December 7 13, 2020 Vol. 28 No. 47
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Most Chicago events and gatherings are cancelled until further notice. We are replacing our usual calendar with recommendations from StreetWise vendors, readers and staff to keep you entertained at home! The SportsWise team discusses the NFL.
Cover Story: local gifts
Nothing about 2020 has been normal, thanks to the pandemic and its enhanced racism awareness, but StreetWise was blessed with help from its friends and so now this holiday season, we are using our city-wide platform to return the favor. StreetWise vendors are entrepreneurs, and so we are promoting other Chicago entrepreneurs of innovative products – many of them nonprofits – from varied cultures. We are all in this together.
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Amanda Jones, Director of programs
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Julie Youngquist, Executive Director
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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
A Holiday Classic!
'Visions: A Nutcracker Experience' The Ruth Page Center for the Arts is proud to announce a new holiday event, "Visions: A Nutcracker Experience." Chicago’s oldest “The Nutcracker” tradition is transformed into a one-of-a-kind, socially distant immersive experience at the historic 1927 Ruth Page Center for the Arts located in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. Guests of "Visions," in limited size groups, will be whisked away for an experience like no other as “The Nutcracker” comes to life across five floors! Suspend reality and join the Stahlbaums at their holiday gathering. Experience Clara’s dreams of sugar plums, rogue bon bons, impish peppermints, and a battle with the Mouse King. Peek into the Land of Snow and Kingdom of Sweets to see the Sugar Plum Fairy dance with her prince. Experience The Ruth Page Center transformed into an immersive and stunning holiday spectacle. "Visions: A Nutcracker Experience" gives everyone a chance to see The Ruth Page Center for the Arts as never before and an opportunity to celebrate the season in a whole new way. "Visions: A Nutcracker Experience" continues through Sunday, December 20. The schedule is Fridays and Saturdays at 6, 7 and 8 p.m. and Sundays at 12, 1, 2, 5 and 6 p.m. Tickets are $45 per ticket for adults, $25 per ticket for children ages 12 years old and younger at ruthpage.org
(HOME) ENTERTAINMENT
Free Film Screening!
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'Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools' United Methodist Women host a virtual film screening and reflection of “Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools” on December 8 at 6 p.m. This documentary film was inspired by Dr. Monique Morris's book of the same name. The screening will be followed by participatory discussion groups, a response panel and a call to action. This webinar is part of the ongoing United Methodist Women series on interrupting the school-to-prison pipeline. Register for FREE at https://bit.ly/3374KeK
Holiday Theatre!
The Ruffians’ 'Burning Bluebeard' Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to announce its latest virtual offering, the holiday return of “The Ruffians’ Burning Bluebeard.” Written by Jay Torrence and directed by Halena Kays, “Burning Bluebeard” is available for streaming through Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. Tickets are $15 – $50 at PorchlightMusicTheatre.org. Links are available for viewing 72 hours after purchase. The running time for “Burning Bluebeard” is 100 minutes and this streamed performance was filmed during the 2019 run at The Ruth Page Center for the Arts. “Burning Bluebeard,” now in its ninth year, was created and performed by the critically acclaimed theatre troupe The Ruffians. A magical story is told with music, clowning, tumbling, acrobatics and dance, “Burning Bluebeard” is a physical-performance phenomena inspired by the true story of Chicago’s former Iroquois Theatre and the unforgettable events that resulted in tragedy for 600 theatergoers at Christmastime in 1903. Each performance is a vaudevillian musical delight with a story that excavates the poetic and poignant remains of a piece of Chicago’s rich history and leaves the audience with an unforgettable experience.
Public Art!
Flying Creatures The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) is pleased to present the Flying Creatures as part of the Year of Creative Youth – a citywide celebration of Chicago’s young artists and the mentors who inspire them. An array of kinetic street sculptures – or modern gargoyles – the Flying Creatures were created by students from the youth art programs at SkyART, After School Matters, Dundee-Crown High School, Marengo Community High School and YOUmedia Chicago. There are 45 Flying Creatures on street poles along Wabash Avenue between Washington and Randolph streets, with many more Flying Creatures sculptures to be installed up and down Wabash Avenue in the future.
