Music Box Theatre and Neon present writer/director Hirokazu (“Shoplifters”) Kore-eda’s tenderly melancholic “Broker,” beginning January 6, 2023. “Broker is sentimental and sweet, often funny, and a lighter take on Kore-eda’s ongoing project of exploring chosen families.” — Vox “It’s impossible not to be beguiled by the sweetness of the comedy,
By Chinta Strausberg, Chicago Crusader On the historic day that leaders of both North and South Korea called for peace that will lead to the end of the Korean Cold War, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., Korean and Christian leaders Friday said they are praying for a permanent peace. Rev.
By Harry C. Alford Beyond the Rhetoric The crisis concerning the Korean Peninsula is as bad now as it ever has been. The beginnings go back to the Russo – Japanese War during the beginning of the 20th Century. Ja- pan, in effect, won the war by gaining additional territory
Exterior view of South Side Community Art Center renovation and addition, at night, from S. Michigan Ave. (Photo courtesy SSCAC & Future Firm) The South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC), the country’s oldest, independently run, and continuously operating Black arts institution, on January 22 announced its planned rehabilitation and expansion.
The Chicago Crusader has, again, earned credentials, and in advance of the Festival starting on October 16 and running through October 27 at venues across the city, I have screened a few exciting titles. Under the Black Perspectives banner, I’ve seen “Color Book” and what should turn out to be a Chicago
A Revered Labor, Human Rights and Civil Rights Leader William “Bill” Lucy, one of the most influential figures in the labor movement and a champion of civil rights, passed away on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at 90 in his Washington, D.C., home. For nearly four decades, Lucy served as the
The Chicago Board of Elections is now hiring Early Voting Officials to serve in the November 5, 2024 Presidential Election. Click here to apply to be an Early Voting Official for the November 5th Presidential Election! Early Voting Officials are trained to carry out the duties associated with each functional
Voters within the City of Chicago may now apply to Vote By Mail for the November 5, 2024 Presidential General Election. Voters may use this online application to request a ballot for the upcoming election: November 5th, 2024 – General Election – Vote By Mail | Chicago Board of Elections (chicagoelections.gov)
As the nation prepares to honor the more than 18 million living veterans in the United States, the demographics of those who served are changing. No longer does World War I and II account for the majority of living veterans. According to Pew Research Center, nearly 8 million living veterans
Ethel Payne with President Lyndon B. Johnson As the White House remembers Ethel Payne, nearly $9,000 has been raised for a headstone, to be placed on the pioneering journalist’s grave at Mt. Glenwood Memory Gardens South in Glenwood, Illinois. Payne died in 1991 in Washington, D.C., where she and journalist
Charlene Crowell Consumers will endure an extended waiting period to learn whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will remain...
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