Pleasure Power Portal
PLEASURE IS NOT FRIVOLOUS, IT IS POWER.
A ROYAL AFFAIR
June 7, 2025 |1-5pm
First Church of the Brethren
425 S. Central Pk Blvd | Chicago, IL
A Royal Affair
This event celebrates elders with a "senior prom." Attendees are invited to dress up, dance and reminisce on pleasure memories of the past while making some for the present and future.
A special Glam Squad will be onsite offering manicures, light makeup and styling for those who want to shine even brighter!
Limited Glam spots available – first come, first served — Sign up for Glam Service here.
Music provided by Sheila “DJ Red” Thurman
For the next event in our Pleasure Power Portal series, join us for a Fifth City Juneteenth Celebration as we honor Black resilience and preservation of Black culture and history.
Held in the First Church Garden, come hang out for a daylong barbecue with a live DJ set, performances, a gardening workshop, a cooking demo with a local chef & more! Bring your appetite, family recipes, and stories you wish to archive and join us for this extra flavorful Juneteenth celebration!
June 19th, 1-6pm
First Church Of The Brethren (GARDEN)
425 S. Central Park Blvd, Chicago, IL
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.