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Thursday, June 23, 2022

Showcasing Black actors in foreign cinema by Arionne Nettles

Floyd Webb is the curator of the Black Actors in Foreign Cinema screening series, co-presented by nonprofit media arts organization Chicago Filmmakers and his company, the Blacknuss Network.…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:23PM

Monday, June 13, 2022

Neptune Frost is limitless by Arionne Nettles

It’s a sci-fi, Afrofuturistic story that is also a musical that takes place in the past, present, and future, while also spanning the wide depths of identity and innovation. The post <i…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:18PM

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Black creatives never stopped creating by Arionne Nettles

This year’s Black Creativity is a testament to the artists and program leaders who didn’t give up on shining a spotlight on Black art. At this year's "Black…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 10:30AM

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Chicago museums and galleries prepare to optimistically reopen by Arionne Nettles

The leaders of the city’s cultural institutions remain encouraged after facing the most recent round of closings in November. It took Chicago artist Myron Lab…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 11:30AM

Friday, October 23, 2020

Envisioning democracy—in photos—at the MoCP by Arionne Nettles

From literal and data-driven to poetic and hopeful, the galleries curated by Columbia College Chicago professors show what democracy means to them. When Raquel M…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 10:10AM

Monday, August 31, 2020

Rebuild Foundation and Sunshine Enterprise team up to train city’s creative entrepreneurs by Arionne Nettles

The Arts & Makers Community Business Academy is ramping up to launch its third cohort in September. When Etiti Ayeni moved herself and her company to Chicago…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 09:40AM

Friday, July 31, 2020

Bronzeville Children’s Museum ahead of the COVID-19 curve by Arionne Nettles

The country’s first and only African American children’s museum may not have planned for the pandemic, but it was ready. This year brought a resurgence of pu…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 03:10PM

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

The American Writers Museum creates a digital experience during COVID-19 by Arionne Nettles

The museum quickly adapted to pandemic pressures with rich online content and virtual events. When you first walk into the American Writers Museum, you walk righ…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 01:10PM

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

The Blackivists on documenting movements by Arionne Nettles

A group of Black archivists is helping communities create their own narratives, filling in what history books have left out. When major movements rock the cours…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 10:50AM

Friday, June 5, 2020

An examination of Black identity and time by Arionne Nettles

Conceptual artist Nate Young’s “Transcendence of Time” puts his own family’s Great Migration story on display. When William Nathaniel Jackson arrived in …

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 05:30PM

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Black Creativity thrives in its 50th year by Arionne Nettles

The legacy of the Museum of Science and Industry exhibition is built on cultural representation and innovation. Little superheroes dashed out of the Black Creati…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 06:45PM

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