Board of Directors Meeting
Jennifer Amdur Spitz
100 N Lasalle St. Ste 300 Chicago IL, 60625

Midsommarfest
Swedish American Museum
5211 N. Clark St.

Hejsan - Children's After-School Program
Swedish American Museum
5211 N. Clark St.

Hejsan - Children's After-School Program
Swedish American Museum
5211 N. Clark St.

BIRDING AT PULLMAN STATE HISTORIC SITE
Pullman State Historic Site - Hotel Florence
11111 S. Forrestville Ave.

Leadership Council
Garland Room, 1st Floor, Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington, Chicago

This is a closed meeting for the Alliance Leadership Council, which includes all Core Members' executive directors and board presidents. 

The Council will review the following:

1. Web-based volunteer matching system
2. Discount purchasing and printing programs
3. Program plans for Fall 2010 - Fall 2011
4. Core Members and curriculum 
5. Cross-cultural programs and panels

Dinner will be served at 6.30 PM and the meeting will begin promptly at 7 PM.

24th Annual Scottish Festival and Highland Games
Oak Brook Polo Grounds
700 Oak Brook Road, Oak Brook, IL 60523

24th Annual Scottish Festival and Highland Games
Oak Brook Polo Grounds
700 Oak Brook Road, Oak Brook, IL 60523

Executive Committee Meeting
Chicago Cultural Alliance Office
4626 N. Knox Ave. Chicago, IL 60630

Executive Committee meeting
CCA office

Gerdany Workshop Series with Maria Rypan at the Ukrainian National Museum
Ukrainian National Museum
2249 W. Superior St, Chicago, IL 60612

Bloomsday Celebrations
Irish American Heritage Center
4626 North Knox Avenue, Chicago, IL 60630

Workshop, Migration and Cultural Identity in the Mexico-United State Relations
Depaul University, Lincoln Campus, Monroe Hall
Monroe Hall 114, 115, 116

Workshop, Migration and Cultural Identity in the Mexico-United State Relations
Casa Michoacan
1638 S. Blue Island Chicago, IL 60608

Presentation of the NALACC investigate report
Casa Michoacan
1638 S. Blue Island Chicago, IL 60608

Concelebrated Mass and blessing of the Presencia Cultural Michoacana 2010.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel
1150 N. River Rd. Des Plaines, IL.

Exhibit: “MEXICAN GRAPHIC ARTS IN THE 20th CENTURY”. “EVERYDAY WORK”.
Casa Michoacan
1638 S. Blue Island Chicago, IL 60608

Workshop: From Mexico to Chicago: Voices and Experiences of Migrant Women.
Casa Michoacan
1638 S. Blue Island Chicago, IL 60608

Roundtable: Hometown Organizations and the Immigration Reform Marches.
Casa Michoacan
1638 S. Blue Island Chicago, IL 60608

Navy Pier Beer Garden
Navy Pier Beer Graden
600 East Grand Ave., Chicago, IL 60611

Presentation of the book Indigenous Migration to the United States:
Casa Michoacan
1638 S. Blue Island Chicago, IL 60608

Panel Conference: What happened to Immigration Reform?
Casa Michoacan
1638 S. Blue Island Chicago, IL 60608

Book Presentation: From the instinctive to the rational in the work of René Arceo.
Casa Michoacan
1638 S. Blue Island Chicago, IL 60608

Rountable: Transperancy and Accountability of the 3X1 program.
Casa Michoacan
1638 S. Blue Island Chicago, IL 60608

Celebration of the second annual meeting of the Migrants of Michoacán Advisory Council.
Casa Michoacan
1638 S. Blue Island Chicago, IL 60608

Dinner Dance
Chateau Busche
11535 S. Cicero Ave., Alsip, IL 60803-2809

Education Committee Meeting
Alliance Office in the Irish American Heritage Center (IAHC)
4626 North Knox Avenue, Room 301

Lecture: “The Origins of Prehistoric Metal Technology in Eastern North America.”
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
3001 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201

We're Still Here
Trickster Gallery
190 S. Roselle Road, Schaumberg

Juneteenth Celebration at Brookfield Zoo
Brookfield Zoo
3300 Golf Road, Brookfield

Brookfield Zoo will host JUNETEENTH presentations provided by Bronzeville Historical Society, andSwahili Institute.

Drumming, Storytelling, and presentations will be held 00PM in the Discovery Center Founder's Room.

THE PRESENTATION IS FOR ALL AGES.

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that all slaves were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official January 1, 1863.

Trickster Gallery Art Featured at the Fourth Presbyterian Church!
Fourth Presbyterian Church
126 E. Chestnut, Chicago, IL 60611

Fourth Presbyterian Church is privileged to partner with the Trickster Gallery in Schaumburg and the American Indian Center in Chicago to present an exhibition of American Indian culture and art, traditional and contemporary. The artworks are on display in the Loggia through Sunday, July 11. Established in March 2005 to support the Center's Arts Department, the Trickster Gallery is the only nonprofit American Indian-operated arts institution in Illinois. Dedicated to providing space for first-voice arts, it features contemporary art (post-1960s) and augments exhibits with film screenings, featured speakers, panel discussions, school tours, and educator workshops.

