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<i>Raya and the Last Dragon</i>’s representation dilemma

Raya and the Last Dragon’s representation dilemma

Even with Asian-American talent on and off the screen, the film reflects back a myth of monolith.

By Nina Li Coomes

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Cabinet of Curiosity and 16th Street let Mickle Maher do it on the radio

The longtime Chicago playwright joins a new mini-renaissance of aural drama.

By Kerry Reid
City Life

The pandemic, gender, and me

How a year inside changed my outward expression

By Adam M. Rhodes
Arts & Culture

Video
Mister Kelly's is back in the limelight

The crown jewel of Chicago nightclubs lives on at the Newberry Library and in an upcoming documentary.

By Kerry Reid

Coming in hot and justice for Mannix

By Salem Collo-Julin | 03.05.21
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Listen to The Ben Joravsky Show

By Ben Joravsky | 03.05.21
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Trust the movement, trust the method

By Tanji Harper as told to Jamie Ludwig | 03.05.21
On her final album, composer Pauline Anna Strom cements her legacy in electronic music

By Salem Collo-Julin | 03.05.21
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Matches

03.04.21
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"until i see u again"

By Nishat Ahmed | 03.04.21

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The Tracks of His Tears

By Brian Nemtusak | 10.19.00
Music

From Rockford to you: An oral history of Cheap Trick's early years

Long before "I Want You to Want Me" sent an audience at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan into a frenzy, the Illinois rock legends hustled for years on the scrappy midwest club circuit of the 1970s.

By Mike Vanderbilt | 04.07.16

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03.06.21

Black Country, New Road

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Black Country, New Road

March 06

<i>Where Did We Sit on the Bus?</i>

Performing Arts

Where Did We Sit on the Bus?

February 22

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They Came in Through the Bathroom Mirror 18

A Murder in the Projects

By Steve Bogira | 09.03.87
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Mister Kelly's is back in the limelight

The crown jewel of Chicago nightclubs lives on at the Newberry Library and in an upcoming documentary.

By Kerry Reid | 03.02.21
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‘The Long Dream’ and a labor nightmare 9

The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago’s latest exhibit preaches equity, but behind the scenes artists and former museum employees are demanding real change.

By Kerry Cardoza | 03.03.21
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The Last Hours of William O'Neal 46

He was the informant who gave the FBI the floor plan of Fred Hampton's apartment. Last week he ran onto the Eisenhower Expressway and killed himself.

By Michael Ervin | 01.25.90
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Cause of Death

What killed Ruthie Mae McCoy--a bullet in the chest, or life in the projects?

By Steve Bogira | 07.12.90