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It’s a shame that too often these days, individuals resort to firearms to settle disputes. Certainly no one wants to be assaulted physically under any circumstances but people seems to turn to the use of deadly force quickly and easily and with little thought or …
In 2011 Harry Osterman was elected alderman for the 48th Ward replacing the outgoing ward representative on the city council Mary Ann Smith. After three terms representing the northside ward that covers parts of Edgewater, Andersonville and Uptown, Osterman announced in July 2022 that he …
The management of the 58th Annual Chicago International Film Festival tried something new with a full blown outside Opening Night Block Party and Red Carpet Event.
Luckily the weather cooperated providing neighbors and film patrons a glitzy and glamorous outside spectacular with trivia games, improv show, food and other entertainment. It’s a risky time of year for outside events in Chicago but hopefully it will be the beginning of a tradition.
Our video includes interviews and crowd comments featuring cast members, producers and director from the opening night film “A Compassionate Spy.” Film makers Mercedes Kane, Donald Conley, Duro Howard, Jr., each of whom have subjects dealing with Chicago themes.
Author Mary Pat Kelly talks a bit about her biography of Martin Scorsese.
Take a look at our short video and get a glimpse of what you missed and a little of what you have to look forward to at the festival over the next two weeks.
The duo of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart were the genius songwriters behind several hit Broadway musicals with many of their numbers going on to become standards in the Great American Songbook. This Madkap Production of “Falling for Make Believe” at the Skokie Theatre purports …
Horace Vandergelder meets his match in the person of Dolly Levi in the Marriott Lincolnshire production of “Hello Dolly.” The popular Jerry Herman musical based on Thornton Wilder’s hit play “The Matchmaker” is a perfect wedding of story and music. No doubt the original 1964 …
The music of Regina Harris Baiocchi performed by the Six degrees Jazz Ensemble was the opening act for the 2022 Chicago Jazz Festival. Baiocchi dubbed this a performance of love and peace. This video produced by Chicago Broadcasting Network Executive Producer Reno Lovison includes a multi-media finale of Baiocchi’s composition “Farafina” a tribute to the Black Lives Matter Movement.
I had a little melodramatic fun with this review/announcement of the world premiere hybrid radio drama, Orson Welles’ Dracula onstage at the Raven Theatre, at Clark & Granville through September 25, 2022. The Glass Apple Theatre cast includes: Andrew Bosworth as Dracula . . . …
Update: We are reposting this article in memory of Stann Champion (born Stanley Higgins) May 16,1952 – August 16, 2022. Elixir Strings Proudly Announces the selection of Chicago Award Winning Culture Music Legend Stann Champion for Elixir’s, “Endorsing Artist Program” for 2019. Based in Chicago, …
This episode of our podcast is a remix of an earlier interview conducted by Chicago based journalist Brett Stewart recorded with Blues authority Bill Dahl, feature writer for the Chicago Tribune, radio broadcaster and author of the books , “Motown the Golden Years” and more recently “Art of the Blues – A Visual Treasury of Black Music’s Golden Age.”
Bill recalls his encounters with legendary performers like Muddy Waters, Lonnie Brooks, Professor Longhair, Otis Rush, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Johnson, Buddy Guy, and others and remembers the clubs that featured them like Biddy Mulligan’s in Rogers Park and Wise Fools Pub on Lincoln.
Bill Dahl has had a long career writing liner notes for many Blues and soul records including one that earned him a Grammy nomination.
At Chicago Broadcasting Network we aim to bring you interesting information about Chicago people, places and performing arts as well as Chicago history and this episode has it all.
Most of our episodes are under twenty minutes but this interview was full of so much cool and unique information about Chicago and the Blues that I found it difficult to cut too deep.
So put on your headphones or crank up your speakers and enjoy this conversation with guest contributor Brett Stewart and Grammy-nominated liner notes writer and author of “Art of the Blues” Bill Dahl.
Thanks to Chicago based journalist Brett Stewart for sharing this recorded Bill Dahl interview with Chicago Broadcasting Network.
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NOTE: “This interview was part of a larger series called Exploring the Blues in Chicago. Check it out here (https://tiltingwindmillstudios.com/exploringtheblues/). Music in the series was performed by Frank Bang & the Cook County Kings and Derrick Procell.”
Chicago native produces documentary, “Searching for Mr. Rugoff” If you are a fan of indie films, an aspiring filmmaker, or a movie industry insider you might have a particular interest in “Searching for Mr. Rugoff” a documentary film about the man whose professional business decisions …
I got a sneak preview of “Belfast” which was one of the highlights of the 57th Chicago International Film Festival. This podcast includes my review followed by some pre-movie comments from the writer/director Sir Kenneth Branaugh who was present to introduce his semi-autobiographical film and …
Connie Wilson talks about the film “Passing” and chats with director Rebecca Hall (Christine, Vicky Cristina Barcelona) on the red carpet at The 57th Chicago International Film Festival.
Update: I finally got around to actually seeing the film “Passing” on Netflix over the 2022 New Year holiday and found it oblique and somewhat over stylized. The story set in the 1920s about a black woman who “passes” for white is compelling but I never really got around to caring that much about the characters. I’ve known a few people who could easily “pass” and just didn’t believe either of these two might actually pull it off. Rebecca Hall should have cast herself but I think she was afraid of going “too white.” Anyway that is a minor detail. The acting was a bit introspective for my tastes. The costumes were very good and the story was “enjoyable” enough but I would not travel far to see this. If you have Netflix and the subject matter is intriguing then check it out.
You can read Connie Wilson’s more extensive review here.
Rebecca Hall was recently featured on an episode of “Finding Your Roots” which was far more interesting and certainly enlightening for her as she discovers more insights into her own family background.