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SUMMARY:African American Civil War Soldiers Honor Roll - Call for names
DESCRIPTION:Dear Friends and Community Members\, \nAcross Chicago\, countless stories of courage and service remain untold. Among them are the legacies of Black men who\, during the Civil War\, donned Union blue and fought for freedom—not only for themselves\, but for generations to come. \nOver the past two years\, Bronzeville Historical Society has encouraged family historians and community members to look closely at their family trees\, to uncover the names and stories of these patriot ancestors. Already\, a few names have been shared with us: \n\n• Enos Bond\n   Nero Cooper\n• Henry Slaughter\n• James Jackson\n• Charles Griffin\n   Mack Reese\n• Zach Bell\n• James Taylor\n• John Litre\n            and more….\nThese men’s sacrifices deserve to be remembered\, honored\, and taught. That is why we are developing a special exhibit that will feature images of these soldiers alongside their biographies. This project will be a lasting tribute\, ensuring that their names live on and inspire future generations. Bronzeville Historical Society is collecting names of African American Union Soldiers of the Civil War\n\nthrough December 2025.  The names will be added to an exhibit proposed for Illinois250 programs in June 2026. \nWe now turn to you. We invite Black Chicagoans to contribute the names of their Civil War ancestors who served. Whether you have a photograph\, a document\, a family story\, or simply a name passed down through the years\, we want to include your ancestor in this historic effort. \nTogether\, we can weave a collective tapestry of remembrance—one that uplifts our community’s role in shaping the nation’s history.\nPlease send names\, stories\, or photographs to: Sherry Williams \n\nEmail: bronzevillehistoricalsociety@gmail.com\nor by mail at 4455 S. King Drive Suite 103\n\n                        Chicago\, IL 60653 \nLet us honor our Civil War heroes by making their bravery visible. Their courage made our future possible; now it is our turn to carry their memory forward.
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LOCATION:Bronzeville Historical Society\, 4455 S King Dr. - Suite 103\, Chicago\, IL\, 60653\, United States
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SUMMARY:Neue Deutsche Welle | Sounds of 1980s Germany Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:From the rise of Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW) in West Germany to underground punk and rock scenes in the GDR\, young people on both sides of the Wall used sound and style to express individuality\, resistance\, humor\, and hope. \nThis exhibition explores how the 1980s became one of the most culturally transformative decades in modern German history.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/neue-deutsche-welle-sounds-of-1980s-germany-exhibit/
LOCATION:DANK Haus German American Cultural Center\, 4740 N. Western Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60625\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tour
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SUMMARY:Water to Water: Gaza Renga – Marilyn Hacker & Deema Shehabi (ONLINE)
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning poets Marilyn Hacker and Deema K. Shehabi visit the American Writers Museum to read from their powerful new book Water to Water: Gaza Renga\, a poetry collaboration in the call-and-response form of Renga during the conflict in Gaza. The pair will have a conversation on their writing journey and share how the collaboration came to be. \nThis is the livestream of an in person program at the American Writers Museum. When you register for this event\, you will receive access to the livestream link. If you would like to attend the program in person at the AWM\, get your tickets here. \nThis program is presented in conjunction with the AWM’s special exhibit American Prophets: Writers\, Religion\, and Culture\, a powerful new exhibit that takes you on the ultimate exploration through spirituality and storytelling. American Prophets is supported by a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative. \nMore about Water to Water: \nFrom the publisher: “In 2009\, prompted by the Israeli siege of Gaza\, poets Marilyn Hacker and Deema Shehabi started a correspondence. It took the form of responding to each other’s poems. They resumed their poetic dialogue by email after Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023. \nTheir project involved an alternate call and response between them in the tradition of the Japanese renga form\, each poet picking up a word\, phrase\, or image from the poem preceding. The result is a fascinating poetic conversation. The two poetic voices are beautifully meshed together\, so that it actually reads as one long poem. \nThe poetry is very rich in imagery\, and these images stay with you\, as do feelings the poems generate\, for example\, of unrest\, of being in exile. Television and social media show you the pictures in the streets\, this poetry takes you into the homes and minds of people. You can read it very much between the lines\, and therefore it seems to speak to people about their own experiences. \nWater to Water: Gaza Renga is a dignified celebration of humanity in and among atrocities. Although triggered by events in Gaza\, it weaves in other conflicts past and present.” \nPraise for Water to Water: \n“[A] stunning sequence of renga… We celebrate these two voices\, bleeding in and out of each other\, quicksilver\, mercurial\, eloquent in song and silence\, even as they celebrate the human spirit in a ruptured world.”\n—Mimi Khalvati \n“This book’s revolutionary form is most revolutionary of all in making serious political engagement and sophisticated poetic pleasure inseparable.”