Local Podcast!
'No Border Blues' Delmark recording artist and Chicago Blues Network faculty member Johnny Burgin and executive producer Stephanie Tice have launched the new No Border Blues video podcast, featuring Blues artists from Bollywood to Britain and beyond. Burgin and Tice, passionate about their mission to elevate recognition of international Blues, spotlight artists who discuss the Blues scenes in their home countries and present intimate musical performances in their native languages as well as in English. The 30-minute No Border Blues episodes air the 15th and last days of each month on the Chicago Blues Network YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/channel/ UCOOWHy3loXQh3eYCFe706Pg) Each No Border Blues episode shines a light on the unique ways Chicago blues can be seen through different cultural lenses, and how people from very different countries and backgrounds adopt the Blues as their own. This new video podcast, sponsored by Chicago Blues Network, aims to shine a spotlight into the hidden blues scenes -"mesmerized clusters" -- of serious Blues musicians and fans in places one might not expect; offering exclusive performances and intriguing cross-cultural exchanges.
Make It!
Green Star Movement: Make A Mosaic Kits MAKE A MOSAIC has a fun DIY project to build at home on your own or with a group of friends! It is now offering fun holiday kits that work as a great gift this upcoming gift-giving season. Each kit includes the functional item of your choice, pre-cut tile pieces that fit into your stencil, glue for tile application, grout with a mixing container, and protective gloves for applying the grout to finish your piece. Mosaic kits include: vase (holiday wrapped present look), holiday minimalist tree serving tray, holiday trees serving tray, flower pot (bright colored pattern), vase (blue tones with a geometric pattern), vase (warm tones with a geometric pattern), chicago flag serving tray, picture frame (multicolored pattern), birdhouse (multicolored pattern), black lives matter serving tray (supporting Brave Space Alliance. For every Chicago Black Lives Matter tray purchase, 20% will be donated to Brave Space Alliance, a trans-led LGBTQ+ center in Chicago.) Kits are $35 + shipping. All project materials are included with each kit. Curbside pick-up is available at: Bridgeport Arts Center, 1200 W. 35th St. Order at makeamosaic.org.
Learn from the Pros!
Virtual Enchanted Evening: 'The Nutcracker' On Friday, December 11, from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., The Joffrey Ballet is thrilled to bring its annual Enchanted Evening event to a virtual format, complete with dancing, music, and stories. The Joffrey Academy of Dance's Trish Strong will lead a class of young dancers, ages 7-9, and dance enthusiasts on a Nutcracker journey, complete with special guest appearances from The Joffrey Ballet Company artists Edson Barbosa and Julia Rust. Dancers will need an electronic device to connect to Zoom, with a working camera so the instructor can see your moves! $15 at https://bit.ly/3m2BTQe
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Vendors Russ Adams, John Hagan and Donald Morris chat about the world of sports with Executive Assistant Patrick Edwards.
The NFL Hits Its Midseason Stride
SPORTSWISE
Don: Welcome to another edition of SportsWise, people! This week, we’re going to speak on the state of the NFL at this near-midway point of the season. Things are shaping up—but not yet set in cement—so let’s see what the team thinks. Get to it, fellas. Patrick: First off, I am very disappointed in our Chicago Bears. I mean, I realize my Super Bowl spouts are a reach—just slightly—but every time I utter them, I mean them. It’s faith I utilize when I feel/express this belief; unfortunately, the Bears have sent me hurtling back to the dirt. On the other hand, there is some good football being played here at midseason: we have the Kansas City Chiefs continuing to do their thing. Pat Mahomes is no joke, and I see dynasty for quite a bit of time. The Green Bay Packers could be something, but there’s something about them that lends caution to the equation. Of course, there’s the New Orleans Saints, but with Drew Brees’ injury, there’s no telling where they’ll end up in seeding. So, there’s still a chance with the Bears, but I’m definitely watching these other teams.
