The MacArthur Foundation names nine Black "Genius Grant" recipients among its 2022 class
Author Kiese Laymon, celebrated cellist Tomeka Reid, reproductive activist Loretta J. Ross and more have been named MacArthur Fellows.
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10 Things to Do This Weekend: May 12-15
An organic plant sale, total lunar eclipse, migratory birds and a writers festival usher in the weekend. Here are 10 things to do in and around Chicago this weekend.
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Strings that sing on the gig poster of the week
click to enlarge This week's featured gig poster advertises this weekend's Chicago Jazz String Summit, two evenings of streaming performances by string players working in jazz, improvisation, and experimental music. It's the seventh year for this celebration of stringed instruments in nonclassical forms, founded by cellist, composer, and longtime Chicagoan Tomeka Reid. The poster and the summit's logo were created by designer, illustrator, and musician Rei Alvarez, a Puerto Rican native who DJs as Rattan DJ and founded bolero-fo...
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