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This week on our Mini Episode of This Is How We Create, we unpack the revolutionary story of Dr. Margaret Burroughs, who transformed her first-floor living room into the DuSable Museum—one of America's most significant institutions of African American history. This episode explores how creating the spaces we need can spark cultural movements that ripple through generations. In This Episode - The power of starting where you are - even if it's your living room - How Dr. Burroughs built cultural institutions without waiting for permission - The journey from home museum to Smithsonian-affiliated institution - Why representation matters in preserving and sharing Black history - The lasting impact of creating spaces for community art and culture Key Moments 00:00 - Introduction and setting the scene - Welcome to "This Is How We Create" - Introduction to Dr. Margaret Burroughs (formerly Victoria Margaret Taylor)   02:30 - Early Years - Born in Louisiana - Migration to Chicago - Marriage to Charles Burroughs in 1949   05:00 - Building Cultural Spaces - Co-founding the Southside Community Art Center at age 22 - Hosting artists like Langston Hughes - Eleanor Roosevelt's dedication of the center   08:00 - The Living Room Revolution - Converting their first floor into a museum in 1961 - Growth into the DuSable Museum - Current collection of over 13,000 artifacts   Notable Quotes "I just couldn't see myself standing in front of a group of eager-eyed young Black people and not being able to tell them something very positive about themselves." - Dr. Margaret Burroughs   Resources Mentioned - Southside Community Art Center (Still active today) - DuSable Museum - Dr. Burroughs' linocuts and paintings   Episode Takeaways 1. Don't wait for perfect conditions - start where you are 2. Community spaces can grow from humble beginnings 3. Personal spaces can become cultural institutions 4. Art and history preservation are acts of revolution 5. Creating space for others is a form of legacy building  KEEP UP WITH MARTINE: Website: Martine SeverinFollow on Instagram: Martine | This Is How We CreateSubscribe to the Newsletter: Martine's Substack This episode of This is How We Create is produced and edited by Martine Severin.  

The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center is a pillar of Chicago's cultural institutions, showcasing art and history while fostering connection to the vital story of Black history in America and the world. In honor of Black History Month, Maggie Mendenhall-Casey and Mathew Kerbis welcome Perri Irmer to learn about the museum's continuing efforts to cultivate community and deepen understanding for all people. Perri offers insights into many notable people and events found in the museum's exhibits and extensive archives. Later, they also discuss DuSable's offerings during Black History Month, including school-age programming, films, lectures, online courses, arts and crafts, and much more!   To learn more, visit dusablemuseum.org.   Perri Irmer is President and CEO of the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, the iconic institution founded in 1961 by Dr. Margaret Burroughs.

The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center is a pillar of Chicago's cultural institutions, showcasing art and history while fostering connection to the vital story of Black history in America and the world. In honor of Black History Month, Maggie Mendenhall-Casey and Mathew Kerbis welcome Perri Irmer to learn about the museum's continuing efforts to cultivate community and deepen understanding for all people. Perri offers insights into many notable people and events found in the museum's exhibits and extensive archives. Later, they also discuss DuSable's offerings during Black History Month, including school-age programming, films, lectures, online courses, arts and crafts, and much more!   To learn more, visit dusablemuseum.org.   Perri Irmer is President and CEO of the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, the iconic institution founded in 1961 by Dr. Margaret Burroughs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Margaret Burroughs is well known as the founder of the DuSable Museum. Perhaps lesser known is her decades long work teaching art to incarcerated men.

Join us, The Corner Convo, in this must-listen episode where we dive deep into the heart and soul of Chicago culture with the legendary Kosine – a 9-time Grammy nominee known for shaping the sounds of R&B. In this lively episode, we go behind the scenes to uncover the untold stories of music, production, and the unbreakable spirit of Chicago's artistic community. From jokes and beats to profound conversations on culture and collaboration, this candid conversation promises engaging discussions you won't find anywhere else. Don't miss out on this unique blend of humor, insights, and incredible tales from one of R&B's most influential figures. Stay connected with us for more episodes that celebrate Black excellence and the vibrant culture of Chicago. Don't forget to like, comment, and SUBSCRIBE for your weekly dose of inspiration, laughter, and community. Thanks for LISTENING! CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Intro 0:55 - Jokes, Beats & Culture Overview 3:16 - Expectations & Preview 6:19 - Upcoming Highlights 10:43 - Exploring Cultural Impact 17:40 - Leveraging Relationships 19:02 - Building Genuine Connections 20:00 - DuSable Museum's Role 23:20 - Investing in Culture 26:40 - Resilience & Perseverance 32:25 - Appreciating Cultural Icons 36:15 - Intersection of Comedy and Culture 42:10 - Youth Engagement Spaces 45:30 - Impactful Parental Involvement 51:26 - Rethinking Perceptions of Black Youth 57:14 - Child Support Legislation Discussion 59:00 - Fat Six Packs 1:05:48 - Tribute to Lil Rel 1:08:27 - Closing Remarks

Join us, The Corner Convo, in this must-listen episode where we dive deep into the heart and soul of Chicago culture with the legendary Kosine – a 9-time Grammy nominee known for shaping the sounds of R&B. In this lively episode, we go behind the scenes to uncover the untold stories of music, production, and the unbreakable spirit of Chicago's artistic community. From jokes and beats to profound conversations on culture and collaboration, this candid conversation promises engaging discussions you won't find anywhere else. Don't miss out on this unique blend of humor, insights, and incredible tales from one of R&B's most influential figures. Stay connected with us for more episodes that celebrate Black excellence and the vibrant culture of Chicago. Don't forget to like, comment, and SUBSCRIBE for your weekly dose of inspiration, laughter, and community. Thanks for LISTENING! CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Intro 0:55 - Jokes, Beats & Culture Overview 3:16 - Expectations & Preview 6:19 - Upcoming Highlights 10:43 - Exploring Cultural Impact 17:40 - Leveraging Relationships 19:02 - Building Genuine Connections 20:00 - DuSable Museum's Role 23:20 - Investing in Culture 26:40 - Resilience & Perseverance 32:25 - Appreciating Cultural Icons 36:15 - Intersection of Comedy and Culture 42:10 - Youth Engagement Spaces 45:30 - Impactful Parental Involvement 51:26 - Rethinking Perceptions of Black Youth 57:14 - Child Support Legislation Discussion 59:00 - Fat Six Packs 1:05:48 - Tribute to Lil Rel 1:08:27 - Closing Remarks

Patti's guests today include political cartoonist Scott Stantis, Adrienne Irmer on the PRIDE South Side Festival this weekend at The DuSable Museum, and Jerry Wolski.

