Ars & (Home) Entertainment

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

Celebrate Community!

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

Support a Virtual Arts Fest!

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 Illinois Humanities, civil rights attorney Sarah Grady and more 7 p.m. InMotion International Dance Film Festival, with three short films curated by Executive Director Amy Wilkinson. Perfect Imposition is about questioning at-birth identity; Traces, about the varied experiences of two strangers who share a room separately; Le Choregrave, about a Christmas dinner without real connections. Mon., June 8, 6 p.m. (Un)Touched video performances created in quarantine by a number of performers, including Obie-winning soloist David Cale, who capture both the absence and impossibility of touch and moments of connection during the quarantine. Thurs., June 11 Superfluxus, an original sci-fi puzzling experience full of humor, suspense and mind-bending twists. Originally staged as immersive theatre, the artists have reimainged it as a choose-your-own adventure and video web experience set in a sinister lunar landscape in the year 2120.

All Pivot Arts Festival events are free of charge. Donations of any size are encouraged to assist with paying the participating artists. To view performances and make donations, please visit pivotarts.org/festival

Dance Around!

Whitney

"Hey y'all, dropping in to let you know that we’ll be doing a ticketed live stream with NoonChorus on June 4. We’ll be donating a portion of the profits to NIVA (National Independent Venue Association) to try and help out our favorite independent venues until life regains a semblance of normalcy" - Whitney. Get $15 tickets at noonchorus.com/ the-hideout-presents-whitney

Shop Online!

Wicker Park Farmers Market

Wicker Park Farmers Market celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2020, hosted by the nonprofit Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce. The opening date of the Outdoor Market has been postponed due to the pandemic, and will now take place every Sunday from July 5 through October 25 at 1425 N. Damen Ave., operating under social distancing guidelines. A Virtual Market is available now for online orders at www.wickerparkfarmersmarket.com. The Virtual Market shoppers can place orders through the website of vendors that handle deliveries/pickups individually. Pre-order pickups are available every Sunday 8:30–10:30 a.m. at Big Star (1531 N. Damen Ave.) with Iron Creek Organic Farm, Seedling Fruit Farm, and Petals Farm, until the Outdoor Market opens. Additional locations and vendors for pre-order pickups will be added and announced on social media (@wickerpark_farmersmarket)

- Recommended by Julie Youngquist, StreetWise Executive Director

Learn History!

Commemoration: 155th Anniversary of Juneteenth

Juneteenth has its 155th anniversary, which was originally scheduled to take place in the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, but has become virtual due to the shelter-in-place order. Sherrilyn Ifill, a civil rights attorney, will be sharing her reflections on Juneteenth. Bestselling author, journalist and filmmaker, Alex Kotlowitz, will be moderating the program. Anyone interested in attending must fill out a reservation. To reserve a FREE spot for the event on June 10 at 7 p.m., visit www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/ pages/programs/events/

Cook & Share!

Taste of Home: Food Stories for the Culturally Curious

Do you have a recipe that immediately reminds you of home, a family member, or brings you comfort? Food has the power to bring us together by offering ways to share stories, traditions, cultural values, and create a sense of community. This is why the Chicago Cultural Alliance is launching a new initiative called Taste of Home: Food Stories for the Culturally Curious. Traditional cuisines express cultural identity and are often passed down from one generation to the next along with family stories. Taste of Home is a collection of recipes and stories inspired by the food that defines who we are and where we come from. Share recipies and learn new ones at chicagoculturalalliance.org/ tasteofhome