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- Arts & Culture, Calendar Feb 21, 2020
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"BUILD YOUR SELF," Light in Winter, Uppers and Downers, and more to do this weekend
Arts and culture happenings from Fri 2/21 to Sun 2/23.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Dec 10, 2019
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Psychedelic country collective the Keener Family drop a debut four years in the making
Plus: Dustin Laurenzi’s Snaketime helps Mississippi Records celebrate the music of Moondog, and the Era Footwork Crew bring the stage show In the Wurkz to Links Hall.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 21, 2019
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Open the Circle teaches footwork because footwork saves lives
This Chicago nonprofit, linked to the Era dance crew, works to spread a local Black subculture that can knit together youth communities.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 19, 2018
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One-man soul factory Phillip-Michael Scales celebrates the new Sinner-Songwriter
Plus: Litebulb of the Era helps fund-raise for the arts nonprofit he’s cofounded, Toastamania brings its DIY collision of rock and wrestling to Subterranean, and more.
- Music, Music Feature Mar 8, 2018
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Could DJ Taye make Chicago footwork the biggest music in the world?
The Teklife producer integrates rap so perfectly on his new Still Trippin’ that he could bring footwork to new heights.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 3, 2016
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The Era and Lud Foe help us see Chicago hip-hop as more than ‘drill vs. Chance and friends’
Last month's flood of Chicago hip-hop releases ranged far and wide, and the Era and Lud Foe show two very different directions the music can go.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 3, 2016
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Jill Flanagan of Forced Into Femininity takes her underground scene to task
Plus: Anya Davidson celebrates a collection of her comic strip Band for Life, and the Era throw a listening party for their first “footwork mixtape.”
- Music, Music Feature Aug 17, 2016
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The Era move footworking into the spotlight
The crews who evolved this grassroots Chicago dance style often end up as sideshows to DJs or rappers—but the Era hope to change that with their first stage production.
