efore the coronavirus pandemic, Lyk Se7N had a plan. “Right now, the goal is: make this music, make these hits, make whatever and touch others, touch the community and keep the community moving, and go to college at the same time, come back and deliver the same thing,” he said one afternoon back in mid-February. […]
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When Celebrating Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary, Don’t Forget Chicago’s South Side
Our local venues, graf artists, radio stations, music stores, authors, producers, breakers, emcees, promoters, DJs, and folks who contributed to hip-hop deserve to be seen.
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Book Review: ‘The South Side’
n the summer, sometimes I prefer to read non-fiction books where I can dive into one particular topic and re-emerge a bit more knowledgeable. The South Side, an acclaimed 2016 book by Natalie Moore, is one such example; an account of segregation on Chicago’s South Side written in an accessible style and conversational tone. Moore […]
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A Memoir Inspired by the University of Chicago Psychiatric Ward
Content Warning: Mentions of suicide and psychiatric conditions ette Howland’s memoir W-3 has a unique origin story. It was originally published in 1974, launching a short literary career for Howland. After winning a MacArthur grant in 1983, the author disappeared from publishing for the rest of her life. Years after its initial publication, the editor […]
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Reframing the Conversation Around Gun Violence
e should be talking about gun violence as a public health issue—but not treat it like we’ve done with COVID-19,” said Kam Buckner, Illinois State Representative for the 26th District, referring to the Trump administration’s early, bungled handling of the pandemic. In a clean, well-lit room in the University of Chicago’s Center for Identity + […]
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Best of Mount Greenwood 2021
Best Recording Studio Best Irish Import Shop Best Memorial ount Greenwood is a place full of dichotomies, where the living co-exist with the dead, where the city can be a farm, where the neighborhood number—seventy-four of seventy-seven—is nearly the last on one list, but the number of city workers in the neighborhood puts it near […]
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The Community Engagement Challenge of Invest South/West
n a lively and contentious Auburn Gresham virtual town hall meeting on June 8, the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) ran an exercise to make a map. The exercise was to gauge community-backed uses for 838 W. 79th St., a vacant City-owned lot located a block west of Halsted on 79th and Green St., […]
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Public Meetings Report – June 24, 2021
This is post 8 of 56 in the series “Public Meetings Report” A recap of select open meetings at the local, county, and state level. Produced in partnership with City Bureau’s Documenters. Public Meetings Report – March 18, 2021 Public Meetings Report – April 1, 2021 Public Meetings Report – April 15, 2021 Public Meetings […]
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Best of Bridgeport 2020
Best Comeback Best Use of Empty Lots Best Community Response Best Comfort Food in Uncomfortable Times In Memoriam: Johnny O’s hen I solidified my love affair with Chicago and became an official resident in 2016, I was struck by the sense of kinship that permeated the near South Side neighborhood of Bridgeport despite the diversity […]
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¿Qué pasa en los distritos? La respuesta de los concejales al coronavirus
Originally published on April 28, 2020, in English Traducido por Gisela Orozco as juntas del Concilio Municipal ahora son por internet; las oficinas de los distritos se encuentran (generalmente) cerradas. La votación del 24 de abril para concederle a la alcaldesa Lori Lightfoot poder tributario para gastos de emergencia ocasionó un debate amargo. Entonces, ¿exactamente […]