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Arts & Culture, Art Feature May 19, 2020
Firebird Community Arts rises from the ashes

The community organization spreads the healing practice of glassblowing and ceramics.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Art Feature, Firebird Community Arts, ArtReach, Project Fire, Karen Benita Reyes, glassblowing, ceramics, Pearl Dick, PTSD, trauma, pandemic

News & Politics, Feature Dec 11, 2019
The Promise

Like thousands of asylum seekers, Abu Omar waits with the uncertainty of whether the U.S. government will accept his asylum application.
- By Sarah Conway, Alex V. Hernandez, Jon Brown, and Borderless Magazine
- Tags: Feature, Asylum, immigration, shelter, persecution, migration, donald trump, detention center, sanctuary, ICE, border, trauma

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Oct 29, 2019
There’s more to trauma than meets the eye in This City is Killing Me

Jonathan Foiles’s new book explores how systematic forces contribute to mental health issues in Chicago.
- By Marissa De La Cerda
- Tags: Lit Feature, This City Is Killing Me, Jonathan Foiles, Belt Publishing, trauma, community, violence, Belt Magazine

News & Politics, Feature Oct 23, 2019
Video
Asylum City

The harrowing stories of six asylum seekers who now call Chicago home
- By Sarah Conway, Michelle Kanaar, Apoorva Mittal, Kash, and Borderless Magazine
- Tags: Feature, Asylum, immigration, shelter, persecution, torture, gangs, sexual orientation, gay, migration, donald trump, nigeria, mexico, cuba, pakistan, detention center, sanctuary, ICE, border, trauma, Video

News & Politics, Feature Oct 2, 2019
Finding peace and security after asylum

Therapists and social workers trained in trauma care are helping asylum seekers along their legal and healing journey.
- By Carly Graf and 90 Days, 90 Voices
- Tags: Feature, Immigration, asylum, africa, trauma, refugee, kovler center, Trump, survivors

Arts & Culture, Art Feature Sep 30, 2019
Elana Katz: Translator of trauma

The U.S.-born, Berlin-based performance artist continues a three-week residency at Defibrillator with ongoing screenings of her film Running on Empty.
- By Mia Harrison
- Tags: Art Feature, Elana Katz, Defibrillator, Xhou B. Art Center, performance art, trauma, Running on Empty, V, Freud, I Want to Give You Flowers but as a Matter of Precaution I Cut Off Both My Hands, Defibrillator Gallery

News & Politics, Feature Aug 28, 2019
Inside the world of asylum forensic exams

Asylum seekers who undergo medical exams as part of their legal case are more than twice as likely to be granted asylum as those who do not.
- By Apoorva Mittal and 90 Days, 90 Voices
- Tags: Feature, asylum, refugees, immigration, trump, sanctuary, trauma, mexico

Film, Movie Review Nov 9, 2018
Girl in the Spider’s Web uses past trauma as an excuse for further violence

The movie version of the first post-Stieg Larsson Lisbeth Salander novel forgets that its heroine is more than a victim.
- By Noah Berlatsky
- Tags: Movie Review, Girl in the Spider’s Web, Fede Álvarez, Claire Foy, Stieg Larsson, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Sylvia Hoeks, Sverrir Gudnason, trauma, violence, Lakeith Stanfield, Lisbeth Salander

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Oct 3, 2018
Recommended
With Downstate, Bruce Norris finally earns his Pulitzer

And director Pam MacKinnon and her Steppenwolf cast give us a masterwork.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Theater Review, Downstate, Steppenwolf Theatre, Bruce Norris, Clybourne Park, Pain and the Itch, Pulitzer Prize, Pam MacKinnon, Eddie Torres, Cecilia Noble, K. Todd Freeman, Glenn Davis, Tim Hopper, pedophilia, sexual abuse, victimhood, trauma, reconciliation contract, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Sep 5, 2018
Erasing the Distance’s DocFest puts mental health center stage

The theater company hosts two weekends of performances and workshops.
- By Dan Jakes
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, DocFest, Erasing the Distance, mental health, Heather Bodie, Learning 101, Over the Moon, Beto Chavez, Sheila Petersen, Wannapa Pimtong-Eubanks, trauma, menstrual cycle

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jun 1, 2018
Aguijón's Brutality reveals the banality of violence in contemporary America

And, in the process, examines how people cope with trauma—or don't.
- By Jack Helbig
- Tags: Theater Review, Brutality, Aguijon Theater, Gustavo Ott, Rosario Vargas, Erica Cruz Hernandez, Ana Santo-Sanchez, Pulse nightclub, terrorism, mass shooting, trauma

