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Comforting Ghosts: Big Chick’s Art Collection
Read about the stories behind the art collection located within an equally storied Uptown queer bar.
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Against All Odds: Inside the 2025 Wonder of Words Literary Festival
A peek into a Chicago literary festival that celebrates and centers Black voices, stories, and people.
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Midway to Home: A Review of The Rockford Anthology
A look at Belt Publishing’s new book “The Rockford Anthology” through the eyes of a writer reconsidering their relationship to their hometown.
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LOS CRYBABYS: A Somewhere in Chicago Story
Migrant communities are under attack by ICE and Los Crybabys aren’t going to let them take Don Jose from La Villita.
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Bonding in Snuggle: Jamila Woods & D-Composed
A video comic review of a sound healing experience presented at Kehrein Center for the Arts.
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TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: Gimaadaadizimin: Ojibwe Radio Elders Broadcasting Language, Sound, and Ancestral Memory
Meet the Ojibwe community behind Minnesota’s WTIP Community Radio.
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Art Picks
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August Art Picks
Sixty’s selection of art exhibitions and events in Chicago and the Midwest for August 2025.
Sixty Bilingual
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LOS CRYBABYS: A Somewhere in Chicago Story
Migrant communities are under attack by ICE and Los Crybabys aren’t going to let them take Don Jose from La Villita.
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Bonding in Snuggle: Jamila Woods & D-Composed
A video comic review of a sound healing experience presented at Kehrein Center for the Arts.
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TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: Gimaadaadizimin: Ojibwe Radio Elders Broadcasting Language, Sound, and Ancestral Memory
Meet the Ojibwe community behind Minnesota’s WTIP Community Radio.
Interviews
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Comforting Ghosts: Big Chick’s Art Collection
Read about the stories behind the art collection located within an equally storied Uptown queer bar.
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HARDLY CREATURES: an Interview with Rob Macaisa Colgate
Two poets connect on shared experiences of living with disability, and dive into the background that drove the poems which blossomed into a debut book.
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An Art World Built on Faith: An Interview with the Founders of GANGGANG, Malina Simone and Alan Bacon
In a conversation with Natalie James, Malina Simone and Alan Bacon give insight on the spiritual inspiration behind how art can be used to uplift a community.
On Archives
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When Clouds Roll Away: A Community Reflection on the Johnson Publishing Company Archives
A look at “When Clouds Roll Away: Reflection and Restoration from the Johnson Archive,” through reflections from attendees, artist Theaster Gates, and the author’s own insights.
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From Chicago to Montgomery: Connecting the North and South
Connecting Gwendolyn Brooks’ 1971 poem “In Montgomery” and photographs by Moneta Sleet Jr. with the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement for Great Migration-descendant people.
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2024 Chicago Archives + Artists Festival: Embodying the Archive
Join us for our 3rd Chicago Archives + Artists Festival, a three-day gathering that focuses on legacy preservation and archive nurturing for Chicago’s artists, curators, and cultural workers.
The Latest Sixty News
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Meet the 2025 Sixty x Bemis Center Critic-in-Residence!
This summer, Pia Singh will be traveling to Bemis Center in Omaha for our fourth annual Critic-in-Residence program!
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Replenishing Sanctuary: A Note on our Summer Slowdown // Una Nota Sobre Nuestro Descanso del Verano
Thoughts on putting people before productivity.
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Call-for-Submissions: Visual Contributors
Sixty is seeking submissions from photographers and artists to expand our Visual Contributor pool beyond Chicago to other Midwestern areas!