Chicago Cultural Alliance

PROMPT/ DREAM/ BUILD: Andrea Yarbrough & ebere agwuncha
2022-03-24 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Chicago) | Online Event
A virtual conversation from South Side Community Art Center’s 3831/Voices Series.
3831/VOICES is a new program series of conversations and lectures featuring Black artists, scholars, curators, historians, and arts workers that invite our community into their creative practices, research, and conceptual processes, and more! 3831 takes after SSCAC’s exact numerical address in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood. Although we recognize ourselves as an iconic historical site for Black artistic and cultural advancement, we continue to evolve as a contemporary hub for new thought practices, creative practices, and innovative frameworks being developed by a diverse array of amazing folks here in our city, and beyond.
Andrea and ebere’s multidisciplinary practices are informed by acts of care and storytelling, that ultimately become actualized within the objects and projects they build out- individually and collectively. Engaging in practices of co-thinking, designing, and building, they both expand on alternative modes for solidarity amongst Black women, restorative design approaches, and a socially informed process of creating.Andrea and ebere will lead us in to a live call and response, directed by their relationships to dreaming, thought processes, and “the work”.

ZOOM REGISTRATION: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqcuirqTooE9VNHGJRbDjKaWG2dG5FpvoP
Image courtesy: Andrea Yarbrough

Neighborhood Nights
2022-03-24 14:00 - 18:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
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.

Greek Independence Day: The Struggle for Freedom
2022-03-25 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Event
On March 25th, we commemorate Greek Independence Day. Two hundred and one years ago, the Greek struggle for independence from the Ottoman Empire began. The Greek fight to end four hundred years of Ottoman Turkish oppression attracted the attention and support of people around the world. Consequently, the Greek War of Independence became the first in line of “freedom struggles,” in which a national or civil war for independence or sovereignty attracted would-be freedom fighters from around the world.
In this special NHM Discussion, we will explore why the Greek War of Independence ignited such passion in non-Greeks and how the legacy of “Greek Freedom” served to create the idea of a universal “cause of freedom” that transcends national and ethnic borders.
This event will be recorded.

Kaffee, Kuchen, und Kino
2022-03-26 07:00 - 10:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Join us on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month for a free 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.
2nd Floor, Brauhaus Room

Kozmopoliz Kampopoliz: A Tour of Cosmo Campoli's Hyde Park
2022-03-26 11:00 - 12:30 | Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E 60th St., Chicago, IL, 60637, United States
Take a trolley tour through the Kozmopoliz, also known as Cosmo Campoli’s Hyde Park, as we celebrate the 100th birthday of the late artist.

About this event

Many know Campoli’s Bird of Peace sculpture in Nichols Park, but he lived in the neighborhood for over 40 years, leaving his mark on everything from what was eaten at certain restaurants (Spaghetti A La Gargoyle anyone?) to what got shown at the 57th St. Art Fair. On this tour, we’ll retrace his steps, searching out the bits of Hyde Park’s past that survive to this day.
Tour Guide: Paul Durica is the Director of Exhibitions at the Newberry Library. He has a PhD in English from the University of Chicago, where he developed a series of free and interactive walks, talks, and reenactments dealing with Chicago’s past. These public history experiences have received local and national media attention and led to collaborations with cultural institutions from across the city. This is his fifth Hyde Park tour. Find out more at https://pocketguidetohell.com/
Advance RSVP’s are required. Space is very limited. Masks and proof of vaccination required.
The trolley will load and unload passengers outside the Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E 60th St.

This event is part of a day-long series of events, Cosmo’s Cosmos: 100 Years of Birth, Death, and Rebirth.
March 21, 2022 will be the centenary of the birth of sculptor and Hyde Park resident Cosmo Campoli. Campoli (1922-1997) was part of the “Monster Roster” group associated with the Chicago Imagists in the 1950s, including Leon Golub and H.C. Westermann. His work, which frequently centered on themes of birth and death, was exhibited as part of the Chicago Imagists at the Hyde Park Art Center. His sculpture, “Bird of Peace,” known colloquially as “The Egg,” is a well-known piece of public art in Nichols Park.

