Owner of The Silver Room, Eric Williams and Mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson at The Silver Room Sound System Block Party (Photo credit: Eddy “Precise” Lamarre) In its final year, the Silver Room Block ...

What started as a block party to bring dozens of Silver Room customers together to celebrate arts and culture grew into an event for thousands in Chicago over 17 years. Now the Silver Room Sound ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Silver Room Block Party is back in a new location at Oakwood Beach after a five-year hiatus, with the same House music Chicagoans know so well. It's a genre that has played ...

Almost overnight, Eric Williams became a cultural force in Hyde Park. That's thanks largely to his shop the Silver Room and its Sound System Block Party, the massive festival that grew from his retail ...

Kilwin’s Chocolates and Fudge franchise owner Jackie Jackson remembers the day The Silver Room came into her life. It was a Saturday, a couple of years ago, about 2 p.m. in July. When she got closer ...

Golden age hip-hop icon Bobbito Garcia will be quite busy during this year's Silver Room Block Party. Credit: Jon Lopez Photography Music remains the heart of the Silver Room Block Party, though, and ...