CCH is an avid art collector. A new exhibit featuring pieces from CCH's collection Diaspora Stories: Selections from the CCH Pounder Collection opened in Chicago on March 18 at The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center and runs through July 16, 2023.  The exhibition which was curated especially for the DuSable Museum contains 24 works of art by worldrenowned artists including Kehinde Wiley, Patricia Renee Thomas, Reginald Jackson, Robert Pruitt, Greg Breda, Ebony G. Patterson, and Mickalene Thomas, among others. Each item was curated and personally selected in collaboration with the DuSable and Ms. Pounder from her extensive collection specifically for “Diaspora Stories: Selections from the CCH Pounder Collection.”  Bio: Award winning actress CCH Pounder can currently be seen as “Mo'at” in James Cameron's AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER. Pounder portrayed “Dr. Loretta Wade” on the CBS series, NCIS: NEW ORLEANS for seven seasons and other notable projects include the television shows THE GOOD FIGHT, WAREHOUSE 13, SONS OF ANARCHY, REVENGE, BROTHERS, LAW & ORDER: SVU and HBO's THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY, which garnered Pounder her fourth Emmy® nomination. For seven years, Pounder portrayed "Claudette Wyms" on the critically acclaimed FX series, THE SHIELD, which earned her many accolades including an Emmy® nomination, the MIB Prism Award," two Golden Satellite Awards and the “Genii Excellence in TV Award.” Other honors for Pounder include an Emmy® nomination for her role as Dr. Angela Hicks on the NBC series ER and an Emmy® nomination for her role in FOX's The X-FILES.  In addition, she received a Grammy® Award nomination for "Best Spoken Word Album" for GROW OLD ALONG WITH ME, THE BEST IS YET TO BE and won an AUDIE, the Audio Publishers Association's top honor, for WOMEN IN THE MATERIAL WORLD. Film credits include HOME AGAIN, RAIN, PRIZZI'S HONOR, POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, ROBOCOP 3, SLIVER, TALES FROM THE CRYPT: DEMON KNIGHT, FACE/OFF, END OF DAYS, MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES, ORPHAN, AVATAR, GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS and her breakout role in BAGDAD CAFÉ.  A graduate of Ithaca College, she received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the school, was their 2010 Commencement Speaker and in 2021, she received Ithaca College Alumni Association's Lifetime Achievement Award.  Pounder serves on the Board of the African Millennium Foundation and was a founding member of Artists for a New South Africa. An advocate of the arts, she is active in the Creative Coalition and recent accolades for Pounder include the Visionary Leadership Award in Performing Arts from the Museum of the African Diaspora (MOAD) in San Francisco, the 2015 Carney Awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award from Chase Brexton Health Care in Baltimore, 2015 Honoree at the Grand Performances Gala in Los Angeles, the 2016 SweetArts Performing Arts honoree from the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans, the National Urban League's 2017 Women of Power Award and the 2018 Bob Marley Award from AFUWI (American Foundation for the University of the West Indies).  In addition to her prolific acting career and advocacy, Pounder has been extensively involved with the arts as a patron, collector, gallery owner and museum founder. Originally from Georgetown, Guyana, Pounder's collection consists of Caribbean and African artists and artists of the African Diaspora. Her collection is heavily concentrated in the area of Contemporary Art but also includes traditional African sculptures. In 1992, Pounder and her husband, the late Boubacar Koné, founded and built the Musée Boribana, the first privately owned contemporary museum in Dakar Senegal, which they gifted to that nation in 2014. Pounder's personal collection contains over 500 works of art, many of which she has loaned to Xavier University of Louisiana for a series of exhibitions and some which were on exhibit at Somerset House in England, Kent State Museum, The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, MI and The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center in Chicago. 

Inspired by my residency at the feminist-run Wedding Cake House in Providence, Rhode Island, this episode explores Black museums and creative spaces located in artist's homes. I'll discuss the history and work of The Dusable Museum in Chicago, the Colored Girls Museum and Jazz Box in Philadelphia, which were all started by Black women.  Tickets to The Colored Girls Museum's upcoming Spring Exhibition can be found on their website: thecoloredgirlsmuseum.com .You can follow Jazzbox on Instagram @jazzb0x and support them here: ifundwomen.com/projects/jazzbox. You can find the Dusable's upcoming events at www.dusablemuseum.org . You can follow me on Instagram: @thegoodhoodwitch for updates and support the podcast by listening, leaving a review, sharing with a friend or making donations. Venmo: @lilqiaira Cashapp: $sweetpotatq --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/somethingyoucanfeel/message

DuSable Museum's Dr. Kim Dulaney details Steppin' and the impact of Margaret Burroughs.

Season three of “South Side” premieres Thursday on HBOMax. The comedy follows various characters — from workers at a rent-to-own store to wannabe rappers to cops — as they make their hustle on Chicago's South Side. Creators Diallo Riddle (who plays Allen Gayle), Sultan Salahuddin (Simon), and Bashir Salahuddin (Officer Goodnight) tell host Jacoby Cochran about what inspired the show and how they stay true to the city to get the biggest laughs. You can see an advanced screening of the season three premiere of “South Side” tomorrow at DuSable Museum. Plus, Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle will be talking to WBEZ's Sasha Ann-Simons. Follow us on Twitter: @CityCastChicago Sign up for our newsletter: chicago.citycast.fm Call or Text Us: (773) 780-0246 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

•Patricia Knazze (K-Naz-EE) was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago and through her educational journey attended Chicago Public Schools. She graduated from college with her Masters in Education and went on to teach for over 35 years in Chicago Public Schools. •Patricia is a community volunteer, activist and a DuSable Museum Trustee. She has served nearly 3 years as chairwoman of the museum board which has been rebranded as The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center as of June 2022. •The DuSable Museum in past years has featured and honored several Gospel artists and musicians over the Museum's history; with Rev. Dr. Issac Whitmonfeatured work was on display for over a month. And over the last 2 years hosted DuJazz series during the Summer. guest Patricia Knazze& Felicia Campbell (as Co-Host) •Please send me an email sharing your thoughts about this podcast segment also if you have any suggestions of future guests you would like to hear on the show. Send an email to letstalk2gmg@gmail.com •You may also “like” and share the podcast episode. Or you may Subscribe to be alerted when the newest show is published. What's new is a Let's Talk: Gospel Music Gold Radio Show on WMRM-DB Internet Radio station which comes on Saturday Mornings at 9:00AM CST --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/letstalk2gmg-ansonia/message

The True Star Media brand represents the voice and vision of urban youth. It is a platform for youth to inform, inspire, entertain, and educate their peers. True Star Media offers an alternative to the negative images of urban youth in today's media. Through various programming, the organization offers unique opportunities for youth to create and be the center of their own media. With this, they learn skills in advising and executing business strategy, advertising sales, marketing, and the conclusive direction of the brand and media.For the second year in a row, True Star Media has partnered with local sponsors to host the annual From The ‘Go Fest. The festival is curated by Chicago youth celebrating all aspects of media and its young creatives within our communities. From The ‘Go Fest will be held at the DuSable Museum campus located in Washington Park on the corner of 57th and Cottage Grove on Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.The event will include performances by a variety of artists and DJs, content creation opportunities, a vendor fair for local youth entrepreneurs, and interactive activities. From The ‘Go Fest will be headlined by Calumet City's own Calboy and co-hosted by actress Genesis Hale of the hit Showtime series “The Chi” and True Star influencer Danny Barksdale. The event is curated for ages 13-19 and free for all. Other acts taking the stage include DJ HotRod, DJ B-Man, HappyBirthdayCalvin, 8matiklogan, Big Mouf'Bo, Senite, and more!

There are few more historic political figures than former Senator & Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun - the first Black womzn elected to the US Senate and the first ever Black Democratic Senator. In this conversation, she talks growing up on Chicago's South Side, marching with Martin Luther King at age 16, memories of figures like Richard J. Daley and Harold Washington, the start of her own political career, her history-making underdog Senate win in 1992, memorable moments and lessons learned during her time in the Senate, her tenure as Ambassador to New Zealand, & much more from a truly iconic political life.IN THIS EPISODE…Memories of growing up on Chicago's South Side…Early memories of Chicago politics and the local labor movement…Growing up in the Chicago of Richard J. Daley…A 16-year-old Carol Moseley Braun marches next to Martin Luther King Jr…Memories of her long relationship with the iconic Harold Washington…How Harold Washington “saved” her political career…The college classmate (and now DC uber lobbyist) who jumpstarted her first political race…Recollections of the Illinois legislature of the 1970s and 80s…How being the target of the Chicago Machine actually helped her career…The amazing story of her history-making underdog US Senate race in 1992…Surprises and difficulties in the early days after being elected to the US Senate…The Senators who served as her mentors…The story of facing down Jesse Helms over the Confederate Flag…Her relationship with then-Senator Joe Biden…Her proudest accomplishment in the Senate…Memories of her tenure as Ambassador to New Zealand…The definitive Carol Moseley Braun advice for visitors to Chicago…AND 98-2, the Action Party, Al the Pal, apolitical medical technicians, Bob Bennett, the Black Belt, Barbara Boxer, brickbats, Brown vs Board, George HW Bush, Robert Byrd, Jane Byrne, carveouts, the civil rights imperative, Bill Clinton, Michael Corleone, cumulative voting, the Cutback Amendment, the Daley Machine, demigods, dirty tricks, Alan Dixon, the Dream Team, the DuSable Museum of African American History, Diane Feinstein, Gage Park, Hansberry vs Lee, Howell Heflin, Anita Hill, Independent Democrats, Nancy Kassebaum, Ted Kennedy, Kiwis, Celinda Lake, Landslide Washington, Pat Leahy, Thurgood Marshall, John McCain, Pat Moynihan, Dick Neuhaus, nuclear submarines, Barack Obama, old bulls, Claiborne Pell, Tony Podesta, Michael Shakman, semi-humans, Paul Simon, Clarence Thomas, Transcendentalists, welfare reform, the WWI Memorial, the Willard Hotel, the Year of the Woman… & more!