This event is part of the Chicago Lost & Found series of events focused on Chicago art history created by Media Burn Archive. It is being held in partnership with the Smart Museum of Art and the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago. It is presented as part of Art Design Chicago Now, an initiative funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art that amplifies the voices of Chicago’s diverse creatives, past and present, and explores the essential role they play in shaping the now.

Lost Goddess Civilizations of Old Europe
2022-03-26 11:00 - 13:30 | Ukrainian National Museum, 2249 W. Superior St., Chicago, IL, 60612, United States
The Ukrainian National Museum invites you to a presentation of on ancient civilizations by scholar Marilyn Hrymak. Learn about the mysteries of the Tryipillia civilization, who existed from 7500 BC 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 this egalitarian people. Their innovations still influence us today.

March 26th, Saturday at 4 pm.
$10 entry fee

Children's Story Time: A Story About Freedom
2022-03-27 08:00 - 09:30 | National Hellenic Museum, 333 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL, 60661, United States
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.

Elternabend: Parent's Night Out
2022-03-31 13:00 - 15:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
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 city from our 6th Floor Skyline Lounge.
Registration includes dinner, two drinks, and childcare per adult! Children will also receive a meal and juice or water.
Cost
We are pleased to offer a discounted rate for Friends of the DANK Haus (What’s this?)
Adults (Friends of DANK Haus): $30
Children (Friends of DANK Haus): $15
Adults (General): $35
Children (General): $20
Note: Childcare is available for children ages 3 and up.
Anyone is welcome! DANK members, neighbors, friends – come out and join us for our very first Elternabend (parent evening)!
Save the date for our next Elternabend: May 19th, 2022

Irish Art in Practice: Demands of Hope
2022-03-31 14:00 - 16:00 | Online Event
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 the Writing in the Disciplines Specialist in the William S. Dietrich II Institute for Writing Excellence. Most recently, she served as Assistant Dean for Educational Initiatives in the Dietrich College for Humanities and Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. She brings an educator’s perspective to this fascinating series.
Demands of Hope, March 31st, 7:00pm CST
In spring 2020, in the throes of the Covid-19 lockdown, Rita Duffy completed a residency at Trinity College confined like much of the world. She began sketching flowers akin to those she saw emerging in Dublin, as well as highly detailed anatomic drawings of human organs, exploring the strength and fragility of our systems in the face of a threatening pathogen. In Demands of Hope we will screen Duffy’s original animation, Anatomy of Hope. We will also view key works by Ursula Burke like The Politicians, as we explore the duality of hope: its yearning for something bright, the preservation of what we treasure or the introduction of something new and our deep fears that such optimism may not manifest.

Scottish American History Forum
2022-04-02 05:00 - 06:00 | Online Event
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 jacksanders@chicagoscots.org.

April Call to Peace with Peter Magai Bul
2022-04-02 07:30 - 08:30 | Online Event
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 as one of the “Lost Boys and Lost Girls of Sudan” at the age of 8 when his ethnic Dinka population was attacked by the Sudanese government sending thousands of boys and girls separated from their families to survive over a decade struggling for their lives in exile. Hear about how he relied on his strong cultural upbringing to make it through years of unimaginable conditions and then went on to draw on his experiences to become a human rights activist and a community organizer, inspiring youth to leverage their own experiences to make a change in the world. Also learn about his upcoming exhibit at Navy Pier:
http://www.southsudanmagaibul.org/events
Join us here live or on zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81369934785 ID 813 6993 4785
Read Peter’s complete bio below:
Peter Magai Bul was born in Wangulei, South Sudan. In 1988, when Bul was only seven, war in Sudan forced him to leave his family and embark upon the longest exodus of his life that first sent him to exile in Ethiopia. He is one of 26,000 “Lost Boys and Lost Girls of Sudan,” driven from their villages when the Sudanese government attacked his ethnic Dinka population of Southern Sudan in 1988. After escaping the Ethiopian war of 1991 to the border of Sudan and Kenya, further attacks by the Sudanese government’s soldiers forced a final exile to Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya where he and about survived 14,000 Lost Boys and Lost Girls resisted life-threatening conditions for a total of nine long years. Bul and about 3,800 Sudanese refugees were finally resettled in the US in 2001.
During his long walk, he relied on his strong cultural upbringing that allowed him to survive. Later, in the U.S., he drew on his experiences to become a human rights activist and a community organizer, inspiring youth to leverage their own skills to make change in the world. As a survivor and a member of generation betrayed by the Sudanese leaders who murdered and displaced millions of his people throughout many decades of endless civil wars, Bul is committed to championing the unity of his scattered people as well as peace in South Sudan and from the around the world. Throughout his thirteen years of struggles from various refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya, Bul served as a leader, caring for hundreds of motherless and fatherless children and he continue serving others throughout his over twenty years of living in the United States of America.

