George Floyd s family members joined international activist and writer Nyle Fort for “Black Lives and the Legacy of George Floyd,” an online discussion.
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When Harry Mark Petrakis began his writing career imagining characters he later admitted knowing little about, he earned nothing for 10 years but rejection notes. But when he turned his eye to his community of immigrants in Chicago’s Greektown and wrote a short story about an old Greek hot dog vendor, he finally sold a story in 1956 to the Atlantic magazine.
The story, “Pericles on 31
st Street,” launched a long career that made him one of Chicago’s best-known authors.
Mr. Petrakis, author of 24 books, most of them fiction, and numerous short stories, died Tuesday at his longtime home near Chesterton, Indiana, of what relatives said was old age. He was 97.
Indiana University Northwest s Mobile Art + Action brought a pop-up Black History Month exhibit to the Chesterton Art Center.
The exhibit features the work of IUN professors and alumni, hand-painted protest paper signs by international artists, the touring School of the Arts Mobile Art + Action Community Lab, The Black ABCs and Echo Location on loan from The Floating Museum arts collective. It shines a spotlight on living contemporary African-American artists. I am very excited about this partnership with the Chesterton Art Center. The Mobile Art and Action Community Lab initiative was developed as a Covid-19 pandemic pivot for the School of the Arts at IU Northwest. As Lauren Pacheco, Director of Arts Programming and Engagement, and I began to reset our public engagement goals, we quickly re-focused on bringing new art experiences into Northwest Indiana communities. During February, you can find our Mobile Art and Action Community Lab on display at the SouthShore Art Center,
Then, it all came crashing down. I knew something wasn t right for sure just because I couldn t really put too much pressure on (my left knee), Glass said. But for the first week, I didn t even know that (my left ACL) was torn, and our trainers were telling me that it might have been something with my hamstring. I didn t find out until about a week later when I took an MRI. That s when they told me.
Glass said he sustained his season-ending knee injury after catching a pass and planting awkwardly in a Week 6 win at LaPorte on Sept. 25. He walked off the field under his own power thinking he would return, but when it was confirmed that Glass high school football career was over, he was heartbroken.