very fall, on the fringes of the now largely empty Central Manufacturing District that spans portions of Bridgeport and McKinley Park, our city’s vintners can find their one-stop-shop. Along 35th Street’s wire fence, bold hues of color populate banners, highlighting and declaring Santa Fe Grape Distributors’ sales statement: “California Grape Juice Sold Here.” On the […]
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Best of Washington Heights & Brainerd 2019
Best Fast Food Joint: Tony’s Original Philly Steaks & Wings Best Centrally Located Park: Oakdale Park Best Research Collection: Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection Best Active Intersection: 95th & Dan Ryan Best Nail Salon: Nails Today he neighbors were always the Best of the South Side in the Auburn Gresham, Brainerd, and Washington Heights communities […]
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Best of Bronzeville 2019
Best Bronzeville Gospel: Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Best Afrocentric Coffee Shop: Sip & Savor Best Historical Monument: Monument to the Great Northern Migration Best Smoothie & Music Combo: Some Like It Black Creative Arts Bar Grace Asiegbu is a master’s student at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, and Integrated Marketing Communications. She specializes in social […]
Posted inLit Issue 2019
Sounds From the Poetry Foundation Block Party
hen the Poetry Foundation calls this a Block Party, they mean it. On July 27, the National Museum of Mexican Art and Crescendo Literary, a writing and education group founded by South Side poets Eve Ewing and Nate Marshall, celebrated “poetry, music, and creativity” with roped-off streets, a slamming sound system, art installations, vendors, a […]
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Jailhouse Religion
Some faith-based rehabilitation programs offer a rare, non-punitive space for those incarcerated—but do they blur the separation of church and state?
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Hyde Park Divided Over City Plan To House Migrants
An emergency meeting in Hyde Park largely mirrored meetings concerning migrant shelters in Woodlawn and South Shore due to the short notice, security concerns and the history of disinvestment in Black communities.