Scandinavian Jam ONLINE
2022-11-20 13:30 - 15:30, 2022-12-04 13:30 - 15:30, 2022-12-18 13:30 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | Online, IL, United States
Scandinavian Jam, where we practice what we teach. Join Mary Allsopp and Paul Tyler online on the first and third Sunday of every month. Enjoy an afternoon of traditional roots music. We teach by ear, review and share tunes. We are happy to take suggestions and love meeting new people. It’s a friendly group and we have folks joining in from across the country.
Contact Scandi.Fiddler@yahoo.com or PTyler@ameritech.net with any questions and to get a zoom code. This is a free event.

Genealogy Session ONLINE
2022-11-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Crimes and Punishment in Sweden by Kathy Meade
Did your Swedish ancestor commit a crime? Many Swedish researchers have discovered a note in the church books that an ancestor was imprisoned and desired to know more about the crime. This class begins by giving an overview of the Swedish criminal justice system and then show where one can find prison and court records. The presentation will also include case studies showing what one can learn from police, prison, and court records.
Kathy Meade is the North American representative for ArkivDigital AD AB, a company that offers online access to newly photographed color images of Swedish church books and other historical records. She has been working with Swedish genealogy for almost twenty years. Ms. Meade serves on the advisory board for the Swedish American Genealogy Research Center at the Swedish American Museum in Chicago. She volunteers at the Swedish American Museum in Chicago and the Arlington Heights Memorial Library in Arlington Heights, Il helping patrons with their Swedish genealogical research.
Cost is free for Swedish American Genealogical Society members; $10 for non-members to participate (use PayPal button below). Reservations by members can be made via email to genealogy@samac.org or by calling the Museum at 773.728.8111. You will need a reservation to receive the Zoom code.

What Did Homer Sound Like?: A Brief History of the Greek Language
2022-12-01 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-03-01 17:00 - 18:00 | Online, IL, United States
Greek may well be the world’s oldest continuously spoken linguistic tradition. In this hour-long class, we will explore the long life of the Greek language, from Proto-Greek speakers arriving in the Greek peninsula thousands of years ago to the “Greeklish” of the Greek diaspora.

Script? or Type? The Pleasures and Perils of Script Fonts - Russell Maret in Conversation with Jill Gage
2022-12-01 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual, Chicago, IL, United States
Renowned printer and type designer Russell Maret will discuss the creation and use of script fonts, past and present, with Jill Gage, curator of the exhibition A Show of Hands: Handwriting in the Age of Print.

SPEAKERS
Russell Maret is a letter designer and letterpress printer working in New York City.
Jill Gage is the Newberry’s Custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on the History Printing.

The Greek-Turkish Conflict: 500 Years Ago and Yesterday
2022-12-06 13:00 - 14:00, 2023-02-15 17:00 - 18:00, 2023-03-09 10:00 - 11:00 | Online, IL, United States
Since the Greek state declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1821, the Greek-Turkish conflict has in many ways defined the history of modern Greece. In this NHM Discussion, we will explore the history of this conflict from the Ottoman Empire to the Balkans War to Cyprus. If you feel like you are missing the context for today’s current events, this is the class for you.

The Greek Diner and the Making of American Cuisine
2022-12-07 17:00 - 18:00, 2023-01-24 17:00 - 18:00 | Online, IL, United States
In this hour-long class, we will explore the history of the Greek diner and its profound influence on American food culture. On the eve of World War I, Greek immigrants began buying up the diners abandoned by German Americans facing anti-German persecution brought on by the war. In these kitchens, the new Greek owners would adapt traditional German travelers’ fare with a touch of the Mediterranean and a pinch of entrepreneurial spirit. The result: A truly American way of cooking and eating.

Bold Byzantine Women: Empress Theodora, Anna Komnene, and St. Kassia
2022-12-13 13:00 - 14:00, 2023-02-02 10:00 - 11:00 | Online, IL, United States
Join NHM Discussions as we explore the lives and legacies of three of the Byzantine Empire’s most influential figures: Empress Theodora, Anna Komnene, and St. Kassia. Theirs are stories of palace intrigue, spiritual seeking, and intellectual vibrancy. In the man’s world of the Byzantine Empire, these three women left a legacy for us today.

