The Works

Front Porch Arts Center sponsored a Juneteenth Photography Contest this year.

In this creative work, Chicago native and jazz vibraphonist Thaddeus Tukes writes about his search for rhythm in Cuba.

You Had Me At Black podcast recently launched its 5th season with stories from two Black Chicagoans – Meechie and Kwynn.

In this work of creative nonfiction, South side native Sydni Chiles writes about the difficulties of having her identity pigeonholed by societal definitions, and the beauty of finally breaking away from those definitions.

In “Windy,” a spoken word piece by Kwyn Riley, we hear her unconditional love for Chicago despite the pain it’s caused her and many others.

For Mother’s Day, Northwestern University master’s student Aireale Joi Rodgers pens a vulnerable letter to her mother.