This section features the rich stories of everyday people living on the West Side. If you’d like to be interviewed for West Side Lives, email stories@ourculture.us.
In 1990, five West Side writers—Mark Allen Boone, Cranston S. Knight, Harold Hunter, Tina Jenkins Bell, and Irene J. Steele—formed the West Side Writers Guild to fill the need for […]
Zina Crawford sells goods — everything from Dove body wash to Detox Apple Cider Vinegar — roughly “every other day” on the corner of Lake Street and Race. She spoke briefly about how she started.
Reesheda Graham-Washington, the executive director of the Kehrein Center for the Arts talks about reimagining Juneteenth and the Center's upcoming 'Black Aura' weekend.
Why longtime Westside activist Cata Truss Wants To Turn Chicago Red.
Karl Brinson, president of the Westside Branch NAACP, spoke about what he witnessed during his early years on the Westside and how the community, and its politics, evolved over time.
