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SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY The South Side Weekly is a nonprofit newsprint magazine written for and about neighborhoods on the South Side of Chicago. We publish in-depth coverage of the arts and issues of public interest alongside oral histories, poetry, fiction, interviews, and artwork from local photographers and illustrators. Started as a student paper at the University of Chicago, the South Side Weekly is now an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting cultural and civic engagement on the South Side, and to providing educational opportunities for developing journalists, writers, and artists.

Editor-in-Chief Osita Nwanevu Executive Editor Bess Cohen Managing Editors Jake Bittle, Olivia Stovicek Politics Editors Christian Belanger Education Editor Mari Cohen Music Editor Maha Ahmed Stage & Screen Lucia Ahrensdorf Editor Visual Arts Editors Robert Sorrell Contributing Editors Julia Aizuss, Austin Brown,

Sarah Claypoole, Emeline Posner, Hafsa Razi Social Media Editor Emily Lipstein Web Editor Andrew Koski Visuals Editor Ellie Mejia Layout Editors Adam Thorp, Baci Weiler, Alex Harrell, Sofia Wyetzner Senior Writers: Stephen Urchick Staff Writers: Olivia Adams, Amelia Dmowska, Maira Khwaja, Emiliano Burr Di Mauro, Will Cabaniss, Eleonora Edreva, Michal Kranz, Lewis Page, Sammie Spector, Zach Taylor Staff Photographers: Camden Bauchner, Juliet Eldred, Finn Jubak, Alexander Pizzirani, Julie Wu Staff Illustrators: Javier Suarez, Addie Barron, Jean Cochrane, Lexi Drexelius, Wei Yi Ow, Amber Sollenberger, Teddy Walter, Julie Wu, Zelda Galewsky, Seonhyung Kim Journalist-in-Residence Yana Kunichoff Editorial Intern Business Manager

Clyde Schwab Harry Backlund

The paper is produced by an all-volunteer editorial staff and seeks contributions from across the city. We distribute each Wednesday in the fall, winter, and spring, with breaks during April and December. Over the summer we publish monthly.

THE COMICS ISSUE Welcome to the South Side Weekly’s first ever Comics Issue. In the past the Weekly has published profiles of South Side artists and musicians, stories about political events, and even recipes from South Side food institutions, all in comic form. This issue, chock-full of words and pictures about life on the South Side, is our ode to comics journalism— illustrated reporting, visual storytelling, whatever you want to call it. The comics journalism form is an exciting outlet for the Weekly’s brand of narrative non-fiction; it helps us fulfill that old adage advising writers to “show, not tell.”

This issue features works from one of the Weekly’s most prolific comic contributors, Jean Cochrane, a comic interview with comic artist Lowell Thompson, and contributions from members of the Illustrated Press and the Ladydrawers Comics Collective. Alongside these works by experienced cartoonists and writers are comics made by sixth, seventh, and eighth graders from the mid-South Side. These aspiring storytellers learned about the history and craft of comics from cartoonist and Illustrated Press member Jamie Hibdon as part of StoryArts Summer Camp, a two-week program run out of the Logan Center for the Arts. These tweens’ first forays in the medium are published here as a nod to the Weekly’s commitment to giving young storytellers a platform for their work.

At the Weekly, we’ve always believed a comic is an engaging and effective way to tell stories. After reading through the stories that follow—stories of fact and fiction, of historical and current events, by professionals and newcomers—we hope you’ll come to agree.

raceman’s answers

“This is where RaceMan was born.” hannah nyhart and baci weiler…5 longstreet

“Whether I’m on the North or South Side I say, ‘Hey, welcome to the bus’s.” darryl holliday and e.n. rodriguez…6

jane: underground abortion on chicago’s south side huelguistas & abuelitas

“Signatures turned into strikers, and their work turned into a plan to build a new school.” olivia adams and jean cochrane…8

For advertising inquiries, contact: (773)234-5388 or advertising@southsideweekly Read our stories online at southsideweekly.com

amber sollenberger and jean cochrane…14 roots and migrations

“Talking to people about food traditions is important.” anne elizabeth moore and sarah becan…19

Send submissions, story ideas, comments, or questions to editor@southsideweekly.com or mail to: South Side Weekly 1212 E. 59th Street Ida Noyes Hall #030 Chicago, IL 60637

“Jane was anonymous, so there are few records of its volunteers.”

storyarts summer camp comics

alexis barker, aylia morris, alyssa wright, amy l. angie belloso, aya hamlish, jasmine white, jordan clemons, kamiell leggitt, kenyi pullin, kyra harvey-jarrett, malyk singleton, marzetta jones, peter allen, and vivian nash...21

Cover illustration by David Alvarado.

