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National Public Housing Museum Selects Natasha Florentino as 2024-25 Artist as Instigator
Documentary Filmmaker Natasha Florentino Explores Housing Justice and Community Resilience in New Project About the Demolition of Fulton,...
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4 days ago
National Public Housing Museum Ambassadors Bring Lived Experience to Inspire Public Housing Policy
Eight Museum Ambassadors and Communications Director Joined Staff in October, Building Toward Museum Opening in Early 2025 Chicago,...
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Oct 7
National Public Housing Museum Reveals Oral History Archive
New Episode of “Out of the Archives” Series Features Stories of Taylor Street Residents Chicago, Illinois (October 7, 2024) – The...
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Sep 15
Chicago Sun-Times: "Chicago's National Public Housing Museum to co-present conversation on race events with Smithsonian"
By Erica Thompson September 16, 2024 Before opening its new building on the Near West Side, the National Public Housing Museum will...
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Sep 15
National Public Housing Museum Co-Presents The Smithsonian's "National Conversation on Race" Events in Chicago
“Remembering Taylor Street” Draws On Museum’s Rich Oral History Archive Chicago, Illinois (September 16, 2024) – The Smithsonian ’s...
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Feb 23, 2023
WBEZ Chicago: From Elvis to Nas: DJ Spinderella to show public housing's impact on music in America
By Sasha-Ann Simons and Meha Ahmad February 23, 2023 DJ Spinderella is an iconic figure in hip-hop and music, rising to fame as one-third...
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Feb 22, 2023
MadamNoire: DJ Spinderella Is Lending Her Talents To Curate A Museum ‘Music Room’
By Nahla Abdur-Rahman February 22, 2023 DJ Spinderella will embody a new role, trading in playlists for set pieces, as the curator of the...
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Feb 15, 2023
The Root: Spinderella to Help Connect the Dots Between American Music and Public Housing
By Angela Johnson February 15, 2023 Chicago’s National Public Housing Museum (NPHM), the only cultural institution in the country...
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Feb 15, 2023
DJ Spinderella Enters New Territory As Curator For National Public Housing Museum Music Room
NPHM music room will tell the untold story of public housing’s influence on American music and culture Chicago, Illinois (February 15,...
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Feb 14, 2023
Chicago Sun-Times: DJ Spinderella of Salt-N-Pepa to join National Public Housing Museum as curator
By Mariah Rush February 15, 2023 DJ Spinderella spent her formative years living in public housing in Brooklyn, New York, with her...
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