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 things to do at home and why you love them to: Creative Director / Publisher Dave Hamilton at dhamilton@streetwise.org
Author Talk!
Virtual Author Reading: 'Dear Black Girl' by Tamara Winfrey Harris In "Dear Black Girl," Winfrey Harris organizes a selection of letters, providing "a balm for the wounds of anti-black-girlness" and modeling how black women can nurture future generations. Each chapter ends with a prompt encouraging girls to write a letter to themselves, teaching the art of self-love and self-nurturing. Winfrey Harris's "The Sisters Are Alright" explores how black women must often fight and stumble their way into alrightness after adulthood. "Dear Black Girl" continues this work by delivering pro-black, feminist, LGBTQ+ positive, and body-positive messages for black women-to-be--and for the girl who still lives inside every black woman who still needs reminding sometimes that she is alright. Join this free virtual author reading on February 23 at 6 p.m. Register at www.crowdcast.io/e/dearblackgirl/register
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Dancing as Art!
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'Interim Avoidance' The dancers of The Joffrey Ballet have found themselves all dressed up with nowhere to perform. Six dancers emerge in a void, unsure of their purpose. A beam of red light beckons them like a stage manager on opening night, offering a moment of respite from their collective solitude. Never ones to give up an opportunity, they launch into the movements and shapes for which they have trained for so long. A determination to bring joy, to excite, to spark inspiration with dance, the performers urge us all to remember that even in the darkest times, loneliness is nothing more than an "Interim Avoidance." The project "Interim Avoidance" seeks to provide a sense of closeness during the waning days of the pandemic. It is the inaugural work by the Chicago-based production company Action Lines, in partnership with The Joffrey Ballet. The exhibit is open to the public through April 30. Visit 150mediastream.com for viewing hours and more information.
Save the Earth from Home!
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster with Bill Gates In this urgent, authoritative book, “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,” Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet’s slide toward certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. Gates joins Chicago Humanities Festival on February 25 at 7 p.m. for a conversation about the solutions we have and the breakthroughs we need to save the planet. Tickets are $36 and include a copy of the book at semcoop.com/bill-gates-event-book-ticket