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TRANSPORTATION

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“Wry.”

— New York Times Magazine

“Beautifully illustrated intellectual ammunition.” —ThinkProgress “Depressing news, but the comic makes it a little easier to swallow.” —Bitch “Making an art form out of researching and publishing findings that others might write or talk about.” —Forbes

Coming May 2016, The Ladydrawers’ first book Threadbare: Clothes, Sex, and Trafficking unravels the ties that bind garment factories, anti-sex trafficking organizations, and legislation that harms at-will sex workers. Featuring original reporting by Anne Elizabeth Moore.

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The Weekly is looking for writing

by Chicago-based authors about life on the South Side. We’ll be publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, reviews, and at least one crossword.

Coming 8/5/15

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CALENDAR BULLETIN Politics of Hip-Hop at Socialism 2015 Socialism Conference, Hyatt Regency, 2233 S. King Drive. Friday, July 3, 11:30am-1pm. Free. All ages. socialismconference.org As part of the city’s annual Socialism Conference, poetactivists including Louder Than A Bomb founder Kevin Coval and other influential writers like Nate Marshall will be discussing the role of politics in hip-hop lyrics and the role of hip-hop in the political sphere. ( Jake Bittle)

Quilombos and the Fight for Reparations in Brazil Uri-Eichen Gallery, 2101 S. Halsted St. Opening Friday, July 10 12, 6-10pm. (312)852-7717. uri-eichen.com.

The third in Uri-Eichen’s five-part series “40 Acres and a Mule,” this photography exhibit highlights the history of African descendants in Brazil. Eleven times more African slaves were brought to Brazil than to the United States.

The works in this gallery will bring the series’ focus to this lesser known call for reparations. (Bess Cohen)

Youth Artivism Symposium Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th St. Saturday, July 11, 3pm-11pm. Free signup, registration limited. Ages 12-23. http://www.facebook.com/events/364565680419529/ (or Google) The Youth Task Force of Chicago-based production company Face Theatre will be hosting a massive “Artivism” (art + activism) symposium at the UofC’s Logan Center.

There will be workshops put on by various art ensembles as well as an open mic and free meals. It is intended to help socially engaged artists network and grow. ( Jake Bittle)

What is Nature? Reading Group Hyde Park Free Theater, 1448 E. 57th St. Sunday, July 12, 1pm. Meets every other week.

If you can’t retreat to Walden Pond or into the wild for the summer, you can at least philosophize about it. This reading group meets every other Sunday to discuss perspectives in environmental philosophy and politics. On the list: Bill McKibben, Naomi Klein, and Steven Vogel, among other environmental thinkers. (Kristin Lin)

House (Music) Party for Justice and Peace The Grand Ballroom, 6351 S. Cottage Grove Ave. Friday, July 17, 7pm-2am. $18. (847)630-5318. eventbrite.com Join the liveliest dance party The Grand Ballroom has seen since ‘23. Dance through decades of soul, R&B, step, and house music and raise money for defendants facing charges from protests against police brutality. Your moves ‘n’ grooves will also support adding staff to Violence Interrupters. (Hannah Shea)

Small Business Center on the Road South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Drive.

Saturday, July 18, 10am-2pm. http://www.cityofchicago.org/ city/en/depts/bacp/sbc/smallbusinessexpos.html Over 25 different organizations—from the IRS to the YWCA—will put on exhibits at this event for small business owners. Presentations will address the details of founding and running their businesses; attorneys from the Law Project will consult with small business owners oneon-one. (Adam Thorp)

SLUTWALK CHICAGO 2015

Bethany Pickens

SLUTWALK Chicago, Location TBA. August 22, 12pm3pm. Free, open, inclusive. Nudity likely. facebook.com/ slutwalkchicago

Mo Better Jazz, 2423 E. 75th St. Friday, July 17, 7pm11:30pm. 21+. (773)741-6254 mobetterjazzchicago.us

If Pride just wasn’t risqué enough for your tastes, stick it out through the summer and keep your eyes peeled for more details about this year’s Chicago SLUTWALK. Now a tradition in some of the world’s more liberal (and some of its less liberal) urban centers, SLUTWALK is a celebration of sexual liberty and an attempt to end rape culture. It prides itself on total diversity and inclusivity: in other words, come all, come all. ( Jake Bittle)

Black August: Black Women and State Violence Various event locations and times. July 30-August 31. See Facebook event page.