Crain's reporter Corli Jay talks with host Amy Guth about how Asian carp are getting a rebrand as a marketing tactic to help divert them from the water to restaurants and dinner tables. Plus: Shapack proposes over 2,200 apartments near planned casino site, DuSable Museum gets a new name and new look, Blue Cross association moving HQ to Aon Center, and Chicago has a new Black-owned bank in the works, aimed at fighting lending bias.

Gwendolyn Brooks: A Poet's Work in the Community opened at the Morgan Library on January 28 and will be on view through June 5, 2022.Comprising more than forty manuscripts, broadsides, and first editions, the exhibition explores Brooks's roles as a poet, teacher, mentor, and community leader. The exhibition traces the effect of the resulting relationships on her work and the work of other creatives, such as Dudley Randall, Sonia Sanchez, and Jeff Donaldson. It takes us through the story of Brooks as a young poet, her early published poetry and establishes her relationship with the Black arts and publishing communities of the 1960s and '70s. We learn of her contributions as a mentor to future writers through her children's books and self-published guides for young poets. Nic Caldwell's exhibition  comes at an important moment in our collective history, providing us with a blueprint for building community as an essential part of creative growth.The Poetry Project Thank you to the Poetry Project for allowing us to use the recording of Gwendolyn Brooks reading at  The Poetry Project in 1981. The  program included   Ntozake Shange, the American playwright and poet. best known for her play   For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf. The reading was just after the premiere. Library of AmericaEdward Hirsch's essay on Gwendolyn Brooks can be found in The Heart of American Poetry, published by Library of America.  Elizabeth Alexander edited wrote the introduction to The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks also published by Library of America.  DuSable Museum of African American HistoryStudent readersTimia McCoade is a senior at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. This recording was arranged through Alwin Jones, chair, the English Department and director of the Fieldston Summer Academic Program.  Alex Waters is a technical producer for the Short Fuse Podcast. He is a music producer and a student at the  Berklee College of Music. He has written and produced music and edited for podcasts including  The Faith and Chai Podcast and Con Confianza. Alex writes, produces and records music for independent artists, including The Living.  He lives in Brooklyn can can be reached at:  alexwatersmusic12@gmail.com 

This episode is the 4th and final session of Journalism for Liberation and Combat.  Make sure to check out the audio from all four sessions here on Millennials Are Killing Capitalism. Or if you prefer, the videos from all four sessions are up on Black Power Media. And there's a syllabus you can access in the show notes. This episode is a panel discussion with Erica Caines from Hood Communist and Black Alliance For Peace, Kelly Hayes from Truthout and Movement Memos, Brian Nam-Sonenstein from Shadowproof and Beyond Prisons and Brandon Soderberg co-author of I Got A Monster and former editor-in-chief of the Baltimore City Paper.  Each of these folks have much more extensive bios which we will include in the show notes and which get read out later in the episode after Brooke and I situate the panel a bit within the series. We encourage you to follow and support their work and more than that we hope that more comes from our collaboration with these great folks, and through folks who either participated in the seminars or who have watched or listened to this series in video or audio form. This is our first episode of April, we put out 5 episodes in March. So if you like what we do here at MAKC, kick $1 or whatever you can into our patreon to make sure we can continue to provide you with new episodes every week.  Panelists: Erica Caines is a coordinating committee of The Black Alliance For Peace and a member of the Black working-class centered Ujima People's Progress Party in Maryland. Caines is the founder of Liberation Through Reading and is also co-editor of the Revolutionary African blog, Hood Communist. Kelly Hayes is the host of Truthout's podcast Movement Memos and a contributing writer at Truthout. Kelly's written work can be found in numerous other publications and books, including the anthology Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? and Mariame Kaba's bestseller We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice. Kelly was an organizer with We Charge Genocide and co-founded the Chicago Light Brigade and the Lifted Voices collective. Kelly's movement photography is featured in the “Freedom and Resistance” exhibit of the DuSable Museum of African American History.  Brian Nam-Sonenstein is an independent journalist and editor living in Maine. He is one of the co-founders of the reader-supported news website Shadowproof.com and the Beyond Prisons podcast. Previously, Brian was the associate publisher of Firedoglake, an early and influential online forum for left journalism and organizing. There, he worked to connect journalists with movement organizers around the country working on a wide range of issues including fighting foreclosures, drug prohibition, anti war mobilizations, whistleblower defense, and environmental justice. Since around 2014, his primary focus has been to amplify abolitionist movements and thought through media, and to help cultivate and spread an abolitionist ethic among journalists.  Brandon Soderberg is a Baltimore-based reporter who covers dirty cops, harm reduction, direct action, and guns. He is the coauthor of I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad. He is the former editor-in-chief of Baltimore City Paper and is the co-founder of Baltimore Beat, a community-focused nonprofit media outlet. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Intercept, Vice, The Appeal, Filter Magazine, and many other publications. Currently he writes about Baltimore for The Real News.

Gary Mills and Willie Round, the Co-Directors and Co-Writers of ‘Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till,’ joined Steve King and Johnnie Putman on Chicago’s Afternoon News. Gary and Willie discuss how they wrote the play and the things they learned about the Emmett Till case from 1955 using the actual court transcripts. […]

Gary Mills and Willie Round, the Co-Directors and Co-Writers of ‘Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till,’ joined Steve King and Johnnie Putman on Chicago’s Afternoon News. Gary and Willie discuss how they wrote the play and the things they learned about the Emmett Till case from 1955 using the actual court transcripts. […]

Dr. Margaret Taylor Burroughs was an artist, teacher, poet, institution-builder, and community organizer who changed the south side of Chicago with all she accomplished. Founder of the South Side Community Art Center, The DuSable Museum, the Lake Meadow Art Fair, and so on...she did a lot during her 90-plus years on Earth. I'm sharing a bit of her legacy. You will want to learn more on your own after this episode!

Segment 1: Craig Bolanos, Co-Founder and CEO of Wealth Management Group, joins John to tell us the key takeaways from the terrific January labor report. Segment 2: Perri Irmer, President & CEO, the DuSable Museum of African American History, tells John about some of the terrific exhibits now on display at the museum and the upcoming Equiano.Stories […]

The museum recently tapped curator and historian Danny Dunson for the role.

Raven honors a Chicago nonprofit, and the first museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, and education on the history and culture of Africans and African Americans, founded by educator Dr. Margaret Taylor Burroughs and her husband Charles Burroughs, in 1961.   Learn More! About Us https://www.dusablemuseum.org/about-us/ DuSable Museum of African American History https://www.chicagotraveler.com/museums/dusable-museum-of-african-american-history/ DuSable Museum of African American History https://www.tripsavvy.com/dusable-museum-of-african-american-history-1492424   Email us! intersectionalinsights@gmail.com. Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod

Last year, the Northalsted Business Alliance surveyed residents and business owners in “Boystown” about whether the name should change. Although “Boystown” is not an official neighborhood name, it's what the area in Lakeview has been called for decades to signify it as a safe and welcoming area for LGBTQ Chicagoans and tourists. But not everybody felt included there, including lesbians, transgender individuals, and young people of color. So the Northalsted Business Alliance declared the area would now be advertised as “Northalsted,” saying a name nodding to the geographic area would be more inclusive. We talk with Block Club Chicago's Jake Wittich about the fight to change the name, why some people wanted to keep “Boystown,” and whether the change has really caught on. Guest: Jake Wittich — Lakeview, Old Town, Lincoln Park Reporter, Block Club Chicago Pride Fest 2021 kicks off Friday in Northalsted, and Pride South Side takes place Saturday at the DuSable Museum of African American History Follow us on Twitter: @CityCastChicago Sign up for our newsletter: chicago.citycast.fm

