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Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Jul 12, 2017
The Amish Project, Hitch*cocktails, and seven more new stage shows to see now

A one-woman show about a terrible tragedy and an improvised thriller performed under the influence are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, The Amish Project, Lydia Berger Gray, Oak Park Festival Theater, Jessica Dickey, Melanie Keller, The Best Western This Side of Mississippi, Public House Theatre, Travis Marsala, Adrienne Teeley, John Wilson, Jesse Kendall, Stephanie Murphy, Patrick Hall, The Cubs Show Is Here . . . but Last Year, Dave Karasik, Midsommer Flight, Beth Wolf, Hamlet, Hitch*cocktails, Jason Stockdale, the Annoyance, Open Door Repertory Company, It Don't Just Shake Off, McKinley Johnson, Fania Bourn, Thomas Dorsey, Tampa Red, Georgia Tom, Ma Rainey, Pride Films & Plays, The Nance, Douglas Carter Beane, John Nasca, Chauncey Miles, Vince Kracht, Pride Ever After, Carly Crawford, Pride Arts Center's Theatre for Young Audiences, Amber Snyder

Music, Music Feature Apr 12, 2017
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A people’s history of Kevin Coval

For decades the cofounder of Louder Than a Bomb has nurtured young voices and built vital communities in Chicago’s poetry, spoken-word, and hip-hop scenes. Now people whose lives he’s touched help tell his story.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Kevin Coval, Young Chicago Authors, Louder Than a Bomb, A People’s History of Chicago, Haymarket Books, Tia Chucha Press, Bob Boone, Danny Coval, Luis Rodriguez, Guild Literary Complex, Will Caref, Alternative Schools Network, Tina M. Howell, Lit X, Mad Bar, Avery R. Young, Dennis Kim, Denizen Kane, I Was Born With Two Tongues, Typical Cats, Rhythm, POETREE Chicago, YouMedia, Brother Mike, Eboo Patel, Interfaith Youth Core, Malcolm London, Mark Eleveld, EM Press, Anthony Arnove, Howard Zinn, Anna West, rap, soul, poetry, spoken word, open mike, Third World Press, Haki Madhubuti, Angela Jackson, Bill Ayers, Nate Marshall, Alex Kotlowitz, Jamila Woods, Mick Jenkins, The Breakbeat Poets, Black Girl Magic, Gwendolyn Brooks, Noname, Chance the Rapper, Nico Segal, A People’s History of the United States, Henry Gerber, Saba, Society for Human Rights, Quraysh Ali Lansana, Ron Hardy, Thomas Dorsey, Sun Ra, Molemen, The Black Poets, Dudley Randall, Broadside Press, KRS-One, Nikki Giovanni, Jayne Cortez, Amiri Baraka, Don L. Lee, L-vis Lives!, Def Poetry Jam, El Cuarto Año, Marc Smith, Uptown Poetry Slam, Black Writers Conference, Slingshots, Kamilah Forbes, Teaching Artist Corps, Wordplay, Jon Siskel, Greg Jacobs, Patricia Smith, David Hernandez, Brother Wayne Teasdale, Anacron, Video

Music, Music Feature Mar 2, 2016
Video
J.Kwest makes room for rap in the house of the Lord

By defying the Christian reluctance to embrace hip-hop, this Hyde Park pastor and MC hopes to help people find God in their daily lives.
- By Tiffany Walden
- Tags: Music Feature, Julian DeShazier, J.Kwest, Lemonade, Christian rap, gospel, Verbal Kwest, University Church, Anthony Lowery, BreevEazie, Keno Greer, BJ the Chicago Kid, Chance the Rapper, Sir the Baptist, University Church, New Faith Baptist Church, Street Sermonz With Keno, Kirk Franklin, Lecrae, House Covenant Church, Phil Jackson, 20/20: The InVision, Thomas Dorsey, Kanye West, Soul Children of Chicago, Video

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The Amish Project, Hitchcocktails*, and seven more new stage shows to see now

A one-woman show about a terrible tragedy and an improvised thriller performed under the influence are among this week's best bets.

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A people’s history of Kevin Coval

For decades the cofounder of Louder Than a Bomb has nurtured young voices and built vital communities in Chicago’s poetry, spoken-word, and hip-hop scenes. Now people whose lives he’s touched help tell his story.

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J.Kwest makes room for rap in the house of the Lord

By defying the Christian reluctance to embrace hip-hop, this Hyde Park pastor and MC hopes to help people find God in their daily lives.

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The Amish Project, Hitch*cocktails, and seven more new stage shows to see now

A one-woman show about a terrible tragedy and an improvised thriller performed under the influence are among this week's best bets.

Video A people’s history of Kevin Coval

For decades the cofounder of Louder Than a Bomb has nurtured young voices and built vital communities in Chicago’s poetry, spoken-word, and hip-hop scenes. Now people whose lives he’s touched help tell his story.

Video J.Kwest makes room for rap in the house of the Lord

By defying the Christian reluctance to embrace hip-hop, this Hyde Park pastor and MC hopes to help people find God in their daily lives.

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The Amish Project, Hitchcocktails*, and seven more new stage shows to see now

Video
A people’s history of Kevin Coval

Video
J.Kwest makes room for rap in the house of the Lord