This is story 2 of 3 in the series “What happened to the Tudor Gables?” This is a series co-produced with the Hyde Park Herald, profiling a historic Black-owned housing cooperative on Drexel Boulevard. In March 2021, after a $3.4 million rehab project, the cooperative abruptly dissolved and sold the building. The Herald/Weekly interviewed dozens of Tudor Gables shareholders, lawyers, contractors, and neighbors and reviewed hundreds of internal emails and public documents about the rich legacy of the “castle,” as members fondly referred to the building, the conflicts that led to its sale, and the changing face of the boulevard. Story by Emeline Posner Read by Chima Ikoro Produced by Erisa Apantaku Music: Bauxite by Blue Dot Sessions: app.sessions.blue/browse/track/182517 Delicates by Blue Dot Sessions: app.sessions.blue/browse/track/182516 Checkered Blue by Blue Dot Sessions: app.sessions.blue/browse/track/182544 The Maison by Blue Dot Sessions: app.sessions.blue/browse/track/182513 Taoudella by Blue Dot Sessions: app.sessions.blue/browse/track/182515
This is story 1 of 3 in the series “What happened to the Tudor Gables?” This is a series co-produced with the Hyde Park Herald, profiling a historic Black-owned housing cooperative on Drexel Boulevard. In March 2021, after a $3.4 million rehab project, the cooperative abruptly dissolved and sold the building. The Herald/Weekly interviewed dozens of Tudor Gables shareholders, lawyers, contractors, and neighbors and reviewed hundreds of internal emails and public documents about the rich legacy of the “castle,” as members fondly referred to the building, the conflicts that led to its sale, and the changing face of the boulevard. Story by Emeline Posner Read by Chima Ikoro Produced by Erisa Apantaku Music: Bauxite by Blue Dot Sessions: app.sessions.blue/browse/track/182517 Delicates by Blue Dot Sessions: app.sessions.blue/browse/track/182516 Checkered Blue by Blue Dot Sessions: app.sessions.blue/browse/track/182544 The Maison by Blue Dot Sessions: app.sessions.blue/browse/track/182513 Taoudella by Blue Dot Sessions: app.sessions.blue/browse/track/182515
This is story 3 of 3 in the series “What happened to the Tudor Gables?” This is a series co-produced with the Hyde Park Herald, profiling a historic Black-owned housing cooperative on Drexel Boulevard. In March 2021, after a $3.4 million rehab project, the cooperative abruptly dissolved and sold the building. The Herald/Weekly interviewed dozens of Tudor Gables shareholders, lawyers, contractors, and neighbors and reviewed hundreds of internal emails and public documents about the rich legacy of the “castle,” as members fondly referred to the building, the conflicts that led to its sale, and the changing face of the boulevard. Story by Emeline Posner Read by Chima Ikoro Produced by Erisa Apantaku Music: Bauxite by Blue Dot Sessions Delicates by Blue Dot Sessions Checkered Blue by Blue Dot Sessions The Maison by Blue Dot Sessions Taoudella by Blue Dot Sessions
The Exchange: The Weekly's poetry corner offers our thoughts in exchange for yours With me by Armani Rogers Read by Armani Rogers Submissions can be sent to bit.ly/ssw-exchange or via email to chima.ikoro@southsideweekly.com.
The Exchange: The Weekly's poetry corner offers our thoughts in exchange for yours Blindspot By Vernique Dyson Read by Vernique Dyson Submissions can be sent to bit.ly/ssw-exchange or via email to chima.ikoro@southsideweekly.com.
From the roaring twenties to the cold sixties, Mexicans in the Chicago area embodied a diverse, pluralist society where political, cultural, and religious continuums converged, seeding the region’s contemporary Mexican-American civilization. An interview of book author Dr. John H. Flores by Matthew Carnero Macías for South Side Weekly.
Designer Chris Rudd on the dichotomy between the probable future and the preferred future, and how to start thinking more about your preferred future. Hint: give it time. Read the accompanying print story at https://southsideweekly.com/into-the-futures/. Read about the results of the Institute of Design’s 2019 design studio pop-up in Boxville here: https://id.iit.edu/projects/51-futures-bronzeville/ This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku. Music in this episode was "Stop the Clocks" by Anamorphic Orchestra (CC BY-NC 3.0) and "Ambience, Peaceful Synth.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org. Illustrations by Gaby Febland. For more news, visit www.southsideweekly.com.
Benji Hart on how to envision new futures and how examples of liberation exist in the present and in previous generations. Read the accompanying print story at https://southsideweekly.com/into-the-futures/. This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku. Music in this episode was "Stop the Clocks" by Anamorphic Orchestra (CC BY-NC 3.0) and "Ambience, Peaceful Synth.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org. Illustration by Alfredo Medrano. For more news, visit www.southsideweekly.com.