Russ: Well, Patrick, I’m still rocking hard with our Bears. A good run here and there and we’re in the running. Following our bye week, we need to get to kicking some booty as time’s running out. I’m in a pool, so despite the Bears’ situation, I’m still invested in the season. The Pack kept me in the pool this past week, so kudos to them for that—even though it added a bit of separation within our division. While fun to participate in the pool, it can be stressful trying to figure out “do I root for my teams on paper…or the team in my heart?”—I want it all, to be honest! Patrick: I feel you, Russ! Friggin’ hilarious. So, John, what do you have for us? John: Thanks, Patrick. Simply put, the Bears have been mediocre so far. As for the rest of the season? I
don’t believe they’ll catch the Packers in the division. The Packers are, indeed, the class of our division. Now, should anything happen to Aaron Rodgers, all bets are off. Don: Well, I’ve said all year I feel the Packers and the Bears are two of the teams to beat in the NFC; currently, it feels as if we can whittle that down to just the Packers. The Packers are good and, like John said, they are the class of the North this year. I haven’t completely given up on our squad, but I’m not feeling good about the Bears moving forward. Not giving up, but… John: Donald, I wouldn’t give up just yet. For the three remaining NFC Playoff spots, considering how bad the NFC East division is, the Bears have fewer teams to compete with. Of course, there are some tough teams within that competition,
e.g., Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Seattle Seahawks, Arizona Cardinals, among others, that could prevent a Bears playoff run, but I believe a .500 run and the Bears could be in there. Patrick: Y’all are giving me food for thought here. I’ll stay with my Bears as best I can, but I need them to get it going. Also, a quick shout-out to Dustin Johnson, the topranked golfer in the world, who set a Masters’ course record (-20; besting Tiger’s record by 2 shots) in winning his second major. Don: This has been Donald Morris, John Hagan, Russ Adams, and Patrick Edwards, for SportsWise. Thank you and— All: Happy Holidays! Any comments or suggestions? Email pedwards@streetwise.org
Locally-made Gift ideas
Nothing about 2020 has been normal, thanks to the pandemic and its enhanced racism awareness, but StreetWise was blessed with help from its friends and so now this holiday season, we are using our city-wide platform to return the favor. StreetWise vendors are entrepreneurs, and so we are promoting other Chicago entrepreneurs of innovative products – many of them nonprofits – from varied cultures. We are all in this together. by Suzanne Hanney
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Scrub Me offers skin care products by a Wicker Park esthetician that contain purposeful ingredients like Dead Sea salt, mineral salt, clays and skin-loving oils that leave your skin softer, healthier and more radiant. “Everything your skin needs and nothing it doesn’t!”
Choose from facial care/treatment bars, soaps, whipped butter (shea, with or without Bulgarian lavender or citrus) and scrubs. “Wellness Energy” for mature or aging skin is a green tea blend scrub that contains both caffeine and antioxidants to firm and heal skin while exfoliating, as well as spearmint and essential oils to clean and refresh while awakening senses. $9/5-oz., $18/10-oz. “Invigorating” scrub contains eucalyptus essential oil and sea clay to deeply cleanse and detoxify with an uplifting aroma. $9/5-oz, $16 10-oz. “Soothing” scrub contains lavender and palmarosa essential oils with detoxifying purple Brazilian clay, all of which specifically target sensitive skin by relieving redness and helping retain moisture. $9/5-oz, $16/10-oz. Use code GIFTS! At checkout for free lip balm and shipping on orders over $25. Scrub-me.com
BEELOVE beelove® cleanse & refresh amenity lathering shower gel is a mild, allnatural body cleanser that produces a rich and silky lather. Featuring saponified organic coconut, olive and jojoba oil, glycerin/vegetable gum extract, as well as organic aloe vera and rosemary extract, its secret ingredient is honey from Sweet Beginnings LLC hives in and around Chicago, and the signature beelove® scent. Introduce yourself to this skin care experience with the Pure Necessities Collection ($17), which includes lip balm and all-natural amenity body lotion. Comprised of distilled water, shea butter, hydrolyzed silk protein, wheat germ oil, meadowfoam seed oil, avocado oil, rosehip oil, grapeseed oil, coconut oil, aloe, vitamin E, signature beelove® scent and more, this lotion can be applied as often as needed to moisturize dry and sensitive skin. Sweet Beginnings, LLC is a sustainable social enterprise, a wholly owned subsidiary of the North Lawndale Employment Network (NLEN) that promotes a unique product and a solution to overcrowded prisons. Sweet Beginnings offers full-time transitional jobs to citizens returning from incarceration in a green industry: the production and sale of all-natural skin care products featuring its own urban honey. The company manages apiaries (bee farms) in North Lawndale, at O’Hare International Airport, Roosevelt University Schaumburg campus and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Trailside Museum.
