ARTS & (HOME) ENTERTAINMENT RECOMMENDATIONS Since being stuck inside, which shows have you been watching? Which movies? Have you read any good books lately? Any new music releases have you dancing in your living room? StreetWise vendors, readers and staff are sharing what is occupying their attention during this unprecedented time. To be featured in a future edition, send your recommendations of what to do at home and why you love them to: Creative Director / Publisher Dave Hamilton at dhamilton@streetwise.org
The Centennial of Women's Suffrage
"Rights, Responsibilities & Roadblocks: Critical Stories Leading to the 19th Amendment and Beyond" Recent headlines tell of reduced polling places, names taken off voter rolls, and requests for identification in places where none is required. One hundred years after the 19th Amendment affirmed women’s right to vote in the United States, many of these issues have become even more pressing. Roadblocks to exercising the right to vote still exist today, especially among minorities and the under-educated. The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in partnership with the Woman’s Club of Evanston and Women’s Vote 100 Evanston will host a virtual program, “Rights, Responsibilities & Roadblocks: Critical Stories Leading to the 19th Amendment and Beyond,” in celebration of the centennial of women’s suffrage. The program will be at 7 p.m. August 25, with registration https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/pages/programs/events/ Panelists include the former Cook County Circuit Judge Carole Kamin Bellows, State Sen. Laura Fine (D-Glenview), and writer/historian Rima Lunin Schultz. Cook County Circuit Judge Abbey Romanek, vice president of the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, will introduce the panelists. Lori Osborne, director of the Evanston Women's History Project and the Frances Willard House Museum and WCTU Archives, will moderate the panel.
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Save a Pet!
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Clear the Shelters Animal shelters across the country are once again teaming up with NBC and Telemundo stations to find loving homes for pets in need with the Clear The Shelters pet adoption campaign through August 31. To help individuals and communities continue to practice safe social distancing measures, the stations’ “Adopt & Donate” effort will feature virtual pet adoptions and make it easy for people to donate online to participating shelters and rescues such as Chicago Animal Care and Control, Anti-Cruelty Society, Tree House Humane Society and PAWS Chicago. This year’s Clear The Shelters’ “Adopt & Donate” campaign features returning partners WeRescue and GreaterGood.org, and new partner 24PetWatch. Those looking for a new pet can use the WeRescue iOS app to locate adoptable pets near their ZIP code, submit their pet adoption applications through shelters’ websites, and ask questions directly to shelters. 24PetWatch is enabling shelters to increase their exposure through 24Petshelter.com/cleartheshelter, a free website providing a full list of participating shelters and their adoptable pets along with a link to contact them. “As communities all across the country continue to practice social distancing, this year’s Clear The Shelters campaign will allow individuals to find their perfect pet through virtual platforms," said Valari Staab, president of NBCUniversal-owned television stations.
