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Artists Announced for THE BLACK MONOLOGUES at the 5th Edition of BLACK BEAUTY FESTIVAL: JOY & MAGIC
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 25, 2021

Victory Gardens Theater, in partnership with The Black Women’s Expo and Black Owned Chicago, will present the 5th Edition of the Black Beauty Festival, April 10-11, 2021. Black Beauty Festival: Joy & Magic is a free two-day event that uplifts Black-owned businesses while creating conversations around beauty, health, and wellness.

Photo Flash: The Artistic Home presents WEDDING BAND
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 1, 2017

The Artistic Home will open its 2017-18 season with a lesser known, but wholly timely piece: WEDDING BAND: A LOVE/HATE STORY IN BLACK AND WHITE, by eminent African-American playwright and author Alice Childress. It opened to the press on Sunday, October 29 and will run through December 17, 2017. Last seen in Chicago in 2003 in a co-production between Steppenwolf and Congo Square Theatre, its first-ever showing here thirty years prior was but one stop in this play's march toward due recognition.

Cast Announced for 'WEDDING BAND' at The Artistic Home
by BWW News Desk - Aug 24, 2017

The Artistic Home will open its 2017-18 season with a lesser known, but wholly timely piece: WEDDING BAND: A LOVE/HATE STORY IN BLACK AND WHITE, by eminent African-American playwright and author Alice Childress. It will open to the press Sunday, October 29 at 7:00 pm, following previews from October 25 - 28.