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Chicago, IL · ChicagoCome mingle and listen to an insider’s conversation on fashion and journalism. We have an esteemed group of panelists, from SAIC, the Chicago Fashion Coalition, and our very own editor-in-chief. You’ll also get to view the designs of emerging fashion designers. This event is free for our Reader members and $15 for the general public. All proceeds […] The post Chicago Reader presents Fashion Forward! appeared first on Chicago Reader.See the Story
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Chicago, IL · ChicagoFor years before Chicago singer-guitarist Miranda Winters cofounded beloved noise-rock group Melkbelly in 2013, she was already making music as a solo artist. In 2018 she released a cassette called Xobeci, What Grows Here? via Sooper Records where she performed all the parts herself; it emphasizes her nimble guitar playing and subtly emotional singing, which […] The post Miranda Winters and her band of women roar and sing on the debut Mandy albu…See the Story
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Chicago, IL · ChicagoYounger folks don’t often believe me, but in the 1990s, the term “psychedelia” was usually a liability for an artist. It meant stuff like the Grateful Dead, who were extremely unhip at the time because everybody associated them with frat boys and hippies. When I moved to Chicago at the end of 1995, music you […] The post Plastics Hi-Fi aimed for the radio and missed appeared first on Chicago Reader.See the Story
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Housing · ChicagoIt has been more than ten years since the last of the Cabrini-Green high-rises—housing complexes that were built in 1942 to be affordable and safe housing for low-income residents—were demolished. While those houses have been destroyed, the families remain, and director Minhal Baig’s We Grown Now documents the history and rhythms of the people who […] The post Minhal Baig explores the dichotomy of Cabrini-Green in We Grown Now appeared first on …See the Story
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Chicago, IL · ChicagoTraces, residues, and obfuscation are the small but major themes of the playful Jonas Müller-Ahlheim exhibition, “peekaboo,” on view at Ukrainian Village’s Patient Info gallery. At first glance, “peekaboo” appears sparse. Taking up the whole of Patient Info’s unique dermatologists-office-meets-white-cube interior are a few small, white plaster, minimalist sculptural forms hung on the walls, colored […] The post Jonas Müller-Ahlheim’s art games a…See the Story
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Chicago, IL · ChicagoBianca Xunise’s graphic novel debut Punk Rock Karaoke is a love letter to the south side and punks of color everywhere. In 248 rapid-paced pages, Xunise tells a coming-of-age story centered on Ariel Grace Jones, an 18-year-old punk who spends the summer coming to terms with their ambition, changing friendships, and what it means to […] The post A love letter to punks of color appeared first on Chicago Reader.See the Story
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Chicago, IL · ChicagoJohn Singer Sargent (1856–1925) was the preeminent society portraitist of his day. A master at capturing the sheen and folds of the costumes he dressed his wealthy sitters in, the question of whether there’s any more to his pictures than dazzling surfaces isn’t easy to answer. This exhibition onscreen was filmed primarily at the Museum […] The post Review: John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger appeared first on Chicago Reader.See the Story
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Chicago, IL · ChicagoCharlotte Abotsi is a poet raised in Providence, Rhode Island. As a spoken word poet, she has competed in several international poetry slams. Her work has been written about in HuffPost and Mic.com, and her poems can be read in Wax Nine journal.See the Story
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