This August, Chicago activist organizations join together to host a series of events focused on the experiences of black women as targets of state violence. From a Twitter teach-in to a block party, go to learn, listen, and share.

(Hannah Shea)

LVEJO’s Annual Fundraising Dinner Chicago Café Banquet Hall, 2600 W. 35th St., Friday, August 14, 6pm. $50. (773)762-6991. www.lvejo.org Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) has a lot to celebrate at its annual fundraising dinner. This year marks the third anniversary of LVEJO’s successful campaign to close the Crawford and Fisk plants in Pilsen and ongoing triumphs in increasing public transit access and green spaces in the community. Come out and support this grassroots organization as it enters its third decade. (Bess Cohen)

Mass March for CPAC Federal Plaza, Adams St. and Dearborn St. Saturday, August 29, 12pm. (312)939-2750. naarpr.org.

This jazz instrumentalist is the daughter of the late, great Willie Pickens, a legend of Chicago jazz. She’s made the rounds of jazz festivals in Chicago and around the country, and also teaches music at schools around Chicago. She’ll be hosted by South Shore’s longtime jazz hub, Mo Better. ( Jake Bittle)

Father Reggies, 2105 S. State St. Saturday, July 18, doors 10pm. $17$20. (312)949-0120. reggieslive.com “Please stop making fake Versace.” It’s not the demand itself that places Father against Migos and their brand of ADHD rap, but rather the word “please.” Even in his unbridled hedonism, Father is always polite—his tracks are nervously constrained where his Atlanta contemporaries are sprawling and bombastic. A Reggies must-see. (Austin Brown)

Philosophy The Promontory, 5311 S. Lake Park Ave. West. Monday, July 20, doors 6:30pm. $20. (312)801-2100. promontorychicago. com A musical jack-of-all-trades, Phil (Osophy) is a Chicago musician looking to share his most recent iteration with the world. Currently, he’s a jazz artist/producer, although, throughout his life, Phil has been a gospel and R&B musician and has been a conductor for a slew of musicals.

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Avery*Sunshine The Promontory, 5311 S. Lake Park Ave. West. Thursday, July 23, doors 7pm. $15 standing room, $22 seats. (312)801-2100. promontorychicago.com

Happy and warm like the cosmic orb, Avery*Sunshine’s Joel Osteen-inspired “shining by sharing” music and ministry-operative band hits Chicago during her enduring tour. With her divorce finally in the past, Avery*Sunshine is ready to pour light and love into listeners with sermonstyle songs. (Alex Harrell)

Floetry The Shrine, 2109 S. Wabash Ave. Wednesday, July 29, doors 7:30pm. $42.50 first fifty tickets, $44 thereafter. 21+.

(312)753-5681. theshrinechicago.com Fans of soul and poetry, rejoice: five-time Grammy nominated UK neo-soul duo Floetry is back in the States for a reunion tour this summer. Come out and see them perform for the first time in a decade. (Emily Lipstein)

SWV The Shrine, 2109 S. Wabash Ave. Friday, August 14, doors 8:30pm. $24 first fifty tickets, $32.50 thereafter. 21+.

(312)753-5681. theshrinechicago.com SWV, purveyors of nineties R&B, have been enjoying a recent renaissance off the back of surprising reality show success. Come to the Shrine this August to wallow in nostalgia as they perform vintage hits like “Weak” and “I’m So Into You,” this time, hopefully, without the oversized camouflage jackets. (Christian Belanger)

Ibeyi Thalia Hall, 1807 S. Allport St. Wednesday, September 23, doors 7pm. $21 in advance, $24 at the door. (312)526-3851. thaliahallchicago.com The rhythmic and melodic variety that this expert FrenchCuban sister duo brings to the table is a mix of Yoruba and R&B culture. On top of that, are the harmonies that at times transcend language—and it helps when you have someone to sing with. (Austin Brown)

Intensified public reaction to police abuses have clearly laid out a problem; a solution would be the next step.

