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Music, Gig Poster of the Week Apr 22, 2020
His Royal Bikeness on the gig poster of the week

This week’s featured gig poster was created by Chicago artist and educator Andrea Hill Fitzgerald.
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Gig Poster of the Week, Andrea Hill Fitzgerald, Avalon, Avalon Regal Theater, bicycles, Chicago weather, concert flyer, concert poster, concerts, coronavirus, COVID-19, essential workers, fantasy gigs, Father Pfleger, gig poster, gig poster of the week, gig posters, Michael Pfleger, New Regal Theater, Paisley Park, Prince, Prince & the Revolution, Saint Sabina, snow in April

Blogs, Bleader May 12, 2017
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Historians: The Bronzeville Culver's is being built on the site of a former Confederate smallpox cemetery, and other Chicago news

Also, an auto parts maker is opening a south-side plant that will create about 300 new jobs.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Chicago history, Civil War, Confederate soldiers, Camp Douglas, Bronzeville, Culver's, Camp Douglas Restoration Foundation, cemeteries, smallpox, Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald, Vincent Gaughan, Flex-N-Go, Shahid Khan, Bruce Rauner, Rahm Emanuel, manufacturing, Yo-Yo Ma, Saint Sabina Church, classical music, Michael Pfleger, Steve Harvey, Steve Harvey Show, Los Angeles, Robert Feder, Frank Lloyd Wright, Jim Meehan, James Beard Awards, bar openings, Prairie School, Heisler Hospitality, Smack Shack, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 1, 2017
Researchers are exhuming World’s Fair serial killer H.H. Holmes’s body to determine if he escaped execution, and other Chicago news

Also, CPD superintendent Eddie Johnson’s car was broken into over the weekend.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, H.H. Holmes, Devil in the White City, 1893 World’s Fair, Hyde Park, Chicago history, Eddie Johnson, Chicago Police Department, Jeff Sessions, Department of Justice, police reform, Barack Obama, Michael Pfleger, Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emanuel, City Hall, David Orr, cold cases, Lisa Stebic, Planfield, missing people, The Chainsmokers, EDM, Rosemont, Huntley High School

Blogs, Bleader Apr 24, 2017
Video
Obama is making his return to public life with a speech at the University of Chicago Monday, and other news

Also, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is again threatening to revoke federal funding for Chicago.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Barack Obama, Michael Pfleger, Rahm Emanuel, University of Chicago, Jeff Sessions, sanctuary cities, immigration issues, Department of Justice, Michelle Obama, murals, public art, Instagram, Chicago skyline, hotels, Chicago Blackhawks, Andy's Jazz Club, jazz music, La La Land, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 17, 2017
People with clout are still contacting Rahm on his private e-mail account, and other Chicago news

Also, a New Zealand-based coffee chain wants to open more than 30 locations in Chicago over the next few years.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, Freedom of Information Act, gun violence, gang violence, Jesse Jackson, Michael Pfleger, Blase Cupich, Democratic Party, Republican Party, local elections, Kankakee, Deerfield, Elgin, Maria Ridulph, FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, cold cases, Sycamore, Illinois State Police, Jack McCullough, cold cases, Mojo, New Zealand

Blogs, Bleader Apr 5, 2017
Through faith, reconnecting ‘two Chicagos’ divided by violence and inequality

Three religious leaders and Cook County sheriff Tom Dart spoke about the effects of gun violence and what the religious community should do to fix it.
- By Rachel Hinton
- Tags: News, Politics, Race, Religion, Gun violence, politics, offenders, rehabilitative programs, religion, Tom Dart, Cook County sheriff’s office, Otis Moss, Michael Pfleger, Willie Jennings

Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Sep 7, 2016
Rauner was right to reject calls for the National Guard in Chicago

Calling the guard into black and brown neighborhoods would only escalate tensions between the community and the police.
- By Derrick Clifton
- Tags: Identity & Culture, News, Bruce Rauner, Michael Pfleger, Saint Sabina, National Guard, troops, police, violence, violent crime, shootings, gun violence, military, war zone, Chi-raq, homicides, Chicago Police Department, public safety, Milwaukee, Ferguson, Black Lives Matter, racism, Rahm Emanuel

Blogs, Bleader Sep 2, 2016
Rauner says no to deploying the National Guard in Chicago after 90 homicides in August, and other news

Also, gang members speak out on life in gangs.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, gun violence, gang violence, Michael Pfleger, Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Rauner, National Guard, Empire, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Chicago Med, Chicago Justice, Cinespace Chicago Film Studios, Safer Foundation, drug sales, Danny Davis, mental health issues, NFL draft, Draft Town