kin care Sweet Beginnings workers harvest honey, make beelove® products, fill product orders, package and ship them, track inventory, sell at retail outlets such as Mariano’s and Whole Foods and perform quality control. These transitional jobs require all the qualities they would need in a permanent job, including punctuality, workplace etiquette, interpersonal communication and how to work effectively on a team.
Since 2008, Sweet Beginnings has employed more than 500 men and women committed to turning their lives around. While the recidivism rate nationally is 40 percent and the Illinois average is 55 percent, the rate for former Sweet Beginnings employees is below 8 percent. The Sweet Beginnings team is buzzing with excitement about the holiday season. Starting October 5, they have been onsite for production, order fulfillment and shipping weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the potential to adjust if the City of Chicago moves back a phase due to COVID-19. You can place orders at beelovebuzz.com/collections/all Upon checkout, you can even select 3-4 p.m. curbside pickup at present.
Jewelry jushshop
Jushshop is run by a Midwest Girl who always loved shopping for herself at flea markets and estate sales. Now she sells affordable jewelry (much of it in the $20 range) that shout where you’re from: Chicago flag cut-outs, 815, UpNorthIntheWoods, Michigan, Great Lakes, Mountains. Or maybe you prefer a turquoise, opal or rainbow bar necklace or symbols like keys, arrows, crescent moons. There are even face masks, because, as Midwest Girl reasons, if we have to wear them, at least they should be in fun fabrics like camo, tie-dye and leopard. Jushshop.com www.streetwise.org
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Giveashi*t
Ppare
For the last six years, Daily Planet Productions has teamed with StreetWise and local artists to make hand-screened designer T-shirts and other merchandise to sell. This year, 32 artists donated designs focused on the theme, “repair the world.” It’s all part of a campaign called “GiveAShi*t:” 100% of the profits go to StreetWise. To date, GiveAShi*t has donated over $140,000 to StreetWise, where homeless and low-income vendors purchase magazines for 90 cents, resell them for $2, and keep $1.10 as profit. The T-shirts can be purchased online at www.giveashirt.net. Select designs (like this one modeled by StreetWise Vendor Keith Hardiman, by artist Cody Hudson) are also available as tote bags, notebooks, coffee mugs, posters and hand towels.
“People in Chicago are always looking for different ways to give back to those in need and GiveAShi*t offers a chance to buy meaningful holiday gifts for friends and family while supporting the hard-working vendors of StreetWise,” said Scott Marvel, president of Daily Planet Productions and mastermind behind the GiveAShi*t campaign. Daily Planet Productions Ltd. is a full-service video production company headquartered in Chicago with offices in Los Angeles and Washington DC/Baltimore. Daily Planet can concept, shoot, edit and animate and clients include businesses, nonprofits and advertising agencies. Daily Planet has won multiple Midwest Emmys and Tellys.
