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To view this email as a web page, click here. Get to know last month's featured Chicago artists, like S-O-S and Savannah... You know summer in Chicago is getting into the swing of things when there are too many things to do. I was getting overwhelmed just looking at the options — because, no matter what street festival you end up at, everything is a fun time. To save you a little time from sifting through the ever-growing list of fun things to do, here are a couple of festivals, fairs and other events you might want to check out over the next two weeks… Celebrate the legacy of hip-hop and house music and support local Chicago restaurants and breweries this weekend at the Hyde Park Summer Fest! Head out to Midway Plaisance Park this Saturday and Sunday to catch performances from Busta Rhymes, Lupe Fiasco, Jhené Aiko, Lucky Daye, BJ The Chicago Kid and more, plus sets from DJs like Jazzy Jeff, Terry Hunter and Jay Illa. Tickets and the full lineup are on the festival’s website. Taste of Chicago returns this year — in bite-sized celebrations! This year’s “Taste of Chicago In the Neighborhoods” starts tomorrow in the Austin neighborhood, with the following festivals next Saturday in the Pullman neighborhood and Saturday, June 25, in Little Village. All three events are free and run from 12 to 8 p.m. For more information, exact locations and lists of vendors, go here. On June 19, the DuSable Museum and Chance The Rapper present The Juneteenth BBQ & Block Party! Join the museum for this free family-friendly celebration, including special performances, conversations, horseback riding, a quilting exhibition and more. The Eventbrite page says it’s BYOG — “Bring your own grill.” Register in advance here!  Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash Festival returns next weekend! Featuring artists like Playboi Carti, Lil Uzi Vert, Polo G, Femdot, Flo Milli, G Herbo, Supa Bwe and Dreamer Isioma across three stages, this festival runs June 17 through 19 at Douglass Park. Tickets are available online! Fingers crossed the rain won’t interfere again like it did last year… Head over to the West Loop from June 17 to 19 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Taste of Randolph Street — with more than 16 Chicago-based eateries, plus house DJ sets and performances from artists like Cautious Clay, Heavy Crownz, Derrick Carter and Channel Tres. Admission is free with a suggested donation, and all proceeds benefit the West Loop Community Organization. More information and a full lineup here! Also next weekend, a week ahead of the annual Pride Parade, Northalsted celebrates Pride month with Pride Fest on June 18 and 19! The fest is set to take over Halsted Street with performers, drag shows and DJs across three stages, plus food, games, giveaways, a pet parade and more than 150 arts vendors. Admission is also free, with a suggested donation to help compensate performers and festival workers. Find out more information, exact location and how to attend here. You might know Rodrigo Amarante’s music already if you’ve ever watched the Netflix show "Narcos" (his song “Tuyo,” which they used for the show’s theme, is permanently ingrained in my brain because of it), but his “caricatural, cinematic,” second solo album Drama explores a new side of his sound. Vocalo welcomes Amarante to Sleeping Village on June 23 in support of his new album, with a solo opening performance from Squirrel Flower. Show info and tickets here! We added some new tracks to our on-air rotation this week — including two on-air exclusives not yet available for streaming. Stream our “In Rotation” playlist now below… or tune in at 91.1 FM to catch the full lineup all month long In Rotation: June 2022 LISTEN HERE   1. Timeless (feat. Dimestate Don) - Symbasyd 2. Cause We - Vice 3. Back to the Streets - Louie Tha Profit 4. También - Abel 5. What We’re On - D.Summors (will be released & added on June 24) 6. Revolution - FURY (will be released & added on June 24) 7. Break (produced by CeLL Uno) - Longshot 8. Glue - Abel & Adam Martinez 9. Before I’m Gone - Cole DeGenova Saba Breaks Down “Few Good Things,” Tour On Vocalo: “We’re Just Getting Started” Fresh off the Back Home tour, West Side Chicago rapper and member of Pivot Gang collective Saba stopped by the Vocalo studios — for the first time since 2017! He sat down with Bekoe live on air during his show on May 26 to discuss his discography, the Back Home tour, performing at the Aragon Ballroom and much more. In case you missed it on air, we’ve got their conversation available for streaming on both Spotify and YouTube below. READ MORE Joe(y) Saves Lives — And Wants To Teach You How 22-year-old Joe(y) spreads life-saving emergency first response knowledge as the training coordinator for Ujimaa Medics, or UMedics. UMedics is a grassroots nonprofit collective of Black Chicagoans dedicated to expanding access to first response training and trauma centers on the city’s South Side. For this installment of “This Is What Chicago Sounds Like,” we heard from Joe(y) about UMedics, how his work there began and more. READ MORE Do Good Number One Chicago’s chapter of global organization Food Not Bombs, located in Humbolt Park, works with local grocery stores to offer free weekly grocery delivery to those in need on the city’s northwest side. They’re currently in need of volunteer grocery packers to help out this month on June 11, 15, 18, 22 and 29. Click here to sign up! GET INVOLVED Number Two Join Chicago Cares in maintaining our city’s green spaces at Avondale’s Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse! Volunteers are needed this Sunday to help out the greenhouse with weeding, planting, mulching, shoveling and overall maintenance, mostly indoors. All tools will be provided, and closed-toe shoes are recommended. Sign up to help out here! GET INVOLVED Number Three On June 11 at 11 a.m., WBEZ, Elevate and Universidad Popular are partnering to host a free community workshop to help Chicago residents affected by the city’s water debt crisis. They plan to break down Chicago’s water debt billing crisis, provide resources and explain ways to get relief. More information on how to attend here. GET INVOLVED Have a volunteer opportunity you want to amplify? A community service project that deserves some love?  Send them our way; we’ll share some in the next edition of The Goods!    Tag Vocalo on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #VocaloIRL to let me know!  Get outside this weekend and enjoy the last bit of 70-degree weather before the summer heat catches up with us! Talk to you later, Morgan Ciocca Vocalo Digital Media Producer & Editor, The Goods     ©Chicago Public Media Inc 848 East Grand Ave, Navy Pier Chicago, IL 60611 Please do not reply to this email. If you need assistance, contact us here. 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