May 17 - 23, 2021

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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

The Stars Align!

A Night of Covenant House Stars More than 50 powerhouse stars will team up for A Night of Covenant House Stars, to benefit Covenant House's work providing care and support to homeless and trafficked young people in 31 cities across 6 countries. The concert will be co-hosted by 6-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald (CBS' The Good Fight) and CBS 60 Minutes correspondent John Dickerson, both members of the Covenant House Board of Directors and will feature performances and appearances by Jon Bon Jovi, Meryl Streep, Rachel Brosnahan, Morgan Freeman, Stephen Colbert, Dolly Parton, Dionne Warwick, Tony Shalhoub, Charlie Day, Vanessa Williams (pictured), Ryan Reynolds, Robin Roberts, Laurie Metcalf, Jon Hamm, Broadway Inspirational Voices, Covenant House youth and more! A Night of Covenant House Stars will include performances from across the country by Covenant House youth with the support of Broadway Inspirational Voices. The event will be streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Broadway on Demand, Broadway World, iHeartRadio Broadway, Facebook, Twitch, YouTube, and Stars in the House on May 17 at 7 p.m. CT. Details and FREE RSVP available at www.covenanthouse.org.

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Youth & Literature!

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6th Annual ChiTeen Lit Fest Chicago Public Library (CPL) invites teenagers ages 13-19 to virtually attend the 6th annual ChiTeen Lit Fest (CTLF), running now through May 22. Designed for-teens-byteens, ChiTeen Lit Fest is an all-genre storytelling festival that connects Chicago’s youth to hone their unique talents through literary arts. For free registration and a complete program schedule, visit chiteenlitfest.org. Registration closes 30 minutes before each program begins. CTLF empowers teens to lead peer-driven and authentic self-expression in a safe space. Throughout the festival, participants learn from their peers as well as local literary professionals, organizations, and festival headliners. The 2021 headliners are activist and multigenre rapper, Ric Wilson, and 2019-2020 National Youth Poet Laureate and singer/songwriter, Kara Jackson. Festival programs will take place on Zoom and YOUmedia’s YouTube channel.

A Gay Classic!

‘Jeffrey’ Jeffrey, a gay actor/waiter, has sworn off sex after too many bouts with his partners about what is “safe” and what is not. In gay New York, though, sex is not something you can avoid. Whether catering a ditzy socialite’s “Hoe-down for AIDS” or cruising at a funeral; at the gym or in the back rooms of an anonymous sex club; at the annual Gay Pride Parade, or in the libidinous hands of a father-confessor, Jeffrey finds the pursuit of love and just plain old physical gratification to be the number-one preoccupation of his times—and the source of plenty of hilarity. Suddenly, just after he’s reconciled himself to celibacy, Jeffrey’s flamboyant friends introduce him to the man of his dreams, who also happens to be HIV-positive. W hat follows is an audacious and moving romantic comedy with a difference—one in which the quest for love and really fabulous clothes meet, and where unflagging humor prevails even when tragedy might be just around the corner. By Paul Rudnick, directed by David Belew, streaming at Pride Arts Center, $10, May 18 at 7 p.m. at pridearts.org .


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