Since November, the Harold Washington Library Center has hosted an excellent free exhibit on the life and career of Reverend Clay Evans, corresponding with the establishment of a permanent archive devoted to him. The 92-year-old retired in 2000, after serving as an anchor for the city’s faithful for decades: among his countless achievements, the pastor and activist founded the famed Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, cofounded Jesse Jackson’s Operation PUSH, hosted the What a Fellowship Hour on radio and TV, and released a series of seriously smoking gospel recordings (which is why he’s in this music column). The exhibit runs through Sunday, March 4, and the preceding Saturday at 2 PM, Evans’s sister Dr. Lou Della Evans-Reid leads a 60-strong gospel choir in a joyous, rafter-raising free performance in the library’s Cindy Pritzker Auditorium. Amen!
The End, Again by The Evening Attraction
