LaSalle Street at a Crossroads
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 […]
$15
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Talks and Gatherings
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Virtual Chicago, IL, United States
Scottish American History Forum
IL, United StatesTopic: Anglo-Scottish Borders – Violence, Custom and Laws Broken Presenter: Professor Cynthia J. Neville, PhD, FRHistS, FSAScot, Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Adjunct Professor, Department […]
FREE
Panel Discussion: The Work of Composer Tan Dun
Chinese-American Museum of Chicago 238 W. 23rd St, Chicago, IL, United StatesWe are thrilled to partner with the Chicago Philharmonic and the Chinese Fine Arts Society for a free event centered on Chinese-American composer Tan Dun’s work! This panel discussion is in advance of the January 14 concert featuring the North American Premiere of Tan Dun’s Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra (Yi2) with Sharon Isbin. Leading […]
Free – $75
Saturday in the Library with Theresa: Paul Henry
Irish American Heritage Center 4626 N. Knox Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin IAHC historian Theresa Choske for a program about Belfast artist Paul Henry, as part of our “Saturday in the Library with Theresa” series. Trained in Belfast and Paris, Henry is best know for his sketches of the people, scenes and landscapes of western Ireland. “Launching the Currach,” “Lakeside Cottages,” and “The Watcher” are some […]
$5
ONLINE LUNCH & LEARN: “THE ESCAPE ARTIST”
Illinois Holocaust Museum 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesIn April 1944, Rudolf Vrba became the first Jew ever known to engineer his own escape from Auschwitz and make his way to freedom. He did it to reveal the truth of the death camp to the world, and to warn the last Jews of Europe what fate awaited them at the end of the […]
$5
The Life and Times of Sultan Süleyman
Newberry Library 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesThis program will be held in-person at the Newberry and livestreamed on Zoom. Free and open to all. Advance registration required. In-Person Registration Livestream Registration Join us as historian Kaya Şahin, author of Peerless among Princes: The Life and Times of Sultan Süleyman, and art historian Elizabeth Rodini discuss the sixteenth-century ruler, during whose reign the Ottoman […]
FreeA Close-Up of the Opera “Albert Herring”
Newberry Library 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesThis program will be held in-person at the Newberry. Free and open to all. Register in advance here. Benjamin Britten’s comedic opera, Albert Herring, tells the story of an aristocratic lady who seeks a young, unmarried woman of unstained virtue to crown as her small town’s May Queen – only to discover that no maidens of […]
Free
Film Screening: Two Girls
DANK Haus German American Cultural Center 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin us for a screening of Chicago director James Fotopoulos's film "Two Girls." This is the story of young sisters in the American Midwest left alone with their increasingly unstable mother while their father is fighting in the Civil War. The film traces the girls’ naturally fraught sibling dynamic and the ways that their father’s […]
Free
Open Haus | Game Night
DANK Haus German American Cultural Center 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesOur January Open Haus will be the best game night in town! Did you know that Germans invented the jigsaw puzzle and board games? Bring your friends and your competitive spirit and celebrate Germany with a night of German food, drink, games, and Gemütlichkeit! We'll have games of all types - board games, card games, […]
Free admission; food and drinks available for purchaseThe Life and Times of Sultan Süleyman
Newberry Library 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesThis program will be held in-person at the Newberry and livestreamed on Zoom. Free and open to all. Advance registration required. In-Person Registration Livestream Registration Join us as historian Kaya Şahin, author of Peerless among Princes: The Life and Times of Sultan Süleyman, and art historian Elizabeth Rodini discuss the sixteenth-century ruler, during whose reign the Ottoman […]
FreeThe Chicago River and Lake Michigan: Confused Waters
Virtual Chicago, IL, United StatesThrough 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 as we explore the ebb and flow of our celebrated lake and river. Standing at upper Wacker Drive and Columbus, it’s always astonishing […]
$15LaSalle Street at a Crossroads
Virtual Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin 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 […]
$15
NORTH AMERICAN FILM PREMIERE: “THE DEVIL’S CONFESSION: THE LOST EICHMANN TAPES”
Illinois Holocaust Museum 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesIllinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, in association with MGM Television, SIPUR, Toluca Pictures, Alice Communications, and Menemsha Films, will host the North American premiere of The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes on January 19, 2023. The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes unearths secret recordings of Adolf Eichmann, one of the chief architects of the Holocaust’s […]
FREE
The Greek Diner and the Making of American Cuisine
Online IL, United StatesIn 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 […]
FreeRobert Burns: A Tribute to Scotland’s National Bard
3855 N Lincoln Ave Chicago, IL 60613 United States 3855 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin us for an evening of poetry, song and Scottish fun at Martyrs’. Admission is free!
FREELaSalle Street at a Crossroads
Online IL, United StatesJoin 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 […]
$20
Bold Byzantine Women: Empress Theodora, Anna Komnene, and St. Kassia
Online IL, United StatesJoin 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.
FreeAgainst the World: Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars
Newberry Library 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesThis program will be held in person at the Newberry and also livestreamed on Zoom. Free and open to all. Advance registration required. In-Person Registration Livestream Registration Join us for […]
Free
Mozart in the Morning, “Simple Songs, Simple Stories”
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Korean Cultural Center of Chicago's Thursday's concert series, Mozart in the Morning. This month's series is "Simple Songs, Simple Stories".
$10Mutinous Women: How French Convicts Became Founding Mothers of the Gulf Coast
Newberry Library 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesThis 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 […]
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