On Friday, November 4th, Trinity United Church of Christ will be hosting a free screening of the documentary “Hip Hop Rev,” sponsored by the 20 Something Ministy and the Trinity Justice Watch Team.
“Hip Hop Rev” (official trailer below) focuses on Lennox Yearwood Jr., a Louisiana-born civil rights and environmental activist, the founder of the human rights organization Hip Hop Caucus, and a Christian minister. It follows the reverend to his birthplace, specifically to post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, the birthplace of Hip Hop Caucus. The documentary shows a year in Yearwood’s life, during which he also embarked on a national Clean Energy Bus Tour under the Alliance for Climate Protection, the brainchild of former Vice President Al Gore. Yearwood has earned his respect among circles of both politicians and activists for his persistent determination and for choosing to work amongst the people instead of from within a church.
Video courtesy of HipHopCaucus on YouTube
The hour-long film was commissioned by Discovery Network’s Planet Green channel, a platform that focuses on the progress in the sustainability movement.
After the screening there will be a period of bible study and a social justice panel featuring the night’s sponsors. They plan to discuss the prison industrial complex and economic justice, among other issues.
Fellowship Hall, Trinity United Church of Christ, 400 W. 95th St. November 4. Friday, 7pm. (773)962-5650
Despite the cold weather, Shawn Michelle’s seemed to be doing good business yesterday when we saw (and sampled) their ice cream truck parked in Kimbark Plaza in Hyde Park. They were back today as well. We’ll try to confirm whether they’ll be in the same place every weekend and for how long into the season they’ll be around—hopefully they’re planning to come back when the weather’s warmer, because that ice cream is good.
Update, 10/14: The plan right now is to have the truck in Kimbark Plaza 2pm-10pm, Wednesday through Sunday, and they’ll be year-round. They also said they’re working on some things like hot fudge to warm up the winter months.
The 11th annual World Music Festival: Chicago starts today and continues through September 24. Over the next week, 57 artists will perform at 21 venues across the city. Only 3 performances take place on the South Side, but they all look like winners:
Irish folk singer Cara Dillon has been performing since she was 14, both solo and in folk bands. She’s currently touring in support of her fourth album, which was released in the U.S. on Tuesday. Dillon performs tonight, September 18, at 8pm at the World Music Company, 1808 W. 103rd St. $15.
The Orchestra of Tétouan plays “Andalusian music,” a North African style that uses lutes, rebabs, zithers, goblet drums, and other instruments with fun names. They perform on Sunday, September 20 at 8pm at the University of Chicago’s International House, 1414 E. 59th St. $10, or $5 with student ID.
Tambours sans Frontières is a Congolese group based around three drummers, two of whom play the senga n’goma. Formed in Brazzaville in 2000, they later moved to Mali, Senegal, and most recently Chicago. On September 23 at 6:30pm, the group brings its intricate, repetitive rhythms to the Washington Park fieldhouse, 5500 S. King Dr. Free.