Blogs, Bleader Aug 22, 2016
Illinois hopes to improve sexual assault investigations, and other Chicago news

Also, Kanye's Pablo pop-up shop drew huge crowds despite the controversial Northbrook location.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Illinois General Assembly, Chicago Police Department, gang violence, Eddie Johnson, Michael Pfleger, gun violence, St. Sabina church, Kanye West, rap music

Blogs, Bleader Jun 16, 2016
CPD commander: Keeping Rahm safe has become difficult 'due to current events,' and other Chicago news

Also, Lincoln Park alderman Michele Smith is getting increasingly concerned about Airbnb.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago Police Department, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, Lincoln Park, Michele Smith, Airbnb, Ebony magazine, Jet magazine, Johnson Publishing, immigration issues, Tammy Duckworth, Jan Schakowsky, Luis Gutierrez, Michael Pfleger

Blogs, Bleader Jun 6, 2016
Remembering Muhammad Ali’s Chicago years, and other news

Also, Father Pfleger inspired iconic fashion label Versace’s fall ad campaign.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Muhammad Ali, Nation of Islam, Richard J. Daley, gun violence, gang violence, Independent Police Review Authority, Chicago Police Department, Versace, Michael Pfleger, fashion, hip-hop, Chicago Public Schools

Blogs, Bleader May 12, 2016
Chance the Rapper wants to replace Rahm with Obama, and other Chicago news

Also, a man is shot to death on his front porch over his car keys.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Chance the Rapper, Barack Obama, Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emanuel, Ken Bennett, Grand Crossing, gun violence, Sadiq Khan, London, Chicago Infrastructure Trust, University of Chicago Medical Center, Katie Couric, Michael Pfleger

Blogs, Bleader Apr 1, 2016
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Chicago police union hires Jason Van Dyke, and other news

Also, don't rule out a 2019 mayoral run from Cook County sheriff Tom Dart.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, winter weather, spring weather, Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald, Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Police Department, Laquan McDonald, Michael Pfleger, Tom Dart, Cook County Sheriff, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, mayoral race, economics, unemployment, West Side, South Side, Shinola, manufacturing, Wells Community Academy High School, Video

News & Politics, Feature Jan 31, 2014
Dismantling the stigma of guns

Gerald Vernon believes conceal-and-carry laws and responsible firearm owners are crucial to keeping people safe—especially in the communities hit hardest by crime.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, guns, firearms, Gerald Vernon, south side, conceal-and-carry laws, conceal-and-carry class, gun safety, handguns, Thomas Brandon, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, gun ownership, background checks, FOID cards, firearm owner identification cards, gun regulations, Illinois General Assembly, state laws, Illinois state police, Cook County, NRA, National Rifle Association, self-defense, race, Princeton Park, Center for Inner City Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, Personal Protection Consultants, crime, Annals of Internal Medicine, IllinoisCarry, Valinda Rowe, Tuley Park, Chicago Park District, RIchard M. Daley, gun control, Michael Pfleger, U.S. Supreme Court, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Richard Posner, gun training, Kwame Raoul, firearm safety, Karl Hubert, Second Amendment

Blogs, Bleader Jul 15, 2013
George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin, and reasonable doubt

Did the justice system fail Saturday?
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: News, Media, George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin, Bernard Jakes, West Point Missionary Baptist Church, Michael Pfleger, Saint Sabina, presumption of innocence, reasonable doubt, Stand Your Ground, concealed carry

Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2011
Today's marijuana lesson comes from New York City

How Chicago can take a cue from New York City on pot possession.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, The Reefer, Weed Week, Politics, Clout City, African-Americans, arrests, cannabis, Chicago City Council, Chicago police, decriminalization, drug dealing, drug possession, Father Pfleger, illegal searches, Illinois house, legalization, marijuana, Michael Pfleger, New York, New York City, New York City police, police, pot, probable cause, racial disparities, Raymond Kelly, reefer, street dealing, Variations on a Theme, weed

Blogs, Bleader Dec 5, 2011
Father Pfleger: end the pot possession busts!

