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Artist's LLC Leads Absolute Equality Juneteenth Mural Project | Entrepreneur
Entrpreneur· 7 days agoThirty years later, he's traveled the world to create artwork with a social impact — including the...
‘Back to life’: Orangeburg kicks off Railroad Corner revitalization
The Times and Democrat· 6 days agoAs the United States commemorated the ending of slavery on the Juneteenth holiday, Orangeburg...
6 Chicago museums to offer free days on Juneteenth
NBC Chicago· 7 days agoJuneteenth is recognized as a federal holiday. It is also a state holiday, with Pritzker signing the declaration naming it so in 2021. Juneteenth...
Driehaus Museum unveils $8 million renovation of ornate Murphy Auditorium
Crain s Chicago Business· 4 days agoMurphy died in 1916 and his widow, Jeanette Plamondon Murphy, led the effort to get a memorial to him built. The ACS was headquartered next door in the former Nickerson mansion. The two remained ...
At the Newberry Library and on stage, the return of Mike Royko
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWas Mike Royko the toughest man in Chicago? We shall see, I suppose, when a one-man play opens here in early September at the Chopin Theatre. Mitchell Bisschop is the author ...
UNCLE NEAREST FOUNDER FAWN WEAVER'S GROUNDBREAKING BOOK 'LOVE & WHISKEY' DEBUTS NATIONWIDE AFTER...
The Tomahawk· 7 days agoToday marks the highly anticipated release of Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest written by ...
Orangeburg to break ground on Railroad Corner revitalization
WACH FOX 57· 6 days agoThe City of Orangeburg is set to hold a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday. The ceremony will take place at 10 am marking the revitalization of Railroad Corner. The project's initial phase ...
Descendants of family who settled Roseland gather for 175th anniversary of their arrival in the U.S.
Chicago Sun-Times· 3 days agoThe Eenigenburgs, descended from Gerit Eenigenburg and Jennetje Ton, were some of the first people to settle in what is now the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago. The couple ...
Juneteenth across generations
The Purdue Exponent· 6 days agoJuneteenth celebrates the end of slavery, when Union troops in Texas on June 19, 1865, enforced the Emancipation Proclamation Abraham Lincoln had signed...
Cardinals and Giants to play at the site of some of baseball’s darkest and proudest moments
Belleville News-Democrat· 5 days agoMajor League Baseball’s schedule makers send the St. Louis Cardinals to historic Fenway Park every other season and to historic Wrigley Field twice a summer, but there is no history quite like ...