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SUMMARY:Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Presents When the West Side Burned: A WTTW Chicago Stories Documentary\, Community Conversation\, and Concert
DESCRIPTION:When the West Side Burned: A WTTW Chicago Stories Documentary\, Community Conversation\, and Concert \nSaturday\, February 7\, 2026 | 4 PM – 9 PM \nKehrein Center for the Arts\n5628 W. Washington Blvd.\nChicago\, IL 60644 \nThe tragic assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. in April 1968 triggered unrest across the country\, but in Chicago\, the rage and grief that erupted in the city’s Black communities led to an unprecedented period of public mourning\, looting\, and destruction on the city’s West Side. Examining King’s close ties to Chicago and the hope he brought to residents\, how his murder brought long-simmering resentment over segregation and discrimination to a boiling point\, and how this still-recovering neighborhood continues to move forward. \nThis moving forward is a story of resilience and reclamation \n4:00 PM: Screening of When the West Side Burned — A WTTW Chicago Stories Documentary (56 minutes) \n6:00 PM: Community Conversation – Moderated by WTTW senior producer and documentarian Dan Andries\, this panel discussion will highlight the voices of West Side leaders\, some of whom were featured in the documentary. They will share memories of Dr. King and their visions for the future. \n7:00 PM: Concert – This concert will feature Orbert Davis’s original compositions from When the West Side Burned. Additionally\, music from the 1960s\, capturing the spirit of both the turbulence and the hope of that time\, will be included in the concert.\nPlease Call for Group Seating Reservations \nAdmission: $2 per person for all three Saturday events \nFor more information and tickets\, please visit www.ChiJazzPhil.org
URL:https://chicagosocialbutterflies.com/wp-events/chicago-jazz-philharmonic-presents-when-the-west-side-burned-a-wttw-chicago-stories-documentary-community-conversation-and-concert/
LOCATION:Kehrein Center for the Arts\, 5628 W. Washington Blvd.\, Chicago\, 60644\, United States
CATEGORIES:film,panel-conversation
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SUMMARY:The Black Arts Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:The Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago (BACA) announces a free Town Hall Discussion: Chicago’s Black Arts Organizations…What We Can Do on Monday\, February 9\, 2026\, from 7-9pm at Black Ensemble Theater\, 4450 N. Clark Street in Chicago. The event is presented in association with Goodman Theatre’s 100 Free Acts of Theatre. The discussion\, followed by a light reception\, is free and open to the public. Reservations are required at bacachi.org/events-programs. \nModerated by Amina Dickerson\, Chicago professionals\, representing the spectrum of artistic disciplines\, including theatre\, dance\, music\, film\, visual and literary arts\, will be on hand to remind us of the richness and national renown of Chicago’s artistic organizations. They will also discuss the pressing challenges faced by Black arts organizations\, artists\, and arts groups\, notably in funding\, audience support\, stewardship and development of talent pipelines. \nAs moderator\, Dickerson will call upon her 35-year career\, with senior leadership roles in the non-profit\, arts\, corporate and philanthropy sectors to guide the discussion of the role and current status of Black arts. She will be joined by a distinguished panel that includes award winning female vocalist Lucy Smith; musician Shawn Wallace; theatre director Ron OJ Parson; visual artists and gallery owners Andre and Francis Guichard\, Emmy nominee and founder of Black Film Magazine Creative Cypher Troy Pryor; and Joel Hall Dancers & Center Executive Director Joseph Pindelski. \nAs national funding for the arts\, especially the minority arts\, is being reduced\, demeaned\, ignored\, and almost erased\, and following BACA’s mission and purpose\, “to increase interaction\, communication and development of black arts organizations and artists\, while delivering programs that increase their visibility\, marketability\, stability\, and sustainability\,” Town Halls and Panel Discussions\, like this one\, support Chicago’s arts organizations\, and in turn\, our artists.