On pro-pot-decriminalization priest Father Michael Pfleger
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, The Reefer, Weed Week, Politics, Clout City, Variations on a Theme, Father Pfleger, Michael Pfleger, marijuana, cannabis, pot, decriminalization, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, Chicago politics, possession, Chicago City Council, Ben Joravsky, St. Sabina, Auburn-Gresham

Blogs, Bleader Feb 24, 2011
Video
Living for 32

Kevin Breslin's short documentary "Living for 32," about Colin Goddard, antigun activist and Virginia Tech shooting survivor, screens Friday 2/25 in the Peace on Earth Film Festival, which runs through Sunday 2/27 at the Chicago Cultural Center.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Free Shit, Swag, Virginia Tech, massacre, gun control, Kevin Breslin, Sundance, Colin Goddard, Peace on Earth Film Festival, Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater, Curt Fissel, Delicious Peace Grows in a Ugandan Coffee Bean, Uganda, fair trade, coffee, interfaith, Iman Zawahry, Muslim, Jewish, UnderCover, Bob Hercules, Radical Disciple, Michael Pfleger, St. Sabina, Keith Walker, Bertram Verhaag, Scientists Under Attack, Genetic Engineering, GMO, Out of Cordoba, Averroes and Maimonides in Their Time and Ours, Jacob Bender, Todd Drezner, Autism, Loving Lampposts, Rowan Waltz, World War II, Russia, Alyona Semenova, Alexandra Smirnov, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 6, 2011
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This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, My Dog Tulip, J.R. Ackerley, Secret Sunshine, Lee Chang-dong, Country Strong, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, Damien Chazelle, The Klezmatics On Holy Ground, The Legend of Pale Male, My Uncle, Jacques Tati, Mon Oncle, Season of the Witch, Nicolas Cage, Martin Scorsese, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Buster Keaton College, Dennis Scott, Music Box, Tod Browning Freaks, Mae West, She Done Him Wrong, Doc Films, Douglas Sirk, The Tarnished Angels, D.W. Griffith, Way Down East, Black Gold, DuSable Museum, Flow For Love of Water, Chicago Filmmakers, Radical Disciple, Michael Pfleger, Unitarian Church of Evanston, Bob Hercules, movies, Video

News & Politics, Media Nov 4, 2010
Takes One to Know One

Robert McClory's Radical Disciple looks at Father Pfleger as not just an activist but a priest.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Michael Pfleger, Father Pfleger, Robert McClory, Saint Sabina Church, Bob Hercules, Tom Roeser, Catholicism

Blogs, Bleader Oct 21, 2010
Video
A Good Man

Bob Hercules and Gordon Quinn screen an excerpt from their forthcoming Bill T. Jones dance documentary "A Good Man," in a retrospective of films by Hercules and his Media Process Group tonight at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Dance, Bill T. Jones, dance, Ravinia, Abraham Lincoln, Bicentennial, Obama, Kartemquin, Gordon Quinn, Bob Hercules, Good Man, Media Process Group, Bill Veeck, Studs Terkel, Baseball's Heirlooms, Eva Kor, Forgiving Dr. Mengele, Senator Obama Goes to Africa, Michael Pfleger, Radical Disciple, Gene Siskel, Film Center, Saul Alinsky, community organizer, Democratic Promise, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 29, 2010
Gun-Rights Meeting Is On After All—But Not at Tuley Park

A gun rights group is moving its town hall meeting Wednesday night to Chicago State University after Park District officials revoked their reservation at a south side field house.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, Illinois Carry, conceal and carry, Chicago Park District, gun rights, NRA, Michael Pfleger, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Gerald Vernon, Tuley Park, Chicago State University

Blogs, Bleader Jun 21, 2010
After Politicians Rally and March, the City Has Another Violent Weekend

At a rally Friday night, Mayor Daley said it's up to citizens get rid of the violence in their neighborhoods. Another bloody weekend followed.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, Chicago Police Department, Mayor Richard M. Daley, violence, guns, Michael Pfleger, Auburn-Gresham, shootings, crime, Chicago politics, St. Sabina

Blogs, Bleader Aug 27, 2009
Video
Street Gospel
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Michael Pfleger, Rev. Pfleger, Father Pfleger, St. Sabina, Archdiocese of Chicago, priest, pastor, Bob Hercules, Barack Obama, Eva Kor, Saul Alinsky, Senator Obama Goes to Africa, Forgiving Dr. Menegele, Holocaust, Josef Mengele, Mengele Twins, community organizer, community organizing, Black Harvest, Gene Siskel, Film Center, Bob Hercules, Radical Disciple, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2009
Not on my street

The city that licked Martin Luther King Jr.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Education, Poverty, Paul Green, Race, Northwestern University, Dorothy Tillman, Martin Luther King Jr., Nonviolence, Al Sampson, Jesse Jackson, Gage Park, Seth McClellan, Richard J. Daley, Jim Crow, Block Museum of Art, Block Films, King in Chicago: The Chicago Freedom Movement, James Bevel, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, North Lawndale, Billy Hollins, Jerry Herman, Herman Jenkins, Carolyn A. Black, Roosevelt University, William Briggs, Warren Avenue Church, Michael Pfleger, St. Sabina Church, Poor People's Campaign, equal rights, housing rights, African-American issues

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