This year’s festival is Oct. 13-15, and Black Alphabet executive director Adam L. McMath and program and outreach coordinator Joshua X. Miller sat down to discuss.
Tarnynon Onumonu is a South Side poet who hopes to facilitate positive change for others through autobiographical artistic expression. She’s currently the poet in residence at the Chicago Poetry Society. This is what her Chicago sounds like.
Singer-songwriter Mariah Colon is one of Chicagoland’s hidden gems. Blending multiple genres with show-stopping vocals, her sonic fluidity helps her connect to fans across the music spectrum.