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Borderbend

@borderbend

The Borderbend Arts Collective presents dynamic arts programming in the Chicago area and beyond.

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Joined October 2010
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The International Dada Archive (University of Iowa) : bit.ly/146opcI
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Open call for proposals for this year's @SciVizNYC! Submit your talk by July 31st: bit.ly/2xPJLNi
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"People are coming in droves to poetry readings all over, because they feel like they need some answers." Our very own Professor Jackie Kay in conversation with Former US Poet Laureate, Tracy K Smith, over @guardian theguardian.com/books/2019/j…
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Tune in: The new poet laureate of the United States is also the first Native American appointed to the post. We'll talk with @JoyHarjo. wbur.fm/2XbXHAj
A Conversation With Joy Harjo, The First Native American Poet Laureate

A Conversation With Joy Harjo, The First Native American Poet Laureate

The new poet laureate of the United States is also the first Native American appointed to the post. We'll talk with Joy Harjo. 

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"It’s a fact that performance and event-based work, live work, or time-based work is becoming more present in the museum in a quantitative way." Check out this interview with Associate Curator of Performance Tara Aisha Willis in @fromthecenter! sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/da…
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At the height of World War II, a key breakthrough in the development of the atomic bomb was conducted in an abandoned squash court at @UChicago. How many people knew what was going on? wbez.org/shows/curious-city/…
Did City Officials Know About The Manhattan Project’s Work In Chicago?

Did City Officials Know About The Manhattan Project’s Work In Chicago?

A key experiment in the development of the atom bomb was hidden in plain sight on University of Chicago’s campus. Who was in on the secret?

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Peter Gizzi - Thinking About Kevin: In Memoriam Kevin Killian (1952–2019) chicagoreview.org/commentary…
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@lithub21 Jun 2019
In honor of Octavia Butler's birthday tomorrow, a look at her grand cultural influence. lithub.com/the-grand-cultura…
The Grand Cultural Influence of Octavia Butler

The Grand Cultural Influence of Octavia Butler

Tomorrow, June 22, would have been legendary SF novelist and short story writer Octavia Butler’s 72nd birthday. She died in 2006—much too young, at only 58—already a certified genius who had …

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WMG Opening Reception: Dear Earth... - Saturday, June 29, 2019 | 2-4 pm mailchi.mp/womanmade.org/wmg… Woman Made Gallery 2150 S. Canalport 4th FL, Chicago, IL 60608 Enter through Parking Lot at North Entrance on 21st Street Dial 271 on Callbox ... and then press 'Call'
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Chicago will always be a welcoming city and a champion for the rights of immigrant and refugee communities. We all must use our voices to protect and defend our fellow residents, and never turn a blind eye to abuses of immigrants and their families. – at Chicago, IL
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The fable of Chicago’s “welfare queen” chicago.suntimes.com/opinion… via @SunTimes
The fable of Chicago’s ‘welfare queen’

The fable of Chicago’s ‘welfare queen’

Our country despises poor people. But let that poor woman be a black woman and the ghost of the original “welfare queen,” a Chicago woman named Linda Taylor, rises.

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Applications are open for artists who want to audition to perform at TIP Fest: artofculture.org/events
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Radius@the_radius22 Jun 2019
#TUNEIN Radius SKETCHPAD highlights our Library collection on Saturday June 22 at 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST on Wave Farm @free103point9 & @WGXC in Greene and Columbia counties in New York, US. TUNE IN: wavefarm.org/listen
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Cauleen Smith’s flag journeying with Ben LaMar, JayVe Montgomery and Lisa Harris on a pilgrimage up from Galveston, said to be last place enslaved people heard about emancipation, and where Juneteenth began. You don’t want to miss their arrival in Chica… bit.ly/2RA8QVP
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Join us June 22nd, 1pm at Threewalls (2738 W North Ave) for the final Propeller Fund application feedback session for the 2019 grant cycle This session will give applicants the opportunity to get feedback on their in-progress proposals and budgets before July 1, 2019 deadline.
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Caravans of Gold curator Kathleen Bickford Berzock speaks at Harvard’s Villa I Tatti nublockmuseum.blog/2019/06/1…
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"Like many of his novels, Bellow’s Augie Marchplays out across the city, from Hyde Park to the Loop to Augusta Boulevard." We spotlight five of the Chicago locations in "The Adaptations of Augie March," running through June 23rd at @CourtChicago. bit.ly/2RmjBe2
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"You could give a speech, you could give a eulogy, you could critique, but sometimes just having a moment of silence is profound." —@eveewing in her interview with @JulianThePoet. [Photo by Daniel Barlow] bit.ly/2Ikj5u9
Close portrait of a young Black woman with short purple hair (Eve L. Ewing). She wears large, round earrings, and has her hands pointed under her chin, as if in prayer.

ALT Close portrait of a young Black woman with short purple hair (Eve L. Ewing). She wears large, round earrings, and has her hands pointed under her chin, as if in prayer.

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Summer sets me free Let’s me be who I want to be Puts my uniform on a rack Breaks me free of the shackles of my backpack --Mohamed (6th grade) #PoetryLines
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Eyebeam@eyebeamnyc21 Jun 2019
Applications for the 2020 residency are due tonight at 11:59pm ⏲️
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Wonderful opportunity for artists rejecting “‘win-or-fail’ models of success and value” and other critical projects. The @eyebeamnyc residency was a jumpstart for me and I can’t recommend it enough eyebeam.org/2020-residency-o…
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