Harwood Union is known for its award-winning jazz program and the educator behind that well-deserved reputation, Bruce Sklar, will retire at the end of this year. Sklar agreed to be interviewed by The Valley Reporter prior to one last night of jazz at school with friends, peers, and students on February 9. VR: How many … Read more
Kanye West is reportedly under investigation after he snatched a woman’s phone from her hand and threw it away when she refused to stop filming it. According to a viral videothe rapper turned fashion designer was leaving his daughter North’s basketball game when he noticed the dots following him. Although it is unclear if the … Read more
Robert Chanick, Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — The soundtrack to the inaugural NASCAR Chicago Street Race, which is set to turn Grant Park into a pop-up racetrack over the Fourth of July weekend, will have more than screeching tires and roaring engines. In addition to 200-mile-per-hour racing cars, the two-day event will feature full-fledged concerts ranging … Read more
They say a little prayer. One of the so-called activist groups in Norway Aretha Franklin The 1968 hit song “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” was to be removed from both Apple Music and Spotify after its lyrics were deemed offensive. Vigilance Cross-Cultural Alliance Twitter took last week to condemn the poem, stating … Read more
Editor’s note: Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu is a communications specialist and writer based in Chicago. The opinions expressed here are her own. Read more Opinion on CNN. CNN – Last week, Shakira did with former soccer star Gerard Pique what every person who has been abused and underappreciated by their partner wishes they could. … Read more
Tokyo, Japan – When Eriko Serio, a 30-year-old professional living in Shizuoka, Japan, saw American pop singer Gwen Stefani accused of “cultural appropriation” in Western media, she couldn’t fathom the controversy. “I personally think it’s very cool that people want to incorporate Japanese styles into their fashion,” Syrio, who works in the medical device industry, … Read more
