Join us as we celebrate Greek Independence Day with a special event for children ages 5-12. We will hear the story of how Greece gained it's freedom from the Ottoman Empire and then participate in a related activity. Parents can enjoy some time in Greek Town with a discount coupon at a Greek Town restaurant.
Talks and Gatherings
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Organizers: National Hellenic Museum
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Need a night out, but don’t know what to do with the kids? DANK has you covered! Join us on Thursday, March 31 from 6-8 pm for a parent's night out. We will provide childcare and fun, enriching activities at the Haus for your kids, while you get to enjoy drinks, dinner, and the view of the […]
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
$15 – $35
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The Irish American Heritage Center, in partnership with the Consulate General of Ireland, Midwest, presents Irish Art in Practice. Join Jennifer Keating, Ph.D. as she brings us through the world of Irish arts and artists, and the living applications and impressions it makes on the world around us. Jennifer Keating is a Senior Lecturer and […]
Organizers: Irish American Heritage Center
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![]() Topic: The Council, the Union and the ‘Patriot’: The Scottish Privy Council, Anglo-Scottish, Union and Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun Presenter: Alastair J. Mann, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Department of History, University of Stirling, Scotland This event is complimentary. To attend, please RSVP below or email [email protected].
Organizers: Chicago Scots
FREE
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Join us to send peace and love to all countries and meet our inspirational special guest Peter Magai Bul. https://theimmigrantstory.org/lost-boy/ We met Peter when he started representing South Sudan in the World Peace Flag Ceremony in 2014 at Peace Day. (Buildthepeace.org) and he has been huge supporter every year since then. Peter embarked on harrowing journey […]
Organizers: The Peace School
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![]() New Nordic Cuisine is currently on display at the Swedish American Museum. In this virtual talk we get to meet with Tova Brandt who is the Executive Director of the Museum of Danish America in Iowa. The Museum of Danish American curated the exhibit. About the exhibit: The cooking traditions and innovations of the Nordic […]
Organizers: Swedish American Museum
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Please join us as we read the ancient tale of Odysseus’ journey home from war. Like him, each of us is also adjusting to new circumstances in our lives as we emerge from the pandemic. What better way to begin our journey home together? Each reader will be assigned a specific passage that is approximately 3 […]
Organizers: National Hellenic Museum
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The Pretzel Blitz is back! We are hosting 5 pretzel making classes in April. Why? We LOVE pretzels! These pretzel-making classes will be offered in-person. We will host up to 20 students in our industrial kitchen at the DANK Haus. These 20 students will get hands on training from Reinhard Richter, our resident Pretzel Meister, […]
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
$25 – $30
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Frühling Feierabend 6. Stock in unserer Skyline Lounge Freitag, 8. April um 19 Uhr Genießen Sie den zweiten Feierabend des 2022 am 8. April um 19 Uhr mit uns. Es gibt Snacks umsonst so lange der Vorrat reicht! Getränke können vor Ort gekauft werden. Dieses Event findet auf dem 6. Stock in unserer Skyline Lounge […]
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
Free admission and snacks; drinks available for purchase |
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Please join us as we read the ancient tale of Odysseus’ journey home from war. Like him, each of us is also adjusting to new circumstances in our lives as we emerge from the pandemic. What better way to begin our journey home together? Each reader will be assigned a specific passage that is approximately 3 […]
Organizers: National Hellenic Museum
FREE
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![]() My Maja, A Swedish-American Proud Grandson’s Tribute by Chicago’s Dr. Don Grossnickle Maja, a young roaring twenties Swedish adventurer set sail on a luxury steamship to New York and on to Chicago in 1922 for a visit to relatives. Maja fell in love and spent the rest of her life pursuing the American Dream. Adversity […]
Organizers: Swedish American Museum
Free
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Join us for a morning of First Peoples poetry with American Indian poets Kimberly Blaeser, Elise Paschen, Mark Turcotte, and Gwen Westerman, moderated by poet Gordon Henry. This reading will be dedicated to the work of Joy Harjo, United States Poet Laureate and editor of Living Nations, Living Words, an anthology of poems by American Indian poets reflecting on themes of place […]
