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The homegrown drill artist supports his latest release with a headlining performance at Ramova Theatre. https://t.co/TEkxU0kM8A

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This year's festivities include four days of house music in the city that birthed it. https://t.co/yplTGyT9xz

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The homegrown drill artist supports his latest release with a headlining performance at Ramova Theatre. https://t.co/iecgvKZQ24

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This year's festivities include four days of house music in the city that birthed it. https://t.co/gSQvt3reUO

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The seventh annual competition and celebration has a lasting legacy in the city. https://t.co/YAP7eEb13f

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They sprinkle cheese on their tropical helados in Ibarra, Ecuador, and also in Uptown at Nube's Ice Cream & Coffee Shop. https://t.co/u7WgAq0iA6

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In May, Chicago rapper Kayo released Diamond Hands via his label and streetwear company, Southside Blue Hearts, and throughout the album he approaches the mike with a keen sensitivity. https://t.co/1GSLfNao6S

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Stephen Wilson Jr. previously played guitar in indie-rock outfit AutoVaughn, but he'd spent the bulk of his career as a food scientist before turning to music full-time in 2016. https://t.co/QhdATOOUTP

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An English translation of Cooking in Maximum Security reveals the ingenuity of incarcerated Italians' efforts to cook on the inside. https://t.co/BCTCyI5PDA

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DJ Ca$h Era created an Instagram post urging artists, creatives, and business owners not to use AI for graphic design work and promotion. https://t.co/IIy9M3wkJD

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Mary Nisi talks about CHIRP's fight for low-power radio, the launch of DJ company Toast & Jam, and her all-woman party Hot Flash Dance. https://t.co/Tq8XZNTCKo

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Milwaukee's art community builds systems meant to outlast any one generation of artists. https://t.co/mzojkRisjQ

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Nicholas Sparks's story of a couple's romance from first meeting to old age is filled with layered and honest performances. https://t.co/F9Fmaolq3q

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Ntozake Shange's groundbreaking choreopoem receives an intuitive and powerful 50th anniversary production with eta Creative Arts Foundation. https://t.co/CS8hu20KeL

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Marina Carr's play about midlife marriages receives an intimate, compelling, and brilliantly performed local premiere with Gift. https://t.co/5S3bE3F2WJ

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The young company sets Euripides's tragedy of vengeful gods and an army of intoxicated women in a world ravaged by nuclear holocaust. https://t.co/XIshsdumD4

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The touring production of the musical based on the young adult classic has heart, energy, and earnestness on its side. https://t.co/emzfeIht3L

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The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago's independent and underground film scene has to offer. https://t.co/yNiaPO5gAM

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After witnessing the devastation sometimes caused by encampment cleanings, a previously unhoused Chicagoan turns his camera on the city workers responsible. https://t.co/aCxMQGkyLL