Beuloria and Juelle are urban archeologists, well…not really. Just a couple quirky gals looking to showcase their tribe and to share dynamic and interesting Chicagoans with the world.
The Big Dig is a whimsical journey of discovery of unique and extraordinary Chicagoans hidden from view who are busy being, doing, creating, building, choosing to live outside the box and practicing the personal motto, “I’m not an anomaly, I’m just doing me.”
Join us for conversations with artists, musicians, chefs, makers, creators and doers who reside in our city’s 77 neighborhoods and beyond. We are convinced that there are folks out there toiling away at their respective passions in original and dope ways. We find them and share their stories with you.
Beuloria, a west side Chicago native turned global explorer, launched her media career hosting music shows from alternative rock to jazz at stations like WDGC and WDCB. She's co-hosted an op-ed podcast, led a multicultural Meetup group in Chicago, and brings her passion for culture to life through food, music, and dance. Her career in international trade and food manufacturing has taken her across five continents—blending global insight with local flavor.
Juelle is an unapologetic chaser of beauty and the sublime with an insatiable appetite for all things arts and culture. She's a practitioner of bravery, a life-long learner and always hip to embark on new creative adventures fueled by her consistent optimism.
Living overseas has widened her worldview, she is a French trained urban planner/designer, filmmaker, a cinephile with a penchant for independent and international cinema, an independent curator and a producer of arts-related public events and programming.
Shane-Jahi Jackson was born in Denver, Colorado in 1987. He is a self-taught artist and has exhibited in the Midwest at various venues including the University of Chicago, Reva & David Logan Arts Center, Fine Arts Factory, Paintbox Gallery, McLean County Art Center with a recent exhibition at Saint Kate’s Arts Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has two upcoming 2025 solo exhibitions at the Alliance Francaise de Chicago and Epiphany Center for the Arts in Chicago. He lives and works in Morris, Illinois.