MARIO SMITH - HOST

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Photo credit Sophia Castro

Chicago poet, educator, producer, and radio chat show host, Mario is the host/executive producer of News From the Service Entrance with Mario Smith on WLPN-LP Lumpen Radio in Chicago and the host of the Silverroom’s Randomly Selected podcast.

He was featured in the Chicago Reader’s The People Issue in 2022. His poetry appears in the books Power Lines: A Decade Of Poetry from Chicago’s Guild Complex and The Break Beat Poets published by Haymarket Press. 

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DJ Selah Say is a Chicago force — a DJ whose name carries weight in the city's music community and whose sets carry even more. With a style that honors the past while pushing forward, Selah Say moves fluidly between genres, weaving together gospel-rooted soul, house, hip-hop, and afrobeats into something that feels both timeless and entirely her own.

The name says it all — Selah, a word that calls you to pause and reflect, and Say, a reminder that music always has something to tell you. That duality lives in every set she plays: moments that make you stop and feel, and moments that make you move without thinking. She doesn't just fill a room with sound — she fills it with meaning.

A respected presence across Chicago's club, cultural, and community spaces, Selah Say has earned her reputation the right way — through consistency, creativity, and a genuine love for the art. Tonight, she brings all of that to the stage. Pause, listen, and let the music say what words can't.
 

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