Category Archives: Music & Media Podcasts

Nelson Algren’s City on the Make

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Richard Guzman

The Video Below presents a performance by David Starkey and me of a passage from “Nobody Knows Where O’Connor Went,” the last chapter of Nelson Algren’s great prose poem Chicago: City on the Make. Shortly after Loyola Press/Wild Onion published our book Smokestacks … Continue reading →

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New Headquarters for Emmanuel House and World Relief

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Richard Guzman

The video below shows the rehab and grand opening of 73 S. LaSalle St., the new headquarters for Emmanuel House and World Relief.   World Relief settles refugees in the U.S. and Emmanuel House works to break cycles of working … Continue reading →

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Gospel Extravaganza 26

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Richard Guzman

Though “The 26th Annual” Gospel Extravaganza doesn’t sound as celebratory as “The 25th Anniversary” Gospel Extravaganza, the evening was wonderful anyway, and worthy of all the 25 gospel concerts that preceded it—full of praise and, as usual, full of electric … Continue reading →

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