Darry Mayes is a YouTuber and Video Creator from Charlotte NC, that just wants to bring Joy to people. He truly believes Laughter is the best Medicine and so he creates comedy videos for people that need a good one! His goal for everyone that watches to come home after a long day, no matter how bad it's gone and be able to enjoy a laugh that makes them forget about all the trouble of that day! Subscribe to his channel https://youtu.be/5SSSD9O8Yk8 Mya B. is a filmmaker and writer from Chicago. She graduated from Columbia College Chicago in Film Studies and currently resides in Los Angeles. Her first short documentary, ‘Warrior Queens' was shown at the Dusable Museum of African American History in Chicago. Feature documentary, “Silence: In Search of Black Female Sexuality in America” was completed in 2004 and her second documentary “Afraid of Dark” was completed in 2015. These films won many accolades, festival acceptances, and awards. After several years of making documentaries, she decided to get back into her passion for writing. Her scripts, “Blood Money” and “Soul Doll” were placed as Quarterfinalist in several writing competitions. Soul Doll is now in development. Her recent work includes a spec script Insecure, her own TV pilot, a ROM COM and a drama. Support https://shootfilmsnotpeople.store/

We're celebrating the legacy of Black art today with Napoleon Jones-Henderson, a member of the legendary collective, AfriCOBRA. Napoleon talks with us about the early years of AfriCOBRA and how that experience helped him grow as an artist. We talk about his working with different materials over the years, passing on his knowledge to the next generation, and how he feels looking back at some of the first art shows as a collective all the way up to the celebration of 50 years of AfriCOBRA at the Venice Biennale Listen. It's great to hear the voice of someone that helped build and continues to build the legacies that we stand on today. Listen, subscribe, and share!Episode 121 topics include:AfriCOBRAcritiques and workshopscreative evolutionAfriCOBRA at Venice Biennalelooking back at the legacy of AfriCOBRAthe brilliance of Duke Ellingtonmoving between materials and mediumspublic artcontinuing the legacyNapoleon Jones-Henderson was born in 1943 in Chicago, Illinois. Jones-Henderson attended the Sorbonne Student Continuum-Student and Artists Center in Paris, France in 1963 where he was immersed in an independent study program in French Art History and Figure Drawing. Upon returning to the United States, he enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago receiving his B.F.A. degree in 1971. Jones-Henderson went on to earn credits in advanced graduate studies in Fine Arts at Northern Illinois University and earned his M.F.A. degree in Interdisciplinary Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2005.In 1968, during the apogee of the Chicago Black Arts Movement, Jones-Henderson became a member of the Chicago-based artists' collective called COBRA (Coalition of Black Revolutionary Artists). The collective changed its name in 1969 to AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists). During the formative years of AfriCOBRA, Jones-Henderson created large pictorial woven tapestries that were included in the group's important series of exhibitions. In the early 1970s, exhibitions were mounted at the newly founded Studio Museum in Harlem and the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He has been an active member of AfriCOBRA since 1969. Jones-Henderson is one of the longest continual active members. In 2011, the documentary AfriCOBRA: Art for the People was produced by the TV Land Network. The documentary chronicles the history and celebrates the contributions of AfriCOBRA to the 1960s Black Arts Movement. His artwork is in the collections of the DuSable Museum of African American History, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Southside Community Art Center, Hampton University Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Museum of National Center of Afro-American Artists and Studio Museum in Harlem. In addition, his artwork is in distinguished private collections and numerous public art commissions.See More: www.napoleonjoneshenderson.com Follow us:StudioNoizePodcast.comIG: @studionoizepodcastJamaal Barber: @JBarberStudioSupport the podcast www.patreon.com/studionoizepodcast

Fabiola Jean-Louis was born in Port Au Prince, Haiti on September 10th, 1978 and moved to Brooklyn, NY at a young age. While attending the High School of Fashion Industries, her passion for the arts flourished. She began taking self-portraits as a matter of convenience, shyness, and because she knew how to convey the stories she wanted to tell using her body. Later, her work grew to include other subjects, and costumes, as well as sculptures made entirely out of paper. Today, her practice is focused on experimentation through the use of different techniques, disciplines, and even art styles. Her love of Afro-futurism, science/ science fiction, pre and post industrial eras, elves, fairies, and history and folklore, are central themes in her work. Her current, and ongoing series, Rewriting History​, a three-part series consisting of period paper gowns, painterly photographs, and Polaroids opened as a solo exhibition at Smithsonian affiliates, DuSable Museum of African American History, Alan Avery Art Company, and Andrew Freedman Home to critical acclaim. It also earned her acceptance into the highly sought after residency at the Museum of Art and Design (MAD), New York City, and in September 2019, LUX Museum, San Diego. Fabiola was invited to join and participated in a BRIC Media group exhibition, Bordering the Imaginary: Art from the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and their Diasporas. Her works have been featured in the ​Huffington Post, Chicago Tribune, Modern Luxury, Artnet News, Art Critical, Hyperallergic, Atlanta Art Constitution, Chicago Sun Times, The Fashion Journal, The Haitian Times,​ and more.

Episode 8 from victim to VICTOR Malaun is a survivor and a THRIVER! From experience Malaun KNOWS there is life after trauma! She is passionate about helping other women who have experienced sexual crimes get back on their feet and to reclaim back their power! Malaun does this by helping women globally through her personal development programs and providing transitional homes that promote healing as well as economic programs. Get in touch with Malaun via the following media platforms: Facebook: Malaun Rice, Book a chat with her via: https://calendly.com/malaunrice Malaun's Full Bio Malaun Rice injects passion in everything she does.  As a thinker and a doer, she flourishes in anything that she does; bringing her commitment to delivering results to corporate and non-profit organizations.  For ten plus years, Rice built a record of success  producing events, developing partnerships, and creating  campaigns for influential brands such as Walt Disney World, Allstate Insurance, Clear Channel, McDonald's and the United States Census Bureau.  On this path, she learned a great deal about managing clients and celebrities with a deft touch, the importance of consistent innovation, and the value of her natural ability to build mutually-beneficial relationships.     After 10 years in Corporate America, Rice gave into her entrepreneurial leanings and founded M-Drive, a company specializing in transforming lives and changing mindsets  in order for people to discover how to live their best lives .  Not only did this move allow her to bring her complete portfolio of expertise to the marketplace - but it also provided the opportunity to do something that has been important to her since she was very young: lend spiritual and professional support to women.  To this end, Rice started Lioness Den, the non-profit arm of M-Drive that focuses on building up women who have been victims of sexual crimes and abuse, may have damaged self-esteem due to numerous attempts to render them powerless, or need mentorship to help them walk fully in their purpose.  Rice knows there is life after trauma; and is wholeheartedly dedicated to her goal to extend a helping hand to women globally via transitional homes that promote healing as well as economic and professional development programs.     Rice is a sought after speaker who has captivated audiences at engagements held by organizations such as National Council of Negro Women, Morton College, Local First Arizona, Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence and DuSable Museum and has been a guest contributor for media outlet WJYS-TV.  Rice has a BA in Business Administration with a Marketing Concentration from Governors State University in University Park, IL  and a Master's in Integrated Marketing Communications from Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL.  She is a proud Chicago native, currently residing in Phoenix, Arizona, who enjoys indulging her fashionista tendencies by shopping at local boutiques in between client meetings and doing good for womanhood.

On this episode of Youth in Movement, we invite CEO and President of AeroStar Consulting Corporation, Tammera Holmes, as well as CEO and President of the DuSable Museum of African American History, Perri Irmer to discuss the exceptional story of Bessie Coleman who received her pilot's license,  100 years ago on June 15, 1921, in France!Tammera Holmes took her first flight at the age of sixteen and that very day determined that she would dedicate her life to aviation. Now the CEO and President of AeroStar, Tammera oversees the programs, activities, and workshops offered by this organization for individuals ranging from Kindergarten through career.Perri Irmer was born and raised in Hyde Park, Chicago. She holds a Bachelor's in Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology as well as a J.D. from the University of Chicago. Perri's work focalizes on upholding the legacy of Dr. Margaret Burroughs, who founded the DuSable Museum in 1961 to promote African and African American arts and culture.AeroStar and the DuSable Museum will host a celebration in honor of this centennial on Tuesday, June 15th, 2021 (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bessie-colemans-100th-anniversary-celebration-awards-ceremony-tickets-154855054637) Additionally, the DuSable Museum will be reopening its doors on June 19th, 2021! The Podcast is co-hosted by Mathilde Geannopulos and Daniel Enriquez. 

