Gerber/Hart is partnering with the Leather Museum (6418 N. Greenview) for a free screening of AIDS Diva: The Legend of Connie Norman. Connie Norman was a trans woman who spoke out for her HIV-positive community in Los Angeles in the late 80s and early 90s. AIDS Diva is a documentary that follows his work, not only in favor of the humanity of people living with HIV, but also of the emerging visibility of the trans community in Los Angeles. After the screening, filmmaker Dante Alencastre will speak with artist, filmmaker and ACT UP Chicago member Mary Patten and AIDS activist, writer and historian Sarah Schulman. Tickets are required for this free event, which begins at 3 p.m. (MC)

The Rebuild Foundation is hosting its last free concert of the summer at Kenwood Gardens (6929 S. Kenwood) from 5-7 p.m. Composer Renee Baker distilled selected compositions from Anthony Braxton (a southern-born composer who is considered an influential member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians [AACM]), in APOTHEOSE: The Braxton Taleswhich will be executed by the Large AACM Black Music Ensemble tonight. As this is an outdoor event, be aware of the weather and bring everything that will make the experience more enjoyable: chairs, picnic blankets, sweaters, snacks, etc. (MC)

Multidisciplinary artist Marcela Torres found themselves attracted to smoking cigars about seven years ago. This led to an investigation into the role of tobacco in Latinidad history and rituals, as well as colonization, which resulted in their new choreographic work, Iyapokatzin; the venerable tobacco smoke. The piece, developed in part by the Chicago DanceMakers Forum, gets two free public performances this weekend; today at 6:30 p.m. at El Paseo Community Garden (944 W. 21st) and tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. at Malinalli Garden (2800 S. Ridgeway). As Torres told the Readerby Kerry Cardoza, they were inspired by traditional Azteca-Chichimeca and Folklórico forms, but with a few twists. “My goal is for people to see these dance forms as contemporary play options in descriptions of our lives today.” (KR)

MADD (Making a Difference Dancing) Rhythms is a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating the history of tap dancing. Tonight Resident Instructor and Choreographer Donetta Jackson, who has performed with Chance the Rapper and Missy Elliott, presents A MADD mixtape. DJ DeeJayd9_3 will spin live, mixing a mix of R&B, hip-hop and other music, to help center the African diaspora while connecting the sound and movement of dance to its modern descendant, the game of legs. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Harold Washington Cultural Center (4701 S. Martin Luther King Dr.) and tickets are $20. The show is part of the Chicago Tap Summit, a weekend-long series of lectures and panel discussions that kicked off Friday at 4 p.m. and runs through Sunday. Tickets for the whole weekend range between $400 and $500; see eventbrite.com. (MC)

The Griffin Theater kicks off its 33rd season with the Midwest premiere of Maryse Seacole, written by Pulitzer Prize winner Jackie Sibblies Drury. Drury’s We are proud to present a presentation on the Herero of Namibia, formerly known as South West Africa, from the German Südwestafrika, between the years 1884-1915 (based on the German genocide of the Herero tribe of Namibia) appeared at Steppenwolf for Young Adults in 2019, but his Pulitzer-winning play, Fairviewhas not yet been seen here. Maryse Seacole, which debuted in New York in 2019, is based on the real life of a British Jamaican nurse and businesswoman who treated wounded soldiers during the Crimean War (1853-1856). The real Seacole has written a juicy memoir about her adventures, and a statue of her stands outside St. Thomas’ Hospital in London. Drury’s version takes an unconventional approach in order to blur the distinctions between past and present, while examining gendered assumptions about women as caregivers. It is directed for Griffin by Jerrell L. Henderson and Hannah Todd; previews begin tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Raven Theater (6157 N. Clark) and continue through 6/11. Information and tickets ($30-$40, $15 students, active military and veterans) at griffintheatre.com. (KR)