February in Chicago is ice cold, but the concert calendar is red hot as a slew of talented musicians, singers, DJs, and comedians have highly anticipated performances happening throughout the month. Below you will find a selection of Rebellious Magazine favorites, who you won’t want to miss, coming through Chicago in the month of February. […]
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Interview: Kelsie Huff & Amy Sumpter on the Return of The Kates – 2/7 at The Lincoln Lodge
They say that “all good things must come to an end,” but in the case of The Kates – a Chicago comedy showcase that highlights women, non-binary folks, and artists with unique fem perspectives – it’s more like “all good things must make a triumphant return.” The collective, which was forced into hiatus due to […]
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Chicagoland Has 20+ Ways to ❤️ Valentine’s Day Throughout February
Because there’s too much love to contain within one Hallmark holiday, Chicagoans can celebrate Valentine’s Day all month with movies, movement, music, magic and more! ❤️ MOVIESHollywood heartthrob Cary Grant romances Rosalind Russell in the 1940 classic His Girl Friday (Feb. 1-2) as well as Katharine Hepburn in 1938’s screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby (Feb. 8-9) thanks […]
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Repair Broken Things for Free at Chicago Tool Library
Last year I spent almost $200 on charging cables. See, when you stumble through the darkness at 4 a.m. for daily writing sessions and you have two young kids zooming around, cables are bound to break. No, they don’t break outright. They get finicky. You position them in increasingly weird and inconvenient ways until you […]
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‘Siri, Help Me Save Democracy’: How to Contact Your Elected Officials to Register Your Rage
As one of my group chats blew up yesterday, I found myself focusing on what we can do, how we can mobilize ourselves — even at home with a sick kid. Bottom line: Everyone in Illinois, and everywhere for that matter, should have the officials elected to represent them on speed dial these days. As a […]
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The Chicago Tempest is Our New Professional Women’s Rugby Team
Women’s Elite Rugby (WER) on Wednesday unveiled the six team names and crests for its inaugural season this spring, including the Chicago Tempest. The other teams include: Bay Breakers, Boston Banshees, Denver Onyx, New York Exiles, and the Twin Cities (TC) Gemini. The league, in partnership with UK-based creative agency MATTA, announced in a release […]
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January 20: One Day, Two Opposing Visions for the Disunited States of America
The irony that the inauguration of the 47th president of the Disunited States of America fell on the same day as the observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday was lost on very few. The work and goals of the two men illustrate the diametrically opposing visions of what this country can and should […]
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Black Women: Choosing Dignity and Self-Respect Over Protocol and Playing Nice
For those who have ever been in a relationship where everything you do, everything you say, everything you wear, every expression on your face, every gesture, every action is criticized, you might have reached a point where you stopped caring what your critic thought. When you’re never given credit for what goes right and blamed […]
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Photos: Joy Oladokun Brings Twice the Beauty to The Blackbird Tour’s Sold-Out Stop in Chicago
Thanks to the critically-acclaimed film, A Complete Unknown, which depicts the infamous 1965 Newport Folk Festival performance where the then-folk-hero Bob Dylan infamously “went electric,” there has been a renewed interest in the relationship between acoustic and electric music. During a January 17, set at Thalia Hall in Chicago, Joy Oladokun celebrated the strengths of […]
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‘Protect Us’: Young People Urge Biden to Add Women and LGBTQ+ People to the Constitution
Originally published by The 19th Update: President Joe Biden said Friday that he believes the Equal Rights Amendment has met the requirements needed for ratification but he did not order the archivist to publish it. The move was seen as largely symbolic as he prepares to leave office. Every day for the final week-and-a-half of […]