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baiduhai's Chicagoans of the Year in the Arts for 2022: from clockwise left, Blake-Anthony Johnson (classical music), Chicago indie rock band Dehd (pop music), Ron OJ Parson (theater), Rebecca Fons (film), Michael McStraw (dance), Chicago area library workers (books), and Makaya McCraven (jazz).
baiduhai’s Chicagoans of the Year in the Arts for 2022: from clockwise left, Blake-Anthony Johnson (classical music), Chicago indie rock band Dehd (pop music), Ron OJ Parson (theater), Rebecca Fons (film), Michael McStraw (dance), Chicago area library workers (books), and Makaya McCraven (jazz).
Chicago indie rock band Dehd, at The Vic Theater on Dec. 13, 2022. Members Emily Kempf, Eric McGrady, and Jason Balla, are the Chicagoans of the Year for Music, pop/rock.
Chicago indie rock band Dehd, at The Vic Theater on Dec. 13, 2022. Members Emily Kempf, Eric McGrady, and Jason Balla, are the Chicagoans of the Year for Music, pop/rock.
Rebecca Fons, programming head of the Gene Siskel Film Center, is the Tribune's 2022 Chicagoan of the Year in film.
Rebecca Fons, programming head of the Gene Siskel Film Center, is the Tribune’s 2022 Chicagoan of the Year in film.
Drummer/producer/composer Makaya McCraven is the Tribune's Chicagoan of the Year in Jazz.
Drummer/producer/composer Makaya McCraven is the Tribune’s Chicagoan of the Year in Jazz.
Photographed at the Court Theatre, the Chicagoan of the Year for Theater is longtime stage director Ron OJ Parson.
Photographed at the Court Theatre, the Chicagoan of the Year for Theater is longtime stage director Ron OJ Parson.
Michael McStraw, executive director of Giordano Dance Chicago, is the Tribune's Chicagoan of the Year for Dance. The company is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year and McStraw has been with GDC for a decade.
Michael McStraw, executive director of Giordano Dance Chicago, is the Tribune’s Chicagoan of the Year for Dance. The company is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year and McStraw has been with GDC for a decade.
Blake-Anthony Johnson, Chicago Sinfonietta president and CEO is our Chicagoan of the Year for Classical Music, photographed at the Auditorium Theatre on Dec. 6, 2022.
Blake-Anthony Johnson, Chicago Sinfonietta president and CEO is our Chicagoan of the Year for Classical Music, photographed at the Auditorium Theatre on Dec. 6, 2022.
Chicagoans of the Year for books, are librarians and library workers of Illinois, represented by Josephine Tucci, director of Lincolnwood public library, Julie Milavec, director of the Downers Grove public library, John Charastka of the library advocacy group EveryLibrary, Chris Brown, commissioner of the Chicago Public Library and Elizabeth Lynch, an Addison librarian, who helped lead a resistance in Niles-Maine area pitting library workers and their supporters against library board trustees accused of trying to defund and dismantle the library's culture. The librarians gathered at The Harold Washington Library Center in Chicago on Dec. 13, 2022.
Chicagoans of the Year for books, are librarians and library workers of Illinois, represented by Josephine Tucci, director of Lincolnwood public library, Julie Milavec, director of the Downers Grove public library, John Charastka of the library advocacy group EveryLibrary, Chris Brown, commissioner of the Chicago Public Library and Elizabeth Lynch, an Addison librarian, who helped lead a resistance in Niles-Maine area pitting library workers and their supporters against library board trustees accused of trying to defund and dismantle the library’s culture. The librarians gathered at The Harold Washington Library Center in Chicago on Dec. 13, 2022.