CATEGORY

Entertainment

A. Alyce Claerbaut Talks ‘Sugar Hill: The Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker’

Get ready for a musical journey like never before as Tony Award winning producers David Garfinkle and Ron Simons unveil the World Premiere of...

Youth Performing Arts Program Pairs Aspiring Young Artists with World Class Professional Artists for Holiday Music Concert

CAPTION: Emmy-award winning jazz vocalist and founder of Timeless Gifts, Joan Collaso, is surrounded by young artists who are part of the program that...

Chicago’s Melody Betts Dazzles in ‘The Wiz’ at Cadillac Palace Theatre

Chicago native Melody A. Betts has already left an indelible impression with theater lovers for playing not one but two roles in the beloved...

‘New Blue Sun’: An Honest Review of the New Andre 3000 Album

Andre 3000, the eccentric, freewheeling half of the venerable Hip-hop group OutKast, shocked the world when he announced he was dropping an album on...

These Chicago Icons Set to Reopen the Ramona Theater This Fall

Chicago luminaries Quincy Jones, Jennifer Hudson and Chance the Rapper have joined forces to reopen the historic Ramova Theater in Bridgeport, which was dormant...

R. Kelly Sues U.S. Bureau of Prisons Over Alleged Leaked Info to Tasha K

R. Kelly is suing the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, alleging that agency staff members leaked information about him to Tasha K, a social media...

Date Announced for the 2024 Chosen Few Picnic and Music Festival

Mark your calendars and consider this your save the date.  The Chosen Few Picnic and Music Festival, the world’s longest-running event dedicated to House Music,...

Tracy Chapman Makes History as the First Black Songwriter to Win CMA Song of the Year

In a historic and long-overdue triumph, Tracy Chapman has become the first Black songwriter to win the Country Music Association (CMA) Song of the...

From Jail to Judge: A Play About Greg Mathis’s Life Comes to Park Forest

With all due respect to Judge Greg Mathis and his acclaimed 2002 biography "Inner City Miracle," he is more than that. Like Joseph the...

Chicago’s Finest Black Artists Shine at the 23rd Annual Black Excellence Awards

Black Ensemble Theater Founder & CEO Jackie Taylor at the 23rd Annual Black Excellence Awards presented by the Black Arts & Culture Alliance of...
spot_img