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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Vanessa Lopez

With West Side mural, Barrett Keithley aims to reflect positive vibe from Black barber shops

A new mural at 5131 W. Madison St., by artist Barrett Keithley to help promote a new Lyric Opera production. (Robert Herguth / Sun-Times)
Barrett Keithley sees barber shops in the Black community as places to “get your news and meet your mentors,” places that “were and continue to be a real-life form of social media.”

Also, they’re “where you can be yourself,” says Keithley, 35, an artist who grew up in Morgan Park and remembers going to different barber shops as a kid.

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