McFarlane’s art is in collections nationally and internationally. Born in Moore Town Portland, Jamaica, Bryan studied at The Edna Manly College of Art in Kingston, Jamaica and completed his MFA Degree at Massachusetts College of Arts and Design. Professor McFarlane has exhibited and lectured as visiting artist at numerous universities and museums throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Caribbean: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston; The National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston and The Museum of The National Center of African American Artists. In The East: Hunan Normal University in Changsha, China; the University of Architecture and Technology in Xi’an China and Northeastern University in Shenyang, China. He has lectured and presented major works at The China Art Museum in Shanghai; Sunshine International Museum, Beijing with solo exhibitions entitled “Circular Journey”. Other Institutions include: World Art Monument Museum in Beijing; “Around Café” at the Guangdong Museum, M99 Art Center of Shanghai University, Promo- Arte Gallery in Tokyo, Japan and The Ferry Arts International Center in Beijing. In The West: Rose Art Museum, the Museum of the National Center of African American Artists, Du Sable Museum, Chicago; Harvard University, Cambridge, Lamont Library; The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design; The Federal University of Bahia, Brazil; The Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art, France, and City Hall, Paris- France; The Edna Manly College, Jamaica; The Nebraska Art Museum; The Loma Linda Medical School, California; Museum of the Americas, Washington DC; The Commonwealth Institute, London; The Free University of Berlin, Germany; The University of Kumasi, Ghana; The Painting Center New York City, NY; The National Gallery of Jamaica; Canzares Gallery, Brazil; the Museum of The National Center of African American Artists, Boston; The Dusable’ Museum, Chicago; The George Adams gallery, New York City; The Commonwealth Institute, London and The College of The Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts. Professor McFarlane is currently a member of the African American Master Artists in Residency Program at North Eastern University, Boston and is represented by Gallery Naga in Boston. McFarlane has received numerous awards, including the prestigious: “Silver Musgrave Medal” in the Arts, with a Citation from The Institute of Jamaica. He has received two Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason Foundation Awards for 2011 and 2005 in New York City; a Gold medal from the Chinese Government for entry in the “Olympic Fine Arts Exhibition 2008” in Beijing; nominee for the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award in 2004 and 2005; The Louis Comfort and Tiffany Foundation in 1992. He received a 1997 Purchase Award from the National Gallery of Jamaica. In 1986 and 1987, McFarlane was commissioned by Miller Brewing Company/Phillip Morris in New York City to paint portraits of 12 leading African-American Journalists, which were reproduced in the Gallery of Greats calendar and is now in the permanent collection of the DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago, Illinois. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode of the Black HERStory 101 podcast, your host, the Professor, Dr. Crystal Moten discusses poet, artist, and historian Dr. Margaret Burroughs, who lived from 1917 until 2010. While Dr. Burroughs is well known in Chicago and in the museum sector for helping to found what is now known as the DuSable Museum of African American history, there is more to story! Additional info on www.blackherstory101.com

On today's Spin It Social Hour, Where Photographers Share Their Work and Journeys, we are closing out 2020 with Chicago Blues Hall of Fame inductee, and author, photographer, and Grammy Award winner Terry Abrahamson, who will share the tales behind the wails In The Belly Of #TheBlues. Terry won a Grammy for "Bus Driver," 1 of 3 songs he co-wrote w/ Blues legend Muddy Waters. Terry may be the only person to have his work presented by Blues Hall of Fame Memphis, The National Blues Museum in St Louis, the Delta Blues Museum - Clarksdale, Mississippi in Clarksdale, MS, The DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, The Smithsonian, and Johnnie Cochran's funeral in Los Angeles. Together with his eyewitness tales the photos are a never before seen window into his lifetime in the Blues. For nearly 30 years, Terry's negatives and photos sat in a box in his closet; never intended for anything more than personal memories of some magical times by a fan and a friend who happened to have a camera in the right place at the right time. Happy, Safe, Healthy, and Peaceful Holidays to all!

On today's Spin It Social Hour, Where Photographers Share Their Work and Journeys, we are closing out 2020 with Chicago Blues Hall of Fame inductee, and author, photographer, and Grammy Award winner Terry Abrahamson, who will share the tales behind the wails In The Belly Of #TheBlues. Terry won a Grammy for "Bus Driver," 1 of 3 songs he co-wrote w/ Blues legend Muddy Waters. Terry may be the only person to have his work presented by Blues Hall of Fame Memphis, The National Blues Museum in St Louis, the Delta Blues Museum - Clarksdale, Mississippi in Clarksdale, MS, The DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, The Smithsonian, and Johnnie Cochran's funeral in Los Angeles. Together with his eyewitness tales the photos are a never before seen window into his lifetime in the Blues. For nearly 30 years, Terry's negatives and photos sat in a box in his closet; never intended for anything more than personal memories of some magical times by a fan and a friend who happened to have a camera in the right place at the right time. Happy, Safe, Healthy, and Peaceful Holidays to all!

The world received a gift three years ago, in the form of AR technology from the likes of Google and Apple - ARKit and ARCore. But most businesses had no one on-staff at-hand to take advantage of this gift without some extensive upskilling to do. John Martin shares how BundlAR makes AR easy for everyone, and what is needed for wider adoption. Alan: Hey, everyone, I'm Alan Smithson, and today we're speaking with John Martin, the CEO and co-founder of BUNDLR, an augmented reality platform company empowering training, learning, and development innovators with on-demand and mobile immersive experiences. John and I met at the VR/AR Association Chicago meetup, and would become amazing friends as we built the future of communications together. In this interview, we will discuss one of the largest barriers to the widespread adoption of AR and what organizations need to do in order to deploy AR experiences instantly and on a global scale. All that and more, coming up next on the XR for Business podcast. John, it has been a pleasure to get to know you over these years, and I'm super excited to have you on the show. Welcome to the show. John: Thank you, Alan. And I'm looking forward to a great conversation with you, as always. Alan: It's been a couple of years since we got to know each other. I stayed at your house in Chicago. That was very lovely of you, I got to meet your family. And I've watched your platform go from kind of the infancy stages to being a global phenomenon, now. Let's-- I want you to have the stage to really tell people what BUNDLAR is all about and what you guys are doing. John: Well, BUNDLAR, we had a pretty clear mission about a year and a half ago. We were very fortunate to be working with some of the world's great innovators on what I'd call augmented reality projects. It could have been a prospective student tour at Arizona State University. Google gave a grant to the DuSable Museum in Chicago, so they wanted to reboot the Mayor Harold Washington exhibit. Proctor & Gamble had projects at upcoming conventions and shows. Remember when we used to have those? And from all of these engagements-- Alan: In real shows, like IRL, in real life? Like in--? John: Yeah, like in person, back in the good old days. Oh, do I miss that! But at any rate, what we realized was when Google and Apple gave this gift of AR to the world just three summers ago, saying they were all-in with AR, meaning that the hardware was going to work, it was like, wow. Most corporate IT or marketing teams really didn't have anybody on board their staffs that could take advantage of this amazing capability of the mobile device. So at any rate, for us, there's was like, well, what if we could take all of these engagements that we had created, and put them into a repeatable self-serve augmented reality content management system and platform? So it was a very big idea, but we thought one that was worth the journey. So we started to build out a team of 12 really focused AR professionals on the development side to build out this platform. Alan: Well, I know your CTO, Matt [Wren]. I mean, his whole experience in life was creating content management systems for massive corporations, so-- John: Exactly. So it started with Matt and Gareth [Davies], who's on the product side, but really knows AR. We were so blessed to find literally the man that wrote the book on Unity [chuckles] Joe Hocking, to join the team. And Lewis Gardner on our CMS. So we were very fortunate to have a great team come together. And we shared a vision, which is, let's build out an augmented reality platform that would make it super easy and affordable for businesses and organizations to weave in augmented reality c

