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Chicago Black Excellence Awards Sets Permanent February Date

by Chloe Rabinowitz — June 30, 2026

The Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago has revealed key enhancements to the Chicago Black Excellence Awards, an annual event dedicated to honoring, celebrating, and promoting Chicago’s premier Black artists and arts organizations.

BLACK THEATER IS BLACK LIFE Co-Written by Northwestern Professor Harvey Young Set for Release this Month

by Tyler Peterson — November 19, 2013

An oral history of Chicago's African American theatre and dance communities in the last 40 years is only the third book to explore the long history of Chicago's dynamic theatre scene and the first to focus exclusively on black theatre artists.

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