Organizers: Newberry Library
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This is part of NIAM's series of programs for E/Merge: Art of the Indian Diaspora. Using very different materials, processes, forms, and strategies, artists Sarika Goulatia, Rit Premnath, and Kaveri Raina each considers and depicts dualities in their works. Moderator Ambika Trasi will lead the artists in a discussion of their interpretations of the dualities […]
Organizers: National Indo-American Museum
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Join HAMOC and SAMDI for an artist talk and Q&A. About this event SAMDI is a contemporary Haïtian artist based in Miami. His work, described by the artist as Sen Soley. Painting from a rhythm. A space where self is looking inwards and possibilities are endless. His work consists of cubist style portraits and a […]
$5 |
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The Ukrainian National Museum invites you to a presentation on ancient civilizations by scholar Marilyn Hrymak. Learn about the mysteries of the Trypillia civilization, who existed from 7500 to 3500 BC, before the Sumerians and Egyptians, with no evidence of military weapons. Hrymak's presentation will describe the life, art and Goddess religion of these egalitarian […]
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Come enjoy a beverage with a spectacular view from our Skyline Lounge & Terrace. A perfect place to meet your neighbors and socialize. Each 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month from 7-11 PM. Proceeds support the DANK Haus Museum April 14, 2022 -- FEAT. CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
Free admission; drinks available for purchase |
2 events,
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The Pretzel Blitz is back! We are hosting 5 pretzel making classes in April. Why? We LOVE pretzels! These pretzel-making classes will be offered in-person. We will host up to 20 students in our industrial kitchen at the DANK Haus. These 20 students will get hands on training from Reinhard Richter, our resident Pretzel Meister, […]
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
$25 – $30
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![]() Friday April 15th is a night of fun at our Open Haus! This month’s theme is spring (Frühling in German)! We will have German Bier on tap and food for purchase! Our Open Haus is a great way to meet new friends, or bring your friends and introduce them to the Haus! This event is […]
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
Free admission; drinks available for purchase |
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Everyone welcome at the Spring Community Powwow, Saturday, April 16. Dinner served at 5pm, Grand Entry at 6:30pm.
Organizers: American Indian Center
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The Irish American Heritage Center, in partnership with the Consulate General of Ireland, Midwest, presents Irish Art in Practice. Join Jennifer Keating, Ph.D. as she brings us through the world of Irish arts and artists, and the living applications and impressions it makes on the world around us. Jennifer Keating is a Senior Lecturer and […]
Organizers: Irish American Heritage Center
FREE
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On Thursday, April 21st at 7pm we will be discussing The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri Virtually via Zoom About this event Join the National Hellenic Museum’s Virtual Book Club! Facilitated by NHM's Resident Scholar Dr. Katherine Kelaidis & Manager of Programs & Events Cairo Dye, each month the NHM Virtual Book Club chooses a […]
Organizers: National Hellenic Museum
FREE |
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Join us at the Museum for a fika in our spring pop-up café! It will be open from April 22nd - 24th @ 11 A.M. to 3 P.M. If the weather permits we will open the seating in our Courtyard in addition to the Main Gallery.
Organizers: Swedish American Museum
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German artist Beate Axmann’s concept "Sicht.Verrückt" translates roughly to gaze, shifted. It is a directive to look not once, not twice, but thrice, even four times. In today's atmosphere of rising extremism and polemics (in Germany and abroad), it is critical to shift one’s gaze––to look at issues from multiple angles. Sichtverrückt is the overarching theme […]
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
Free
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The Pretzel Blitz is back! We are hosting 5 pretzel making classes in April. Why? We LOVE pretzels! These pretzel-making classes will be offered in-person. We will host up to 20 students in our industrial kitchen at the DANK Haus. These 20 students will get hands on training from Reinhard Richter, our resident Pretzel Meister, […]
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
$25 – $30 |
2 events,
Join us at the Museum for a fika in our spring pop-up café! It will be open from April 22nd - 24th @ 11 A.M. to 3 P.M. If the weather permits we will open the seating in our Courtyard in addition to the Main Gallery.
