One South Side alderman said better management could have prevented the Harold Washington Cultural Center in Bronzeville from its pending foreclosure.

During its 1950s heydays the former Sutherland Hotel on the South Side entertained Black jazz greats John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie as regular guests.

Dionne Warwick, legendary recording artist, comes this way Sept. 10 along with other distinguished local and national guests for a ground-breaking ceremony and private reception for the new Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center, 4440 N. Clark.

Corey Hardiman, 19, who graduated in June from George Henry Corliss High School, said he had to avoid trouble in and near his Roseland community in order to excel academically.

Young B. Lauren has performed with Common and has already been compared to the likes of Beyonce and Aaliyah. To boot, her father, Steve “Silk” Hurley, is a celebrated mix-master and producer who has worked himself for some big names in the industry and has exposed his daughter to many of them.