The Scottish Business Forum hosts luncheon with Professor David Bell, University of Stirling
Union Leauge Club
65 W Jackson Blvd Chicago

Born in Inverness, David has very strong Highland roots. He was educated at the University of Aberdeen and the London School of Economics where he studied economics and econometrics. His career has taken him to a number of universities including St Andrews, Strathclyde, Warwick and Glasgow. His main interests are labor economics, the economics of social care, public finance and the Scottish economy.

He has written many academic papers and is a regular contributor to media on topics relating to the Scottish economy. He is regularly featured in the Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday and the Sunday Herald. He also makes frequent television appearances, particularly on BBC Newsnight Scotland.

Professor Bell advises the Finance Committee of the Scottish Parliament, on the efficient spending of taxpayers money. Inevitably this takes him close to the major political issues, but he avoids specific political affiliation.

Recently Professor Bell has been involved, not just in Scotland, but also at a UK level in providing advice and information on the recession and its consequences. The events of the last two years present Scotland with many challenges - particularly in respect of repairing the economy and the public finances.

For some light relief from financial matters, David and his wife Dorrie spend time in their native Dornoch, Sutherland. He has been a lifetime golfer and is a member of Royal Dornoch Golf Club, one of great links courses in the world, and the birthplace of Donald Ross, the great US golf course architect.

17 Swedish Designers Exhibit Opening
Swedish American Museum
5211 North Clark Street

The events scheduled for the new exhibit are:
Exhibit Opening: Friday, June 4, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Gallery Walk: Saturday, June 5, 11 a.m.
Start with Art: Wednesday, June 9, 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Family Night: Friday, June 25, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

17 Swedish Designers Gallery Walk
Swedish American Museum
5211 North Clark Street

17 Swedish Designers Start with Art
Swedish American Museum
5211 North Clark Street

17 Swedish Designers Family Night
Swedish American Museum
5211 North Clark Street

RETRO/INTRO/SPECTIVES by Elizam Escobar
Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture
3015 West Division Street

This exhibit is a combination of a previous installation at Polvo in June of 2006 and the elaboration of new words which are also a series of combining techniques that intertwine with earlier works, documents and mixed images to form a whole of coming and goings between that two-decade long period of imprisonment and the subsequent works from a decade that feels like two.

The installation started from a series of drawings I did in prison about jail bars transmuting into sculptures.  From there, constructions, mixed media and three-dimensional works emerged. The "extension" of those pieces has taken different, but limited, forms, due to the issue of transportation. The new works have trace marks of both before and after the installation, which makes it hard to know what came before and what came after.

Here there is a type of self-intervention and variations where there are transferences and painting over transparencies, documents and reproductions altered in scale and context, sequences, series, and digital pieces. The theme of jail bars and the prison experience have imposed an autobiographical and political atmosphere, but always through the symbolic of art as an exchange between spectators and the work.

Buen aprovecho.

Program Committee Meeting
CCA office
4626 N. Knox Avenue, Chicago, IL 60630

Opening Exhibits
Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture
3015 West Division St

Opening Exhibit of renowned artist Elizam Escobar &
Photo Exhibit: 50 years of Claridad (Puerto Rican newspaper)

Native American Jewelry Trading Days
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
3001 Central St., Evanston, IL 60201

Takin' It to the Streets: Urban International Festival
Marquette Park
6734 S. Kedzie Avenue, Chicago, IL

20,000 people. 200 vendors. 100 artists. 4 stages. 1 day.

Takin' It to the Streets is a Muslim-led festival where artistic expression, spirituality, and urban creativity inspire social change.

Takin' It to the Streets bridges today's cultural divides by connecting diverse racial, ethnic, and religious communities through a dynamic festival. The festival will enrich cross-cultural community building not only in Chicago, but around the world.

Numerous artists from around the world will be featured on the stages, including Mos Def, Tinariwen, and Akbar, among others.

Activities include: panel discussion and dialogues related to spirituality and social change; an international bazaar showcasing cultural artifacts and multi-ethnic cuisine; health and wellness fair; a sports arena featuring a three-on-three basketball tournament; a family zone with rides and games; and a prayer center open all day for meditation, reflection, and prayer.

For more information, please visit the website: www.streets2010.com

Takin' It to the Streets is produced by the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN), an organization that aims to change, serve and inspire by working on social justice issues, delivering a wide range of direct services, and cultivating the arts in urban communities.

Join the Chicago Cultural Alliance as we mark our first presence at this exciting event!

Symposium Justice after Atrocity: Extraordinary Chambers of Cambodia
Cambodian Museum and Killing Fields Memorial
2831 West Lawrence Ave Chicago, IL 60625

Join Northwestern Professor David Scheffer and John Marshall Law School Professor Stuart Ford for a discussion of the Khmer Rouge Trials.

Natragillet, Swedish Folk Dancers
Swedish American Museum
5211 N. Clark St.

Evening With the FAI at the Irish American Heritage Center
Irish American Heritage Center
4626 N KNOX AVE CHICAGO IL 60630

Eiteljorg Museum Bus Trip
Meet at Mitchell Museum and take bus to the Eiteljorg Museum
Evanston, Illinois 60201

Eiteljorg Museum Bus Trip

The 18th Annual Indian Market brings together nearly 140 Native American artists, storytellers, dancers, and singers.  Travel down with us for an unforgettable experience!

Transportation Cost:  $65 Members, $75 Non-members

Admission Cost:  $10 at the door, $8 if paid in advance

AROUND THE WORLD IN 36 FRAMES
The Polish Museum of America
984 N. Milwaukee Ave., IL. 60642