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Silverroom 25th Anniversary

Silverroom 25th Anniversary

By Angela Estrella Mejía TWENTY FIVE YEARS!!! Do you remember 1997? The year had everything: The Bulls were deep in Jordan era, the world had Bean...

Building More Than Just A Home

By Sanjeev Singh Michelle Epps always dreamed of owning her own home. As a single mother raising two boys and also caring for her niece and nephew...

Zuri Heritage Fashion Practices

By Weléla Kindred As I sit comfortably in my flat in Chicago, under a warm blanket - along with a sweatshirt on, I have to ponder as I write about ...

How My PhD Training in Geography Makes me a Better Beatmaker

I’m happy to finally sit down with this piece for The Silver Room, for a couple of reasons: The first being, I am quite far from Chicago, and have...

Black Joy - Call of Resistance

Can joy and resistance share the same space with the one who is proposing the joy? Yes, this is the very emotional space which Black folx embody ev...

The Journey of Alopecia x Beauty x Self-Love

The Journey of Alopecia x Beauty x Self-Love A conversation with Keya Trammell x Weléla Mar Kindred You are bald and beautiful!!!!! How are you sis...

Healing Our Community

By Victoria Sockwell According to a 2020 study by the Arcview Market Research and BDS Analytics, the top tier of cannabis businesses was run almost...

What Making 12 Films in 1 Year Taught Me

Last year, I challenged myself to release 1 film a month, for the entire year...and some how I was able to complete it in one of the craziest year...

Mentoring, Writing, and the Lifeline of Hip-Hop with Add-2

Photo by Joshua Taylor Written by Victoria Sockwell When I was requested to interview the humble Chicago rapper, Add-2, there was no doubt in my ...

SURA DUPART “The Artist”

PHOTO BY CAMOVEMENT “Before Music was used for entertainment it was used as a primary source of healing and a sublime connection to the divine” - D...

Black Women, Be Kind To Yourselves in 2021

- Written by Cori Woods - Hey Queen, be kind to yourself. I know 2020 brought more psychological strain than you expected. Your mind is continually...

Rihanna x Weddings x Muses

Written by: Weléla Kindred When we create something, from nothing - when we put everything we have into something, it’s almost like preparing for a...

Rituals + Reclamation

Silence. Wind. Heat steam from the radiator. Warm electric blanket. Winter. Song. Dance. Rituals. Growth. Filling the body with space, nourishment,...