“What does he think he is? White or something?” This line, half serious and half a joke, delivered by a bombastic barber, hits a chord that resonates throughout eta Creative Arts Foundation’s current show.
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South Shore
by Chicago Weekly Staff •
Just north of where 71st Street meets Exchange Avenue, the South Shore Cultural Center sits regally on a lush, manicured throne, with a grand, arboreal promenade leading to the entrance. The chronology of the space can be considered in parallel…
Seitan with Soul
by Emilie Shumway •
Yah’s Cuisine cooks up vegan comfort foodLast January, Yah’s Cuisine became the second vegan restaurant specializing in soul food to open on 75th Street. Located roughly three miles from its well-established predecessor, Soul Vegetarian East, Yah’s may be signaling the…
Rise and Swing: Jazz brunch on the South Side
by Helenmary Sheridan •
Senegalese musician Morikeba Kouyate sits in the sunny front window of Hyde Park’s Chant restaurant, his twenty-one-stringed kora resting in his lap. He is taking a breather in between songs, which layer his high, strong voice over complex fingerwork on…
Arias in the Area: The South Shore Opera Company brings a new sound to the neighborhood
by Ayn Woodward •
The South Shore Cultural Center lives a delightfully serendipitous existence of split artistic allegiance. On its west side, a bedlam of auto garages, chop suey joints, and conjoining railroad tracks perform an urban dance of crackling vitality. On its east…
Best of the South Side 2009: South Shore and Woodlawn
by Chicago Weekly Staff •
South of Hyde Park stretch two lakefront neighborhoods with very different histories. Woodlawn was once a prosperous neighborhood, helped along by the World’s Fair of 1893 and the El tracks that connected it to downtown. In the 1940s and ’50s,…
Top (Secret) Chef
by Sarah Pickering •
Chef Efrain Cuevas started Clandestino about a year ago in order to provide a community-based, high-quality alternative to gourmet restaurant cuisine. The underground dining organization meets every few weeks to enjoy a themed menu, at a location that is disclosed…
The Unforgettable Firemen: Two new museums will commemorate the Chicago Fire Department’s past
by Harry Backlund •
“This is the city that burned down,” Bill Kugelman says bluntly when asked about the importance of a Chicago fire museum. The former president of the Chicago Firemen’s Union sees little official recognition of fire history in a city famous…
