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Music, Music Review May 15, 2020
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Buscabulla’s tropical soul vignettes distill the mixed blessings of returning home
- By Catalina Maria Johnson
- Tags: Music Review, Buscabulla, Ribbon Music, Regresa, Puerto Rico, New York City, tropical, soul, Hurricane Maria, Raquel Berrios, Luis Alfredo del Valle, experimental pop, pop music, troublemaker, Helado Negro, Nydia Caro, Vámono, Recommended, Video

Music, Concert Preview Jan 31, 2020
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iLe creates new old school sounds from the island of enchantment
- By Catalina Maria Johnson
- Tags: Concert Preview, iLe, Calle 13, Ileana Mercedes Cabra Joglar, iLevitable, Puerto Rico, Almadura, Hurricane Maria, bomba, Afro-Caribbean, Old Town School of Folk Music, Latin American, Recommended, Video

Arts & Culture, History May 2, 2019
In How to Hide an Empire, Daniel Immerwahr pulls back the curtain on American imperialism.

“The history of the United States,” says the Northwestern prof, “is the history of empire.”
- By Rachel Hawley
- Tags: History, Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire, Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Hurricane Maria, North Korea, Typhoon Yutu, China, imperialism, state quarters, Northwestern

News & Politics, Politics Jul 19, 2018
Is a Puerto Rican native running for Chicago alderman the next Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez is a working-class Latina with Puerto Rican roots running as a democratic socialist. Sound familiar?
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: Politics, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cynthia Nixon, Joe Crowley, Bernie Sanders, Rahm Emanuel, Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez, Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria, Donald Trump, Naomi Klein, Democratic Socialists of America

Blogs, Bleader Jul 9, 2018
Y No Había Luz brings the voices of post-Maria Puerto Rico to Chicago

"People keep sewing their eyes together to stop seeing things. . . . If we don't open our eyes we are blind, and we can't do anything to help Puerto Rico."
- By Martha Bayne
- Tags: Arts, Performing Arts, Visual Art, Theater, Y No Había Luz, Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria, natural disaster, Casa Pueblo, Yari Helfeld, Carlos Torres Lopez, El Centinela de Mangó (The Mango Sentinel), Diego el Ciego (Diego the Blind), Circo de la Ausencia (Circus of Absence), Cruzando el charco (Crossing the Puddle), Julio César Morales, Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture

Blogs, Bleader Jun 7, 2018
New documentary Public Park illuminates Chicago's role in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria

The film by Fieldwork Collaborative Projects follows Puerto Rican evacuees in Humboldt Park.
- By Katie Powers
- Tags: Film, Arts, Visual Art, Neighborhoods, Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico, Ionit Behar, Fieldwork Collaborative Projects, Humboldt Park, Public Park, Park District, Documentary, Field House, Boat House Gallery, MCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Richard Santiago, Eduardo Arocho, Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Puerto Rican Agenda of Chicago, Cristina Pacione-Zayas

Blogs, Bleader Nov 13, 2017
Kellye Howard records a live album, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week

Free admission to the Adler Planetarium, "Saturday Night Live: the Experience," and more goings-on November 13-16
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Kellye Howard, Steppenwolf Theater, Adler Planetarium, Rooming House, Theater Oobleck, Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, MusicNow, Harris Theater, Vijay Iyer, Saturday Night Live, Rey Andújar, Jean Carlos Claudio, Barrie Cole, David Isaacson, David Kodeski, Diana Slickman, Edward Thomas-Herrera, Museum of Broadcast Communications

Blogs, Bleader Nov 2, 2017
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Emanuel: Chicago will ‘learn something’ from Manhattan terror attack, and other news

Also, the Obamas would rather have a conversation with fans than take a selfie.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Rahm Emanuel, terrorism, New York City, OEMC, terror attack, Nancy Grace, Kenneka Jenkins, Rosemont, Dr. Oz Show, selfies, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Obama Foundation Summit, Citadel, University of Chicago, Ken Griffin, Chicago Police Department, Kevin Clewer, unsolved mysteries, cold cases, unsolved murders, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico, Marc Anthony, Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, Video

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Oct 11, 2017
A Chicago theater veteran’s view from Puerto Rico

