Art in the Open

Drab gray concrete walls in Joliet, you have met your match. And they are the Friends of Community Public Art.

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Reading Rebels

Life isn't easy for rule-breakers. Just ask the folks at the Unit for Contemporary Literature and Fiction Collective Two.

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Native Sons

Though few people may know it, Chicago is home to the longest-running urban American Indian organization in the country.

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The Blues is a Feeling

Some people like to chase the blues away. But for more than a decade, photographer James Fraher has been chasing after the blues.

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Freeing the Music Inside

The dancers of Jump Rhythm Jazz Project feel the music in their bones, and from there it guides them across the stage.

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Light Worker

A captivating African-American storyteller, musician and writer, Shanta Nurullah utilizes original stories, traditional folktales and musical instruments from around the world.

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