Highlighting Chicago’s unique artistic heritage and creative communities, Art Design Chicago, includes over 35 exhibitions and hundreds of events now through 2025. An initiative of the Terra Foundation for American Art, Art Design Chicago seeks to uplift and partner with local artists and organizations throughout the city, while telling their stories and expanding narratives of American art.    In celebration of one of the South Side’s most prominent artists, Art Design Chicago presents The United Colors of Earl Paige, now on display at the Hyde Park Art Center through October 27. Robert Ear ..read more

He moved to Chicago a little more than a year ago, but chef Christian Hunter has taken the city by storm, earning a Michelin star for his restaurant Atelier, receiving the Young Chef Award from the Michelin Guide along with a James Beard semi-finalist nomination, and being named one of Chicago Magazine’s best new restaurants. Hunter is currently the only Black chef in Chicago with a Michelin star, and one of only two Black chefs in the country with the honor. Hunter grew up in Lexington, Kentucky with six siblings and a single mother, whose work ethic he inherited.  “I grew up around t ..read more

The People is our section for all opinions and perspectives concerning Black Chicago. Submit your opinion to info@thetriibe.com. “I live out by O’Hare. Every time a plane flies overhead at night, my hands shake. I’m looking for a place to hide. And then the sirens too––the police and ambulance sirens. I know they’re not there, but it feels like soldiers are just outside the windows. We used to watch them walk up and down the road by my grandparents’ house, and we weren’t to say anything. They’d harass everyone, beat people up, including my grandpa. We were supposed to stay insid ..read more

On Wednesday, the family of Dexter Reed and their attorneys filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Chicago and Chicago Police Department (CPD) officers Alexandra Giampapa, Thomas Spanos, Victor Pacheco, Gregory Saint Louis and Aubrey Webb, who fatally shot Reed during a traffic stop in West Side neighborhood Humboldt Park.  The TRiiBE obtained a copy of the lawsuit from the family’s attorney, Andrew M. Stroth, who filed the complaint with Action Injury Law Group, Steven A. Hart of Mclaughlin & Eldridge and Sheila Bedi of the Community Justice and Civil Rights Clini ..read more

For those of you who like to indulge, Chicago’s dispensaries are sure to have a selection of cannabis products worth trying. Here are some Black-owned options to support. 1 Grasshopper Club (Logan Square) The Grasshopper Club made history last year when it  became Chicago’s first independent, Black-owned dispensary. Located in Logan Square, at 2551 N. Milwaukee Avenue, this dispensary is a family business. The Brewers, Matthew, Chuck and their mother Dianne are the co-owners of this proud establishment,’. The dispensary has a warm family feel to it and offers everything from flowers ..read more

The news about Vocalo Radio being taken off the airways has sent shockwaves throughout Chicago. One former Vocalo host told The TRiiBE she believes Chicago Public Media’s decision to end Vocalo’s broadcast is a direct result of the $61-million acquisition of the Sun-Times, a merger with WBEZ that created one of the largest nonprofit news organizations in the country.  “It definitely did,” Ayana Contreras said when asked if the merger played a role in ending Vocalo’s broadcast. She spoke to The TRiiBE in an emotional phone interview on April 6, a few days after Chicago Public Media anno ..read more

Mayor Brandon Johnson, Civilian Office of Police Accountability Chief (COPA) Andrea Kersten and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx demonstrated a unified message April 9 of what transparency and accountability looks like for each of their agencies following the public release of body-camera footage in the March 21 fatal police shooting of Dexter Reed.  Reed was stopped by four Chicago Police Department (CPD) officers because he wasn’t wearing a seat belt. The situation escalated, leading to police firing 96 times in 41 seconds. “In the past, previous administrations have not always ..read more

Firmly Planted: A Black Cultural Harvest stood as an event and intergenerational celebration of Black Chicagoans and their storied history. Taking place on March 2, for one memorable day, Black Chicago residents were graciously welcomed to bring forth artifacts symbolizing their lives in the city, thus enriching a collective communal archive. As individuals had their cherished items photographed for digital archiving on the first floor of the Chicago History Museum, the second floor served as an exclusive space dedicated to hosting community partners and cultivating meaningful conversations ..read more

On any given summer day out west in the mid-2000s, Harold Washington College student Tiffany Clark could be found on the basketball court at Union Park with her baby brother Myles Clark and his two friends: Dexter Reed and his younger brother. Clark, now 39, told The TRiiBE that she met Reed, whom they affectionately called “Dex,” in the Westhaven Park Apartments in the Near West Side neighborhood after their family moved there from the Cabrini-Green housing projects in 2008. Reed was closer in age to her brother, and the boys spent time together playing basketball and NBA 2K. Clark said tha ..read more

Many Black Chicagoans have a deep distrust in government. This isn’t a new occurrence. It’s generational. The cycle of harm has been perpetuated through intentional disinvestment such as the closings of 50 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) in 2013 and six of 12 public mental health centers in 2011, environmental injustices such as the 1995 heat wave and persistent Spring basement flooding, redlining and racially restrictive covenants, mass displacement with the demolition of Chicago Public Housing projects like Cabrini Green and the Robert Taylor Homes and the forthcoming Barack Obama Presidenta ..read more