Longtime Theater Oobleck ensemble member Dave Buchen sees hurricane devastation from his house on a hill in San Juan.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, Santurce district, San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, hurricanes, Hurricane Maria, Hurricane Irma, Theater Oobleck, Dave Buchen, hurricane relief, The Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, National Museum of Mexican Art, fundraising, Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, Puerto Rican Agenda, Teatro Breve, Juan Pablo Díaz, artists, Puerto Rican artists, Radio Vieques, Taller Salud, colonialism, natural disasters, Mexico, debt

Blogs, Bleader Oct 3, 2017
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Chicago not adding more security at marathon, Cubs playoffs after Las Vegas mass shooting, and other news

Also, Robin Kelly to Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Most guns used in Chicago shootings come from out of state.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, gun violence, Las Vegas, mass shootings, Alicia Tate-Nadeau, Rahm Emanuel, Office of Emergency Management and Communications, Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Chicago Cubs, MLB playoffs, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Robin Kelly, Indiana, Wisconsin, gun control, guns, Tom Dart, Cook County Sheriff's Office, Aurora University, Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria, Luis Gutierrez, Chicago Ideas Week, Kim Kardashian West, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 22, 2017
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Drew Peterson murder conviction upheld by Illinois Supreme Court, and other Chicago news

Also, the son of the Chicago Housing Authority's CEO was arrested in connection with an alleged murder.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Drew Peterson, Illinois Supreme Court, Kathleen Savio, Stacy Peterson, Rahm Emanuel, Amazon, Jeff Bezos, Chicago Housing Authority, Eugene Jones, Eugene Jones Jr., Indianapolis, Puerto Rico, GoFundMe, Rene Rivera, Mariel Perez, Hurricane Maria, Hurricane Irma, Takashi Murakami, David Bowie, Museum of Contemporary Art, Video

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Buscabulla’s tropical soul vignettes distill the mixed blessings of returning home

Recommended Video
iLe creates new old school sounds from the island of enchantment

In How to Hide an Empire, Daniel Immerwahr pulls back the curtain on American imperialism.

“The history of the United States,” says the Northwestern prof, “is the history of empire.”

Is a Puerto Rican native running for Chicago alderman the next Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez is a working-class Latina with Puerto Rican roots running as a democratic socialist. Sound familiar?

Y No Había Luz brings the voices of post-Maria Puerto Rico to Chicago

"People keep sewing their eyes together to stop seeing things. . . . If we don't open our eyes we are blind, and we can't do anything to help Puerto Rico."

New documentary Public Park illuminates Chicago's role in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria

The film by Fieldwork Collaborative Projects follows Puerto Rican evacuees in Humboldt Park.

Kellye Howard records a live album, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week

Free admission to the Adler Planetarium, "Saturday Night Live: the Experience," and more goings-on November 13-16

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Emanuel: Chicago will ‘learn something’ from Manhattan terror attack, and other news

Also, the Obamas would rather have a conversation with fans than take a selfie.

A Chicago theater veteran’s view from Puerto Rico

Longtime Theater Oobleck ensemble member Dave Buchen sees hurricane devastation from his house on a hill in San Juan.

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Chicago not adding more security at marathon, Cubs playoffs after Las Vegas mass shooting, and other news

Also, Robin Kelly to Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Most guns used in Chicago shootings come from out of state.

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Drew Peterson murder conviction upheld by Illinois Supreme Court, and other Chicago news

Also, the son of the Chicago Housing Authority's CEO was arrested in connection with an alleged murder.

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“The history of the United States,” says the Northwestern prof, “is the history of empire.”

Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez is a working-class Latina with Puerto Rican roots running as a democratic socialist. Sound familiar?

"People keep sewing their eyes together to stop seeing things. . . . If we don't open our eyes we are blind, and we can't do anything to help Puerto Rico."

The film by Fieldwork Collaborative Projects follows Puerto Rican evacuees in Humboldt Park.

Free admission to the Adler Planetarium, "Saturday Night Live: the Experience," and more goings-on November 13-16

Also, the Obamas would rather have a conversation with fans than take a selfie.

Longtime Theater Oobleck ensemble member Dave Buchen sees hurricane devastation from his house on a hill in San Juan.

Also, Robin Kelly to Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Most guns used in Chicago shootings come from out of state.

Also, the son of the Chicago Housing Authority's CEO was arrested in connection with an alleged murder.

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