The Mix: Cool issues to do in Chicago June 25-July 1

Pride is going virtual While there’s no parade or side road competition this 12 months, there are many on-line celebrations for the general weekend of Pride Month: • Pride City Sounds: Chicago with Slo ’Mo Party is a party of track and the LGBTQ+ neighborhood at eight p.m. June 25. And have fun with Janelle Monae when the singer plays an intimate live performance at 7:30 p.m. June 28. For additional information on each occasions, move to humanbyorientation.com. • The Neo-Futurist Theater streams its annual Pride display, “The Infinite Wrench Gets Prideful: 30 Queer Plays in 60 Straight Minutes,” at eight p.m. June 25. Tickets: $15. Visit neofuturists.org. • A Queer Pride gifts Chicago Is a [Digital] Drag Festival, hosted by

The Mix — Cool issues to do and see in Chicago Jan. 16-22

Looking for some cool issues to do and see within the week forward in Chicago? Here are some ideas to think about: On the perimeter The 31st annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival returns for six weeks of performances that includes new performs, dance, devised works, selection, music, efficiency and new takes on traditional texts. Curated by Curious Theatre Branch and Prop Thtr, the competition is dedicated to discovery and this version’s run of 48 exhibits options many younger and rising corporations and people in addition to returning favorites. Among the exhibits Jan. 17-22: Social Sciences Productions’ “All My Little Words,” Curious Theatre’s “Four Story Animal Plus Dessert,” Kate Black-Spence and Chris Brickhouse’s “Ghosts of Whitechapel,” Sweet Back