Artecito - Animales en Invierno
2022-12-15 18:00 - 19:00 | IL, United States
Did you know: while humans are dreaming of sugar plums and chocolate abuelita, animals in hibernation don’t! During hibernation, an animal’s body is too cold to produce the electric currents related to dreaming.
Join us as we explore more about Animals in the Winter with our friends at Lincoln Park Zoo!
Contect Here:
https://bit.ly/ArtecitoBurr
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¿Sabías que mientras los humanos sueñan con ciruelas dulces y chocolate abuelita, los animales en hibernación no lo hacen? Durante la hibernación, el cuerpo de un animal está demasiado frío para producir las corrientes eléctricas relacionadas con los sueños.
¡Únase a nosotros mientras exploramos más sobre Animales en Invierno con nuestros amigos en Lincoln Park Zoo!
Contáctese aquí:
https://bit.ly/ArtecitoBurr

What is Artecito?
Artecito is a free workshop in Spanish developed by OPEN Center for the Arts and Lincoln Park Zoo that uses the arts to engage families with nature in ways that resonate with local holidays, culture, and wildlife. With a related art activity, workshops highlight wildlife and nature to encourage children and families to think about nature and their relationship to it in creative ways.

¿Qué es Artecito?
Artecito es un taller gratuito en español bimensual gratuito desarrollado por OPEN Center for the Arts y Lincoln Park Zoo que utiliza las artes para involucrar a las familias con la naturaleza de maneras que resuenan con las festividades locales, la cultura y la vida silvestre. Con una actividad artística relacionada, los talleres destacan la vida silvestre y la naturaleza para alentar a los niños y las familias a pensar sobre la naturaleza y su relación con ella de manera creativa
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NHM Virtual Book Club - The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break
2022-12-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Online, IL, United States
Join the National Hellenic Museum’s Virtual Book Club!
In December, we will be discussing The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherril.
Book Club is free to join and meets on the third Thursday of each month at 7 PM CST via Zoom.

More about The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break:
Five thousand years out of the labyrinth, the Minotaur finds himself in the American South, living in a trailer park and working as a line cook at a steakhouse. No longer a devourer of human flesh, the Minotaur is a socially inept, lonely creature with very human needs. But over a two-week period, as his life dissolves into chaos, this broken and alienated immortal awakens to the possibility for happiness and to the capacity for love.
Steven Sherrill is a graduate of UNC Charlotte and holds an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. The recipient of a NEA Fellowship for Fiction, he has published four novels and one book of poetry. His debut novel, The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break, was published in the UK and translated into eight languages. Neil Gaiman selected it as one of six audiobooks to launch “Neil Gaiman Presents” for Audible.com. A prolific painter and nascent musician, Sherrill is now a professor of English & Integrative Arts at Penn State Altoona.

Yo! Camp Chaperone Open House Online
2022-12-27 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-12-29 21:00 - 22:00 | Online Event
Love summer camp? Want to lead a group of campers from Chicago to California for the experience of a lifetime?
JASC is partnering with Yo! Camp to offer a one week overnight camp experience in California this summer to rising 5th to 9th graders. We are actively recruiting chaperones (18+ years old) to travel with the campers and be leaders during the week at camp in the beginning of July 2023.
Learn more about Yo! Camp on their website by clicking here.
Read more about becoming a chaperone in a flyer by clicking here.
Connect with camp directors and other interested young adults by attending one of two online Open Houses via Zoom.
When: December 27 from 7 – 8 pm or December 29 from 9 – 10 pm
Questions? Ready to register for the Open House? Contact Jenn Trautvetter, jtrautvetter@jasc-chicago.org or call her at (773) 275-0097 ext. 228.

The Chicago River and Lake Michigan: Confused Waters
2023-01-04 15:35 | Virtual, Chicago, IL, United States
Through the years, the land and water around Chicago have been radically altered. In 1900, the river was reversed. Meanwhile, Michigan Avenue by Grant Park used to be lakefront property! Join us for a virtual presentation as we explore the ebb and flow of our celebrated lake and river.
Standing at upper Wacker Drive and Columbus, it’s always astonishing to remember that before 1803, you would be wading in Lake Michigan. The modifications that have been made to the Chicago River have included dredging, channeling, damming, tunneling, legal decisions and breaching it at its South Branch headwaters to flow away from Lake Michigan. Likewise, we have altered the shoreline of Lake Michigan and struggled with it as it fluctuated about six feet from a record low in 2013 to a record high in 2022.
Speaker: Kevin Griebenow
Kevin is a civil engineer with more than 25 years of experience inspecting and assessing the safety of dams. A CAC docent since 1993, Kevin leads tours for guests of all ages. He has given presentations on structural engineering, innovations in construction materials, the construction and engineering feats of the 1893 World’s Fair and the design history of dams.

