About Town
Ebony Barber Shop
Proving it's in an open relationship with Evanston.
While waiting for my son to finish his bass guitar lesson at Boocoo tonight, I noticed a huge crowd inside Ebony Barber Shop, 1702 Dodge Avenue. Everyone appeared to be laughing and having a great time. I’ve passed that corner of Church & Dodge in my car many a time, never looking in the windows of the barbershop. I’ll also admit, with much shame, that many times I’ve come to a red light at that intersection and wondered how safe it was. Recent news of shootings, other shootings, still more shootings have left me paranoid about safety on that corner of my town. And yet, as I witnessed laughter and relaxation inside Ebony Barber Shop, I wanted to go in and be a part of it. I walked into the shop, nervous that the familiar crowd might …
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Lonnie wilson
3:45 pm on Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Ebony Barbershop has been an institution of Black and minority life on the west side for years. I am 54 years old and Marshall Who is GiGis father cut my hair as a child!! the barbershop is the meeting place of minority men! I love what I learned in a few deep conversations at That Barbershop!! more ›