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Film Premiere Recalls Street Artist Who Fought Illinois Eavesdropping Law
You can attend the Chicago Premiere of an Indie feature documentary film that was made right here in the Windy City – “Free Speech & the Transcendent Journey of Chris Drew, Street Artist” (99 min) 2014, by Nancy Bechtol. In 2009, Chris asked Nancy (with 2 friends) to accompany him and document his attempt to […]
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The Nuns on the Bus campaign made the University of Illinois Chicago campus the third stop on its “We the People, We the Voters” cross-country tour. Chanting, “Nuns on the Bus, get out the vote,” a group of Catholic nuns clad in blue t-shirts, decorated with an “I Am a Voter” stamp, greeted the Thursday […]
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CHICAGO – A Garfield Ridge man was found guilty Thursday by a jury on two charges of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. Anthony Nash, a two-time felon, was also charged with armed violence and armed habitual criminal, but he was found not guilty on those charges. Chicago Police Department surveillance team […]
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Q&A with Artistic Director of Great Chicago Fire Festival, Jim Lasko
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The Redmoon Theatre Artistic Director Jim Lasko gives insight to the Great Chicago Fire Festival. Lasko has been involved with the Redmoon Theatre since 1990, and this is the largest production that the theatre does annually. How is the rehearsal of this show going to work? LASKO: “The truth is we will not get to rehearse this show […]
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Chicago’s Redmoon Theatre is preparing for its biggest event yet: the first Great Chicago Fire Festival. The festival is to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and Redmoon is not doing it alone. With the help of 15 different communities, Redmoon will get to show the world what the people of Chicago are made […]
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If you see houses a blaze and barges afloat in the Chicago River next weekend, don’t panic. Three life size houses will be set on fire in memory of the Great Chicago Fire to help tell the story of overcoming resilience after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The very first Great Chicago Fire Festival combined a Chicago […]
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Rauner Bars College Journalists from Presser “When I asked about future events, she said that it was their ‘policy’ that only credentialed press would be allowed in,” Lawrence said. “When I mentioned that some of the students were published in the school-sponsored website, ChicagoTalks, she reiterated that they too would need credentials. This has never […]
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