{"id":5255,"date":"2019-02-25T18:09:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T18:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loopchicagodev.wpenginepowered.com\/introducing-party-noire-producing-activate-a-k-a-power-house\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:30:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:30:43","slug":"introducing-party-noire-producing-activate-a-k-a-power-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/es\/chicago-loop-blog\/introducing-party-noire-producing-activate-a-k-a-power-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Party Noire: Producing \u2018ACTIVATE: A.K.A. Power House\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"loop-intro wp-block-paragraph\">Party Noire, an inclusive cultural hub celebrating Black femmes, queer women of color and Black womynhood along the gender spectrum, is joining Canvas Chicago in co-producing &#8220;<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/loopchicago.com\/es\/activate\/\" target=\"_blank\">ACTIVATE: A.K.A. Power House<\/a>\u201d on Aug. 16.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">Together with a group of hand-picked artists and DJs,\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thepartynoire.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Party Noire<\/a>\u00a0will transform Garland Court at Lake Street into a visual exhibition inspired by Chicago\u2019s house music history, presented by contemporary artists. Guests will dance under a giant disco ball to the beats of emerging DJs and other live musicians. Get to know Party Noire founders Nick Alder and Rae Chardonnay, and learn about the collective\u2019s origins, its upcoming three-year anniversary party and everything in-between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"loop-h2 wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s the Party Noire origin story?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rae:<\/strong> We started in 2015, and the idea behind it pretty much came from a few women wanting to get together and create a space that we felt like was lacking in Chicago, which is a space that was dedicated to women, made by women \u2014 black women specifically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nick:<\/strong> I think we saw a lack of space and thought about our identities as black queer women and saw spaces that marginalized our experiences, so we wanted to see a space that centered blackness, that centered queerness, and to do so specifically on a side of town that\u2019s not really active for that life. We were intentional to create a space that was not downtown or not in Boystown, which are typical spaces where you think there\u2019s space created for queer people within our target audience and demographics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rae:<\/strong> The very first thing that we did was the day party, and that\u2019s what we did for about a year before we started doing any other programming.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"loop-h2 wp-block-heading\">How has Party Noire evolved over the past three years?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rae:<\/strong> It expanded from just the day party to more and more community focused, more direct programming, so we\u2019ve been collaborating with other organizations in the city to develop programming that was not the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nick:<\/strong> We\u2019ve had game nights, we\u2019ve co-hosted awareness events, specifically awareness that pertains to the black and brown queer coms in the city. We\u2019ve collaborated a couple times with Jamila Woods in the city. We\u2019ve also produced our own concerts and music shows, usually a full lineup of mostly women or queer folk. We do a lot of speaking at conferences; for example, we spoke at\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/loopchicago.com\/es\/go\/columbia-college-chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\">Columbia College<\/a>. We\u2019ve really tried to think about ways to repurpose our mission and see that manifested in different places and spaces, all coming back to making space for queer people, black people and femmes specifically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"loop-h2 wp-block-heading\">Has Party Noire ever produced an event like ACTIVATE before?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nick:<\/strong> We\u2019ve done other collaborations that involve art, but this will be our first large-scale production. It\u2019s definitely been a very informative and fun experience, but also just a learning experience. Working with Emily (Associate Director of\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.canvaschicago.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canvas Chicago<\/a>) closely, she has been walking us through what it takes to do something this big with a client like Chicago Loop Alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">What was the inspiration behind the name of this event, \u201cA.K.A. Power House?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rae:<\/strong> It was really just thinking about the components of Chicago house music and who\u2019s been responsible for how Chicago house music is perceived. \u201cA.K.A.\u201d is kind of pulled from another party that used to happen in Chicago called \u201cA.K.A. Night Club.\u201d So it\u2019s kind of a play on words, and just a reimagination of what a house music club might look like in 2018 or feel like in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"loop-h2 wp-block-heading\">What are you looking forward to about this ACTIVATE event?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nick:<\/strong> There are a lot of great components we\u2019re excited about; we\u2019re excited to have some of Chicago\u2019s best DJs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rae:<\/strong> The DJ lineup is pretty exciting. We have Duane Powell, who has been a Chicago music enthusiast and DJ for years. He\u2019s a go-to for a lot of people in terms of music knowledge and access to certain music, and also just really being a curator of sound. Also, All The Way Kay, another Chicago heavy-hitter DJ known for amazing house music and very dance party-oriented DJ. Myself, Rae Chardonnay, I will also be DJing. And then a fresh face on the electronic juke kind of sound, they go by Professor-Wrecks. We\u2019ll also be having some footworkers, a drag performance or two \u2013 those are the components I\u2019m most excited about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"loop-h2 wp-block-heading\">Is there anything else Party Noire has coming up you\u2019d like to share?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nick:<\/strong> We\u2019re celebrating our three-year anniversary the first weekend of September, Labor Day weekend, so that\u2019s something we want to keep people in tuned to. It\u2019ll be a weekend-long three-year anniversary celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/loopchicago.com\/es\/activate\/\" target=\"_blank\">ACTIVATE: A.K.A. Power House<\/a>\u201d will take place from 5-10 p.m. on Aug. 16 on Garland Court (enter at N. Garland and E. Lake). RSVP here for a free drink ticket. 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