Trumpeter Orbert Davis explains to the midday team how Jazz is the soundtrack to American history. full post »

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Full Title: Live from Chicago. This is the news. full post »

Maybe your shoelaces are loose. Maybe you're wearing black and gold. Or maybe you have your hat cocked to the right. You must be in a gang. Six Chicago teens, each living in a neighborhood dominated by gangs, give you a glimpse of a world where the cl... full post »

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Settled within a literati-packed café in the heart of Chicago’s Andersonville hippiedom, Marc Smith--the city’s most celebrated bard and the grandfather of slam poetry—nibbles on a croissant sandwich before gruffly and rather unexpectedly declaring... full post »

: 32 & Counting: This year will be a three day art making / forum concerning the devastating outbreak of violence involving Chicago Public Schools students. There will be theatre, writing, dance, audio/video and visual art generated throughout the 3 da... full post »

: 32 & Counting: This year will be a three day art making / forum concerning the devastating outbreak of violence involving Chicago Public Schools students. There will be theatre, writing, dance, audio/video and visual art generated throughout the 3 da... full post »

:  32 & Counting:This year will be a three day art making / forum concerning the devastating outbreak of violence involving Chicago Public Schools students.  There will be theatre, writing, dance, audio/video and visual art generated through... full post »