In January 2024, Honey Pot Performance (HPP) - a Chicago-based performing arts nonprofit - began a new space partnership with First Church. This collaboration represented an opportunity to deepen HPP’s evolving artistic practice of long-form, community engaged performance and cultural archiving on Chicago’s Westside through extended initiatives like the Chicago Black Social Culture Map.

This fall, we share our final programs for the year. We ask that you consider a donation with your ticket registration. To date, we've paid over 40 artists, invested in new production equipment to outfit our new home, and set up operations so we can dig in and build with Westside communities and Chicago at large for years to come. We hope you'll support us in our efforts to bring performance, public humanities, and community connection to Garfield Park/Fifth City!

FALL PROGRAMS

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

Celebrating 10 Years of the Chicago Black Social Culture Map

A celebration of the CBSCM’s development over the past decade from a performance project to a digital archive to the addition of live programs and community archiving. Check out our exhibition featuring documentation and creative works that explore the meaning and value of preserving Black social cultural heritage and knowledge.

Saturday, November 16, 2024, 12:00 PM - 9:00 PM

12:00-1:00PM	Opening/Welcome
1:00-3:00PM	Special screening: Excerpts from House Music: A Cultural Revolution (Chicago Stories, WTTW), followed by an in-depth conversation curated by Vintage House Show's Lauren Lowery. Moderator: Kevin "Mega" McFall. Panelists: Ctrlzora, Gene Hunt, and David Chavez.
1:00-3:00PM	Westside Word Search: A life-size word search puzzle with Alexie Young
2:00-5:00PM	Back Down Memory Lane, an interactive archiving experience curated by the CBSCM Archiving Advisory
3:00-4:15PM	DJs in Conversation & Craft with DJ Jaytoo + DJ Jo de Presser
4:30-6:30PM	Dance Cypher & Conversation curated by Bravemonk and K-Soul featuring sounds by CtrlZora
6:45-9:00PM	Closing Set with DJ Sadie Woods
Ongoing	Our Legacy, Our People, Our House: Ten Years of Archiving the Culture and Voices of House - Exhibition curated by Jeneca Onikoyi

Sunday, November 17, 2024, 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM

12:00-12:30PM	Opening/Welcome
12:30-1:00PM	JayaFeM & Band, a musical performance
1:00-3:00PM	Addressing the gap between house and hip hop with Chicago Hip Hop Heritage Museum, presented by Artistic and Danta Williams
1:00-3:00PM	Westside Word Search: A life-size word search puzzle with Alexie Young
3:00-4:15PM	Black Chicago Dynamics: A Conversation about Southside and Westside cultural connections with Alexie Young
4:30-5:45PM	10 years of the CBSCM: A conversation with the Chicago Black Social Culture Map & Honey Pot Performance team, moderated by Skyla Hearn. Featuring Duane Powell, Lauren Lowery, Darlene Jackson, and members of the HPP/CBSCM core creative team
5:45-7:00PM	Closing Set with DJ Erica Kane
Ongoing	Our Legacy, Our People, Our House: Ten Years of Archiving the Culture and Voices of House - Exhibition curated by Jeneca Onikoyi

PAST PROGRAMS

Chicago Black Social Culture Map Program #3: Flourishing

Sunday, October 6, 2024

2:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Highlighting the innovations and entrepreneurship of musicians, producers, record shop owners, and other ways of building capital and community wealth through Chicago Black social culture. We’ll be exploring the rich history, present developments, and future possibilities in arts, culture, and nightlife through powerful storytelling and archival presentations, followed by a roundtable discussion and an opportunity to network during the closing DJ set and social hour. Don't miss this incredible lineup!

- Opening Performance: A live vogue and ballroom-inspired performance by Fabulous Freddie

- Storytelling and Archival Presentations: Featuring cultural historians and producers, including Jenna Pollack, Duane Powell, Lori Branch, Vick Lavender, and Jerry Morrison

- Roundtable Discussion: Focused on actionable solutions for sustaining Black arts and culture in Chicago

- Closing DJ Set and Social Hour: Music by FINDING IJEOMA

Fifth City Revisited Screening and Conversations

Saturday, October 12, 2024

4:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Featuring the performance film, a complementary digital exhibit, and several conversations highlighting Westside community histories, creativity, and visions for what community investment and wealth can look like now and in the future.

5 PM

(Pre-screening) Panel I: “Imagining Fifth City: Building community power and city visioning strategies.” Moderated by Mary Scott Boria with panelists Lilly Fox, David Weathersby, and Keli Stewart

8 PM

(Post-screening) Panel II: "Fifth City’s Future: Visions of Westside flourishing.” Moderated by Meida McNeal with panelists Alexie Young, Spankey Davis, Stephanie Jeter, and Vanessa Stokes

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Honey Pot Performance's Fall 2024 Programs

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