Chandra Christmas-Rouse on how to envision and build the future you want to inhabit through thinking about your values, cultures, and traditions. In other words, what kind of ancestor do you want to be? Read the accompanying print story at https://southsideweekly.com/into-the-futures/. This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku. Music in this episode was "Stop the Clocks" by Anamorphic Orchestra (CC BY-NC 3.0) and "Ambience, Peaceful Synth.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org. Illustrations by Humberto Saldana. For more news, visit www.southsideweekly.com.
H Kapp-Klote envisions new futures through feelings. Read the accompanying print story at https://southsideweekly.com/into-the-futures/. For more information about his podcast Working 2050, check out www.aytchkappklote.com/working-2050. This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku. Music in this episode was "Stop the Clocks" by Anamorphic Orchestra (CC BY-NC 3.0) and "Ambience, Peaceful Synth.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org. Illustration by Shane Tolentino. For more news, visit www.southsideweekly.com.
Interior architect Lorin Jackson shares her tool for envisioning new futures: deep observation. Read the accompanying print story at https://southsideweekly.com/into-the-futures/. This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku. Music in this episode was "Stop the Clocks" by Anamorphic Orchestra (CC BY-NC 3.0) and "Ambience, Peaceful Synth.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org. Illustration by Mell Montezuma. For more news, visit www.southsideweekly.com.
Malik Jackson interviews Lee Weiner about his memoir Conspiracy to Riot: The Life and Times of One of the Chicago Seven. Weiner discusses his life of activism beyond the famous trial where he and seven other organizers were targeted and tried for conspiracy in federal court for their role in the demonstrations at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Interview by Malik Jackson for South Side Weekly. Photo provided.
Two West Side youth organizers and friends—Destiny Harris and Kaleb Autman—discuss their work organizing on the West Side, why they bring historical context to the work being done today, and what they hope for themselves and their community in ten years. Read Destiny and Kaleb’s written pieces in @injusticewatch: https://www.injusticewatch.org/commentary/2020/essential-work-destiny-harris/ https://www.injusticewatch.org/commentary/2020/essential-work-kaleb-autman/ Read the transcript of the audio piece in South Side Weekly: https://southsideweekly.com/essential-work-west-side-youth-organizers-destiny-kaleb-conversation/ This piece was produced by Erisa Apantaku, Adeshina Emmanuel, Kaleb Autman, and Destiny Harris in partnership with Injustice Watch. This is the second installment of the “Essential Work” series, a collaboration between Injustice Watch and South Side Weekly. Stay tuned for more. Protest sounds and songs captured by Grace Del Vecchio. Music heard in this episode: “Rain on Me” by JBlanked (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), “Send Me” by JBlanked (CC BY 4.0)), “Herbal” by JBlanked/Bastardboy (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), and “Roy” by JBlanked (CC BY 4.0). The bumper at the beginning was produced by Jed Lickerman. For more news, visit www.southsideweekly.com.
Two youth organizers with GoodKids MadCity—China Smith, 18, of Greater Grand Crossing and Miracle Boyd, 18, of Chicago Lawn—share what they’ve learned and what they strive to do as organizers trying to transform the city of Chicago. Read China and Miracle’s written piece reflecting on their experiences since March in @injusticewatch: https://www.injusticewatch.org/commentary/2020/essential-work-china-and-miracle/ Read the transcript of the audio piece in South Side Weekly: https://southsideweekly.com/essential-work-china-miracle-goodkids-madcity-share-experiences-organizing/ This piece was produced by Erisa Apantaku, Adeshina Emmanuel, China Smith, and Miracle Boyd in partnership with Injustice Watch. Special thanks to Priska Neely for additional editing. Stay tuned for more in the “Essential Work” series. Photo caption: Miracle Boyd, an organizer with GoodKids MadCity, addresses participants to kick off GKMC's Love March in Woodlawn, Saturday, July 11, 2020. Davon Clark/Injustice Watch. Music heard in this episode: “The Question” by JBlanked (CC BY 4.0), “Shoepop” by Royalty Freak Music (CC0 1.0), “Roy” by JBlanked (CC BY 4.0), and “Luanda” by petrochine (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). The bumper at the beginning was produced by Jed Lickerman. For more news, visit www.southsideweekly.com.
