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Music, In Rotation May 2, 2018
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Hank Pearl of Black Pearl Photo on masked Swedish synth masters Priest

Plus: Joshua Hasken of Fernando Doppel on a new record from D’Angelo’s drummer, Jamie Ludwig of the Reader on the one true Godzilla of stoner doom, and more
- By Jamie Ludwig
- Tags: In Rotation, Roadburn Festival, Tilburg, Netherlands, Sleep, The Sciences, Om, High on Fire, LLNN, Deads, Dopesmoker, Priest, New Flesh, Ghost, Judas Priest, Firepower, Rise From Ruins, Spectre, Vaudeville, Reloader, Zeal & Ardor, Manuel Gagneux, Black Pearl Photo, Hank Pearl, Killanthropy, Joshua Hasken, Fernando Doppel, Keith Jarrett, The Köln Concert, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Chris Dave & the Drumhedz, Chris Dave, D’Angelo, Adele, Destiny N Stereo, Video

Music, Music Feature Jun 7, 2017
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Folk polymath Rhiannon Giddens honors the musical cultures of the oppressed

The cofounder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops sings fables of struggle from a diversity of peoples and eras.
- By David Whiteis
- Tags: Music Feature, Rhiannon Giddens, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Freedom Highway, Factory Girl, We Rise, Tomorrow Is My Turn, string band, African-American, folk, vaudeville, blues, Celtic, fiddle, banjo, violin, Genuine Negro Jig, Dona Got a Ramblin’ Mind, spirituals, creole, Hit ’Em Up Style, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 17, 2013
A tale of two minstrel shows

A teacher at West Chicago High School said he'd planned a student minstrel show to start a conversation about racism. Was he serious?
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Theater, Arts, History, minstrel show, charity minstrel show, West Chicago Community High School, West Chicago, glee club, Harry Slater, West Chicago History Museum, racism, racial stereotypes, blackface, Greg Laski, Bamboozled, Spike Lee, Northwestern, Paula Deen, Jim Crow, Thomas "Daddy" Rice, Bert Williams, Al Jolson, The Jazz Singer, vaudeville, Holiday Inn, Bing Crosby, "My Old Kentucky Home", Stephen Foster, Mad Men, Bert Stabler, Becky Koltz, Sara Phalen, Where History and Progress Meet, J. Thomas Pallas, Chicago and North Western Railway

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature May 2, 2013
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark pulls the mask off old Hollywood

The title character of Lynn Nottage's play is an amalgam of the African-American actresses whose roles were restricted in early cinema—and who are still expected to play to type.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Vera Stark, Goodman Theatre, black women filmmakers, Tamberla Perry, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, Baby Face, Lynn Nottage, Theresa Harris, Barbara Stanwyck, cinema, Gloria Mitchell, vaudeville, Broadway, theater, NAACP, Gone With the Wind, Baby Face, IMDB, film, Hattie McDaniel, Louise Beavers, actresses, black actresses, Chuck Smith, stereotyping, roles, Hollywood, Clare Boothe Luce, The Women

Movies, Movie Review Jun 12, 2012
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Fritz Lang's only romantic comedy still displays his skepticism

Falling in love and falling in line in You & Me
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Movie Review, Fritz Lang, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, paranoia, art films, ex-convicts, Harry Carey, George Raft, Sylvia Sidney, vaudeville, rationality, Great Depression, Henry Fonda, Video

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Mar 8, 2012
Dark vaudeville and lighthearted dance

Same Planet Different World's two premieres are darkly cynical and deceptively lighthearted
- By Laura Molzahn
- Tags: Performing Arts Sidebar, Same Planet Different World Dance Theater, Joanna Rosenthal, vaudeville, dance, Vin Reed, Peter Carpenter, Michael Caskey, Colleen Halloran, Ashleigh Leite

Music, Music Sidebar Sep 15, 2011
Brilliant Corners

The new Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements festival presents Dan Deacon, Shellac, and some actual clowns
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Brilliant Corners, circus, vaudeville, Bill Callahan, Sidi Toure, Bomba Estereo, Cave, A Hawk & A Handsaw, Charles Bradley, Dark Dark Dark, Shellac, Cloudbirds, Hollows, B.S. Brass Band, Magic Carpet

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Hank Pearl of Black Pearl Photo on masked Swedish synth masters Priest

Plus: Joshua Hasken of Fernando Doppel on a new record from D’Angelo’s drummer, Jamie Ludwig of the Reader on the one true Godzilla of stoner doom, and more

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Folk polymath Rhiannon Giddens honors the musical cultures of the oppressed

The cofounder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops sings fables of struggle from a diversity of peoples and eras.

A tale of two minstrel shows

A teacher at West Chicago High School said he'd planned a student minstrel show to start a conversation about racism. Was he serious?

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark pulls the mask off old Hollywood

The title character of Lynn Nottage's play is an amalgam of the African-American actresses whose roles were restricted in early cinema—and who are still expected to play to type.

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Fritz Lang's only romantic comedy still displays his skepticism

Falling in love and falling in line in You & Me

Dark vaudeville and lighthearted dance

Same Planet Different World's two premieres are darkly cynical and deceptively lighthearted

Brilliant Corners

The new Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements festival presents Dan Deacon, Shellac, and some actual clowns

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Video Hank Pearl of Black Pearl Photo on masked Swedish synth masters Priest

Plus: Joshua Hasken of Fernando Doppel on a new record from D’Angelo’s drummer, Jamie Ludwig of the Reader on the one true Godzilla of stoner doom, and more

Video Folk polymath Rhiannon Giddens honors the musical cultures of the oppressed

The cofounder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops sings fables of struggle from a diversity of peoples and eras.

A tale of two minstrel shows

A teacher at West Chicago High School said he'd planned a student minstrel show to start a conversation about racism. Was he serious?

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark pulls the mask off old Hollywood

The title character of Lynn Nottage's play is an amalgam of the African-American actresses whose roles were restricted in early cinema—and who are still expected to play to type.

Video Fritz Lang's only romantic comedy still displays his skepticism

Falling in love and falling in line in You & Me

Dark vaudeville and lighthearted dance

Same Planet Different World's two premieres are darkly cynical and deceptively lighthearted

Brilliant Corners

The new Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements festival presents Dan Deacon, Shellac, and some actual clowns

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Hank Pearl of Black Pearl Photo on masked Swedish synth masters Priest

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Folk polymath Rhiannon Giddens honors the musical cultures of the oppressed

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Fritz Lang's only romantic comedy still displays his skepticism