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Music, Music Feature Feb 10, 2021
Video
KeiyaA levels up even with live music shut down

The Chicago-born singer-songwriter beat the odds by turning her debut album, Forever, Ya Girl, into a multidimensional artwork.
- By Teresa Xie
- Tags: Music Feature, KeiyaA, Forever, Ya Girl, Work, Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Chicago Children’s Choir, Pitchfork, NPR, Complex, Vice, Vogue, Cottage Grove, Englewood, Kenwood Academy, Gerald Powell, Nicole Mitchell, University of Illinois at Chicago, Columbia College, Dusty Groove, Scienz of Life, MIKE, DJ BlackPower, Aviv, Cafe Erzulie, Hvnli, Do Yourself a Favor, For the Gworls Medical Fund, Free Black Women's Library Sister Outsider Relief Grant, Bushwick, On Returning My Quikest Language Back to My Mouth, Yusuf Hassan, Black Mass Publishing, The Natural Way to Fight Stress, Jefferson Harris, Rahim Fortune, Chris Currence, Negus Poem 1 & 2, Video

Arts & Culture, Feature Sep 15, 2020
The Folded Map Project shows a segregated city

Tonika Johnson’s multimedia project expands with a new film.
- By S. Nicole Lane
- Tags: Feature, The Folded Map Project, Tonika Johnson, Englewood, segregation, map twins, address pairs, City Bureau, Lane Tech, New York Times, Alec Soth, Housing Issue

City Life, Public Service Announcement Aug 14, 2020
Video
I'll just drink this tea, thanks

What our listings coordinator is musing about this week
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Public Service Announcement, listings, events, concerts, south side, Englewood, Back of the Yards, Chicago Tribune, Back to school, school supplies, TGiMovement, GoodKids MadCity, Les Rita Mitsouko, Plant Chicago, Siskel Film Center, Frank Orrall, Evanston, Mark Shippy, Video

News & Politics, Feature Aug 13, 2020
This is my brain on local TV news

Thirteen and a half hours of broadcasts on looting leave a day of impressions without a trace.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Feature, Local news, TV news, looting, police shooting, police violence, theft, burglary, Magnificent Mile, Chicago looting, civil unrest, media bias, journalism, reporting, Latrell Allen, Englewood, Lincoln Park, ABC, NBC, CBS, WGN, FOX, ABC7, NBC5, CBS2, WGN9, FOX32, Dave Savini, Latricsa Allen, Father Michael Pfleger, Reverend Robin Hood, south side, west side, crime, news analysis

News & Politics, Feature Aug 12, 2020
‘This is not a war zone’

What happened in Englewood in the three crucial hours after the police shooting of Latrell Allen
- By Grace Del Vecchio
- Tags: Feature, Protest, englewood, shooting, looting, chicago police department

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jul 14, 2020
The inequity buster

If Mayor Lightfoot and Sam Skinner want to help the west and south sides, they should look to the TIFs.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, Lori Lightfoot, Sam Skinner, Greenberg Traurig, George H.W. Bush, TIF, tax increment financing, LaSalle/Central TIF, United Airlines, Forward Together, Englewood, Roseland, Austin

Music, Music Review Jun 19, 2020
Recommended
Englewood’s F.A.B.L.E. brings his charming warmth and vigor to Chicago’s bustling hip-hop ecosystem
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Review, F.A.B.L.E., (IX) The Hermit, Storybook Records, Englewood, Christopher Horace, Exodus, Nephset, rap, rapper, hip-hop, Duckweed, Bandcamp, George Floyd Memorial Fund, George Floyd, Big Floyd, Recommended

Music, Music Review Apr 10, 2020
Recommended
Rising drill star King Von refines his storytelling and stunting on Levon James
- By Jack Riedy
- Tags: Music Review, Levon James, King Von, Englewood, Only the Family, Empire, drill, rap, Dayvon Bennett, Crazy Story, Genius, Cook County Jail, Lil Durk, Atlanta, Took Her to the O, Recommended

News & Politics, News Oct 17, 2019
Slideshow
Striking teachers say paychecks are the least of their problems

At an Englewood elementary school, teachers and staff describe working conditions that hurt kids most.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: News, Chicago teacher strike, Chicago Teachers Union, teacher strike, teachers strike, Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Lori Lightfoot, Chicago Public Schools, Carrie Jacobs Bond Elementary School, Bond Elementary School, Englewood, neighborhood schools, school funding, school funding equity, poverty, segregation, Slideshow