Organizers: Swedish American Museum
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Join us for 2 Saturday a month for a German language film screening! Kaffee und Kuchen (coffee & cakes) will be served at 12:00 PM and the film will begin at 1:00 PM. Stick around after the credits roll to discuss the film and flex your German language skills. THIS WEEK'S FILM: Die lustige Witwe* […]
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
$4 – $6 |
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Join us at the Museum for a fika in our spring pop-up café! It will be open from April 22nd - 24th @ 11 A.M. to 3 P.M. If the weather permits we will open the seating in our Courtyard in addition to the Main Gallery.
Organizers: Swedish American Museum
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Spring Luncheon & Fundraiser of the Women's Guild of the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture: Magic show, Craft Fair + Lithuanian Cuisine! About this event Please join the Women's Guild for an afternoon of "Magic Moments" at our annual spring luncheon and fundraiser. Enjoy a spectacular magic show, artisan crafts, delicious Lithuanian cuisine, live music, […]
Organizers: Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture
$40 |
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Conceived by Ira Antelis, hosted by Rabbi Shoshanah Conover, and produced by David Mendelson along with Ira Antelis and Jeremy Perlin, the concert will honor the memory of those who were murdered and highlight the artists and writers who, in the worst of times, continued to create. With a 25-piece choir and performances and readings from some of Chicago’s top […]
Organizers: Illinois Holocaust Museum |
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One piece. By one artist. For one night. About this event Join Intuit for One Night Stand, a free series of art talks that focus on individual works of art from the museum's collections and exhibitions. This month, art historian and curator Lisa Stone will engage attendees in a conversation about artist Pauline Simon and […]
Organizers: Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
FREE |
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In Making Mexican Chicago, Mike Amezcua offers a powerful multiracial history of Chicago that sheds new light on the origins and endurance of urban inequality. Amezcua visits the Newberry to discuss how the Windy City became a postwar Latinx metropolis in the face of white resistance. Though Chicago is often popularly defined by its Polish, Black, and […]
Organizers: Newberry Library
FREE
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Join us for Legally Stolen Live featuring Tiff Beatty and Tonika Lewis Johnson. The event will focus on inequality in real estate. About this event Legally Stolen Live is a podcast event hosted by Tiff Beatty of the National Public Housing Museum and Social Justice Artist Tonika Lewis Johnson as part of her project, Inequity for […]
Organizers: National Public Housing Museum, WBEZ
$20
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Come enjoy a beverage with a spectacular view from our Skyline Lounge & Terrace. A perfect place to meet your neighbors and socialize. Each 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month from 7-11 PM. Proceeds support the DANK Haus Museum. Be sure to RSVP to let us know you will be there! At this Neighborhood […]
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
FREE; drinks available for purchase |
1 event,
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The Pretzel Blitz is back! We are hosting 5 pretzel making classes in April. Why? We LOVE pretzels! These pretzel-making classes will be offered in-person. We will host up to 20 students in our industrial kitchen at the DANK Haus. These 20 students will get hands on training from Reinhard Richter, our resident Pretzel Meister, […]
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
$15 – $30 |
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DANK Haus, 6th Floor Skyline Lounge This workshop will provide you with an insight on hot topics of German citizenship, from obtaining to retaining it. Hanna Tetz and Fabienne Kloster of the Chicago German Consulate will give you an understanding of the different application procedures, modalities of dual citizenship, relating family matters and share the […]
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
Free
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A new production inspired by the memories of Latino Chicago Stories From the West Side James Sanders & Conjunto and Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre present a new production inspired by the memories of Latino Chicago and the photography of historian and scholar Carlos Flores. One of Chicago's longest-running Latin jazz ensembles, James Sanders & Conjunto […]
Organizers: Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
FREE |