Bul shared his story with thousands of people at the invitations of faith-based institutions, community organizations, universities, high schools, elementary schools, and other public venues. He made television appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Avy Meyers North Town News Magazine, as well as in news segments on WGN, Voice of America, and CAN TV, among others. Stories from various aspects of his life have been published in news sources such as The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, and Naperville’s Daily Herald. Bul is a passionate advocate for his homeland and the U.S Sudanese Community. He served as a Board Member for the Chicago Association for the Lost Boys of Sudan (CALBOS) and Sudanese Community Association of Illinois (SCAI), among others. He cofounded and served as a President of nonprofit organization, the Philadelphia-based Ayual Community Development Association (ACDA). Bul is also a member of the US-based advocate, humanitarian, and charitable groups known as the Ambassador Group (AG) and Coalition of Advocates for South Sudan (CASS).

Online Curator Talk: Tova Brandt
2022-04-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Event
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 region have captured the attention of the world and inspired chefs and home cooks alike. In 2004 the Nordic Food Manifesto articulated a set of values for approaching food through the lenses of local production, seasonality, tradition, and innovation, among others. The manifesto and reactions to it have sparked a robust dialog about food culture, both in the Nordic countries and around the world.

Homer-athon: A Reading of Homer's Odyssey In Its Entirety
2022-04-08 07:00 - 14:00, 2022-04-09 05:00 - 11:00 | National Hellenic Museum, 333 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL, 60661, United States
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 minutes long. Sign up for one passage or many. If being a reader isn’t for you, consider participating as an audience member. Bring your friends and stay for as long as you like at this engaging, live event!

Kulturküche | German Pretzels Cooking Class
2022-04-08 13:00 - 15:00, 2022-04-15 13:00 - 15:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
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, and take home their homemade pretzels at the end of the class.

We have 5 classes to choose from. The April 29th class will be taught entirely in German (auf Deutsch)! All students will get the recipe and be able to communicate directly with our chef.

Frühling Feierabend | Celebrate The Weekend!
2022-04-08 14:00 - 17:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
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 statt, von der man eine richtig schöne Aussicht auf die Chicago Skyline hat.
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Spring Feierabend
6th Floor, Skyline Lounge
Friday, April 8 @ 7:00 PM
Join us for our second Feierabend of 2022 on Friday, April 8th at 7pm. Feierabend is the German concept of being done with work for the day – basically, time to relax with friends!
We will have free snacks available while supplies last. Drinks will be sold on location.
The event will take place in our 6th floor Skyline Lounge, where there is a lovely view of the Chicago skyline!
Free parking at 5/3 Bank after 6:00 PM located at Western and Gunnison

Author Talk: Dr. Don Grossnickle - My Maja: A Grandson's Tribute
2022-04-09 05:00 - 06:00 | Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
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 challenges were extreme for a widowed single mother of three balancing long hours as a night nurse and running a boarding house. Ups and downs while being alone in a hostile struggling America during the Great Depression almost killed her. Maja claimed her Swedish upbringing, character and faith carried the day. History has not taken note of the great guts, gumption, perseverance, determination of Swedish women immigrants. The book, My Maja,-is meant to awaken history and to keep Maja’s, “framåtanda” fully alive forever.
Come and chat with Don Grossnickle about the Swedish-American Spirit living in each of us today. To register for this event you an email museum@samac.org or call 773.728.8111. Fika (coffee and treats) will be available for purchase.

First People's Poetry Reading: A tribute to the Living Nations, Living Words Project
2022-04-09 06:00 - 07:00 | Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL, 60610, United States
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 and displacement. The book is the companion to her online project Living Nations, Living Words, A Map of First People’s Poetry.
Purchase Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry at the Newberry Bookshop.
This program is free and open to all; free tickets required.

