Results tagged “crips”

Spring is when we get busy here in the Ist-A-Verse. Very busy. But, after staying bundled-up indoors all winter, it's nice for us to be out, about, and collecting things to write about for you. Here's a glimpse at what's been keeping your favorite citybloggers busily away from home and out of bed. For LAist, strong winds attacked LA on the same day the Feds raided the Crips. Not to fear, though: the Japanese...

Chicagoist loves the Museum of Science and Industry, what with the submarine and the coalmine and all, and now that the MSI is branching out, we’re down with that too. Tonight, the museum hosts a reception and screening of Russell Simmons’s American Truth Series presentation of , a documentary featuring stories from the hip-hop magazine of the same name (which stands for “Finally Every Dimension of the Streets”). New Def Filmmaker Kwame Amoaku examines pit-bull training and fighting, gets a who’s who of South Central and Compton’s Bloods and Crips, interviews a Harlem kingpin, and chronicles the rise of the “unofficial street bible” F.E.D.S. magazine. Reception at 6:30, screening at 8, followed by a Q&A with Amoaku.