About us
Playground Gatherings is an events curation service centering Black LGBTQ+ Chicagoans in intentional experiences across the city. We now offer monthly playdates, connecting Black queer kin to the kid within. PG Playdates are designated occasions to visit new venues, do your favorite activities, learn new hobbies, and see the city with other Black queer young people. Our programming is guided by the theory that folk can best create new connections when sharing unique, new experiences.
Upcoming events
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QUEER AFRICAN MOVIE DATE
Sisters in Cinema Media Arts Center, 2310 E 75th St, Chicago, IL 60649, USA, Chicago, IL, USJoin us for a day of Queer African art and culture at Sisters in Cinema for a screening of Ghanaian filmmaker Joewackle J. Kusi's magical realist short, Nyame Mma (Children of God).
The film follows Kwamena, a 30-year-old queer man reckoning with the familial and social pressures of global queerphobia. After the sudden death of his father, he returns home and encounters a surreal dream in which he must face his father in the afterlife.
Nyame Mma was released shortly after the passage of reinforced legislation criminalizing LGBTQ+ Ghanaians. We’re using this occasion to support Drama Queens Ghana, a feminist, Pan-African, and youth-led theatre collective supporting queer resistance in Accra.
Drama Queens uses various forms of performance and audio-visual art to challenge the status quo, break barriers, and center the stories of women. Their work centers Pan-Africanist & decolonial feminist values that interrupting the social catalysts of rape culture, providing consent education, and resourcing queer liberation in Africa.
Tickets are live on Posh! Select a seat in one of three showings (2:30, 3:30, + 4:30pm). Please reach out to secure ADA seating.
Stick around after our first showing for a talkback with the filmmaker. Following the second showing, we’ll engage in guided discussion, and close after the third with a word from our beneficiary. We will also have a pop-up archive curated by Okrika, light bites by Alaase, and drinks sponsored by Ruby Hibiscus Tea.
See you at the movies 🎥🍿
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