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Seeking respite from the reality of the news cycle, I found what I needed at Teatro Zinzanni, a 2 1/2-hour feast for the senses running thru Nov. 28 downtown. The comedic cirque show was the first to open to live audiences in the Loop after the pandemic shuttered theaters for 16 months.

Mr. Black, a political and civil rights activist, educator, historian, prolific author and revered elder statesman and griot of Chicago’s Black community, died Wednesday.

With no long-term health insurance to cover home hospice care, the community is coming to the aid of the 102-year-old historian, author and political and civil rights activist. It’s about giving this elder statesman and griot of Chicago’s black community his flowers while he is still with us.

When her character, “Jada,” was diagnosed with breast cancer on this season’s “The Chi,” it started actress Yolonda Ross’ real-life journey to support Black women dealing with this cancer. On Oct. 30, Ross will unveil a photo exhibit and partnership donating $100,000 to three Chicago organizations…

“This tells me we made a great decision,” CEO and President Roger Hochschild says of putting the call center in a disinvested community.

The plan is being released Monday as County Board President Toni Preckwinkle launches the third annual Racial Equity Week.

Civil rights leaders are gearing up for the Aug. 28 “March On For Voting Rights” — to push passage of federal voting legislation — against a wave of voter suppression laws by states. Thousands are expected at events in Washington, D.C., and four states where voting rights are under attack, with…

Chicago State University’s Garrard McClendon got a call. “Get on a plane,” the professor of educational policy studies was told. “Kanye wants to see you.”

DuSable Museum of African American History President and CEO Perri Irmer received The Order of Arts and Letters for museum programs highlighting the relationship between African Americans and the French.

Marking the first celebration of Juneteenth by Cook County since it became an official paid holiday, the county’s week-long celebration kicks off Monday with a mix of virtual and live programming. Juneteenth recognizes the freeing of the last slaves in Texas, two years after the Emancipation…