URL:https://chicagosocialbutterflies.com/wp-events/the-black-arts-town-hall/
LOCATION:Black Ensemble Theater\, 4450 N. Clark St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640\, United States
CATEGORIES:arts-and-galleries,education,networking-mixer,panel-conversation
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SUMMARY:Girl\, I Guess Voter Guide & Senate Candidate Nick Uniejewski join Chicago’s Late Night Talk Show
DESCRIPTION:Get the late night talk show experience without heading to NYC or LA! \nThe Not That Late Show is a POC- and queer-led late-night talk show hosted by Justin Swinson\, featuring an ensemble of Chicago comedians debuting brand-new material each month. NTLS is just like the late night talk shows you would see on TV (Colbert\, The Daily Show\, Last Week Tonight\, etc.)\, but with a Chicago focus. Taking place every third Wednesday at The Lincoln Lodge\, the show blends sketch comedy\, sharp interviews\, and live music from emerging local artists. Past guests have included Mayor Brandon Johnson; Writer and Educator Dr. Eve L. Ewing; Viral Chicago Attorney\, Rachel Cohen; and Medea Benjamin of CODEPINK among others. \nThis month we’ll be joined by Stephanie Skora of the Girl\, I Guess Progressive Voter Guide\, and State Senate Candidate Nick Uniejewski.
URL:https://chicagosocialbutterflies.com/wp-events/girl-i-guess-voter-guide-senate-candidate-nick-uniejewski-join-chicagos-late-night-talk-show/
LOCATION:The Lincoln Lodge\, 2040 North Milwaukee Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60647\, United States
CATEGORIES:education,panel-conversation
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SUMMARY:WE ARE PAT // screening and Q&A with filmmaker Rowan Haber
DESCRIPTION:WE ARE PAT explores the evolution of gender identity and comedy from the ’90s to the present day through the lens of the iconic Saturday Night Live sketch\, “It’s Pat.” The film examines Pat’s origins as a joke rooted in the cultural anxiety of the ’90s around gender while drawing striking parallels to today’s culture wars around transness and queerness. Trans and non-binary comedians and culture-makers reimagine and rewrite the original Pat sketches\, using camp and humor to reclaim and re-envision an iconic character in American comedy. The film explores humor as both a tool of oppression and a radical force for change. Beyond comedy\, WE ARE PAT raises complex questions: How does art age? What responsibility does a creator have as cultural values evolve? Can we reclaim narratives that once mocked us\, transforming pain into laughter\, visibility\, and ultimately\, our own creations? (Rowan Haber\, United States\, 2025\, 86 minutes\, DCP) \nFollowing the screening\, director Rowan Haber will be joined by Bel Olid (Assistant Instructional Professor in Catalan and Spanish) for a Q&A. \nDirector Rowan Haber is an aesthetically-minded Writer/Director. An MFA graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts\, they were a Sundance Momentum Fellow\, a Sundance New Frontier Lab and Art of Practice Fellow. They were selected for the Universal Pictures Directing Lab\, AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women\, Film Independent’s Episodic Lab and Project Involve\, Outfest’s Screenwriting Lab\, and were a shadowing director on FX’s Pose. They were featured on The Alice Initiative’s 2018 list of directors ready to helm studio films\, Indiewire’s 8 Best Trans Directors Working Today\, and have been a fellow at Yaddo\, MacDowell and UCross Artist Residencies. \nBel Olid is a writer\, translator\, Assistant Instructional Professor in Catalan and Spanish at the Romance Languages & Literatures Department and Affiliated Professor at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality\, both at University of Chicago. They became known in 2010 with the Documenta prize for their novel Una terra solitària. That same year\, they were also the recipient of the Rovelló essay prize for their book Les heroïnes contrataquen. Models literaris contra l’universal masculí a la literatura infantil i juvenil. In 2012 they won the Roc Boronat prize for La mala reputación\, a brief narrative that was widely acclaimed by critics and readers alike. They are a regular contributor to cultural media and the written press\, such as the newspaper Ara\, the magazines Caràcters and Tentacles and the cultural web Núvol. They presided the Conseil Européen des Associations de Traducteurs Littéraires (CEATL) and the association of Catalan writers\, Associació d’Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (AELC). They have published the short-stories Vents més salvatges (‘Wilder Winds’) and the illustrated albums Gegantíssima and Viure amb la Hilda\, awarded with the Apel·les Mestres. \nPresented by the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality with support from the Film Studies Center. \nThis event is free and open to the public. Doors open thirty minutes prior to showtime.
