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Chicago's Clyde Moreau found the inspiration behind DecibelCrawl Fest from his own personal experience seeing the lack of representation for POC/LGBTQ folks in the city's music scene. Following the success of 2018's first DecibelCrawl fest, Moreau is back at it again in 2019! This year's fest promises equal parts notable headliners and up and coming acts in the city.​ The festival will take place across multiple venues in Chicago the weekend of September 20th. Listen here as Moreau discusses the fest and everything that it has to offer. To learn more about this event and how to buy tickets, visit their FaceBook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2387090211535853/

There are 15 candidates who have thrown their hats into the ring to become the next mayor of Chicago and so many more running for other positions at the municipal level. Chicagoans looking to educate themselves before the election on Feb. 26th now have a new option in www.chi.vote. It’s the core product of the Chi.vote Collective, a new group of nonpartisan media and civic organizations, including the news outlet, the Triibe, that believe in fostering a safer, more prosperous, equitable and connected Chicago by creating content and tools of the highest quality and accessibility around city elections. Jill Hopkins spoke with Tiffany Walden, Editor in Chief of The Triibe, about the initiative and how Chi.Vote aims to help us help ourselves. The Morning AMp airs 8-10 AM M-F on Vocalo 91.1 FM in Chicago and streaming at vocalo.org

Jill Hopkins spoke with Entrepreneur Alex Tardos and artist Brandon Breaux about their new joint endeavor - the opening of a basketball themed "Chi Pizza Pie" restaurant and an adjoining “The Invisible Space” community gallery in Chatham neighborhood at 8548 S. Cottage Grove in Chicago. Their business model will offer profit sharing to employees as well as support to local non-profits. For more info, visit: https://www.facebook.com/ChiPizzaPie

Radioactive is a series of community-engaged radio/visual broadcasts located between the largest architecture of Chicago’s West Side, the Cook County Department of Corrections, and the working-class residential area of the Lawndale communities. María Gaspar, the lead artist of Radioactive and Assistant Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Michael De Anda Muñiz, co-instructor of Radioactive and PhD Candidate in Sociology at UIC, along with Radioactive Ensemble members Rahmon Ali and Alexander Soto spoke with Jesse and Jill on The Morning AMp about the project. For more info on 96 Acres and the installation taking place this weekend at Cook County Jail, visit: http://96acres.org

Chris Connelly moved from his native Scotland in the 80's to pursue a career with industrial music icons The Revolting Cocks and Ministry. But his side project with Matt Sweeney (Filter, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage, Morrissey), "Sons of the Silent Age" gives him the chance to play tribute to his favorite musician - David Bowie. Sons of the Silent Age are honoring the Thin White Duke on January 12th for an all-star show at The Metro, performing Bowie's Scary Monsters as well as a slew of hits and classics. Jill Hopkins spoke with Chris on what would've been Bowie's 71st birthday.