Mitchell Oldham

Celebrating Asian Pacific American heritage this May took on special significance in light of what’s been filling the headlines over the past year.  Asian Americans like most minority immigrants to the United States paid and continue to pay a price for pursuing the American Dream.  Considered a model minority because education and personal accomplishment are …

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Through its production arm Chicago Artists Workshop (CAW), Eighth Blackbird has been providing local artists a platform to showcase their work by hosting live performance events.  Interrupted by the ongoing global pandemic, the ensemble adapted and resumed presenting performances in a live streaming format. Each of the streamed events featured since last Fall has highlighted …

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Even with the light at the end of the tunnel growing brighter and larger, the world’s still grappling with the trauma of Covid. That may make this year’s Spring better than last year’s, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be as ordinary and normal as we would like.  Ordinary or not, we are still …

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Throughout Eugene Ashe’s subtly exceptional love story, you keep waiting for what never happens.  That one scene where you’re reminded that a movie about Black people must depict at least one explicitly racist encounter.  It never materialized in Sylvie’s Love because Ashe consciously chose to emphasize a fullness of Black life in America that transcends …

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