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Re-Thinking the Soup Kitchen
Re-thinking Soup , at Jane Addams Hull House Museum, serves up bowls of soup and, hopefully, change. According to Kelly Saulsberry, Hull House Museum Project Coordinator, Re-thinking Soup serves free lunch on Tuesdays — healthy soup (made in their on-site kitchen) and organic bread — inside the historic Hull House Residents’ Dining Hall on UIC’s…
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Jack Peñate is in My Head
“I’m in a haze an’ in between stage Cos I’m not awake but walk in a state Of ghostly charm a deadly calm And my filthy palms Reach for the harms….” British Cat Jack Peñate has got a new track called “Tonight’s Today” that I can’t get out of my head….in the best way. A…
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School Closings as School Improvement
What you’re missing on Vocalo.org (Chicago’s user-generated audio website & radio station): Vocalo.org user DJFreeHuey uploaded a first person audio piece: “Concerned parents and teachers of Chicago Public Schools students are speaking out and protesting Chicago’s Renaissance 2010 Initiative and the city’s approach to closing and ‘turning around’ numerous neighborhood schools.” click here for “School…
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Teddy (1971)
(runtime 00:16:16) Produced by the University of California at Los Angeles, Extension Media Center, and Directed by Richard Wells. This is a beautifully raw short film shot in 1971. The opening scene portrays kids, fresh out of high school, but already short on hope. The public domain film presents the first-person experiences of a black…
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The Look Spring 2009: Disco meets Deco French Riviera
I’m looking forward to spring, if only to feel the sun on my shoulders. For a some of the looks I am itching to recreate (or at least scope) click here some highlights: Tracy Reese’s collection has me laced all up in it…. Disco meets Deco French Riviera is a pervasive look, alongside a lot…
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There is….Soul in Chicago
I love the Dells… Great group originally from Harvey, Illinois. They’ve recorded on various Chicago-based labels, including the Chess Records subsidiary Cadet Records. In 1967, the Dells issued the album, There Is, and the title track, a cut of baroque soul (produced by Charles Stepney) which showcased the gritty baritone of Marvin Junior and the…
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Bridgeport WPA: Alphabet Soup for Modern Times
Version Fest 09 (which will feature “An art parade, temporary housing structures, independent contemporary art space networking, one day only exhibition formats, video sweat lodges, an artist run art fair, a reincarnation of the depression era Public Works of Art Project, a social networked free public school, impressive musical performances, boring theoretical nonsense, the revamping…
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Choosing Food
Yes, I love Englewood. I love the people because they refuse to quit. I love the vacant lots because I can envision growth. I love the schools because I can envision a child learning to read and developing a love for knowledge. Block by block, Englewood shall rise and reclaim our children and community, and…
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the Brooklyn Circus
So, I am in in love with a carney The Brooklyn Circus. Great boutique in the NYC. But was I excited to discover that said fly-ass boutique has an outpost here in Chicago! The BKC has got great urban clothing that is for folks doing holy work (i.e.: not so-fly-you-can’t-get-your-hands-dirty). They say on their site,…
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Black Girl: Cult Movie of the Week
(1966, Directed by Sembene Ousmane) If you are unfamiliar with this movie, or Black Francophone film in general, change that…now. Black Girl is the story of a beautiful Senegalese nanny named Diouana (played by Thérèse Mbissine Diop, see above), who joins Robert Fontaine (Monsieur) and Anne-Marie Jelinek (Madame) on their trip to the French Riviera,…
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