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Barber Shop Show Ep 64: Ida B Wells
As a nod to this year’s Black History Month theme of “Black Women in American History and Culture,” in this episode of the Barber Shop Show, we’re discussing the life and legacy of civil rights pioneer and hometown heroine Ida B Wells.
We’re joined by:
-Christopher Manning, Assoc. Prof of History at Loyola
-Michelle Duster, Ida B. Wells descendent and biographer
-Richard Hunt, legendary large-form abstract sculptor and designer of a monument commemorating Ida B Wells
Barber Shop Show Ep 63: Our First-Ever Foray into Theater, with the cast of Race
In this episode of the Barber Shop Show, we do something we’ve never done before: talk about theater.
We discuss the play Race, which runs at the Goodman Theater through February 19th. Race depicts three lawyers—two black and one white—defending a white man accused of raping a black woman.
The show is thought-provoking, to say the least.
Barber Shop Show Ep 62: Latino Political Clout
(Via Chicago Mag)
During last week's show, we discussed a major development in local news. The City Council approved a new ward map which added 3 Latino majority wards and 2 Latino influence wards. (Check out a side-by-side comparison of the old and new ward maps here.)
This got us wondering: what does this tell us about the state of Latino political clout in our fair city?
Barber Shop Show Ep 61: Chicago's Ward Remapping Saga + January Shop Talk
It’s January, and 2012 still feels fresh.
Around the new year, a feeling of change is in the air.
In Chicago, one thing that just changed is the layout of our city's wards.
Every ten years, in light of new census data, the city council has to remap Chicago’s fifty ward boundaries.