Arts & Culture, Architecture Sep 18, 2019
South-side champion

Writer-photographer Lee Bey’s new book Southern Exposure showcases architectural masterworks on the typically neglected south and west sides.
- By Lee Ann Norman
- Tags: Architecture, Chicago Architecture Biennial, Lee Bey, Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South Side, Northwestern University Press, DuSable Museum, School of the Art Institute, Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Chicago Vocational HIgh School, Pride Cleaners, architecture, Chicago architecture, Woodlawn, Englewood, Roseland, south-side Chicago, west-side Chicago, disinvestment, West Pullman, Modernism Week, Palm Springs

Film, Small Screen Aug 29, 2019
South Side is an inside joke even outsiders will get

The Comedy Central series offers a nuanced, and incredibly funny, depiction of Englewood you won’t see on the news.
- By Janaya Greene
- Tags: Small Screen, South Side, Comedy Central, Sultan Salahuddin, Kareme Young, Englewood, Chi-Raq, Kennedy-King College

News & Politics, Politics Jan 10, 2019
The 20th Ward aldermanic race is rife with bad faith and good ideas

A Pritzker-backed machine operator, a rogue three-time candidate, a U of C darling, and lots of idealistic novices compete in a ward known for corruption.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Politics, 20th Ward, aldermanic election, 20th Ward Alderman, Willie Cochran, Kevin Bailey, Democratic committeeman, 20th Ward Democrats, 20th Ward Democratic Committee, Maria Bailey, Jennifer Maddox, Michael Dorf, election law, election lawyer, Board of Elections, Board of Election Commissioners, City Council, Rahm Emanuel, J.B. Pritzker, Anthony Driver, Nicole Johnson, Andre Smith, Dernard Newell, Maya Hodari, Chicago Housing Authority, Chicago Police Department, Andrew Finko, corruption, ward politics, mental health, Obama Presidential Center, University of Chicago, Hassan Muhammad, Dorothy Brown, Danny Davis, Woodlawn, Back of the Yards, Englewood, Washington Park, Parkway Gardens

News & Politics, Feature Nov 15, 2018
Markham firefighter sues Chicago cops for false arrest

After a community cleanup in Englewood, volunteers end up in violent confrontation with dozens of cops.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Feature, Vairrun Strickland, New Era, Chicago Police District, Black Liberation, Chicago Reporter, arrest, Michael Jetel, R. Rodriguez, J. Motesdeoca, Syed Quadri, Brad Thomson, People's Law Office, Englewood, Markham, firefighter, volunteers, community cleanup

Film, Movie Review Sep 11, 2018
Sociologist and filmmaker David Schalliol explains how he came to make his first documentary, The Area

"I want to meet people, understand a place, make connections, and produce work that has meaning and effect."
- By Andrea Gronvall
- Tags: Movie Review, David Schalliol, The Area, documentary, Black Harvest Film Festival, Englewood, Deborah Payne, Norfolk Southern Railway, Sociolography, University of Chicago, Affordable Housing in New York, Isolated Building Studies, Almost There, Scrappers Film Group, Brian Ashby, south side

Blogs, Bleader Aug 27, 2018
Governor Rauner vetoes a tax break for Englewood while offering billions to Amazon

Governor Rauner has put the kibosh on state rep Sonya Harper's urban agriculture bill on grounds that never seemed to trouble him in the case of upscale development.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Clout City, News, Politics, Race, Bruce Rauner, Sonya Harper, Rahm Emanuel, Amazon, TIFs, tax increment financing, Englewood, Tom Ricketts, Maze Jackson, National Black Chamber of Commerce, HB 40, J.B. Pritzker

Arts & Culture, Art Feature Aug 17, 2018
At the Perry Mansion Cultural Center, Sam Smith wants to reshape the narrative of black life in America

The culmination of his project will be a reconstruction of a slave ship in the museum’s basement.
- By Tyra Nicole Triche
- Tags: Art Feature, Perry Mansion Cultural Center, Sam Smith, Englewood, slave ship, Tortured Souls, The Slave Experience, slavery, middle passage, black history, African-American history, Flint water crisis, Mauritania

Blogs, Bleader Jul 23, 2018
We need a citywide hearing for the Lincoln Yards project

Sterling Bay has big plans for the 70 acres they're developing along the Chicago.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Neighborhoods, News, Politics, Lincoln Yards, Sterling Bay, Rahm Emanuel, TIFs, tax increment financing, Chicago Tribune, police training facility, the Hideout, Tom Ricketts, Live Nation, Englewood, Cortland/Chicago River TIF district

News & Politics, Feature Jul 12, 2018
Slideshow
These candid photos capture how seniors are growing communities—while growing older—on the south side

From Auburn Gresham to Hyde Park, seniors and their allies are doing whatever it takes to combat social isolation and other issues of aging.
- By Pat Nabong and City Bureau
- Tags: Feature, Photography, Politics, new pisgah haven homes, auburn gresham, carlton brown, university of chicago, debra thompson, Age Friendly Englewood Village, Outpatient Senior Health Center, Dr. Katherine Thompson, South Side Healthy Aging Resource Experts, American Association of Retired Persons, eva early, englewood, hawaiian luau, Slideshow

