2022 Chicago Dance Summit
Headshots by Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth at FUTURE PRESENT: 2022 Chicago Dance Summit
Saturday, May 14, 2022
Let's Dance! Year of Dance Chicago x Andersonville, April 30, 2022
Photos: Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth
Mayor Lightfoot, DCASE and the Local Dance Community Designate 2022 as The “Year of Chicago Dance”
Citywide, year-long focus on dance will address critical issues facing Chicago’s dancers and the field of dance including funding, space, and capacity building.
Andersonville hosted a day of celebration for the Year of Chicago Dance on Saturday, April 30, 2022 [read Block Club Chicago feature].
Trey Elder, of music group Quiet Pterodactyl, served as emcee and the event’s “music mix master guru.”
Sponsors of the event include:
Andersonville Chamber of Commerce
Participating dance groups include:
Nordic Folk Dancers of Chicago
Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Youth Company
Photos from the Reader editorial union’s rally on April 21, 2022.
Sun and solidarity
Photos from the Reader editorial union’s rally on April 21, 2022.
by Reader staff April 28, 2022
On April 21, the Reader editorial union rallied with labor allies, nonunion staff, and supporters outside the Lakeview mansion of the newspaper’s co-owner, Leonard C. Goodman, to demand he allow its long-planned transition to a nonprofit to proceed. The demonstration attracted national media attention, and helped break a four-month stalemate between opposing factions on the Reader’s board.
On Tuesday, April 26, Goodman announced he and three board members allied with him were stepping down.—Jim Daley
https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/news/sun-and-solidarity/
Praize Productions Inc. Red Carpet Movie Premiere of NINE
From Praize Productions:
During a global pandemic, we all have had the opportunity to step back, take time and reevaluate the world as we know it. Praize Productions Inc. has taken that space to reimagine it’s ninth theatrical production into its first motion picture entitled NINE!
Masterfully weaving dance, spoken word and music, NINE brings to life a story of self-discovery, healing, and triumph in a one-of-a-kind experience that only the award-winning PPI can create.
Come experience an evening of Black Excellence, as Praize Productions Inc. brings Hollywood to the South Side of Chicago with its red carpet movie premiere of NINE.