According to the organizers of this march, that solution is an elected Civilian Police Accountability Council, empowered to monitor the police. (Adam Thorp)

MUSIC Panda Bear with Bitchin’ Bajas Thalia Hall, 1807 S. Allport Ave. Thursday, July 16, doors 7:30pm. $20 GA, $30 seated balcony. 17+. (312) 526-3851. thaliahallchicago.com Coming off of a yearlong tour with another member of Animal Collective, Panda Bear has released a new album, Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper. This fifth studio album draws from ‘70s dub duos and features a sample from none other than Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite. (Emily Lipstein)

Parquet Courts at Thalia Hall Thalia Hall, 1807 S. Allport Ave. Friday, July 17, doors 8:30pm, show 9pm. $16 advance, $18 at doors. 17+. (312) 526-3851. thaliahallchicago.com The cowpunk-by-way-of-Brooklyn quartet Parquet Courts is coming to Thalia Hall, which is cool, but what nearby Chicagoans might find even cooler is that the openers are local legends The Funs, making their way slowly but surely to the big time. (Austin Brown)

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STAGE & SCREEN Sara Paretsky Book Launch Seminary Co-op, 5751 S. Woodlawn Ave. Thursday July 30, 6pm. (773)752-4381. semcoop.com Come to the launch party for the release of Sara Paretsky’s latest mystery in the V. I. Warshawski series, Brush Back.

In this installment, Investigator Warshawski returns to her South Side neighborhood to help a childhood friend while enveloped in a tangle of corrupt politics. (Amy Harlowe)

Everything Must Come to Light Top Studios Hyde Park, 1448 E. 57th Street. Saturday, July 18, 7pm. southsideprojections.org The works of the deceased South African filmmaker Mpumi Njinge explore queer life in South African townships. My Son the Bride examines South Africa’s first same-sex marriage. Everything Must Come to Light follows three lesbian sangomas, or healers, in Soweto. A discussion with Northwestern PhD candidate Andrew Brown will follow. (Amy Harlowe)

Driving Hungry 57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th St. Wednesday, July 29, 6pm.

(773)684-1300. semcoop.com Layne Mosler comes to Hyde Park to discuss her “delicious memoir,” a book chronicling years of wanderlust, cab rides in Buenos Aires, cabdriving in Berlin, eating abroad, and living well. Moderating the discussion will be Dmitry Samarov, himself a published author and former cabbie.

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Chicago Dancing Festival Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Dr., Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago Ave., Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park, 201 E. Randolph St. August 25-29. (773)609-2335. chicagodancingfestival.com Established in 2006 by Lar Lubovitch and Jay Franke, the Chicago Dancing Festival is a local tradition, ranking among events like Lollapalooza and the Chicago Blues Festival. In the years since its inception, the festival has showcased more than sixty dance companies to over 70,000 people. (Zoe Makoul)

C.S. Lewis on Stage Provision Theater, 1001 W. Roosevelt Rd. September 6 thru October 19, times TBA. (312)455-0065 provisiontheater.org This late-summer production will feature the return of a one-man show about the life and times of everyone’s favorite Christian pop-philosopher, the “stuffed turkey” of modern scholarship (so says Harold Bloom), C.S. Lewis.

Written by Lewis himself, the reprised show will feature Brad Armacost in the central role. ( Jake Bittle)

Film at Beverly Arts Center Beverly Arts Center, 2407 W. 111th St. Various days throughout the summer, 7:30pm or 8pm. $7.50, $5.50 members. (773)445-3838 beverlyartcenter.org The Beverly Art Center will be running a film series this summer to complement film series in Millennium Park and other Chicago arts institutions. The films, which will be showing once every few days, include such familyfriendly classics as 101 Dalmatians, Song of the Sea, and Crazy for You. Come and come again. ( Jake Bittle)

All Night Long at Black Cinema House Black Cinema House, 6901 S. Dorchester Ave. Friday, July 5, 7pm. Free. blackcinemahouse.org.

This retrospective will celebrate the life (and sixtieth birthday) of Floyd Webb, an essential figure in the Black Cinema movement and a longtime collaborator with other influential black filmmakers such as Meewwlenik Shabazz. For his birthday, Webb has chosen to show All Night Long (1962), which sets Othello in a black jazz club. ( Jake Bittle)

Welcome to Pine Hill at Black Cinema House Black Cinema House, 6901 S. Dorchester Ave. Saturday, July 27, 6pm. Free. blackcinemahouse.org.

This award-winning 2012 film of only eighty minutes concerns a reformed drug dealer named Shannon (played by someone who is also named Shannon) who goes on a search for her lost dog in New York City. It is filmed in a faux-documentary style, with a lead performance that Black Cinema House describes as “extraordinarily intimate.” ( Jake Bittle)

Legacy of Black Magicians at Dusable DuSable Museum, 740 East 56th Place. Thursday, July 16, 10:30am-11:30pm. $1-$5 per person. (773)947-0600. dusablemuseum.org.

