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AfroFuturist Weekend Day 1: Black Food Futures @ The.BlkRoom

This event is *offsite* at The.BlkRoom
4015 W Carrol Ave, Unit 204 Chicago IL, 60624
(this site is wheelchair accessible)

Join us for the opening reception for AfroFuturist Weekend 9!

Elastic Arts and The.BlkRoom present "Black Food Futures" - a community discussion, vendors market, and Dark Matter Residency performance showcase holding space to uplift and affirm the narratives of our community, fostering a future where food equity and sustainability thrive.

Come celebrate our power to change our narrative and reclaim our foodways as a community!

6:00 PM - Vendor Pop-Up and DJ Set by Mo Millie
7:00 PM - Dark Matter Resident performances: Leah Lara, Amyna Love
7:30 PM - Panel discussion hosted by Justus Cornelius
8:30 PM Dark Matter Resident performances: sun Lynn Hunter, Nikki Patín
9:00 - 10:00 PM Vendor Pop- Up and DJ Set by Mo Millie

$FREE$

The Dark Matter Residency is supported by generous funding from The Joyce Foundation, the Reva and David Logan Foundation, and the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.

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Elastro: Tiziana Bertoncini / Thomas lehn Duo + Quartet w/ Emily Beisel + Michael Zerang

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October 3

AfroFuturist Weekend Day 2, PT 1: Sam Thousand and Zahra Glenda Baker/Elastic Outreach/Night out in the parks