Remember Ray Charles and a cast of thousands dancing to “Shake a Tail Feather,” under the Green Line in the “Blues Brothers”? Well, “Ray’s Music Exchange” was, and still is, Shelly’s Loan & Jewelry Company. Yes, Chez Paul is gone. So too are Maxwell Street, the SROs in Chicago’s South Loop and the unofficial crew hangout, US Blues in Old Town. But Shelly’s, in business since 1946, still sells guitars and keyboards, and still lets you know you can “get cash in a flash.”
Today in the Culture: March 10, 2021 | Theater Workers Take on Playbill | City Advances Blues and Culinary Projects FILM & TV The Open Matrix Lily Wachowski of "Matrix" fame is joining the newly formed OTV Studio, a for-profit spinoff of OTV/Open Television, cofounded by 2017 Newcity "Film Leader of the Moment" Aymar Jean Christian, as a creative advisor and strategic partner. Wachowski talked to Deadline about the new alliance. "'As a queer trans woman, I am acutely aware…
