Barrelhouse Bonni and Larry Taylor are asking for help to support their blue music, history and ltierature efforts. Read and DONATE HERE:  https://barrelhousebonni.com/campaigns/657193

During 2018-19  Barrelhouse Bonni brought blues education to several SouthSide community groups. Teens, youth and elders created a theme at the Peace House, I Grow  in Bonni'sblues class. sponsored by  Old Town School of Folk Music  They also imagined backyard…

Chicago bluesman Larry Taylor goes on Chicago public access channel CAN-TV 27 with Bonni to talk about his blues history and music. Directed by cameraman Chris Wilkins, first aired July 26, 2019.

AustinTalks, the internet newsletter sponsored by Columbia College, printed Bonni's blues recommendations for incoming Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot.

During the Feb/March 2019 Black History series at the Water Hole - Chicago's Juke Joint at 1400 S. Western, Bonni shared the stage with Blues Legend Larry Taylor. Guests West and South Side blues singers Mzz Reese and Merv Murphy…

On a cold day in January 2019 nonprofit and neighborhood development consultant Valerie Leonard of Nonprofit Utopia interviewed each other at Chicago Hope Cafe about how they can help make things better. 

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Can live blues music make a park safer?  It sure helps!  Check out Bonni's Austin Weekly News Blog and watch s VIDEO of her playing with Larry Taylor's band in Hubbard Park with the BUILD nonprofit program "Light in…

Each year one of the members of meetings gathered in the regional Illinois Yearly Meeting of Friends gives a talk about their life's spiritual journey. In her  Plummer Lecture June 24, 2018 at ILYM, Bonni talked about how we can…

In the fall of 2017, Bonni added freelance stories to her Austin Weekly News writings. She had a chance to interview the iconic couple Charlie Joe and Marie Henderson and their Out of the Past Records shop on Madison Street…

In summer 2017 Bonni helped organize a series of public discussions about blues, arts and culture for neighborhood development and tourism. Guest speakers have included Dr. Janice Monti, professor at Dominican who has led blues tours and symposia; State Reps…

Blues music for the benefit of Blues Communities! Bonni talks about her current projects including Larry Taylor's CD "New Chicago Sounds" and how the good old stuff never goes away.  VIDEO

Southwest Side newspaper gives a progress report on Barrelhouse Bonni... music, film, blues education and how blues brings people together!