Pleasure Power Portal

PLEASURE IS NOT FRIVOLOUS, IT IS POWER.

adult tea

July 26, 2025 |6-9pm

Starling by Duo

3243 W. 16th St. | Chicago, IL  

Adult Tea

It isn’t just a party—it’s a portal. Slow dance, vibe to deep grooves, and explore movement as medicine. Rooted in Black joy, sensuality, and care, this evening centers wellness through connection, rhythm, and intentional touch.

✨ Hosted by DiscoPoet Khari B ✨

Closing with a Kizomba session led by Shafeeha Monae, renowned Afro Caribbean dance artist—guiding us into joy, presence, and deep connection through movement.

☕ Monday Coffee completes the experience with aphrodisiac-inspired teas, plus one non-alcoholic and one alcoholic option—offering a full-body wellness ritual in every sip.

This is a gathering for the grown and sexy—ready to feel, move, reflect, and celebrate.

Come as you are. Leave transformed.

Pleasure Power Portal explores acts of memory, pleasure, and ancestral connection through the relationships, places, and things that bring us fulfillment. Using story and performance, this work will map complex stories of Black humanity on Chicago’s Westside, a region of the city that is often overlooked and misperceived. In partnership with First Church of the Brethren in Fifth City, Honey Pot Performance invites Westsiders to join in conversations and performance experiments that map personal and collective pleasure histories as acts of empowerment: Our joy matters. This multigenerational process will engage seniors, adults, and young people to identify unique stories of pleasure, digging into the myriad ways residents define this mode of feeling through their everyday lives. This sensuous body/mind/spirit exploration serves as foundational research for a new original multi-sited performance work that will premiere at First Church and several other Westside locations in 2026.