Union handmade
Union Handmade is a combined shop and 13-member atelier united by a love of timeless design, made slowly and with integrity, by hand. Among the womenswear options are Nancy Melvin’s wide leg trousers and tunic jackets, which offer a sense of presence with a touch of whimsy, as would be expected by her 40-year career in theatre and dance costuming; Zone by Pamela Vanderlinde, whose flair for tailored suits is now captured in textbooks by Bloomsbury Publishing and classes she teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; and Union Clothing by Jamie LaPorta and Leigh Deleonardo, a contemporary collection of relaxed silhouettes in easy care fabrics for everyday life. Hats do more than keep you warm at Unionmade – they also convey style. You’ll find hand knits by Ruby Bohannon; Kate Burch’s etcetera millinery casual cashmere hats and gloves that marry old and new, comfort and beauty; Laura Hubka, who is a past winner of GenArts Fresh Faces in Design award for accessory design, and more. Jewelers include Katy Froeter’s sterling silver, brass, steel and gold with the occasional stone and Erin Rossi, a sculptor and photographer who started in beadwork but moved to sterling silver, bronze, copper and enamel, because she realized the creative possibilities over beads alone. Located at 3860 N. Lincoln Ave., the store is open during the pandemic by private appointment; call 773.348.1400, text 815.575.1355 or email unionhandmade@gmail.com unionhandmade.com
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Kids Bubblebird
Fizzing fun fit for a princess or a dragon slayer! Each 11.5-ounce jar contains about 30 fizzies topped with a princess ducky or a dragon. Drop one or more into a tub filled with warm water and enjoy. The fizzies are vegan, cruelty-free, paraben-free and hypoallergenic, with ingredients like baking soda, Epsom salts, kaolin clay, grapeseed oil and dyes, and will not leave oily residue or color in your tub. $20. Or, choose tub crayons and paints, bubbling bath slime, sparkling mist. www.bubblebird.com
PETS critter project
Critter Project offers handmade, one-of-a-kind toys for dogs and cats, inspired by their makers’ combined experiences volunteering at a local animal shelter, where these items keep the animals happy and thus increase their chances of adoption. The toys made by the non-profit 501(c)(3) are innovative and fun for your pets; 100% of their profits fund animal care efforts for shelter cats and dogs. Since 2011 at etsy.com/shop/CritterProject
Culture of Africa for kids everywhere (CAKE)
Nneka’s name means “Mother is Superior” and she comes from the Igbo (or Ibo) ethnic group of Nigeria, Cameroon and Equitorial Guinea. She is not a honey brownskinned version of Caucasian 11½-inch fashion dolls, but has sub-Saharan features like high cheekbones and full lips, and either coiled or twin poufs of curly hair in addition to her large eyes. She enjoys celebrating traditional events like masquerade and new yam festivals and wants to be a chemical engineer or chief urban planner. $12.88 https:// queensofafricadolls.com/products/ nneka-doll-w-stunning-curly-coils Queens of Africa dolls are exclusively distributed by Chicago-based Culture of Africa for Kids Everywhere (CAKE) Inc. The Regalus Dress and Cape doll has a full head of curly hair and wears a long sleeveless dress with long full cape, buttoned at the neck. The print fabric was made in West Africa and her clothing was handmade in the U.S. $36.88 C.A.K.E Inc. offers exhibits and educational programs and facilitates school assemblies to connect Americans with their African ancestral heritage and to foster overall cultural awareness for children and adults. Working with Indiana University’s National African Language Resource Center (NALRC) ensures authenticity. You can also find books, posters, flash cards that teach the Yoruba language; toddler jumpsuits and dresses in African-made fabric, all at queensofafricadolls.com
