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The last weekend in May was uplifted by peaceful protests and marred by excessive violence and destruction in response to the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after being pinned to the ground for nearly nine minutes with a …
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Monthly Chicago neighborhood podcast news summaries are edited and produced by Chicago Broadcasting Network featuring stories we feel will be of interest to our listeners. The idea is to give you a quick overview of things happening in your community that you should be aware of and that you might want to learn more about. Your feedback will be vital to improving this process.
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This is the May 2020 edition with a summary of stories appearing in April that include the following headlines and more.
State of Illinois approves two new cannabis shops on northside
Weiss Hospital gets donation of much needed PPE
South-East Asia Center provides childcare for essential workers
Mortgage companies provide curbside and digital closings
Chicago city tax collectors offer temporary relief
Mental Health Services offer tele-help
Lincoln Park clinical psychologist charged with Medicare fraud
and more.
Let us know what you think.
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******************** Read about how this play and others around the city have been forced to close as a result of the Corona virus. https://news.wttw.com/2020/03/18/how-chicagos-storefront-theaters-are-facing-coronavirus-crisis ************************* “Mlima’s Tale” presented by the Griffin Theatre Company at the Raven Theater, 6157 N. Clark St. in Chicago, is a …
Author Steve Bellinger talks about his time-travel sci-fi novel “The Chronocar” set in the Chicago southside Bronzeville neighborhood and the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology, the author’s alma mater.
Listen to the podcast above or watch the video recorded version below.
This selection of Authors Showcase features authors based in Chicago or books about Chicago or Chicago related themes and is produced for ChicagoBroadcastingNetwork.com in conjunction with AuthorsBroadcast.com.
Update: This book has beedn reissued with a new cover. Available at Amazon.com available on Kindle and as an audio book.
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Those of us coming of age in the late sixties did perhaps believe it was “the dawning of the Age of Aquarius” and indeed hoped that “peace would guide the planets and love would steer the stars.” Chicago experienced a violent protest at the Democratic …
Until now her mother’s profession has been a mystery to Vivie Warren who has spent most of her life in boarding schools and in the country home of friends having little personal contact with the woman who provides her financial support. The author George Bernard …
The legendary and picturesque Green Mill Cocktail Lounge just off the corner of Lawrence and Broadway in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood is known for its poetry and jazz, making it the perfect venue for flutist and word artist Janice Misurell-Mitchell.
This particular performance occurred on February 19. 2020 but is indicative of the diverse entertainment happening at locations all around the city.
Misurell-Mitchell teaches about music and politics and contemporary music at the School of the Art Institute, and this particular piece, which she describes as scat/rap, aptly reflects the intersection of these seemingly diverse disciplines.
This is an awesome mix of opera and hip-hop shot in and around Chicago. Look for familiar scenes of the city via rooftops and bridges. The music video features soprano Marisa Buchheit singing “Habanera” or “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” (“Love is a rebellious bird”), …
In the post-WWII era, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein reinvented American Musical Theater for a modern audience. This is my audio podcast review of the book by Todd S. Purdum, “Something Wonderful Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway Revolution” by Todd S. Purdum. I’ve taken a short trip …
Retired from the Chicago Park District where she taught writing and theater arts at Berger Park on the lakefront in Edgewater, Venice Johnson is currently living in Rogers Park on the far north side of the city.
Storytelling comes naturally to this westside native whose father and grandmother were also accomplished, raconteurs.
In this short story, MOTHER WIT, Venice shares a tale told by her grandmother that includes an old-school lesson about maintaining a mutually beneficial romantic relationship.
It is also an illustration of oral history and intergenerational interaction.
We are planning to include more Chicago short stories as part of our regular podcast series and expect to hear more from Venice about her experiences as a lifelong resident of the city.
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