Blogs, Bleader May 8, 2018
More rockin’ scenes from the Taste, the oldest black-owned club in the city

Photos from a "Freeyomind Friday" at the Taste Entertainment Center in Englewood, for many a required stop on the south-side nightlife scene.
- By Vince Cerasani
- Tags: Music, Neighborhoods, the Taste Entertainment Center, photos, the Taste, Englewood, Tonika Johnson, Freeyomind Friday, nightclubs, south-side nightlife

Music, Music Feature May 2, 2018
Oldest black-owned nightclub in city faces uncertain future

For decades, Taste has been a required stop for black Chicagoans and visiting luminaries, including Harold Washington, Muhammad Ali, and Rick James.
- By Dave Hoekstra
- Tags: Music Feature, Taste Entertainment Center, Taste nightclub, Englewood, Muhammad Ali, Prince, the Isley Brothers, Purple Rain, Rick James, Lawrence Simmons, Donald Simmons, Marie Simmons, Gloria Simmons, the Taste Kittens, Farley “Jackmaster” Funk, Tom Joyn

Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2018
Speaker Mike Madigan fires aide for alleged sexual harassment, and other Chicago news

Also, CPS alters plans to shut down three Englewood high schools over the summer.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Mike Madigan, Kevin Quinn, Marty Quinn, Chicago Public Schools, Janice Jackson, Englewood, school closings, Garry McCarthy, Election 2019, Rahm Emanuel, George Clooney, Amal Clooney, Iraq, refugees, University of Chicago, Islamic State, ISIS, ISIL, American Ballet Theatre, John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, ballet, Ruth Ann Koesun, obituaries

News & Politics, Politics Dec 13, 2017
The new public face of Rahm Emanuel’s school closing policies

The mayor brings in a new CPS CEO, Janice Jackson, just in time to shutter more schools.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Englewood, Forrest Claypool, Janice Jackson, David Axelrod, Sun-Times, Cortland/Chicago River TIF district, Amazon, Barbara Byrd-Bennett

News & Politics, Feature Aug 31, 2017
Slideshow
Can shooting hoops keep gang members from shooting each other?

When Englewood gang members convene for a week in August to compete in the Battle of the Blocks basketball tournament, residents report a marked drop in violence in the neighborhood. Why aren’t there more programs like it?
- By Lee V. Gaines and Jeffrey Marini
- Tags: Feature, Englewood, Battle of the Blocks, New Canaan Land Missionary Baptist Church, Reverend Pervis Thomas, Gangster Disciples, Black Disciples, Peoria Street, Union Street, Shari Runner, Chicago Urban League, Terrell Suggs, Richard Devine, David Axelrod, University of Chicago Institute of Politics, Paul Rufus, Jello Soraspy, Tatiana Jones, Taylor Jordan, Brian Davis, basketball tournament, Englewood Peace Tournament, violence prevention, Slideshow

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Aug 30, 2017
Collaboraction’s Peacebook performance festival tackles an ‘epidemic of inequity’

More than 200 artists bring 24 short “prayers for peace” to Englewood, Hermosa, and Austin this fall.
- By Dan Jakes
- Tags: Theater Review, Chicago, Collaboraction, Peacebook 2017, Sketchbook festival, Chicago Park District, Night Out in the Parks, Goodman Theatre, Owen Theatre, Anthony Moseley, Englewood, Hermosa, Austin, Sandra Delgado, GQ, the Q Brothers, Vueltas, Miranda Gonzalez, Sammy Rangel, Jillian Burfete, Tyrone Taylor, 17 to (New) Life, Ada Cheng, How Long Do I Have to Continue to Prove Myself, Hamilton Park, La Follette Park, Kelvyn Park, Englewood, Austin, Hermosa, M.A.D.D. Rhythms, Bril Barnett, Star Dixon, EmpoWOMENt, Yuri Basho Lane, beatbox, Make Peace, Sir Taylor, the Example Setters, drill, spoken word, Laura Biagi, Tolga Yenilmez, Sarah Illiatovitch-Goldman, Some Thoughts on Race and Racism in Chicago From Some People Who Aren’t Sure What to Do and Who Sat Down and Talked About It, David Dastmalchian, Aisha June, Collaboraction Peacemakers, Tomi Lahren, Thread

Arts & Culture, Art Feature Aug 17, 2017
Life beyond the headlines in Englewood

Statistics on crime and unemployment in the south-side neighborhood don't begin to present the whole picture.
- By Tonika Johnson and Ruth Lopez
- Tags: Art Feature, Englewood, Tonika Johnson

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