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|  | THEATER 'Wicked' returning to Chicago in 2022
2021-11-30
The blockbuster musical Wicked will return to Broadway In Chicago's James M. Nederlander Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St., on Sept. 28-Dec. 4, 2022. Now the fifth longest-running show in Broadway history—and featuring songs such as "Popular" ...
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| | Trans-focused documentary part of South Side Film Festival
2021-11-29
The documentary Mama Gloria—which features Chicago transgender icon Gloria Allen—was part of the South Side Film Festival line-up on Nov. 28. Born in 1945, Allen grew up amid the celebrated Black "sissy" balls on Chicago's South ...
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| | PASSAGES Designer Virgil Abloh dies at 41
2021-11-29
Designer Virgil Abloh—the first Black artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear collection and the founder of the Off-White label—died at the age of 41 after privately battling "a rare, aggressive form of cancer, cardiac angiosarcoma," a ...
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| | Blackhawks to host 'Hockey Fights Cancer' game Nov. 28
2021-11-26
The Chicago Blackhawks and the Chicago Blackhawks Foundation will host "Hockey Fights Cancer" night at the United Center on Sunday, Nov. 28, as the team takes on the San Jose Sharks. This special evening is supported ...
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| | EVENTS John Grumpy Co. presenting 'Black Sunday' Nov. 28
2021-11-24
John Grumpy Co. is hosting "Black Sunday," which will take place at HVAC Pub, 3530 N. Clark St., on Sunday, Nov. 28, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.. This event will feature celebrity DJ Jamal Smallz. "Black Sunday" will ...
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| | Oak Park-River Forest Chamber of Commerce elects first Black LGBTQ president in organization's history
2021-11-24
In November, the Oak Park-River Forest Chamber of Commerce elected Darien Marion-Burton to serve as the organization's first Black LGBTQ president. Marion-Burton will begin his role in January 2022 and said he's excited to bring a ...
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| | Three white men found guilty in fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery
2021-11-24
On Nov. 24, a jury found three white men guilty of murder and other charges in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, who was Black, early last year, according to media reports. Father and son Gregory ...
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| | The National Black Justice Coalition mourns death of Angel Naira
2021-11-23
--From a press release - ALIQUIPPA, PA — The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) mourns the death of Angel Naira, a 36-year-old Black transgender woman. Naira was shot to death in her home in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, on November 11, 2021. She ...
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| | Honoring Emmett Till's mother's 100th birthday, Medill launches institute
2021-11-23
--From a Northwestern University press release - EVANSTON, Ill. —- November 23 marks the 100th birthday of Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Chicago boy who was brutally lynched in the Mississippi Delta in 1955. Her decision to "let the ...
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| | TV JoJo Siwa in finale of 'Dancing with the Stars' and the winner is…
2021-11-23
Queer social-media and reality-show figure JoJo Siwa made history on this season of Dancing with the Stars by being part of the series' first same-sex couple (with partner Jenna Johnson)—and the twosome made it all the ...
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| | SPORTS Northwestern wins first national title in field hockey
2021-11-22
In Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Northwestern University field hockey team made school history by winning its first national title, shutting out the Liberty University Flames 2-0, The Daily Northwestern reported. In a tightly contested match between ...
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| | SPORTS Bulls, Blackhawks continue winning ways; Bears falter again
2021-11-22
Two of Chicago's men's professional sports teams won their games Nov. 21, while a third snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. The Blackhawks got back into the win column with a 1-0 win over Vancouver ...
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| | SPORTS Blackhawks beat Seattle Kraken to win fourth straight game
2021-11-18
The Chicago Blackhawks are still undefeated under their new coach. The Blackhawks earned their first road win of the season in their inaugural meeting against the expansion team the Seattle Kraken on Nov. 17, 4-2. Marc-Andre ...
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| | 184 LGBTQ candidates won elected office in 2021; trans, cisg women best win/loss records
2021-11-17
--From a press release - Washington, DC — At least 184 out LGBTQ candidates won elected office throughout 2021, more than in any other odd-numbered election year in U.S. history. The previous record was 169 candidates set in 2019. Transgender women ...
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| | AIDS Foundation Chicago awards grants to Black- and Latinx-led organizations
2021-11-12
AIDS Foundation Chicago (AFC) has awarded eight grants—totaling $72,000—to BIPOC-led organizations working to address the HIV/AIDS crisis in Black and Latinx neighborhoods across Chicago. The grants came from AFC's Learning ...
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