The world received a gift three years ago, in the form of AR technology from the likes of Google and Apple - ARKit and ARCore. But most businesses had no one on-staff at-hand to take advantage of this gift without some extensive upskilling to do. John Martin shares how BundlAR makes AR easy for everyone, and what is needed for wider adoption. Alan: Hey, everyone, I'm Alan Smithson, and today we're speaking with John Martin, the CEO and co-founder of BUNDLR, an augmented reality platform company empowering training, learning, and development innovators with on-demand and mobile immersive experiences. John and I met at the VR/AR Association Chicago meetup, and would become amazing friends as we built the future of communications together. In this interview, we will discuss one of the largest barriers to the widespread adoption of AR and what organizations need to do in order to deploy AR experiences instantly and on a global scale. All that and more, coming up next on the XR for Business podcast. John, it has been a pleasure to get to know you over these years, and I'm super excited to have you on the show. Welcome to the show. John: Thank you, Alan. And I'm looking forward to a great conversation with you, as always. Alan: It's been a couple of years since we got to know each other. I stayed at your house in Chicago. That was very lovely of you, I got to meet your family. And I've watched your platform go from kind of the infancy stages to being a global phenomenon, now. Let's-- I want you to have the stage to really tell people what BUNDLAR is all about and what you guys are doing. John: Well, BUNDLAR, we had a pretty clear mission about a year and a half ago. We were very fortunate to be working with some of the world's great innovators on what I'd call augmented reality projects. It could have been a prospective student tour at Arizona State University. Google gave a grant to the DuSable Museum in Chicago, so they wanted to reboot the Mayor Harold Washington exhibit. Proctor & Gamble had projects at upcoming conventions and shows. Remember when we used to have those? And from all of these engagements-- Alan: In real shows, like IRL, in real life? Like in--? John: Yeah, like in person, back in the good old days. Oh, do I miss that! But at any rate, what we realized was when Google and Apple gave this gift of AR to the world just three summers ago, saying they were all-in with AR, meaning that the hardware was going to work, it was like, wow. Most corporate IT or marketing teams really didn't have anybody on board their staffs that could take advantage of this amazing capability of the mobile device. So at any rate, for us, there's was like, well, what if we could take all of these engagements that we had created, and put them into a repeatable self-serve augmented reality content management system and platform? So it was a very big idea, but we thought one that was worth the journey. So we started to build out a team of 12 really focused AR professionals on the development side to build out this platform. Alan: Well, I know your CTO, Matt [Wren]. I mean, his whole experience in life was creating content management systems for massive corporations, so-- John: Exactly. So it started with Matt and Gareth [Davies], who's on the product side, but really knows AR. We were so blessed to find literally the man that wrote the book on Unity [chuckles] Joe Hocking, to join the team. And Lewis Gardner on our CMS. So we were very fortunate to have a great team come together. And we shared a vision, which is, let's build out an augmented reality platform that would make it super easy and affordable for businesses and organizations to weave in augmented reality c

Praise & Worship... what does that really mean?? Are you engaging in it correctly? What is the one thing that is "key" in correlation with worship? Find out all of that and more in this episode! Please join MJ and Pastor Anthony & Lady Brytish as they break down the true essence of praise and worship. I guarantee this is going to bless you!ABOUT THE GUESTSAnthony R. Thomas lives by his personal motto, “Live-Learn-Grow-Lead!”He is a husband, father, educator, counselor, and forward thinker. As a teacher, public speaker and workshop facilitator, Thomas is characterized by most as passionate, clear to understand and practical. In January 2019 Anthony established Thomas Consulting and Counseling Service, Inc. Thomas CCS houses author services, public speaking, general consultation and more. A skilled communicator who is effective in building collaborative relationships. He has spent nearly 20 years working with adults and youth as a counselor, educational leader and community liaison. He is the recipient of various awards and certificates for his diligence in education and ministry. Thomas has served in multiple capacities of during his more than 20-year tenure in ministry. He has served as Sunday School instructor, Director of Children’s Ministry and Youth Pastor, to name a few. Pastor Anthony, with the support of his wife, founded Spoken Word Fellowship Church in 2015. On July 1, 2020, Pastor Anthony became the Senior Pastor of Calvary Covenant Church. Pastor Anthony teaches under the vision, Love people, connect them to Christ, and teach them how to live. Calvary Covenant Church seeks to a people and place of reconciliation, restoration, and clarity for the people of God.Brytish C. Moore-Thomas, a respected musician, educator, and advocate for Education and the Arts deems herself blessed to have been born into a gifted family. She accredits Her faith in God, personal life triumphs, mentors, and musical genes as sources that have shaped her into the woman she is today. Brytish founded B Moore Productions, a music and arts company that offers comprehensive services that include performance opportunities, private music instruction, and developmental consultation in the arts for individuals, religious and secular organizations. Her musical prowess has placed Brytish on numerous platforms as Ravinia, Black Ensemble Theater, Orchestra Hall, DuSable Museum, and the Auditorium Theater to name a few. A lover of visual arts, she enrolled into Curie High School for the Performing Arts as a scenic designed major, transitioned and graduated as music major. Brytish earned a Master’s degree in Choral Music Education from Vandercook College of Music in Chicago, IL and a Bachelor’s degree in General Music Education from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL, in addition to a certificate in Worship Studies from The Worship Arts Conservatory, founded by Vivien Hibbert. She loves to fuse classical, jazz, and gospel styles to produce heart-warming sounds that soothes hearts of people. She is currently enrolled in a dual program, a pursuing her Master’s and Doctorate in Christian/Pastor Counseling .Pastor Anthony & Lady Brytish are happily married. They are proud parents of 3 beautiful gifts who also display both academic and musical talents. The Thomas family enjoys spending quality time together traveling, watching family movies, engaging in extra-curricular activities, and establishing the vision of Calvary Covenant Church and Spoken Word Fellowship Ministries as senior leaders. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mjfave)

Join host Michael Cartwright and Dr. Amber Smith, V. P. for Inclusion and Equity, as they talk about what it means for UIndy employees to engage music, visual, and studio arts to cultivate a Juneteenth imagination as we anticipate UIndy's celebration of Juneteenth in 2021. The "Freedom Now" mural bas relief wood carved by Robert Witt Ames is on display at the Dusable Museum of African American History in Chicago. Spiritual --"You Got a Right to the Tree of Life." Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" recorded by Sweet Honey in the Rock, Aisha Kahlil soloist.

Margaret Taylor Burroughs was an author, painter, sculptor, printmaker, curator, museum director, activist, and teacher who left an amazing artistic and historic legacy in Chicago. In today's episode we'll find out how she helped launch the Chicago Renaissance in the '40s and how she combined her social activism with art. “Still Life” by Margaret Burroughs, American, 1943 Corcoran Collection (The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Gift of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.) SHOW NOTES (TRANSCRIPT) “A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo Episode theme is “Shades of Spring” by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4342-shades-of-spring License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cain, Mary Ann, and Haki R. Madhubuti. South Side Venus : the Legacy of Margaret Burroughs  Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 2019. Link to materials on Margaret Burroughs at the NGA Library The Southern University Fine Arts Department Presents Dr. Burroughs., n.d. You Are Cordially Invited to an Exhibition of New Paintings by Dr. Margaret Burroughs., 1992. Margaret Burroughs, Marion Perkins : A Retrospective. Washington, D.C. (1910 Vermont Ave., N.W., Washington 20001): Evans-Tibbs Collection, 1982. Samples of Burrough's later works The Woman Who Helped Birth a Black Artistic Renaissance in Chicago (Vice article) Margaret Burroughs, co-founder of DuSable Museum, dies at 95 Wikipedia entry DuSable Museum Linocut printmaking video Slow Art Day The post Still Life by Margaret Burroughs appeared first on A Long Look.

Katie and Neil discuss a new exhibit at the DuSable Museum in Chicago.

The VR exhibit recreates the 1963 March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom, where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. Reset talks to the co-creators of the exhibit.

A new virtual reality exhibit at the DuSable Museum allows visitors to step into history and witness one of the most iconic civil rights moments in America.Also, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it’s only a matter of time before the coronavirus begins to spread in the U.S., though local state and city officials are urging calm. We talk to an infectious disease expert on what real preparation and prevention looks like.  