LaSalle Street at a Crossroads
2023-01-04 15:36 | Virtual, Chicago, IL, United States
Join us for a virtual roundtable conversation exploring ideas for a renewed LaSalle Street corridor, which currently finds itself at a crossroads. How does an austere financial district transform into a vibrant 24-hour neighborhood, and who will call this neighborhood home?
In many ways, the fate of the LaSalle Street corridor and the broader downtown are intertwined. If the most viable future for downtown is flexible adaptation to a mix of uses, there is no better place to test this hypothesis than along this iconic office corridor. Recognizing this, the City of Chicago recently launched a planning initiative for a reimagined LaSalle Street, freeing up all-important tax increment financing (TIF) and inviting development proposals.
However, there are questions about the challenges LaSalle Street must overcome: namely, what is the prescription for its aging building stock? Will tax incentives be sufficient to spark investment in complex residential conversions and protection of the corridor’s landmark architecture? And how central is a redesign and greening of the public realm to LaSalle’s long-term success or failure? Our roundtable of leading local experts in planning, design and real estate sets out to find answers.

LaSalle Street at a Crossroads
2023-01-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Online, IL, United States
Join us for a roundtable conversation exploring ideas for a renewed LaSalle Street corridor, which currently finds itself at a crossroads. How does an austere financial district transform into a vibrant 24-hour neighborhood, and who will call this neighborhood home?
In many ways, the fate of the LaSalle Street corridor and the broader downtown are intertwined. If the most viable future for downtown is flexible adaptation to a mix of uses, there is no better place to test this hypothesis than along this iconic office corridor. Recognizing this, the City of Chicago recently launched a planning initiative for a reimagined LaSalle Street, freeing up all-important tax increment financing (TIF) and inviting development proposals.
However, there are questions about the challenges LaSalle Street must overcome: namely, what is the prescription for its aging building stock? Will tax incentives be sufficient to spark investment in complex residential conversions and protection of the corridor’s landmark architecture? And how central is a redesign and greening of the public realm to LaSalle’s long-term success or failure? Our roundtable of leading local experts in planning, design and real estate sets out to find answers.
SPEAKER: PAUL DE SANTIS
Paul De Santis is a partner and co-design director at Goettsch Partners, where he leads the design on many of the firm’s office, hotel and mixed-use projects in the U.S. and Asia. Paul’s recent work includes the LEED Platinum-certified Zurich North America Headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois, and the Viceroy hotel in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. His work in Asia focuses on tall and supertall buildings, with key projects in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Wuhan. Paul received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Virginia Tech. He has membership with the AIA, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat and the Urban Land Institute, and is a LEED Accredited Professional.
SPEAKER: CINDY CHAN ROUBIK
Cindy Chan Roubik is a Deputy Commissioner with Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development (DPD) leading the Central, North and Northwest Planning Regions. Recently, she has managed the LaSalle Street Reimagined initiative, the Central City Recovery Roadmap, the Bronzeville Lakefront project and updates to the Fulton Market Innovation District Plan and Chicago River Design Guidelines. Cindy is a 2022 Fellow of University of Chicago’s Civic Leadership Academy program and is a LEED accredited professional. Prior to civil service, she worked as a licensed architect for a local architecture firm on several high-rises and historic rehabilitation projects. Upon graduation from McGill University’s Architecture School, Cindy was awarded the AIA Henry Adams Medal for the top student in her graduating class, and the RAIC Gold Medal Award for most outstanding thesis. Cindy was also awarded the Alpha Rho Chi Medal Award for leadership and service.
SPEAKER: LEON WALKER
As the Managing Principal of DL3 for the last 20 years, Leon works closely with municipalities, anchor institutions, and Fortune 500 companies to implement projects that are sensitive to a neighborhood’s character while creating economic opportunities for local residents. His cutting-edge community development projects have generated thousands of jobs and brought grocery stores and medical services into the food and healthcare deserts on Chicago’s South Side. Over the next 10 years, his vision is to help create 10,000 jobs and 10 million square feet of new commercial space in Chicago’s neighborhoods.
Prior to taking on the leadership of DL3 Realty, Leon worked in corporate real estate services at Jones Lang LaSalle, and in real estate capital markets at Citicorp Securities. A graduate of the University of Chicago’s Law School, Leon also holds a Master of Business Administration from Booth School of Business and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan. He serves as a Board member of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, the Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate at Roosevelt University, and several other organizations.

