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Chicago Artisan Market – March Market 2020on March 7, 2020 at 11:07 pm

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Chicago Artisan Market – March Market 2020

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Bill Clinton, leave Monica Lewinsky alone why don’t yaon March 7, 2020 at 8:12 pm

The Barbershop: Dennis Byrne, Proprietor

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Upcoming Author Eventson March 7, 2020 at 7:16 pm

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Upcoming Author Events

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Chicago’s Pre-St. Patrick’s Beer Weekend, March 13-15on March 8, 2020 at 5:50 am

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Chicago’s Pre-St. Patrick’s Beer Weekend, March 13-15

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Video of Chicago Psychic Medium Edward Shanahan and details about his Private Psychic Readings.on March 8, 2020 at 4:09 am

Chicago Paranormal and Spiritual

Video of Chicago Psychic Medium Edward Shanahan and details about his Private Psychic Readings.

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Don’t Wait to Be Great: Project I Am Celebrates 4 Years of Helping the Homelesson March 8, 2020 at 3:18 am

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Don’t Wait to Be Great: Project I Am Celebrates 4 Years of Helping the Homeless

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Lucki is Chicago’s best conscious rapperon March 7, 2020 at 1:00 pm

It might seem bizarre to call Lucki the best conscious rapper in Chicago, given that the city is also represented nationally by the likes of Chance the Rapper, Saba, and Common. But hear me out. Conscious rap, which is loosely defined by the social commentary at its core, comes in two clearly identifiable forms: preaching and storytelling. Preaching is more common, and conscious rappers who deliver their commentary in this style typically state their topic, explain all the reasons it’s a problem, and (if we’re lucky) tell us how it can be fixed. Storytellers, on the other hand, present their message by spinning rhythmic yarns about people struggling with the issue at hand, whether truth or fiction. On last year’s mixtape Days B4 III, the 23-year-old Lucki establishes himself as a force to be reckoned with, as he grapples with relationship troubles, loss, and reckless spending. He’s unflinchingly honest in his self-critiques, and aligns himself with a youth culture that perpetuates the same sort of lifestyle he describes in his lyrics. Lucki gained notoriety in the post-Keef era of Chicago hip-hop for combining the rawness of drill with sedated trap beats and a groggy style of delivery, and his brand of aloof consciousness seems to especially resonate with young Chicagoans who lean on unauthorized prescription drugs, weed, and music to numb themselves against the pain of economic struggles and the deaths of loved ones and friends. On Days B4 III Lucki refines this style, not only recognizing his problems but also facing them in real time: over the ticking, xylophone-driven instrumental of “Hollywood Dreamer” he raps in a measured groan, “Back on them Xans, you can see it in my face / I need a molly to go on dates / Loud-ass Charger make me race.” He’s quite aware of his flaws, and of the toll these drugs take on him. At the end of the bar, he adds, “You know how that be”–it’s like a shrug of the shoulders. He’s just telling the truth, after all. v

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Canadian producer Jacques Greene celebrates the complexities of dance on Dawn Choruson March 7, 2020 at 12:00 pm

Canadian dance producer Jacques Greene (born Philippe Aubin-Dionne) broke out in the early 2010s by twisting R&B vocals into stuttering, waterlogged samples that brought complex shades of sadness to energetic club tracks. He’s since relied less on a sample-based approach, which has opened him up stylistically and helped him arrive at the free-flowing aesthetic of his recent second album, October’s Dawn Chorus (LuckyMe). Greene parlays his grasp of dance’s history into a mishmash of sounds, sometimes within a single song; on “Do It Without You” he blends the spacey affectations of early-2000s UK dubstep with ersatz drum ‘n’ bass percussion. Greene’s nuanced touch on Dawn Chorus foregrounds his tender feelings toward dance music, which he translates into cozy melodies that can be mesmerizing, bittersweet, or thrilling–when a muffled, robotic vocal hook croaks above a twinkling synth melody on “Whenever,” the combination provokes that all those responses at once. v

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After a critical breakthrough, two members of Florida emo mathletes Pool Kids decamp to Chicagoon March 7, 2020 at 2:00 pm

In April 2019, Paramore front woman Hayley Williams posted an Instagram story about Pool Kids, a largely unknown emo band from Tallahassee, Florida: “This is what Pmore WISHED we sounded like in the early 2000’s.” About two hours earlier, Bandcamp editor Zoe Camp had tweeted a link to Pool Kids’ 2018 self-released debut, Music to Practice Safe Sex To, writing that the album “sounds kinda like Hayley Williams fronting Cap’n Jazz.” All of which is to say that, in the case of Williams and Pool Kids, real recognizes real. Guitarist and vocalist Christine Goodwyne guides the band through contemplative, quiet melodies and athletic, mathy passages whose guitar patterns race in dizzying hyperdrive; her strong-willed singing can cut through the loudest moments with forceful clarity. After Pool Kids caught on last year, Goodwyne and bassist Nicolette Alvarez moved away from their native Florida, as they’d long wanted to do, and in November they relocated to Chicago. (Drummer Caden Clinton and guitarist Andy Anaya stayed behind.) “We have a large group of friends already based in Chicago, so why not,” Alvarez says. “The idea of living in a centrally located large city with various different thriving music scenes within it also appealed to us!” With any luck, they’ll maintain the energy that enlivens Music to Practice Safe Sex To and bring it to Chicago’s independent punk, emo, and indie-rock scenes–and to this show at Concord. v

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