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This all-day series of performances will feature a roster of black magicians displaying their “legacy” of their magic.

Not much more information is available on the DuSable website, but that description alone should be sufficient.

The event will be part of DuSable’s “Living History” series of special performances, which will continue through the summer. ( Jake Bittle)

VISUAL ARTS Erica Jane Hutzinger in Residence at Mosnart Mosnart, 11319 S Saint Lawrence Ave. Residence July 8-23, performances July 24. Free. tallskinny.com/mosnart After quitting her stressful, full-time museum job, artist Erica Jane Hutzinger has taken up residence at Mosnart in Pullman, where she plans to create paintings and other on-site works both in and of the neighborhood. (Robert Sorrell)

The Price is Right Cobalt Studio, 1950 W. 21st St. Friday, July 3 6-10pm. cobaltartstudio.blogspot.com Mike Pocius and Melody Williams curate an art experience that explores the complicated relationship between an artist and their piece’s price tag. The works exhibited blend between a criticism of artistic freedom and an education in the economics of artistic endeavors. (Noah Sawyer)

PORN AGAIN VOL. 2 - A$$Mutation The Learning Machine, 3145 S Morgan St. Friday, July 17, 7- 10pm. learningmachine.chi@gmail.com In this visual exhibition at The Learning Machine, Sofia Moreno invokes the story of The Little Mermaid to explore the harsh realities of the body, twisting images and mixing materials to unsettle the viewer. (Austin Brown)

Opening Reception at Slow Slow, 2153 W 21st St. Saturday, June 20-July 11. (773)6458803. paul-is-slow.info A new show at Slow gallery features the drawings of Brooklyn-based artist Matthew Lusk. Also featured is the “sexually combative” work of Chicago native Ryan Michael Pfeiffer and collaborator Rebecca Walz. (Clyde Schwab)

New Projects x New Curator Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave. Tuesday, July 21 – Tuesday, August 4. Monday-Thursday, 9am-8pm; FridaySaturday, 9am-5pm; Sunday, 12pm-5pm. (773)324-5520. hydeparkart.org/exhibitions This series of exhibitions is curated by participants in the Curatorial Practices course offered by the UofC Graham School in partnership with Hyde Park Art Center. Each show will feature work by contemporary artists from a variety of mediums. (Clyde Schwab)

CALENDAR

Deportable Aliens

Warm Kitty, Soft Kitty

National Museum of Mexican Art, 1852 W. 19th St. July 24-February 28, 2016. Opening reception Friday, July 24, 6-8pm. Discussion with artist and tour Wednesday, July 29, 6pm. (312)738-1503. nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org

Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave. Sunday, September 6 through Sunday, December 13. MondayThursday, 9am-8pm; Friday-Saturday, 9am-5pm; Sunday, 12pm-5pm. (773)324-5520. hydeparkart.org

In “Deportable Aliens,” Mexican artist Rodrigo Lara Zendejas explores the history of the Mexican Repatriation—the forced expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Mexican Americans from the United States after the Great Depression. (Hafsa Razi)

Never trust a title—there will (probably) be no kittens in this group exhibition curated by UofC arts administrator Camille Morgan, but the photography, performance, video, and sculpture on display will interrogate another important subject: physical touch, as phenomenology, aesthetic, and social practice. ( Julia Aizuss)

Creatures from the Concrete Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave. Tuesday, August 4-Sunday, December 13. Monday-Thursday, 9am-8pm; Friday-Saturday, 9am-5pm; Sunday, 12pm-5pm. (773)3245520. hydeparkart.org Graffiti is moving indoors with this multimedia mural, but its spirit will remain as free and sprawling as ever; the combined work of seven female street artists, the exhibit will focus on social justice issues that loom large in the world outdoors. ( Julia Aizuss)

Mass March for CPAC Federal Plaza, Adams St. and Dearborn St. Saturday, August 29, 12pm. (312)939-2750. naarpr.org.

Intensified public reaction to police abuses have clearly laid out a problem; a solution would be the next step.

According to the organizers of this march, that solution is an elected Civilian Police Accountability Council, empowered to monitor the police. (Adam Thorp)

De vuelta National Museum of Mexican Art, 1852 W. 19th St. August 21-March 13, 2016. Opening reception Friday, August 21, 6pm-8pm. (312)738-1503. nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org After a five-decade-long career, Errol Ortiz presents his first solo museum exhibit, De Vuelta. A member of the Chicago Imagists, a group of artists prominent in the 1960s, Ortiz now revisits his work over the years. (Hafsa Razi)

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