Mutinous Women: How French Convicts Became Founding Mothers of the Gulf Coast
2023-02-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL, 60610, United States
This program will be livestreamed on Zoom. Free and open to all. Register in advance here.
Join us as Joan DeJean and Jack McCord use maps from the Newberry collection to recreate the European settlement of the vast territory in North America that the French named Louisiana, and to tell the story of one remarkable woman, Marie Baron.
On February 27, 1720, Marie Baron and 95 other female inmates who had been serving time in a notorious Parisian prison were abandoned on an uninhabited island off the Gulf Coast. Most of the women had, like Marie Baron, been falsely charged with “public prostitution.” Those who survived their deportation on a ship named La Mutine, “the Mutinous Woman,” forged such remarkable lives that their impact on this country continues, three centuries later. Their lives are recounted in Joan DeJean’s new book, Mutinous Women: How French Convicts Became Founding Mothers of the Gulf Coast.
In Louisiana, Marie Baron became a person of note and the wife of Jean François Dumont—a mapmaker responsible for many extraordinary maps in the Newberry collection. Dumont recorded events in Louisiana’s history that he himself had not witnessed but that his wife had, embedding her perspective into his vision of the European settlement of North America.
Signed copies of Joan DeJean’s book Mutinous Women are available for purchase online from the Newberry Bookshop.
This event is cosponsored by the Alliance Française de Chicago.

Architecture Essentials
2023-02-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Online, IL, United States
Learn fun facts about significant Chicago buildings and key architectural terms, styles and materials with CAC’s Director of Interpretation, Adam Rubin. A must-see for architecture enthusiasts!
Chicago is synonymous with architecture and Chicagoans love to share their knowledge of architecture with family and friends. Gain fascinating insights about Chicago’s architecture that you’ll want to share again and again at this one-hour online program.
FREE (Registration Required)
PROGRAM SPEAKER: ADAM RUBIN

Adam Rubin is an architectural historian and has worked as a researcher, writer and preservation educator in cities across the country. He currently serves as Director of Interpretation at the Chicago Architecture Center. Prior to assuming this position, Adam contributed work to an historic resources study of properties along Chicago’s North Lake Shore Drive, with an emphasis on the documentation of Modernist residential high-rises along the lakefront. Previously, Adam has developed and led public education initiatives and outreach programs focused on historic resources and landscapes at Docomomo US, Landmark West, the Brooklyn Historical Society and the Los Angeles Conservancy.

Singer Pavilion: Honoring Legacy Through Adaptive Design
2023-02-24 17:00 - 19:00 | Chicago Architecture Center, 111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
The CAC’s newest exhibition highlights the Bronzeville Lakefront megadevelopment slated for the former Michael Reese Hospital campus and how a reimagined Singer Pavilion can help bridge this site’s past and future. Join us for a conversation with designers, architects and educators on the promise of collaborative neighborhood development.
This program is FREE with advanced registration. Both In-Person & Virtual options are available.
When Michael Reese Hospital opened its doors in 1881 it was one of few hospitals to admit patients regardless of their race and religion. Now the hospital’s sole remaining building, the Singer Pavilion, is poised to anchor the first phase of the $3.8 billion Bronzeville Lakefront megadevelopment on Chicago’s South Side. Graduate students in Architecture from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and 5th Year Undergraduate students in Architecture from Illinois Institute of Technology have been given the opportunity to creatively redesign the Singer Pavilion to meet these aspirations.
In this panel discussion moderated by CAC CEO Eleanor Gorski, we will explore the design ideas and discuss the role of megadevelopments in revitalizing neighborhoods. How can students and local communities meaningfully participate in these important development partnerships? Chicago is a hub for architectural education. By exhibiting innovative student work that helps drive tangible outcomes we can bring academic and professional worlds closer together for the benefit of all.
At the conclusion of the panel, there will be a small reception celebrating the opening of this exhibit.

