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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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, […]
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.
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* […]
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.
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Keeping food history modern – Contemporary trends and what “the Swedish chef” is doing. We all know the keywords today in the international food scene, such as the importance of eating green, choosing sustainable, and the importance of having a climate friendly attitude when shopping, and of course in relation to our own preferences and […]
Please join us for this FREE virtual discussion with Xiang “Sean” Gao, the creator-composer of Shanghai Sonatas, a pioneering new musical that combines musical theatre, live classical music, and visual art. Based on the memoirs of Jewish refugee musicians who escaped Nazi Germany and found refuge in Shanghai in the 1930s and ’40s, this musical shares […]
Join award-winning researcher, educator, playwright, and journalist Mike Levy for an exploration of the mostly forgotten role of Kindertransport rescuers and the quickly established landscapes of care in host countries. Levy’s presentation covers the rescue of 10,000 mainly Jewish children from Nazi-controlled territory was carried out, dives deeper into the mechanics of the rescue and […]