Bronzeville

Albertina Walker dies at 81; Grammy-winning 'Queen of Gospel'

2010-10-09 00:00:00

Albertina Walker, the Grammy-winning vocalist known around the world as the "Queen of Gospel" who helped launch some of the biggest names in traditional gospel through her vocal ensemble the Caravans, has died. She was 81. Walker died of respiratory...

Margaret Burroughs dies; founder of Chicago's DuSable Museum of African American History

2010-11-23 00:00:00

Margaret Burroughs, an artist and teacher who founded the nationally recognized DuSable Museum of African American History in the living room of her home on the South Side of Chicago almost 50 years ago, died Sunday of unspecified causes at home,...

Carolyn M. Rodgers dies at 69; grappled with issues of African American identity

2010-04-19 18:29:00

Carolyn M. Rodgers, who grappled with issues of African American identity and culture in poems that took first flight during the vibrant Black Arts Movement of the late 1960s, has died. She was 69. Rodgers died of cancer April 2 in hospice care at...

Chicago, city of the uplifted gaze

2004-08-22 00:00:00

By 8:50 a.m., they temporarily had to close the women's restroom at the Chicago ArchiCenter. "There were so many people here already, they had to restock all the toilet paper," said Elaine Rosen, a retired biology teacher from the Streeterville area of...

Judy Blume discusses the joys of writing at Lit Fest

2013-06-09 18:15:00

Flannery O'Connor once observed that, "Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay." One can imagine quite a few poets, playwrights, memoirists and other nonfiction authors nodding their heads at...

Tuesday: Eat. Drink. Do.

2013-06-03 10:22:00

EAT Seasonal Opening Homestead 1924 W. Chicago Ave. 773-645-4949 Enter through Roots Handmade Pizza and head upstairs to the rooftop restaurant where the on-site organic garden becomes part of your dinner in such dishes as an English pea and...

Man charged in Green Line robbery, suspected in others

2013-06-01 15:05:00

Chicago police are looking for anyone who might have been robbed by a man charged in the recent robbery of two men on a Green Line "L" in Bronzeville and suspected in at least two others. Gregory Taylor, 19, is being held in lieu of $90,000 bail in...

Driver questioned after man critically injured in South Side hit-and-run

2013-06-01 08:02:00

The driver of a vehicle that hit and critically injured a man walking to his car in the Bronzeville neighborhood is being questioned in the possibly alcohol-related crash, police said. The victim, a 38-year-old man, was taken to Northwestern Memorial...

Chicago Gospel Music Festival lineup includes Grammy Award winner Smokie Norful

2013-05-28 09:28:00

The 28th Chicago Gospel Music Festival is set for June 20-23 and features a number of performances from gospel musicians such as John P. Kee, Kierra Sheard and Grammy Award winners Lecrae and Smokie Norful. The four-day festival will take place in...

Chicago gets Risk-y board game treatment

2013-06-06 08:41:00

Hipster soldiers of Logan Square, take up your arms. Havoc Boards -- a North Carolina based board games designer -- unleashed a map of a re-imagined Chicago this week, intended to be used along with classic strategy board games like Risk. The...

Mariano's, Wal-Mart eye Bronzeville sites

2013-05-29 09:50:00

Crain's Chicago Business reports: Roundy's Supermarkets has struck a deal to open a Mariano's Fresh Market at King Drive and Pershing Road in Bronzeville, Chicago Real Estate Daily reports, and Wal-Mart is eyeing a parcet at Pershing and State Street...

Protesters: Route to new school a 'danger zone'

2013-05-20 04:16:00

Beads of sweat dripped down Jitu Brown’s face as he addressed about 150 marchers who had gathered on Sunday afternoon outside Overton Elementary School in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. The school at East 49th Street and South Indiana...

Kevin Ambrose, who was a victim in a shooting in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago.

2013-05-08 00:00:00

Two people run through the rain Sunday on South 42nd Street in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood.

2013-03-10 00:00:00

President Barack Obama makes a phone call at a campaign office in the 1500 block of Hyde Park Blvd. after Obama voted early in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago.

2012-10-25 00:00:00