Yolanda Franklin, who has worked in the banking industry for 20+ years, is a phenomenal self-taught artist. At 52 years of age, Yolanda is ever-evolving her talent as a fiber glass and abstract artist.  She first began to develop her appreciation for the arts by observing her mother, who was very talented in sewing, knitting and crocheting.  Yolanda also credits her mother for encouraging her draw and create from her heart.  Yolanda’s husband has also been a big influencer on her trajectory as an artist. As a self-employed IT Specialist, Yolanda’s husband created the website yoyoartvine.com and yoyoartbiz.com showcasing her work, and he has even been instrumental in naming some of her art pieces.  Yolanda also credits the artist Penelope Brown, who is also a fellow church member for pushing her.  Yolanda shadowed Penelope at a variety of art fairs and gallery showings.  This played a key role in jumpstarting her wanting to really buckle down and create and develop her artwork.  The Embrace Collection (of which the host Robin Tillotson owns one of the paintings from that series) was first created 16 years ago, and this collection represents the first time Yolanda exhibited her work in a major venue at The Chicago Department on Aging.  When Yolanda was inspired by Eric Lee, a glass artist, who also creates artistically with furniture, and after being blown away by his glass work, Yolanda consciously decided to take on that medium.  She eventually moved to working with Plexiglass and Voila – the Embrace Collection was born!  Eight years ago, Yolanda was juried in at the annual Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) annual art exhibit, and in 2015 she won 3rd prize.  She has subsequently exhibited at this prestigious art event for eight consecutive years. That opportunity served as the conduit for being able to showcase her work at The DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago. Additionally, she has won a number of ribbons and other accolades where she has exhibited. When asked what role does Spirituality and God play in her work, Yolanda responded simply by saying “He’s everything, and the reason behind my passion and gift.” Yolanda’s current tour de force is a piece that she is working on entitled “Caribbean Queen.”  This piece exemplifies her love for texture and learning to love figurative work, and Black culture really shines through this piece.   Yolanda’s future plans include participating in art fairs and to land some gallery showings.  She also has a growing Paint and Sip Business where she trains groups.  Yolanda’s work can be found on yoyoartbiz.com;for her burgeoning Paint and Sip sessions, you can email her at yoyoartvine.com  She is also on Facebook and Instagram as Yolanda Franklin.

Ambassador of the African Union to the United States, Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao visits Chicago’s DuSable Museum as keynote speaker, launching the 6th region Illinois Chapter of AU. Recorded, edited, podcast production and original music created by Yakira Levi.

The DuSable Museum says — creepy or not — its Harold Washington robot will teach you a thing or two about the city’s first African-American mayor.

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Chai Tulani consistently hits that sweet spot where Soul meets Hip Hop, and his African heritage is joyfully expressed against the backdrop of American Pop culture. Over the past year the singer / MC has been releasing a series of Singles following his debut album REBXL, and now a new album is well on its way, dropping later this year. This month, Chai released a new song inspired by his feelings of being in love, and this Saturday, he brings his "Afro Fest" showcase to the DuSable Museum in Chicago. Jill Hopkins spoke with Chai about the new Single, his thoughts on Black History Month, and how Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" set off his pursuit of career in music. For more info about Chai and Afro Fest showcase, visit: https://www.chaitulani.com

GUESTS Monica Trinidad is a visual artist and organizer, born and raised on the southeast side of Chicago. She is a co-founder of For the People Artists Collective, a radical squad of Black artists and artists of color in Chicago who create art for Chicago's most powerful justice movements. Monica creates artwork to cultivate the practice of hope and to spark imagination in both organizers immersed in the day-to-day spadework of movement building and in every resident in Chicago. Her work is currently in permanent collection at DuSable Museum of African American History. You can listen to her every week on the Lit Review podcast, a literary podcast for the movement, with her co-host Page May, founder of Assata’s Daughters. Debbie Southorn is a queer abolitionist who works for the American Friends Service Committee in Chicago, where she supports community-based efforts to end police violence, surveillance and militarism. She’s also a founding member of the People’s Response Team, and serves on the National Committee of the War Resisters League. From #NoCopAcademy: “#NoCopAcademy is a grassroots campaign launched by Assata’s Daughters, Black Lives Matter - Chicago, People’s Response Team, For The People Artists Collective, and 100+ grassroots organizations to mobilize against Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plans to spend $95 million for a massive training center for Chicago Police in West Garfield Park on the city’s West Side. The city’s quiet unveiling suggests they are trying to avoid public scrutiny of this latest spending scheme, but we will not be robbed of our resources quietly. We refuse any expansion of policing in Chicago, and demand accountability for decades of violence. We will fight for funding for our communities, and support each other in building genuine community safety in the face of escalating attacks.” OVERVIEW As two adult lead organizers in #NoCopAcademy, Monica and Debbie outline their journeys into activism, noting how they both cut their teeth in organizing in the 2000s in resistance to the Iraq War. The group discusses Chicago’s history of radical organizing from the Rainbow Coalition in the 1960s, to We Charge Genocide in 2014, to Reparations Now and Justice 4 LaQuan. BrownTown and guests dissect what the larger Invest/Divest framework means in terms of #NoCopAcademy as positioned against reformist arguments of piecemeal solutions to systemic problems. Recorded about a month after Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that he would not run for a third term in February 2019, BrownTown listens to Monica and Debbie’s reaction to the newst, organizers’ relationship with his administration, and the (presumed) effectiveness of public shaming people in power. With coalition-building at the helm, Monica and Debbie are clear to describe #NoCopAcademy as a campaign first-and-foremost with a coalition built around it, rather than a coalition taking on several campaigns over its tenure (like R3 Coalition Chicago). Coalition work is difficult but, at times, necessary. Debbie elaborates, giving a nod to musician, activist, and Black Feminist Bernice Johnson Reagon’s reflections on the subject, as well as noting some of the endorsing organizations who throw down for #NoCopAcademy through their own unique perspective, experience, and analysis (noted: i2i in the Lunar New Year parade, SURJ, etc.). Last but certainly not least, the group takes their hats of to the youth who consistently spearhead the campaign, and look forward to the next iteration of the fight, the upcoming municipal election season, and what it means for the future of Chicago. Find out more about the campaign at NoCopAcademy.com and @NoCopAcademy on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. -- Follow Monica on Twitter, Instagram (personal / work), and Facebook. Learn more about her and buy her work at MonicaTrinidad.com. Follow Debbie on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and learn more about her work with American Friends Service Committee. -- CREDITS: Intro song Cops Shot the Kid by NAS. Outro music by Fiendsh. Audio engineered by Genta Tamashiro. -- Bourbon ’n BrownTown Site | Become a Patron on Patreon! SoapBox Productions and Organizing, 501(c)3 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Support

Postloudness and Sixty present South Side Stories: Dr. Margaret T. Burroughs, a podcast special exploring one of Chicago’s most influential figures. Dr. Burroughs was an artist, a writer, an educator, and a leader for black people—both in Chicago and across the globe—in the arts. In this two-part episode, our hosts—artist and educator Zakkiyyah Najeebah and writer and storyteller Britt Julious—will explore Dr. Burroughs’ work on the South Side of Chicago and how her initiatives influenced Black Chicagoans for decades. In part one, Najeebah and Julious introduce listeners to Dr. Burroughs and explain how she helped build the South Side Community Arts Center and the DuSable Museum, including memories and interviews from Patric McCoy (Co-Founder of Diasporal Rhythms), Masequa Meyers (Director of South Side Community Art Center), Faheem Majeed (artist, co-director of the Floating Museum), Skyla Hearn (Archivist and Special Collections Librarian at DuSable Museum), Tempestt Hazel (Curator and Writer, director of Sixty), and Rebecca Zorach (Curator of The Time Is Now!: Art Worlds of Chicago's South Side, 1960-1980). In part two, listeners will join the hosts as they view some of her work and the work of fellow artists in the Black Arts Movements through Art Design Chicago exhibitions such as The Many Hats of Ralph Arnold: Art, Identity, and Politics at the Museum of Contemporary Photography and The Time Is Now!: Art Worlds of Chicago's South Side, 1960-1980, and learn how their legacy continues to influence Chicago today. sixtyinchesfromcenter.org postloudness.com __ This podcast is presented in collaboration with Art Design Chicago, an initiative of the Terra Foundation for American Art exploring Chicago’s art and design legacy through more than 30 exhibitions, as well as hundreds of talks, tours and special events in 2018. www.ArtDesignChicago.org. Image Credit: Faces (Faces á la Picasso) by Margaret T. Burroughs (1917-2010), Printed and signed in 1993, block carved circa 1960s, Linoleum block print, Private collection. Courtesy of the Smart Museum of Art.