URL:https://chicagosocialbutterflies.com/wp-events/we-are-pat-screening-and-qa-with-filmmaker-rowan-haber/
LOCATION:Film Studies Center at the University of Chicago\, 5811 S Ellis Ave\, Cobb Hall 307\, Chicago\, 60637\, United States
CATEGORIES:film,panel-conversation
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SUMMARY:CENSORSHIP and related acts of authoritarian desperation
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to register for an upcoming public conversation hosted by the DePaul Humanities Center as part of this year’s Present Tense Series. \nOn Thursday\, February 26\, we will host CENSORSHIP\, a conversation exploring censorship as a persistent issue affecting culture\, politics\, academic discourse\, and public expression. This event is presented by the DHC as part of DePaul’s “Present TENSE” series\, which provides space to think about and talk through political and social changes against the backdrop of history. \nSpeakers include: \nMichael Berry\nUCLA professor specializing in contemporary Chinese literature\, film\, and cultural politics in a global context. \nSarah Schulman\nNorthwestern professor\, writer\, and cultural critic\, whose work examines power\, scapegoating\, and public memory. \nBrenda Azucena Muñoz Yáñez\nA communication researcher at Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila focused on digital media and cultural analysis. \nThe Present Tense Series highlights conversations that address urgent questions of our moment and explores how the humanities help us understand and respond to them. This event continues that mission by asking who controls speech\, whose voices are silenced\, and why censorship matters now.
URL:https://chicagosocialbutterflies.com/wp-events/censorship-and-related-acts-of-authoritarian-desperation/
LOCATION:DePaul University – Lincoln Park Student Center\, 2250 N. Sheffield Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60614\, United States
CATEGORIES:education,panel-conversation
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SUMMARY:Queer Connections Presents: Black Queer Histories  “A Conversation with Author Darius Bost”
DESCRIPTION:Queer Connections: Men of Color + Allies would like to host an intimate book launch and author conversation celebrating the work of Darius Bost\, award-winning scholar and co-author of a groundbreaking new book that centers Black queer voices across U.S. history.\nThe evening would feature a moderated panel-style interview with Darius Bost\, highlighting key themes from the book and exploring the intersection of Black history\, queerness\, gender expression\, and liberation movements. This conversation would be followed by a brief audience Q&A and an opportunity to connect over drinks. \nEvent Host: Mycall Akeem Riley\nAbout the Book\nThis landmark work is the first Black history text to center queer voices\, tracing the lives and contributions of LGBTQ+ Black Americans from slavery to the present day. Co-authored by Professors C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost as part of Beacon Press’ award-winning ReVisioning History series\, the book examines how gender and sexual expression have always been integral to Black freedom struggles.\nThrough powerful storytelling and historical analysis\, the book uplifts figures such as Josephine Baker\, Bayard Rustin\, Private Cathay Williams\, and Amanda Milan\, while also addressing the marginalization\, criminalization\, and resistance of Black queer and trans communities. It ultimately reframes Black and LGBTQ+ history as deeply interconnected. \nAudience & Format\nOpen to everyone of all ages
URL:https://chicagosocialbutterflies.com/wp-events/queer-connections-presents-black-queer-histories-a-conversation-with-author-darius-bost/
LOCATION:Center on Halsted\, 3656 N. Halsted\, Chicago\, IL\, 60613\, United States
CATEGORIES:literary-poetry,panel-conversation
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