Uptown Community Podcast

Recorded with the fine folks at Pride Arts Center in Uptown, Chicago

Recorded at a rally in response to Asian hate crimes held at The Buddhist Temple of Chicago in the Uptown Community.

A conversation with Lesley Showers and Karen Snyder of the GreenRise Institute of Cultural Affairs building in Uptown, Chicago.

Featuring Adele Sims. Recorded in Uptown, Chicago.

featuring Patti Nakai. Recorded in Uptown, Chicago.

A recording from 2020: Virginia talks about Rev Dr. Preston Bradley and the Preston Bradley Center which was the building for and owned by Peoples Church. As life moves along the building has now been sold and Virginia has completed her life. Connection to Rev Dr Preston Bradley grows fainter as we remember a founding father of Uptown.  Another bit of recording is available here:  https://youtu.be/miUVZIjrLDg

Recorded in 2022 at the Buddhist Temple of Chicago in Uptown. A short video is available here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcUjsLkrYjk

Glenn Kaiser is a blues musician and prison chaplain. Listen for a conversation about the blues, wellness, and Christmas; recorded in Uptown, Chicago. Thanks for listening beautiful people! Happy Holidays!

Revisiting conversations from artists involved in the advent calendar above Everybody's Coffee in Uptown, Chicago. Happy Holidays!

Listen to Halloween Night at St Francis Catholic Worker House. Recorder from Uptown, Chicago.

Tom Wray is a photographer in Uptown, Chicago. His collection of photos of Montrose Beach were recently featured in an exhibit in the coffee shop, Every Body's Coffee. We talk about pictures, the beach, remaining open, and hope. A book including these photos is called Beach and is available for purchase through his facebook page 

Walter Hallen grew up in Uptown, Chicago. He remembers multiple theaters,  speaks of the St. Francis House in Uptown, and how the neighborhood continues to change.

Recorded at the Uptown Rhythm Festival, so we can learn enough to be prepared for next year.

With Summer upon us, Uptown, Chicago is celebrated as advocating, including, and lifting up voices.

In the return of Uptownite Kerry Flemming, we record a conversation at Tweet in Uptown, Chicago. The conversation covers upcoming summer, holidays, and flags.

Join us as we talk with community members and leaders about activities in the neighborhood.

May is AAPI awareness month. We remember an event held in 2021 in the heart of Uptown, at the Buddhist Temple of Chicago. 

Conversations about spring represent a whole set of activities. Uptown resident Tom has a discussion from his vantage point about some of those activities.