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This month, the Goodman Theatre is presenting “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark”, a Lynn Nottage play inspired by black actresses of the past who never got their due.

Much of the play takes place in the 1930s: the beginning of the Golden Age of Hollywood. But Hollywood was a very cold place for starlets who happened to be brown.

In “Meet Vera Stark”, we get an inside look at life a fictional black actress who has to make a choice about what she’s willing to do to be a star.
We were joined at the shop by two actresses from the production:
• Amelia Workman, who plays Anna Mae and Afua, and
• TaRon Patton, who plays Lottie and Carmen.

Also joining us was the director of the play, Chuck Smith.

We also hear a clip from Richard’s 1984 interview with the incomparable Lena Horne about what it was like for aspiring black stars in the early days of Hollywood.

The Barber Shop Show is hosted by WBEZ’s Richard Steele. It airs live from Carter’s Barber Shop in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood on Fridays at Noon (CST) with a rebroadcast Saturdays at Noon. vocalo.org 89.5fm (NWI/CHI) and 90.7fm (CHI).

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On this installment of the Barber Shop Show, we check-in with our favorite local journalists and bloggers. They told us about recent developments in the news that they liked and ones they disliked. Then they told us those moments that made them go WTF!?!

This week we were be joined by Glenn Readus of The Chicago Crusader

and Maria Zamudio of the Chicago Reporter.

Plus, we talked with WBEZ’s Bill Healy about the Mother’s Day Parade tragedy in New Orleans. He was there. He shared his thoughts on the story, and the group discussed why they think it’s not getting the national news coverage that the Boston Marathon Bombing got.

illustration by Larry Roibal

The Barber Shop Show airs live from Carter’s Barber Shop in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood on Fridays at Noon (CST) with a rebroadcast Saturdays at Noon. http:/vocalo.org 89.5fm (NWI/CHI) and 90.7fm (CHI).

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On this installment of the Barber Shop Show, we updated two local stories that are probably being talked about at barber shops all over town: pending CPS closures and local sports.

This week, independent hearing officers reviewed Chicago Public Schools’ list of 54 slated closings. They oppose 13 of the proposed closings, saying those schools don’t meet state standards that warrant a shutdown. In addition to this, more and more questions are being raised about the savings CPS has projected from the closures.

Joining us at the shop to update us on all this was: WBEZ’s Linda Lutton

Later in the show, we got an update on what’s going on in local sports, particularly baseball and basketball. For that, we were joined by:

· WBEZ Sports Analyst Cheryl Rae Stout

· and Fred Mitchell of the Chicago Tribune

…as well as a couple of folks at the shop getting their hair cut.

Coming to you live each Friday at Noon from Carter’s Barber Shop in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood, The Barber Shop Show is your weekly dose of real talk, straight from the shop floor. No punches are pulled and no topic is considered off-topic. Hosted by WBEZ’s Richard Steele. Produced by Ayana Contreras and Engineered by Sarah Lu.
The Barber Shop Show airs on Vocalo.org 89.5fm (NWI/CHI) and 90.7fm (CHI).

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On this installment of the Barber Shop Show, we talked about the changes impacting riders of the CTA, including the Red Line south of Roosevelt being shut down until October 2013. There’s also a lot of changes around the new Ventra card, and the Jeffrey Jump (and early foray into high speed bus service). We also hear about proposed changes to bus service on 31st Street, that could impact residents in Bronzeville, Bridgeport, Armour Square, and Little Village.

Will all these changes amount to better, faster more reliable public transit in Chicago?

Joining us at the shop:
• Jon Hilkevitch, Transportation Reporter for the Chicago Tribune,

• Claudia Ayala, a Public Transit and Enviromental Justice activist with the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization.

• and Brenna Conway, Campaign Manager at the Active Transportation Alliance.

The Barber Shop Show airs live from Carter’s Barber Shop in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood on Fridays at Noon. vocalo.org 89.5fm (NWI/CHI) and 90.7fm (CHI).

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On this installment of the Barber Shop Show, we unpack Yana Kunichoff’s article for the Chicago Reporter’s Muckrakers Blog, “Could the Mayor’s plan to stop drinking, public urination worsen crowding at Cook County Jail?” She joined us to explain how so-called victimless crimes have much steeper consequences, thanks to a new City of Chicago Ordinance. Those consequences might even lead to overcrowding at Cook County Jail.

Plus, we talked to Maria Gaspar, Maria recently completed an audio documentary program through the Vocalo Storytellers Workshop. Her documentary unpacks the relationship between The Cook County Jail and the surrounding Little Village neighborhood. We also heard that documentary.

The Barber Shop Show airs live from Carter’s Barber Shop in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood on Fridays at Noon. vocalo.org 89.5fm (NWI/CHI) and 90.7fm (CHI).

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On this installment of the Barber Shop Show, we check-in with our favorite local journalists and bloggers. They told us about recent developments in the news that they liked and ones they disliked. Then they told us those moments that made them go WTF!?!

Joining us at the shop were:

Alison Cuddy (WBEZ)

Maria Zamudio (The Chicago Reporter)

Lynette Holloway (The Chicago Defender and The Root)

And in addition to our usual likes, dislikes and wtf’s, we also talked about media’s handling of the tragedy in Boston, and the role social media has been playing in disseminating information (for better or for worse).

The Barber Shop Show airs live from Carter’s Barber Shop in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood on Fridays at Noon (CST). http:/vocalo.org 89.5fm (NWI/CHI) and 90.7fm (CHI).

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On this installment of the Barber Shop Show, we’ll talk about all that’s fit to print in the world of sports, from the Baseball Season’s opening week, to The Bulls’ hopes for a post-season. We’ll also talk about the new Jackie Robinson Bio-pic, “42”. The movie is in theaters April 12th.

We’ll be joined at the shop by WBEZ’s sports analyst Cheryl Rae Stout, WBEZ’s Jason Marck, and Vocalo.org’s own film critic Reggie Ponder (the Reel Critic).

Plus, we will talk to some folks from Northwestern University’s Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center. They are holding a State of the Cancer Union Conference at Malcolm X College next week, and will be at the shop to talk about some key aspects of black male health concerns and cancer prevention.

for more info on that event, check out: http://www.cancer.northwestern.edu/pdfs/SCUMinorityReport2013.pdf

The Barber Shop Show airs live from Carter’s Barber Shop in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood on Fridays at Noon. vocalo.org 89.5fm (NWI/CHI) and 90.7fm (CHI).

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