This is South Side Weekly People's Radio. Each week, we'll post audio submissions we get from you. These can be about anything. They can be produced audio pieces, or they can be voicemail dispatches (just dial 331-308-0773). They can be music, or they can be spoken word. For more information on how to submit, visit www.southsideweekly.com/peoples-media. This week's episode features #TeensInQuarantine, a podcast from FreeSpiritMedia's teens program that explores youth reflections and reactions during this COVID-19 crisis. You can hear more of FreeSpiritMedia's work at www.soundcloud.com/freespiritmedia/. This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku. The bumper at the beginning was produced by Jed Lickerman. For more news, visit www.southsideweekly.com.
This is South Side Weekly People's Radio. Each week, we'll post audio submissions we get from you. For more information on how to submit to the South Side Weekly People's Media initiative, visit www.southsideweekly.com/peoples-media or dial 331-308-0773. This week's episode includes interviews from detainees at Cook County Jail, recorded on April 6 and April 7. Maira Khwaja of the Invisible Institute has been in touch with a detainee at Cook County who passed the phone around to several other detainees so they could share their stories with us. All of the inmates in this episode are being housed in the Residential Treatment Unit in Division 8, which means they each have medical conditions that require routine ongoing treatment that they aren't currently receiving. We don’t know their real names and can’t fact-check their backstories. They’ve used pseudonyms here to protect against retaliation from the jail. "Michael Scott" at 1:32 "Ezell Parker" at 4:00 "Kingston" at 5:35 "Mike" at 6:58 "Marcus Anderson" at 9:00 "Earl" at 12:57 On April 7, there was a car caravan protest to demand the mass release of detainees from Cook County Jail. At the end of this episode, we included a voicemail submission we got from Matthew Nicolas, who attended that caravan. Here's a list of groups that organized the caravan: A Just Harvest, All of Us Or None Chicago, American Friends Service Committee, Assata’s Daughters, Believers Bail Out, Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Chicago Community Bond Fund, Circles & Ciphers, Community Renewal Society, Equity and Transformation (EAT), Liberation Library, Love & Protect, Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration, Organized Communities Against Deportations (OCAD), The People’s Lobby, Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (SOUL), South Side Workers Center, Trinity United Church of Christ – Chicago, Unitarian Universalist Prison Ministry of Illinois, Westside Justice Center, Women’s Justice Institute and Parole Illinois. This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku and Maira Khwaja. The bumper at the beginning was produced by Jed Lickerman. For more news, visit www.southsideweekly.com.
This is South Side Weekly People's Radio. Each week, we'll post audio submissions we get from you. These can be about anything. They can be produced audio pieces, or they can be voicemail dispatches (just dial 331-308-0773). They can be music, or they can be spoken word. For more information on how to submit, visit www.southsideweekly.com/peoples-media. This week's episode featured the track "Superficial" by Lassai. You can find more of his music at www.soundcloud.com/lassai. This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku. The bumper at the beginning features SSW reporter Bridget Vaughn and the Chicago band Malafacha and was produced by Jed Lickerman. For more news, visit www.southsideweekly.com.
This is South Side Weekly People's Radio. Each week, we'll post audio submissions we get from you. These can be about anything. They can be produced audio pieces, or they can be voicemail dispatches (just dial 331-308-0773). They can be music, or they can be spoken word. For more information on how to submit, visit www.southsideweekly.com/peoples-media. This week's episode featured a poem by Wistar and a dispatch from Grecia. This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku. The bumper at the beginning was produced by Jed Lickerman. For more news, visit www.southsideweekly.com.
This is South Side Weekly People's Radio. Each week, we'll post audio submissions we get from you. These can be about anything. They can be produced audio pieces, or they can be voicemail dispatches. They can be music, or they can be spoken word. For more information on how to submit, visit www.southsideweekly.com/peoples-media. This week's episode featured "Going Home" by Anne Lim. You can find more of Anne's work at www.soundcloud.com/anneoflim. This week also featured "Virus Funk" by Paul Mez. You can find more of Paul's music at www.soundcloud.com/user-881822122. This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku. The bumper at the beginning featured Chicago scholar, artist, and activist Eve Ewing and was produced by Jed Lickerman. For more news, visit www.southsideweekly.com.
In an interview with South Side Weekly Radio's Clare McCloskey, rapper Broadway Muse discusses the life events—like fighting cancer as a child—that shaped her music career. Broadway also takes us on a deeper dive into two of her tracks: "Idk Feelin'" and "Black & Womyn." The music in this episode is all by Broadway Muse, which you can listen to on her SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/taniesha-broadway. This interview was produced by Clare McCloskey and Erisa Apantaku, and edited by Erisa Apantaku. The bumper at the beginning features SSW reporter Bridget Vaughn and the Chicago band Malafacha and was produced by Jed Lickerman. For more news, visit southsideweekly.com.