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
See Chicago Dance!
South Chicago Dance Festival The South Side’s top professional dance companies will be performing at the second annual South Chicago Dance Festival as part of the South Chicago Dance Theatre’s fourth season, “Honoring Tradition, Elevating the Voices of Our Time.” The performance will be streamed virtually on November 21 from 7 - 8:30 p.m. General admission is $15 with a $2.55 fee. Performers include: South Chicago Dance Theatre, Simantikos Dance Chicago, Yin He Dance, Praize Productions Inc., Banks Performance Project, Ebony Vision Dance Ensemble, Ground Rhythm Dance Project, and Choomna Dance Company. Learn more at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/south-chicago-dance-festival-tickets-86292869295
Midday Crafting!
(HOME) ENTERTAINMENT
Afternoon Knitters Virtual Meetup A virtual knitting club meets every 3rd Thursday of the month. The next meeting will be 1 - 3 p.m. Thursday, November 19 via Zoom. There is a $1 fee per session to cover the cost of using meetup.com and zoom. For more information, visit: www.meetup.com/chicago-knitters-unite/events/jrxxvrybcpbzb/
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Bronzeville Tour!
Virtual Tour | Bronzeville: The Black Chicago Renaissance The Great Migration made its biggest impact on Chicago in Bronzeville, which was the city’s center of African American culture from the 1920s through the 1950s. Forced to live within tight boundaries due to unfair regulations, a diverse mix of more than 300,000 residents at its height with laborers, businessmen, domestic workers, and artists all living together produced music and art and were busy in activism and industry on the South Side. Inspired by both The Great Migration and The Great Depression, Bronzeville artists of the 1930s and ’40s depicted the world around them on canvas, with paper and pen, and through musical instruments. Join Dr. Christopher Reed, professor emeritus at Roosevelt University, for an exploration of the locations and working conditions of Chicago steel mills, factories, stockyards, and private homes that compelled literary and visual artists and musicians to create works of art that still resonate today. $5; Free for Chicago History Museum members. Tour runs about 1 hour; Zoom link provided after registration at www.chicagohistory.org/event/bronzeville-renaissance/
