Chicago donuts made the old fashioned way
After briefly working at two other donut shops, Buritt Bulloch opened up his own shop, and now nearly 50 years later, he still makes his famous donuts the old fashioned way. At age 80, “Mr. B” as family, friends and customers call him, works six-days and 60 hours a week at Old Fashioned Donuts, 11248 S. Michigan Ave., which he started Nov. 4, 1972.
Praize Productions Prepares For Annual Theatrical Performance
A local nonprofit arts enrichment organization, Praize Productions, Inc., is currently preparing for their 8th annual theatrical performance.
Chicago Black Restaurant Week Celebrates Another Successful Year
This year’s fourth annual Chicago Black Restaurant Week recently came to a close after featuring over 35 black-owned eateries across Chicago who all opened their doors to hungry customers and offered special menu items and discounted prices.
African Pride Launches Black Castor Miracle Collection to Improve How Protective Style Wearers Care for Their Hair
African Pride, a hair care manufacturer with more than 30 years of experience creating quality, affordable products, introduces its Black Castor Miracle collection. The eight-product range provides women with a simplified regimen to change the way they care for their hair before, during and after wearing protective styles; which include braids, locs, weaves, wigs or any other hairstyle that tucks the ends of your hair away from constant manipulation.
App Aims to Connect College Students With Study Partners
Subawu is like Tinder for studying, according to Oluwabusayo Adebayo who is currently in the process of creating a revolutionary app called Subawu. Like Tinder, a well-known dating app that connects users with people nearby that are also on the platform, Subawu will connect students with suitable study partners thus making it easier to get help and be successful in college.
Award-Winning Violinist Releases Music By Black Composers Project
Growing up in Chicago and studying violin, Rachel Barton Pine was surrounded by music that was created by black composers. She also knew more about black composers than kids her own age. Today, she is an award-winning violinist and able to travel the world to perform with top-notch orchestras.
Grammy-Winning Best Country Duo Dan + Shay To Headline Grandstand Stage
They just won their first Grammy, now country duo Dan + Shay are coming to play at the 2019 Illinois State Fair.
NEW 2FM HEADQUARTERS MEANS 200 JOBS ARE BEING RELOCATED TO THE SOUTH SIDE
Chicago’s Department of Fleet and Facility Management (2FM) along with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, recently hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for 2FM’s new headquarters in Englewood which brings along with it the relocation of 200 jobs from the north side to the south side.
SOUTH SUBURBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL EXPAND VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS WITH $130,000 DONATION
Thornton Township High School District 205 recently accepted a $130,000 donation from the Thornton Alumni Legacy Fund which will be used to create a Machine Shop Program in the district. This new addition will further support the goals of the district’s Board of Trustees who are committed to developing useful vocational programs for students that will lead them straight into sustainable careers after high school.
Robbins to host minority business symposium
The village of Robbins will host an upcoming business summit with the goal of connecting black entrepreneurs with one another to help them grow their businesses.
Birmingham, Alabama, 1963: Dawoud Bey/Black Star
The Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago (MoCP) will present Birmingham, Alabama, 1963: Dawoud Bey/Black Star from April 11 – July 7, 2019, featuring work from photographer and recent MacArthur genius grant fellow Dawoud Bey (American, born 1953), who is also a professor of photography at Columbia College Chicago. His work has been collected by the MoCP since 1993, with over 60 pieces by Bey in the museum’s permanent holdings. This will be his second solo exhibition at the museum.
OVER 50 ORGANIZATIONS PARTNER TO SET GOAL OF DRASTICALLY REDUCING HOMICIDES IN CHICAGO
The City of Chicago is known for many things: cold temperatures, towering skyscrapers, deep dish pizza and unfortunately, gun violence.
LEGENDARY CHICAGO TALK SHOW HOST CLIFF KELLY TO ANNOUNCE HIS RETIREMENT AND RECEIVE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT BLACK SUMMIT FOR BUSINESS LEADERS
COOK COUNTY AFRICAN AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURS TO CONNECT WITH PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO ADDRESS CREATING HUBS OF TECHNOLOGY, INDUSTRY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
CHICAGO HAS VOTED, THERE WILL BE A RUNOFF
Since Rahm Emanuel announced that he wouldn’t be running for a third term as Mayor of Chicago there has been constant chatter surrounding the crowded mayoral election which ended up with 14 candidates appearing on the ballot yesterday.
South Shore gets a full-service grocery store
A full-service grocery store is set to open this fall in South Shore and that means residents no longer have to live in the middle of a food dessert.
Ald. Leslie Hairston Announces Long Awaited Grocery Store
Stakeholders in Chicago’s 5th Ward who’ve been waiting on a grocery store to replace the vacant Dominick’s in the Jeffery Plaza shopping center stood with Ald. Leslie Hairston at an announcement of the site opening under new ownership recently.
Betty Shabazz Academy Featured in WCIU’s Black History Month Special
Betty Shabazz Academy (BSA), a campus of Betty Shabazz International Charter Schools, hosted the taping of “Creating History,” a Black History Month special from WCIU-TV “The U.” The 30-minute special features six local community activists who are working to create meaningful change. It premiered on WCIU-TV at the start of February. The final encore broadcast is scheduled on The U on Sunday, February 24, at 12:30 p.m. The special is hosted by Jordan Cornette and Felicia Lawrence. Among those showcased is BSA guest instructor Illi D. Williams, a native Chicago rapper.
CITY OF CHICAGO UNVEILS NEW STREET SIGN THAT HONORS CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER
Ida B. Wells was an African-American journalist, abolitionist, feminist, and activist who dedicated her life to fighting for women’s rights and African American justice. To honor this important piece of black history and her legacy, street signs for the new Ida B. Wells Drive, formerly Congress Parkway, were recently unveiled in downtown Chicago.
CITY ANNOUNCES $2.5 MILLION INVESTMENT TO RENOVATE SOUTH SHORE LIBRARY
It was recently announced by the Mayor of Chicago and the Chicago Public Library that the South Shore Branch Library, located on 2505 E. 73rd St., will be one of the next neighborhood libraries in the city to receive a multi-million dollar investment for renovations and modernization.
