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- Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Dec 18, 2020
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The ten best Chicago books of 2020
Add these stories rooted in the city to your reading list.
- Arts & Culture, Books Issue Jul 21, 2020
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25 local books to stock your shelves
Add these new reads by and about Chicagoans to your list.
- Music, Music Feature Apr 23, 2019
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Operation Hennessy digs a new channel for Chicago hip-hop
Keen-eyed rapper Qari hooks up with producer Green Sllime and opens the floodgates on his reservoir of irreverent old-school beats.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Nov 16, 2017
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No Blue Memories, Significant Other, and seven more stage shows to see now
There's a raft of recommended new plays this week.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Nov 14, 2017
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Manual Cinema turns Gwendolyn Brooks into poetry magic
With the help of Eve Ewing, Nate Marshall, and Jamila and Ayanna Woods, the performance collective creates an immersive audiovisual event out of the poet’s life story.
- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 14, 2017
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Chicago is Eve Ewing’s home, and her art
The U. of C. professor and Twitter star’s genre-defying debut book is the first part of a long-term creative project.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 1, 2017
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The second annual Chicago Poetry Block Party proves that poetry belongs to everyone
Founded by Chicago-based poets Eve L. Ewing and Nate Marshall, the Chicago Poetry Block Party proves that "poetry is not a luxury."
- Music, Music Feature Apr 12, 2017
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A people’s history of Kevin Coval
For decades the cofounder of Louder Than a Bomb has nurtured young voices and built vital communities in Chicago’s poetry, spoken-word, and hip-hop scenes. Now people whose lives he’s touched help tell his story.
- Arts & Culture, Book Review May 5, 2015
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Poetry in the age of hip-hop
Music courses through the new anthology Breakbeat Poets