\n—Fiona Sampson\, Professor of Poetry\, University of Roehampton \n \nMARILYN HACKER (left) is the author of twenty-one books of poems\, including three collaborative books\, and twenty-two collections of translations from the French. Over the course of her career\, she has received numerous honors\, including the National Book Award\, the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation\, the PEN/Voelcker Award\, the Argana International Poetry Prize\, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation\, the Ingram Merrill Foundation\, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She served as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets\, editor of the Kenyon Review\, and editor of the French literary journal Siècle 21. She lives between Paris and New York. \nDEEMA K. SHEHABI (right) is a Palestinian American poet and editor. She is the author of Thirteen Departures from the Moon and the co-editor (with Beau Beausoleil) of Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here\, for which she received NCBR’s recognition award. She is also the winner of the Nazim Hikmet Poetry Prize in 2018 and a recipient of Best of the Net nomination in 2021 as well as several Pushcart Prize nominations. Her poems have been widely published in literary journals and her work has been translated into Arabic\, French\, and Farsi.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/water-to-water-gaza-renga-marilyn-hacker-deema-shehabi-online/
LOCATION:American Writers Museum\, 180 N. Michigan Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60601\, United States
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SUMMARY:Water to Water: Gaza Renga – Marilyn Hacker & Deema Shehabi (IN PERSON)
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning poets Marilyn Hacker and Deema K. Shehabi visit the American Writers Museum to read from their powerful new book Water to Water: Gaza Renga\, a poetry collaboration in the call-and-response form of Renga during the conflict in Gaza. The pair will have a conversation on their writing journey and share how the collaboration came to be. Books will be available for purchase and the poets will sign them following the program. \nThis is an in person program at the American Writers Museum. This program will also be livestreamed\, and you can register for the link to the online broadcast here. \nThis program is presented in conjunction with the AWM’s special exhibit American Prophets: Writers\, Religion\, and Culture\, a powerful new exhibit that takes you on the ultimate exploration through spirituality and storytelling. American Prophets is supported by a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative. \nMore about Water to Water: \nFrom the publisher: “In 2009\, prompted by the Israeli siege of Gaza\, poets Marilyn Hacker and Deema Shehabi started a correspondence. It took the form of responding to each other’s poems. They resumed their poetic dialogue by email after Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023. \nTheir project involved an alternate call and response between them in the tradition of the Japanese renga form\, each poet picking up a word\, phrase\, or image from the poem preceding. The result is a fascinating poetic conversation. The two poetic voices are beautifully meshed together\, so that it actually reads as one long poem. \nThe poetry is very rich in imagery\, and these images stay with you\, as do feelings the poems generate\, for example\, of unrest\, of being in exile. Television and social media show you the pictures in the streets\, this poetry takes you into the homes and minds of people. You can read it very much between the lines\, and therefore it seems to speak to people about their own experiences. \nWater to Water: Gaza Renga is a dignified celebration of humanity in and among atrocities. Although triggered by events in Gaza\, it weaves in other conflicts past and present.” \nPraise for Water to Water: \n“[A] stunning sequence of renga… We celebrate these two voices\, bleeding in and out of each other\, quicksilver\, mercurial\, eloquent in song and silence\, even as they celebrate the human spirit in a ruptured world.”\n—Mimi Khalvati \n“This book’s revolutionary form is most revolutionary of all in making serious political engagement and sophisticated poetic pleasure inseparable.”\n—Fiona Sampson\, Professor of Poetry\, University of Roehampton \n \nMARILYN HACKER (left) is the author of twenty-one books of poems\, including three collaborative books\, and twenty-two collections of translations from the French. Over the course of her career\, she has received numerous honors\, including the National Book Award\, the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation\, the PEN/Voelcker Award\, the Argana International Poetry Prize\, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation\, the Ingram Merrill Foundation\, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She served as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets\, editor of the Kenyon Review\, and editor of the French literary journal Siècle 21. She lives between Paris and New York. \nDEEMA K. SHEHABI (right) is a Palestinian American poet and editor. She is the author of Thirteen Departures from the Moon and the co-editor (with Beau Beausoleil) of Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here\, for which she received NCBR’s recognition award. She is also the winner of the Nazim Hikmet Poetry Prize in 2018 and a recipient of Best of the Net nomination in 2021 as well as several Pushcart Prize nominations. Her poems have been widely published in literary journals and her work has been translated into Arabic\, French\, and Farsi.
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