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Bright endeavors Since the pandemic began, “Home” has become more important than ever. It represents comfort, contentment, safety and security. Bright Endeavors creates soy wax candles, artfully hand-poured by young moms age 18 to 24 in its paid job training program, that ground you in those feelings, while simultaneously lighting the way toward strong families and bright futures. Bright Endeavors production assistants – 650 young moms since 2010 -- are in control of setting and pursuing their own parenting and career goals during the 12-week program. Juniper Berry and Fir is an invigorating combination of fir needle, juniper berry and cedar leaf top notes; middle notes of clove and jasmine and bottom notes of amber, vanilla and moss. Crisp and fresh, it exudes all that is best about winter. Choose 4-oz. mini glass with 20-hour burn time, $13 or 3-wick glass with 55-hour burn time, $30. Both are phthalate-free, with gold foil candle toppers. Holiday Citrus candle tin is aromatic cinnamon and clove harmonized with bright blood orange. It captures all the excitement of a bustling winter market: a cup of mulled wine held in mittened hands, carols rising to accompany shoppers as they traverse from stall to stall. 4-oz. tin with 20-hour burn time, $8; 8-oz. tin with 2530 hour burn time, $13; signature glass with 35-40 hour burn time, $22. Phthalate-free. December 11 is the last day to order at brightendeavors.org for guaranteed December 25 delivery. Gift cards are also available. Based in West Garfield Park on the West Side, Bright Endeavors is a social enterprise of New Moms; 100% of proceeds from the sale of candles support New Moms’ mission to empower young moms, their kids and our communities. Besides job training, New Moms provides 40 units of transitional housing at its Chicago headquarters and 18 units of permanent supportive housing in Oak Park, as well as family support. There are three periods when the brain develops most rapidly: early childhood, adolescence and upon becoming a new parent. New Moms’ work intersects all three periods to unlock new opportunities for moms and children, particularly those who have faced institutional racism, bias against adolescent moms and urban poverty. “When it comes to the multiplier effect of job creation and its impact on the sustainability of our cities, newer social enterprises like Chicago’s Bright Endeavors are carving strong footholds as leaders too…The mission – intimately connected as it is to employment – is also what makes them determined to keep much of their production handmade, despite the fact that machines help achieve efficiency. ‘It’s messy, but that’s the beauty of social enterprise,’ says CEO Laura Zumdahl, adding that, as long as intergenerational poverty is being addressed, they’re meeting their goals,” noted the newly released book, “In the Business of Change: How Social Entrepreneurs are Disrupting Business as Usual,” by Elisa Birnbaum (New Society, 2018). brightendeavors.org
Home goo Project Fire
"Glass blowing requires communication, collaboration and trust, because 2,000-degree molten glass can be a dangerous material to work with," says Pearl Dick, artistic director of the 501(c)(3) Firebird Community Arts. That’s what makes the art medium perfect for Project FIRE, Firebird’s artist development employment program that offers healing to youth age 14-22 who have been injured by gun violence. “When people come in and we talk about safety and trust, it’s demonstrated really explicitly in working with the medium, which captures the attention of people who have been in high-risk environments,” Dick said. “It’s something you have to focus on. You can’t be distracted.” Working out of Firebird’s brick building at 2651 W. Lake St. in East Garfield Park, the young people use techniques you would otherwise see in Venice as they pull 20-foot rods or “canes” of molten glass swirled with colors. Some of the canes are cut into six-inch pieces to make drink stirrers (2 for $15), but there are also paperweights, sculptures, wine bottle stoppers ($20), vases starting at $25, Christmas ornaments such as glass orbs and icicles ($15-$35), all available at firebirdcommunityarts. org Participants are paid minimum wage and spend their time either fulfilling orders for the product line or working on their own pieces. Their individual works are also for sale; the artisans receive 70 percent and the rest goes to the program. Dick, who is a glass artist, co-founded the program in 2014 with Bradley Stolbach, PhD, clinical director of Healing Hurt People-Chicago (HHP-C), a trauma-informed, hospital-based violence intervention model. HHP-C is a partnership of the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital, the trauma department of John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County and the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice at the Drexel University School of Public Health in Philadelphia, where the Healing Hurt People model was developed. Dr. Stolbach is a UChicago Medicine Urban Health Initiative faculty fellow and Project FIRE participants are recruited from both
