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 and why you love them to: Creative Director / Publisher Dave Hamilton at dhamilton@streetwise.org
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Jane Addams Resource Center: An Evening of Opportunities Earlier in the spring, Jane Addams Resource Center (JARC) had bold plans for its annual event, Evening of Opportunities. This year marks its 35th anniversary, and the final year Guy Loudon will serve as president of the agency. To celebrate with the community, join them via Zoom on Friday, June 5 at 6 p.m. for a virtual toast to 35 years of JARC! The program will feature remarks from outgoing president Loudon, and JARC graduates will share their stories of finding a secure career path in manufacturing. FREE. Donations accepted. Register at https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/jUYggVZCFfgoqhThnD 2I5Q?t=1589578386
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Pivot Arts Festival Because of COVID-19, Pivot Arts Festival events -- adventurous, multidisciplinary performances originally scheduled for Uptown and Edgewater venues -- have shifted to online presentations premiering June 5 to 11, with content remaining available through June 30 at pivotarts.org. Live events are postponed to future dates TBA. This year's festival includes performance art, immersive theatre, contemporary and street dance, hip-hop opera, dance creation for film and video, animation and more. Highlights include: Fri. June 5, 7 p.m. VIP cocktail event and welcome with writerperformer Alex Alpharoah via Zoom reservation (minimum $25 donation). Alpharoah, a documentary film about his national tour
of WET: A DACAmented Journey, his experience as an undocumented artist, will go live at 6 p.m. 8:15 p.m. Live dance party by artists from The Rosina Project, a collaboration between Chicago Fringe Opera and BraveSoul Movement. The opera is a contemporary adaptation of Rossini's The Barber of Seville that mixes hip-hop MCs, opera singers and street dance artists with a live DJ and a beatboxer. Sat. June 6, 6 p.m. Red Clay Dance Company's Resilience Reimagined, originally commissioned by Pivot Arts. Dancers will embody the original work recording video from their homes and site-specific spaces. Pivot Arts will also post a recording of Art of Resilience 2.0, an immersive activation of the DuSable Museum Roundhouse that guides the audience through 1920s Bronzeville and the Black Arts Movement impacted by redlining and restrictive housing covenants. Sun. June 7, 6 p.m. Prison and Neighborhood Arts Project presents The Long Term, a hand-drawn animation video that uses personal narrative and research to describe the impact of long-term sentencing policies. There will be a link to the film and livestreamed discussion with Jane Beachy, artistic director of Il-
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