6+ hour ago   (968+ words) All of this and so much more made us absolutely delighted to hop on Zoom with They Might Be Giants’ John Linnell, who spoke to us from Scotland about the band’s current tour of multi-night stands in certain cities, as…...

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3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (171+ words) What if Emmett Till lived? It's a question Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr. said he asks himself often. "A lot of times we think if we had done this and that, he would be here," he said. Parker is Till's cousin,…...

4+ day, 23+ min ago   (120+ words) University of Nevada, Las Vegas | UNLV Zida Wang, Manager of Museum, Community Engagement and Outreach (Josh Hawkins/UNLV) On September 30 at 3 p.m. PT, Zida Wang (UNLV Barrick Museum of Art) will present a free virtual MUSEUM TODAY program with his co-researcher,…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (290+ words) AFSCME members who work for the Chicago History Museum voted overwhelmingly last month to approve their first union contract, which includes higher wages, better benefits, improved paid leave, and more. They are members of Chicago History Museum Workers United/Council…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (338+ words) Blex Media The African American Film Critics Association has given $25,000 to the Black Film Hall of Fame, a museum and multicultural cultural center dedicated to preserving and celebrating Black cinema, set to open in 2027 inside Kansas City's historic Boone Theater…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (486+ words) In a sign of continued financial distress, the Museum of African American History laid off all three of its director-level positions Tuesday, a staff reduction that affects its curatorial, development, and learning and engagement departments. Museum president Noelle Trent called…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (228+ words) DECATUR — The African American Cultural and Genealogical Society and Museum has been named a recipient of one of the Illinois Humanities 250th Anniversary Gift Program. JIM BOWLING, HERALD & REVIEW Mount Zion High School student Nathaniel Davis shares information with Cynthia Sweet…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (225+ words) Pigeon Community Multicultural Development Center will host the final Conversations with Storytellers event of the season at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10. This event is particularly special because it highlights the voices of elders in the Pigeon Community, the people who have made…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (153+ words) Chairman: The harms of the past resonate today; we hold up Sonya Massey as an example. (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – A commission studying potential reparations in Illinois is holding open indefinitely a survey for people to relate their experiences. Marvin Slaughter,…...