Listen to us discuss upcoming music and movies, the Trumps, and Kanye (hopefully for the last time on this podcast). This week in Affect the Culture we highlight The Love Affair Continues Exhibit Happening at the DuSable Museum. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/moodthepodcast/support

Activism comes in many forms, be it political, educational, or social. Less often though, do people perceive historical activism in such conversations. Dr. Ian Rocksborough-Smith's new book: Black Public History in Chicago: Civil Rights Activism From World War II Into the Cold War (University of Illinois Press, 2018) puts the activist function front and center. Black Chicago has been heavily studied over the last hundred years, but Black Public History in Chicago tells the story of how Black Chicagoans like Margaret and Charles Burroughs, William Stratton, Madeline Stratton Morris, and many others used Black Public History within the museum and educational contexts as mechanisms for positive change in the Windy City. By centering this story, readers see how important their activism was to the founding of the DuSable Museum of African American History and the public consciousness raising effects of telling the radical revisionist historical stories of those of the African Diaspora to those in the Black Metropolis at large. Adam McNeil is a PhD student in History, African American Public Humanities Initiative and Colored Conventions Project Fellow at the University of Delaware. He can be reached on Twitter @CulturedModesty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

Activism comes in many forms, be it political, educational, or social. Less often though, do people perceive historical activism in such conversations. Dr. Ian Rocksborough-Smith’s new book: Black Public History in Chicago: Civil Rights Activism From World War II Into the Cold War (University of Illinois Press, 2018) puts the activist function front and center. Black Chicago has been heavily studied over the last hundred years, but Black Public History in Chicago tells the story of how Black Chicagoans like Margaret and Charles Burroughs, William Stratton, Madeline Stratton Morris, and many others used Black Public History within the museum and educational contexts as mechanisms for positive change in the Windy City. By centering this story, readers see how important their activism was to the founding of the DuSable Museum of African American History and the public consciousness raising effects of telling the radical revisionist historical stories of those of the African Diaspora to those in the Black Metropolis at large. Adam McNeil is a PhD student in History, African American Public Humanities Initiative and Colored Conventions Project Fellow at the University of Delaware. He can be reached on Twitter @CulturedModesty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Activism comes in many forms, be it political, educational, or social. Less often though, do people perceive historical activism in such conversations. Dr. Ian Rocksborough-Smith’s new book: Black Public History in Chicago: Civil Rights Activism From World War II Into the Cold War (University of Illinois Press, 2018) puts the activist function front and center. Black Chicago has been heavily studied over the last hundred years, but Black Public History in Chicago tells the story of how Black Chicagoans like Margaret and Charles Burroughs, William Stratton, Madeline Stratton Morris, and many others used Black Public History within the museum and educational contexts as mechanisms for positive change in the Windy City. By centering this story, readers see how important their activism was to the founding of the DuSable Museum of African American History and the public consciousness raising effects of telling the radical revisionist historical stories of those of the African Diaspora to those in the Black Metropolis at large. Adam McNeil is a PhD student in History, African American Public Humanities Initiative and Colored Conventions Project Fellow at the University of Delaware. He can be reached on Twitter @CulturedModesty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Activism comes in many forms, be it political, educational, or social. Less often though, do people perceive historical activism in such conversations. Dr. Ian Rocksborough-Smith’s new book: Black Public History in Chicago: Civil Rights Activism From World War II Into the Cold War (University of Illinois Press, 2018) puts the activist function front and center. Black Chicago has been heavily studied over the last hundred years, but Black Public History in Chicago tells the story of how Black Chicagoans like Margaret and Charles Burroughs, William Stratton, Madeline Stratton Morris, and many others used Black Public History within the museum and educational contexts as mechanisms for positive change in the Windy City. By centering this story, readers see how important their activism was to the founding of the DuSable Museum of African American History and the public consciousness raising effects of telling the radical revisionist historical stories of those of the African Diaspora to those in the Black Metropolis at large. Adam McNeil is a PhD student in History, African American Public Humanities Initiative and Colored Conventions Project Fellow at the University of Delaware. He can be reached on Twitter @CulturedModesty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Persian - Tijuana Cartel; Theory - Lifeboat Power; GIANTS - ROCKET, Smoke And Mirrors - Pitchman, 04 GOPBlues - Rats of Unusual Size; Geeknotes: 07/07 - Interrogation Training @ Berkeley Animal Rights Center, 07/08 - Digital Security Training, Oakland, 07/12 - Frida Fest @ Appleton Grill, Watsonville, 07/13 - Intro to Buddhism @ Old Union, Stanford University, 07/13 - BLACK AGE XXI @ the DuSable Museum’s Arts & Crafts Festival, Chicago; Practice - Power Panel; Lluvia de verano (summer rain) - Neurotransmisor

Since the release of Chance's first mixtape, 10 Day, in 2012, through his breakthrough Acid Rap in 2013 and landmark Coloring Book in 2016, Chance has upended popular music industry norms by refusing to sign to a record label, and always giving his music away for free. But even as he has become more and more successful, Chance has remained strongly grounded in his hometown of Chicago. He donated a million dollars and raised even more for the Chicago Public School system through his philanthropic organization Social Works, and went head to head with the Governor of Illinois over budget cuts for public schools. He sits on the board of the DuSable Museum of African American History. He’s given away bookbags to kids and coats to the homeless. His lyrics often pay homage to the South Side, where he grew up.

Molly Lahart, math teacher at Prosser Career Academy, reads a narrative on the origin of The DuSable Museum, with a special introduction by Chicago native, Lena Waithe

Molly Lahart, math teacher at Prosser Career Academy, reads a narrative on the origin of The DuSable Museum, with a special introduction by Chicago native, Lena Waithe

This Congolive episode focused on exploring the intersection between the African American community in the US and the Congo. It discussed the historical ties that exist with black missionaries who came to the Congo in the late 1800s, 30 years after the Emancipation proclamation by Abraham Lincoln. It also delved into the current state of black Americans with the Black Lives Matter movement and their contribution to peace and stability in the Congo. Our guest was the Rev. Dr. Joan R. Harrell, a Public Theologian and Strategic External Communications Consultant at the National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care at Tuskegee University. Her scholarship explores the intersecting of media, public health, religion, xenophobia, racism, sexism, classism and the history of the African American Church. She is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Senior Associate Editor of the Journal of Healthcare, Science and the Humanities, founder of www.RacismContradictsChristianity.com and award winning broadcast journalist and documentary producer. She also worked as the Director of Public Communications for Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago where she researched, created, wrote and developed multimedia communications. Within this context, she became a proactive member of the Friends of the Congo Movement; collaborated with Friends of the Congo and the DuSable Museum of Chicago to feature the forum, “Crisis in the Congo” to educate the public domain about the atrocities impacting children, women, men and families in the Congo.

The DuSable Museum says — creepy or not — its Harold Washington robot will teach you a thing or two about the city’s first African-American mayor.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The University of Chicago is leading a collaborative effort to bring the Obama Presidential Library to the heart of the South Side of Chicago. Get engaged and learn more at http://www.oplsouthside.org. Video featuring: David R. Mosena, Museum of Science and Industry; Carol Adams, DuSable Museum of African American History; Timuel Black, historian; Christian Champagne, Becoming a Man participant; Jens Ludwig, University of Chicago; Priscilla Agbeo, UChicago Charter Woodlawn Campus graduate; Susan Sher, University of Chicago; Theaster Gates, University of Chicago; Derek Douglas, University of Chicago; Angela LaScala-Gruenewald, University of Chicago student; Mattie Butler, community resident

The DuSable Museum is one of the nation's premier institutions dedicated to the history, art, and culture of the African diaspora. Quraysh Ali Lansana reads from his collection They Shall Run: Harriet Tubman Poems.