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ods Comer Children’s Hospital and Stroger. The Healing Hurt People curriculum focuses on SELF: safety, emotion, loss and future, the four things disrupted when someone experiences acute or chronic trauma, Dick said. Project FIRE’s 26 participants learn what trauma is, its effects on the body and how to cope with it. The young artisans spend three hours working with glass and a final hour in group psychoeducation. Two groups of men meet two days a week for eight hours total; a women’s pilot group, begun this fall, meets once a week for four hours total, but is expected to expand to two days with more participants as the pandemic resolves. Project FIRE is also developing an entrepreneurship program in partnership with Harold Washington College and the City Colleges of Chicago. The intention is that participants who no longer need intensive case management or otherwise age out of the program can learn not just about artmaking but about small business development, possibly for something of their own. www.firebirdcommunityarts.org
asty Treat
Rollicking buckaroo pepper jam Michael Frustini decided after 25 years in retail management and a handful of years working with people who are elderly and developmentally disabled, that it was time to pursue some of his passions: horses, country dancing, cooking -and pepper jam. Hence, the awardwinning, all-natural, gluten-free and vegan gourmet Rollicking Buckaroo Pepper Jam and What’s New Buckaroo & Company LLC were launched in July 2017, with the help of Ricky Martel behind the scenes and Bob Frustini. The varieties include: Mild-It’s Sweet (10-oz), Medium-Sweet with a Kick (10.8-oz.), Hot-Hot N Sweet (10.8-oz) all $9, and coming back in 2021, Extra Hot-Extra Hot N Sweet. Glaze it over salmon, use it as a dipping sauce, try it on baked Brie or goat cheese or with crackers and cream cheese. The label is all about whimsy. The dancing cowboy is riding his horse with lasso in hand, having fun riding the wave. When Michael and Ricky aren’t selling the jam, you’ll find them volunteering, country two-stepping or line dancing somewhere in Chicagoland.
barcacaochocolat
Barcacaochocolat.com is an artisan chocolatier that takes its inspiration from British fashion, art and culture. Matthew Schreiner is former head pastry chef of the Tate Collection of Museums in the United Kingdom, a graduate of ESCF Ferrandi in Paris and a member of the French American Chamber of Commerce in Chicago. He works directly with growers, producers and dairy farmers through his partner in Ecuador to ensure a sustainable chocolate that reduces the supply chain. Choose BARtali, named for the cycling legend Gino Bartali and made with signature 70% Peru/Ecuador dark chocolate and filled with Italian hazelnut praline, Spanish almond and 38% milk chocolate, $12; singleorigin Peruvian dark chocolate 3.5-oz. bars with Aleppo pepper, Almond, Maldon sea salt, freeze-dried strawberry with cracked black pepper, raspberry, mint, or passionfruit, $9; or 6-oz. dark chocolate-covered Valencia almond and hazelnuts from the Piedmont, $18. At barcacaochocolat.com or 112 Main St., Wheaton.
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Absolutely Anything Essential Gift Shop
HOps + Market
is a Minority/Woman Owned Business and supply chain incubator set in a three-story brownstone, a platform for local and global brands, entrepreneurs and small business owners who seek an all-in-one space without expensive overhead. You can find wholesale and bulk distribution of jewelry, stones, beads and gems; bath and body products, art supplies, artwork, hair products, paper goods, clothing, and home décor items. 3521 S. King Drive, absolutelyanythingessential.com 312.238.9447.
Chicago Fair Trade pop-up
offers quality fair trade products from over 30 countries – coffee, apparel, jewelry, candles, holiday decorations, home goods, toys, self-care and more – brought by two dozen locally-owned (90% women-owned) businesses. Chicago Fair Trade cultivates a community dedicated to an economy that values the labor and dignity of all people. Through December 23, hours are 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 11 a.m.6 p.m. Sunday (closed Mondays). Located at 2717 N. Clark St., the pop-up offers in-person shopping or virtual appointments, an online marketplace at chicagofairtrade. org and curbside pickup. Try dark roast, whole bean Just Haiti Coffee, $12.
