The Doctors: Exploring 1970’s Teen Social Scenes and the Emergence of Chicago House Music Culture
@ First Church of the Brethren
425 S Central Park Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Friday, May 29th, from 6PM - 10PM
This exhibition documents the pre-house era influence and innovation of a 1970’s dance crew based in Chicago’s Roseland community. These young Black men from Mendel Catholic High School elevated the school’s parties to new prominence, creating significant social cultural contributions to the teen scene and party culture in Chicago. This exhibition emerges from the CBSCM’s Community Curators Program which examines the personal archives of The Doctors in collaboration with curatorial writer, DaJona Butler.
Exhibition Opening:
Friday, May 29, 2026
6-10pm @ First Church of the Brethren (425 S. Central Park Blvd)
6:00-7:00pm – The Doctors – Interview Screening + CBSCM: A Look into Archiving with Micah Smith, Archiving & Research Manager
7-8:00pm – Panel discussion with the Doctors, moderated by DaJona Butler
8:00-8:45pm – Exhibition walkthrough and curator discussion with ebere agwuncha + DaJona Butler, moderated by Meida McNeal
8:45-10:30pm – Closing DJ set with Craig Loftis & social hour
For 25 years, Honey Pot Performance has worked hard to support and uplift PGM/BIPOC communities, always making sure that PGM/BIPOC artists and scholars are leading the way in our organization. Through performances, sharing knowledge, archiving, and engaging with the public humanities, we create a space where the perspectives of artists of color are front and center. Our work focuses on how people navigate their identity, sense of belonging, and differences in their lives and communities.
Each year, we invite communities to join us through collective storytelling, archiving, and creative exploration—offering space to express, mark intentions, challenge societal norms, and expand together. This year we focus back in on roots community storytelling, activation and performance through themes of joy as we enter Phase 2 of our project, Pleasure Power Portal. We also continue our longstanding public humanities work with the Chicago Black Social Culture Map, inviting communities to chronicle and preserve the lived experiences of Black Chicagoans, from the Great Migration through the rise and future of House music.
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