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Apr 11, 2018
How to get laid without freaking out

Advice for a victim of sexual abuse and rape. Plus: Help, I snooped and discovered what I most feared!
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, rape, sexual abuse, one-night stand, casual sex, dating, getting laid, single, sex with friends, friends with benefits, trust, demisexual, trauma, bigotry, racism, snooping, cheating, open relationship, boundaries, the Stranger, Hump! Film Festival, amateur porn festival, Hump! fest

Arts & Culture, Book Review Oct 5, 2016
Recommended
What Chicago can learn from LA’s Skid Row

U. of C. sociologist Forrest Stuart catalogs the perils of overpolicing in Down, Out, and Under Arrest.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Book Review, Forrest Stuart, Down Out and Under Arrest, University of Chicago, University of Chicago Press, Los Angeles, Skid Row, poverty, segregation, homelessness, police, trauma, PTSD, Chicago Police Department, CPD, Los Angeles Police Department, LAPD, Recommended

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love May 26, 2016
A few queer dilemmas

When M isn’t a movie, and other tangled tales
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Savage Love, trauma, queerness, transsexuals

Film, Movie Review Dec 17, 2014
Video
The real monster in The Babadook is all in your mind

A storybook creature creeps from the pages into real life—or does it?
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Movie Review, Jennifer Kent, the Babadook, Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Repulsion, the Shining, the Omen, the Cabinent of Dr. Caligari, trauma, depression, Video

News & Politics, Feature Aug 20, 2014
In Chicago's war zones, the tragedy extends beyond the kids who die

What toll does violence exact on the children who survive?
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Feature, Latoya Winters, Shamiya Adams, West Garfield Park, violence, murder, children, East Garfield Park, neighborhoods, poverty, Marillac House, social service agencies, shootings, guns, Sam Walker, gangs, Chicago Tribune, fires, drug dealers, Gangster Disciples, Rockwell Gardens, depression, grieving, childhood trauma, mood disturbances, psychiatric illness, cardiac illness, immunological illness, gastrointestinal illness, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, stress hormones, childhood development, trauma, toxic stress, Harvard University's Center on the Developing Child, Jame Garbarino, Loyola University, war zones, high-poverty neighborhoods, Nicaragua, Anastasio Somoza, after-school programs, playing "funeral", Erikson Institute for Advanced Study in Child Development, psychological first aid, class, Boys Hope Girls Hope, Maureen Hallagan, residential programs, Garfield Park, Catholic schools, Regina Dominican High School, Wilmette, NIU, Northern Illinois University, sociology, Department of Children and Family Services, DCFS

Blogs, Bleader Feb 19, 2010
WHPK's Pictures and Sounds Gets Noisy

This year's installment of WHPK's Pictures and Sound, which pairs film and video with live music, pushes hard into experimental territory.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Film, Music, Free Shit, Post No Bills, Swag, WHPK, Pictures and Sounds, Mist, Emeralds, Trauma, Nate Wooley, Graveyards, Dog Lady, Brett Naucke, Catholic Tapes, cassette underground, noise, experimental cinema, Bruce Nauman, Norman McLaren, Pizza Night, Nate Young, Alivia Zivich

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The community organization spreads the healing practice of glassblowing and ceramics.

Like thousands of asylum seekers, Abu Omar waits with the uncertainty of whether the U.S. government will accept his asylum application.

Jonathan Foiles’s new book explores how systematic forces contribute to mental health issues in Chicago.

The harrowing stories of six asylum seekers who now call Chicago home

Therapists and social workers trained in trauma care are helping asylum seekers along their legal and healing journey.

The U.S.-born, Berlin-based performance artist continues a three-week residency at Defibrillator with ongoing screenings of her film Running on Empty.

Asylum seekers who undergo medical exams as part of their legal case are more than twice as likely to be granted asylum as those who do not.

The movie version of the first post-Stieg Larsson Lisbeth Salander novel forgets that its heroine is more than a victim.

And director Pam MacKinnon and her Steppenwolf cast give us a masterwork.

The theater company hosts two weekends of performances and workshops.

And, in the process, examines how people cope with trauma—or don't.

Advice for a victim of sexual abuse and rape. Plus: Help, I snooped and discovered what I most feared!

U. of C. sociologist Forrest Stuart catalogs the perils of overpolicing in Down, Out, and Under Arrest.

When M isn’t a movie, and other tangled tales

A storybook creature creeps from the pages into real life—or does it?

What toll does violence exact on the children who survive?

This year's installment of WHPK's Pictures and Sound, which pairs film and video with live music, pushes hard into experimental territory.

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