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Yaw: 100% Juice, 100% Soul
According to Yaw, he is “100% juice to do what [he does] – no high fructose corn syrup… But really, [he’s] just a b-boy trapped deep inside a soul singer”. And he’s got one of the most masterful voices to ever come out of Chicago. Often found gigging across town, he is just as likely…
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Freedom of Speech and Graffiti
Kuumba Lynx Presents “Open Mindz”: an open mic and writers’ bench hosted by young spoken word lioness FM SUPREME (pictured) and Graffiti legend Nerd. Tonite (3.6.09) 6pm-9pm Clarendon Park (montrose and clarendon) 4501 N Clarendon, Chicago
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This Day in Chicago Radio History
This week in 1967, at WBEE 1570-AM (out of Harvey), this was the Number One record on their BEE Line-up Chart. It’s the Radiants (on local Chess Records) with “(Don’t it make you) Feel Kind of Bad”. Also on the charts that week: 2. The Whole World is a Stage — Fantastic Four 3. The…
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Freedom of Speech and Movement Acts
Presented in conjunction with Saudade… Freedom of Speech and Movement: a dance workshop at Hull-House Museum: Freedom of Speech and Movement Acts Movement Workshop with Taisha Pagget of the David Roussève/REALITY dance company Thursday, March 12, 12-1:30 p.m. Jane Addams Hull-House Museum 800 S. Halsted Ave. This workshop is free and open to the public-…
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Love is a Merry-Go-Round: Ginji James and “that thing”
I wanted to share this record with you….because I love it. From the 1971 (Chicago born-and-bred) album, “Love is a Merry-Go-Round”: it’s Ginji James with “Love Had Come to Stay”. It’s sitting-in-the-park music from Brunswick Records (recorded on South Michigan Avenue in Chicago). Sitting-in-the-Park music is that music you hear in your head when you’re…
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Bittersweet REALITY at Columbia College
from the Columbia College website: March 12, 13 & 14 at 8:00 p.m., The Dance Center of Columbia College presents “shattering dance/theater”(The New York Times). Named after a Portugese expression, Saudade is an ode to the idea of “bittersweet,” the single moment when the greatest joy and agony are experienced together. Set to Portugese Fado…
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pARTy at the MCA…
First Fridays at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Tomorrow, Fri. March 6th) Happy hour takes on a new meaning with First Fridays at the MCA. Cash bar featuring specialty drinks and free Wolfgang Puck appetizers. Enjoy live music from local DJs, the world’s only iMac G5 digital dating bar, creation stations, and more. Each month features…
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The Warriors: Cult Movie of the Week
Coke bottles clanging together, the sound ringing down a dark, wet alley. A voice calls out menacingly: “Warriors…. Come out and Play-yay…..” The Warriors (1979) is many things. It is a classical Epic tale (like Homer’s Odyssey). It is a pulpy cult classic with a look all its own (co-starring the New York Transit System…
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Vintage Portraits of Black Chicago: Sidewalk Fruit Vendors
Black sidewalk salesmen arranging their fresh fruits and vegetables on Chicago`s South Side. Photographed by John H. White, June 1973 “…Many of the city`s black businessmen started small and grew by working hard. Today Chicago is believed to be the black business capital of the United States. Black Enterprise Magazine reported in 1973 that the…
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Monae Love: It’s a Shame (that you don’t know her)
Four Quick Things: 1. Janelle Monae is fresh. I’m loving her cyber-afro-punk-pop sound. 2. Sure. I guess in this get-up, she sort of favors Foghorn Leghorn. 3. Yes. That is, in fact, a Monie Love reference in the title. 4. If you don’t know this chick yet… get to know her. Now.
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