By: Sharice Bradford On Saturday, April 23, 2022, friends, supporters and Board Members gathered at 41st and Drexel to celebrate Trails Day with the Bronzeville Trails Task Force (BTTF). No day was more fitting for [...]
By Bronzeville Life Bronzeville’s historic but vacant Forum, once the hottest and largest dance hall on the South Side, has received a $1 million grant to build an arts and culture hub at the site. [...]
By Bronzeville Life Reporters Chicago wants to help struggling drivers at the pump and CTA riders struggling with the costs of inflation. Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently announced that the city will give free $150 gas [...]
Bronzeville Life Staff Reporter It’s gritty, intense and powerful. AMC Networks on Friday, April 1 gave a special screening of the first episode of “61st Street,” a dramatic courtroom series that was partly filmed on [...]
Bronzeville Life Staff Black artists from across the country are in Chicago this week to showcase their work at the EXPO CHICAGO, which takes place April 7 - 10 at Navy Pier's Festival Hall. Pigment International, [...]
Bronzeville Life Staff Reporter Chicagoan Steykine Wills, a hair stylist who works full-time for the locally-produced television drama Chicago Fire, sees helping to create characters as a central part of her job. “Depending on [...]
Bronzeville Life Staff Reporter Assistant Director Alex Diamond jokes that his professional abbreviation, “A.D.,” should really stand for “Anxious Director.” “We always have to think of what could go wrong, and what could be an [...]
The Honorable Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. celebrated his 80th birthday at a special luncheon at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters in Chicago. In attendance, faith and community leaders joined the civil rights leader as they paid [...]
Since the Great Migration of Black southern voices descended on the low-end of Chicago’s Southside, there has been a strong presence of Black leadership. From Civil Rights to Black nationalism, the number of stakeholders contributing [...]
ABC 7 CHICAGO TO HOST 16TH IN SERIES OF LIVE, DIGITAL TOWN HALLS; OCTOBER 6TH EDITION TO FOCUS ON VOTING WITH ABC 7 EYEWITNESS MORNING NEWS ANCHOR TERRELL BROWN MODERATING Digital Town Hall Available Tuesday, [...]
Anchor Terrell Brown will Lead Discussion with Black Business Owners From Across Chicago Area ABC 7, Chicago’s Number One station for news, will present the third installment of BLACK OWNED, a series of LIVE interviews [...]
What is the Counting on Chicago Coalition? The Counting on Chicago Coalition (COCC) is comprised of 30 organizations, each with strong and unique access points to vulnerable populations such as disenfranchised minority communities, the homeless, [...]
The 2020 Census is not your mom and dad’s census, as it is more than a population count. It’s an opportunity to shape the future of Cook County.
Museum of Science and Industry Celebrating 50 Years of Black Creativity. Making HERstory Kim Foxx
Legendary pastor Rev. Clay Evans, who founded one of Chicago’s historic black churches and served as a civil rights leader in the city, has passed away. Congressman Bobby L. Rush (D-ILL) says, “Reverend Clay Evans [...]
Q&A With Professional MUA Triphena Johnson Q: @JoyIrbySmith “When I look at pictures of myself, I see either puffy or darkness under my eyes. How can I brighten or correct this area? A: The saying [...]
For the past five years, along 53rd Street in downtown Hyde Park, there has been a growth spurt of new retail businesses along with the older ones such as community staples--Mellow Yellow, Valois, and Pizza [...]
Chicago businessman and owner the Sip and Savor coffeehouse cafes, Trez V. Pugh III recently had an encounter at the Walgreens in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood. Pugh describes what happened to him in a personal [...]
By Erica Faye Watson @ericafayewatson Yohance Lacour began his work as a leather craftsman 10 years ago in an unlikely setting - prison. Prior to his incarceration, Yohance had been both an investigative reporter and an [...]