8:00 AM
Drift by Daniel Wohl - Commissioned by iSing Silicon Valley Girlchoir - Commissioned by iSing, Drift is a five-minute multimedia work for treble choir, electronics, acoustic instruments, and video. It is iSing s first multimedia, and entirely digital commission. Drift will debut on May 15th at 8am on iSing s YouTube channel. The piece will also be a part of their concert, Choosing Harmony. click here
10:30 AM
Sonia De Los Santos - Children and grownups of all backgrounds adore the joyful and bright music of Sonia De Los Santos. Her songs, in both Spanish and English, reflect her inspiring journey of growing up in Mexico and moving to New York City. This performance will be streamed Live from The Conrad on May 15 and will be available to stream on-demand until May 22, 2021. click here
Historic Downtown Long Grove Business Association
All about chocolate
Long Grove’s annual homage to the cocoa bean returns with
“For the Love of Chocolate.” The event May 14-16 may be on a smaller scale to comply with COVID-19 health and safety guidelines but it won’t skimp on everything chocolate. Included are food vendors, live entertainment and kid’s activities. Opening night includes an artist hand carving a sculpture of Frank Sinatra while singer Tony Ocean performs. Advance online registration is required to attend. Downtown Long Grove, 308 Old McHenry Rd. Tickets: $10-$45. Visit longgrove.org.
Playing it live
Robert Falls (center) directs John Drea and Mary Beth Fisher in a rehearsal for “The Sound Inside.”
Tiara Banks’ tragic death is the 16th violent death of a transgender or non-binary person to occur this year.
Banks was killed on April 21 in the West Pullman neighbourhood of Chicago on Wednesday, according to the Human Rights Campaign.
Tiara was attacked in her Ford Fusion when a shooter approached the vehicle and shot her multiple times. The 24-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
Howard Brown Health, a community-based LGBTQ+ health organisation based in Chicago, announced the news of Tiara’s death online.
The midwest health centre shared a heartfelt message in honour of Tiara and called for an end to the “epidemic of anti-trans violence”.
Trans Woman Tiara Banks Fatally Shot in Chicago
The epidemic of violence against trans Americans continues, with Banks being the 16th killed this year. April 26 2021 8:08 PM EDT
Black transgender woman Tiara Banks was shot to death in Chicago last Wednesday, making her at least the 16th trans, nonbinary, or gender-nonconforming person to die by violence in the U.S. this year.
Banks, 24, was sitting alone in her car that night in the West Pullman neighborhood on the city’s far south side when someone shot her several times, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Local TV station WGN reported on the crime but did not give Banks’s name. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Tiara Banks, a Black transgender woman, has been shot to death aged 24.
Banks was killed in the West Pullman neighbourhood of Chicago on Wednesday (21 April), the Human Rights Campaign said. Her tragic death is at least the 16th known violent killing of a transgender or gender non-conforming person in the US this year.
According to a local news report, Banks was sitting alone in her Ford Fusion when the shooter approached the vehicle and fired at her multiple times. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Chicago police are investigating whether Banks’s gender identity was a factor in her death, local TV station WGN said.