I have lost track of how many legal holidays there are. Do you know how many we celebrate? In fact, I bet it is even hard for you to recall the first federal holiday that was observed. Do you know which...
Chicago is a city that comes even more alive during the hot summer months; if that is even possible to believe. June starts with PRIDE FEST, a tribute to our LGBTQIA+ friends & family.
This...
I fell in love with the movie “Practical Magic” when it came out in October of 1998. In fact, I would dance around with my then 3-year-old daughter to “Coconut” by Harry Nilsson with total abandonment....
Jun 28, 2022 was the voter’s chance to exercise their right - to do just that VOTE. On this day, your local polling place was open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. so you had plenty of time to vote. This is a reminder...
Julissa Arce’s book “You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation” NAILED IT! I loved this book because even though I was born in the United States, and am American, this book...
“My Dark Vanessa,” written by Kate Elizabeth Russel, is a book concerning the long-term effects of childhood sexual assault. The year is 2000 and Vanessa Wye, a 15-year-old student who recently transferred...
“This is Your Mind on Plants,” is journalist and author Michael Pollan’s second consecutive book to cover the topic of drugs, in this case two illicit substances and one licit and commonly used drug.
His...
“Promising Young Woman,” a film that was released in late-2020, is centered around how people respond to sexual assault and how rape culture persists in our comminuity in various ways. This is director...
Twenty-five years after "Selena" hit theaters on March 21, 1997, Jennifer Lopez and Edward James Olmos celebrated the film’s re-release and 25th anniversary by paying tribute to the singer, who was shot...
British singer-songwriter, Charli XCX released her fifth studio pop album, “Crash” on March 18, 2022. The deluxe-version of the album contains a total of 16 tracks and runs 45 minutes. It...
What’s your background and how do you think it has affected your work?
I became interested in art when I was 6 years old and my younger sister became very ill. As I spent a lot of time waiting and...
“Navalny” is a 2022 documentary about Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader, Putin’s enemy, and threat number one. After his successful anti-corruption investigations of the most powerful,...