Chicago's Most Endangered Buildings 2023
2023-03-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Chicago Architecture Center, 111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
Join Preservation Chicago as they reveal Chicago’s 7 Most Endangered list for 2023. For 20 years, this list of imminently threatened historic buildings and community assets is used to mobilize the support necessary to save these sites from demolition.
This program is FREE with advanced registration. Both In-Person & Virtual options are available.
Ward Miller, the Executive Director of Preservation Chicago, will announce the 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered and share the history, threat and recommendations for each selection.
Despite seemingly impossible odds, the public interest and attention generated by Preservation Chicago’s Chicago 7 Most Endangered list, coupled with dedicated advocacy has resulted in a remarkable number of preservation victories over the years.
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Chicago 7 Most Endangered program, a brief retrospective will highlight notable wins and losses.
AIA/CES Credits: 1 LUs
PRESENTER: WARD MILLER
Ward Miller is the executive director of Preservation Chicago, a position he has held since 2013. For more than 30 years, Miller has advocated for the preservation of Chicago’s historic buildings. He spent two decades on the issues committee for Landmarks Illinois and served as vice president of Logan Square Preservation for 15 years. He also helped the City Club of Chicago in its efforts to save the Chicago Theatre, the Page Brothers Building and several buildings on Block 37. Prior to his current role, Miller worked on many other restoration projects including Holy Family Church, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Heller House and the grand staircase at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Stained-Glass in Chicago's Synagogues
2023-03-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Online, IL, United States
When we think of stained glass windows, we often think of Churches. Synagogues also have a rich tradition of stained-glass windows. Join us as we explore how these windows beautify sacred spaces across Chicago.
In 2021 Chicagoans were alerted to the possibility of the Loop Synagogue closing due to the impact of the pandemic. Fortunately, the synagogue has recovered, but the possibility raised concern about the fate of its magnificent stained glass window, “Let There be Light” by Abraham Rattner. While this is undoubtedly the city’s best-known synagogue stained-glass window, there are many others, ranging from nineteenth century anonymous works to some by well-known artists. We will feature them in the program.
This presentation will expand our understanding of stained-glass windows in area synagogues as we explore the artists behind these windows and what happens to the windows when synagogues move and/or close.
This is a virtual program with a $15 registration fee and is free for CAC Members
PRESENTER: SUSAN JACOBSON

Susan Jacobson has been a docent since 2008 and gives nine different tours. She is co-director of Synagogues by Bus and Tiffany Treasures. Prior to becoming a docent, Susan enjoyed a 40-year career in academic librarianship at the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, and the University of Illinois in Chicago.

Talking Timber: Can Wood Save Us?
2023-04-25 17:30 - 18:30 | Chicago Architecture Center, 111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
Join us for a special panel discussion exploring the wide world of mass timber design and construction, coinciding with the opening of our new exhibition, ReFramed: The Future of Cities in Wood.
This program is FREE with advanced registration. Both In-Person & Virtual options are available. Following the panel discussion, attendees will be able to view the new exhibit.
Mass timber brings many advantages to architecture and construction by virtue of its prefabricated versatility, relative light weight, low embodied carbon, and natural beauty. It is the only commonly used building material that grows back and has shown to provide health and wellness benefits for those who spend their days immersed in wooden environs. Best of all, the United States and Canada have abundant forestlands that are managed for long-term sustainable harvest. What else can wood do? Find out at this presentation and spirited discussion with leaders in mass timber design, engineering, construction, and testing.
ReFramed: The Future of Cities in Wood and associated “Talking Timber” lecture series are created in partnership with the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and with the support of presenting sponsor the Softwood Lumber Board.
AIA/CES Credits: 1 LUs

Art Deco: Landmarks in Chicago's Communites
2023-04-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Event
Art Deco is not just for downtown. Explore the city’s north, west and south sides and discover a variety of landmark Art Deco buildings whose lavish and colorful ornament reflect the prosperity and optimism of the Roaring 20s.
The buildings highlighted in this program—big banks, small commercial buildings and residences both big and small—are among the city’s best. All of them have been officially designated as historically significant by the City of Chicago or the National Park Service for their design, artistry and connection to noteworthy people or events. Join us for a close-up look at these neighborhood buildings—reminders of the past that are still functional and still beautiful today.
$15 Registration, Free for CAC Members
PRESENTER: BILL COFFIN

A former appellate attorney and adjunct professor of legal research and writing, Bill Coffin became a CAC docent in 2004. He is the tour director for the CAC’s two Art Deco walking tours and has presented lectures about Art Deco at the CAC and at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, a program of Northwestern University’s School of Professional Studies.

The People’s Tongue: Music &Words in Celebration
2023-05-21 16:00 - 18:00 | American Writers Museum, 180 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
Join us at the American Writers Museum for musical performances and readings in celebration of the 2023 anthology “The People’s Tongue: Americans and the English Language.”
The event will begin with a short performance by Paquito D’Rivera, renowned Cuban-American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer and Fareed Haque, Pakistani-Chilean-American jazz and classical guitarist, followed by discussion moderated by Ilan Stavans, editor of the The People’s Tongue and Ambassador Carolyn Curiel, and conclude with several short readings from the anthology.
This program will also be livestreamed.

Architecture Basics in Seven Structures
2023-05-24 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Event
Believe it or not, all of architecture boils down to seven basic structures. Yet they can be combined in more than 5,000 ways to create our built environment. Join us to learn more.
