Barber Shop Show 296: New Year's Resolutions for Chicago
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This week, we helped host Richard Steele celebrate his 75th birthday.
For the celebration, we were joined by music icons:
• Mavis Staples
• Gene Chandler
Plus, after everything that the City of Chicago has been through this year, we thought we’d do Chicago a favor and suggest a few resolutions for the City.
For that discussion, we were joined by:
• Ben Joravsky, reporter with the Chicago Reader
• Monroe Anderson, veteran journalist and commentator
• John W. Fountain, columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times
And, finally, Stephanie Hart of Brown Sugar Bakery joined us (cake in tow) to talk about building a sweet empire from the ground up.
The Barber Shop Show airs Sundays at 9am on Vocalo 91.1FM. You can also stream live at vocalo.org. In addition, the show rebroadcasts on Sundays at 3pm on WBEZ 91.5FM.
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