. that explores a broken relationship between father and son and…
Juliana Stratton – Illinois First Black Lieutenant Governor
byJuliana Stratton has served the State of Illinois as the 48th Lieutenant Governor since 2019. She previously served as a Democratic member of the…
Q&A – Celebrating Black Cinema: Tyler Balentine on Curating ‘Melanin, Roots, and Culture’ at The Music Box Theatre
byTo honor Black History Month, the Music Box Theatre presents the return of the Black and African-American filmmaker series MELANIN, ROOTS, AND CULTURE, a…
Q&A – Tyrone Phillips, Director – Goodman Theatre’s “Fat Ham”
byAs an Actor, Director, and the Founding Artistic Director of Chicago’s Definition Theatre, Tyrone Phillips juggles many responsibilities. Still, his mission of heartfelt and…
Q&A – with Congressman Jonathan L. Jackson
byCongressman Jonathan L. Jackson represents Illinois’ First Congressional District. Born to civil rights leaders Rev. Jesse Jackson and Jacqueline Jackson, the fight for underrepresented…
Q&A – Clarence Maclin – His Redemption Story from Sing Sing to the Silver Screen
byThe film “Sing Sing” tells the powerful story of the theater program at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York known as Rehabilitation…
Q&A – Erica Hubbard, Actress, The Family Business: New Orleans
byBorn and raised on Chicago’s south side, actress and producer Erica Hubbard got her start in the entertainment world while still a preteen doing…
Q&A – with Anthony Robles and Jharrel Jerome of “Unstoppable” Movie
by“Unstoppable,” the inspiring true story of one-legged wrestler Anthony Robles, has finally hit the big screen, and its stars, Jharrel Jerome and Robles himself,…