Local Goods Chicago features locally crafted, one-of-
a-kind items, many emblazoned with the city’s name, from jewelry to pillows, tea towels, glass and ceramic housewares, totes, T-shirts, maps and artwork, like “Foods Invented in Chicago” by Joe Mills. Yes, we all know about deep dish pizza, Italian beef, Twinkies and Wrigley’s gum, but there’s also the jibarito: the Puerto Rican meat and cheese sandwich that uses a fried plantain instead of bread. Local Goods Chicago is offering online shopping at localgoodschicago.com and curbside pickup Wednesdays and Saturdays in Norwood Park. Or, sign up for a semiprivate warehouse shopping appointment at https://calendly.com/localgoodschicago/ shopping
Mestiza
in Pilsen offers a place for artisans to share their love of color, beauty, energy, their culture and their ancestors. You can find brightly painted ceramics, cut paper banners (papel picado), pinatas, jewelry, miniatures, T-shirts, tote bags, folk art and books like “Sounds/ Sonidos Chapulin Colorado,” from the international sitcom, to introduce little ones to sounds in English and Spanish, $9.99; or “The Life of Ritchie,” $9.99, about Ritchie Valens, the Mexican-American singer born in 1941 who started his career at age 5 when his father gave him a guitar. His last record at age 17 featured hits like “Donna” and “LaBamba” and sold more than one million copies. 1523 W. 18th St., mestizashop.com; Ph. 872.395.1814.
Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society Holiday Housewalk & Grand Raffle is virtual this
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year, through December 30. Tour five beautiful homes decorated for the holidays, watch holiday how-to videos from local merchants and enter the raffle for a chance to win $10,000. Donations of $55 and up will let you join the fun at childrenscliniciws.org/holiday-housewalk-and-market The IWS Clinic provides pediatric medicine, dentistry and behavioral healthcare to infants, children and young adults.
Since it opened in 2008, Shop Columbia College has raised more than $350,000 in revenue to over 1200 emerging student and alumni artists in media ranging from drawings, prints, jewelry, photography, fashion, housewares, music, plush sculptures and more. The "Desenradando Fronteras" (Unraveling Borders) 100% polyester, 21.5 by 21-inch scarf by noted Chicago muralist Hector Duarte re-creates a work he did for 1014 S. Michigan Ave. as part of Columbia’s Wabash Arts Corridor and relates to immigration. “The butterfly flies from Canada to Mexico. The butterflies fly freely and the human being does not – they go and come back,” Duarte said. Located at 619 S. Wabash Ave., the brickand-mortar shop is closed for the pandemic, but you can order at shop@colum.edu or shop.colum.edu; Ph. 312.369.8616.
Ten Thousand Villages has spent more than 60 years
cultivating trading relationships in which artisans receive a fair price for their work and consumers have access to distinctive handcrafted home décor, personal accessories and gift items from across the globe: 130 artisan groups in 38 countries.
Ten Thousand Villages Evanston
will host benefit shopping days for local charities, which will receive a portion of the sales from people who notify the cashier in advance, and online with curbside pickup. The store is located at 915 Chicago Ave., Evanston, and open daily 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; tenthousandvillagesevanston.com; Ph. 847.733.8258. Beneficiaries include: • Monday, December 7: Medical Ambassadors of Haiti • December 10 (by 7 p.m. Zoom) 11 & 12 in-store and online, for Rotary Green Team • December 11 (by 7 p.m. Zoom) 12 & 13 in-store and online, for Partnership in Education • December 14 (by 7 p.m. Zoom) 15 & 16 in-store and online, for Rogers Park Historical Society
Ten Thousand Villages Oak Park
will offer benefit shopping days through Friday, December 11 at its 121 N. Marion St. location and online at tenthousandvillages. com/oakpark with curbside pickup; Ph. 708.848.4572. Regular store hours are Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday 12-5 p.m. Monday the store is closed, but curbside pickup is available for online orders. Beneficiary charities include Oak Park Women’s Guild, Housing Forward, Beyond Hunger, Nineteenth Century Charitable Association, BUILD Inc. (Broader Urban Involvement & Leadership Development), OPALGA (Oak Park Area Lesbian and Gay Association) and St. CatherineSt. Lucy parish. Shoppers need only tell the cashier which charity they are supporting before they check out and the charity will receive a 15 percent rebate on the sale. -Nina Rothschild contributing
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