Kaffee, Kuchen, und Kino
2022-04-09 07:00 - 10:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Join us on twice a month on Saturday 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.
Upcoming Dates & Films:

9. April 2022 – Drei Groschen Opern*
23. April 2022 – Die lustige Witwe*
07. Mai 2022 – TBA

*Subject to change
Please email samantha@dankhaus.com or call us at 773-561-9181 with any questions or volunteer inquiries!

Author Talk: Gordon Mott, Lithuanian Lullaby
2022-04-09 09:00 - 10:00 | Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, 6500 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL, 60629, United States
Balzekas Museum book talk and signing featuring Canadian writer Gordon Mott, author of Lithuanian Lullaby and The Angels of Klaipeda

About this event

On Saturday, April 9, 2022, at 2pm, the Balzekas Museum Book Club welcomes Canadian writer Gordon Mott, the author of the historical fictions, Lithuanian Lullaby and The Angels of Klaipeda. He has lived and worked in the UK, Australia, Canada, and Lithuania. With a degree in politics from Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, he holds an interest in East European development and has taught and travelled extensively in the region. His work has been featured by The Baltic Times, Lithuanian National Radio & Television (LRT), Lietuvos Rytas, Draugas, Bridges, Anglija Today and the Lithuanian National Library. His debut novel, “Lithuanian Lullaby” was an Amazon bestseller in the Lithuania category. Gordon lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
In English.
This event will be filmed. A Vimeo link to the edited video will subsequently be sent to preregistered ticket holders.
Tickets: Free to Museum Members and Students
Non-members: $12 | Seniors: $5
Refreshments will be served. Face masks and proof of vaccination required for in-person attendees, in keeping with City of Chicago and Cook County public health regulations.

Online Artist Talk: Embodied Dualities
2022-04-10 10:30 - 12:00 | Online Event
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 of absence/presence, location/dislocation, growth/decay, hovering/being held through various means and entry points, from architecture, to abstraction, to language/poetry.
Time: 𝟏𝟎:𝟑𝟎𝐚𝐦 – 𝟏𝟏:𝟒𝟓𝐚𝐦 𝐂𝐓
𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐳𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭.
For enquiries: info@niam.org
𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐆𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚 was born in India and earned a masters in textile design and development there. She has done residencies in rural India, England, Hong Kong and the United States. E/Merge features her installation “sometimes forgotten, sometimes remembered; the tribulations and afflictions never erased.”
𝐒𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡 is a Bangalore-born, Brooklyn-based artist, educator, and editor of Shifter Magazine.​​ His recent installations and videos have focused on how our occupation of space and endurance through time is shaped by systems of power and control.
𝐊𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚 is from New Delhi (India), she received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Kaveri Raina’s paintings are based on internal dialogues, with words that trigger a feeling or an experience.
𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐢, the panel moderator, is an artist, arts organizer, and writer based in Brooklyn, NY. Her multidisciplinary, research-based practice considers the coloniality of power within images and sites. She is interested in the roles that memory, language, and technology play in identity-making, community-building, and unlearning in the diaspora.
Due to limited availability please register early! Visit niam.org for artist bios, COVID safety protocols and other details.

Online Artist Talk: SAMDI
2022-04-12 18:30 - 19:30 | Online Event
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 semi abstract approach to figuration.
Self exploration and the understanding of the spirit as a human in this space are at the core of SAMDI’s artistic practice. His work can reflect deep emotional trauma and at the same time express the beauty of love. The artist lets the audience be the author of their experience as they have to search inwards to make sense of what they are viewing or feeling.

Lost Goddess Civilizations of Old Europe
2022-04-14 13:44 | IL
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 people. Their innovations still influence us today.

March 26th, Saturday at 4 pm.
$10 entry fee

Neighborhood Nights feat. Congressman Quigley
2022-04-14 19:00 - 23:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
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

Open Haus Stammtisch | Frühlingsfest
2022-04-15 19:30 - 23:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
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 located in our popular 6th Floor Skyline Lounge, complete with vintage bar and sweeping panoramic views of the Chicago skyline.

Free parking at 5/3 Bank after 6:00 PM located at Western and Gunnison

Spring Community Powwow
2022-04-16 17:00 - 19:30 | American Indian Center, 3401 West Ainslie Street, Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Everyone welcome at the Spring Community Powwow, Saturday, April 16. Dinner served at 5pm, Grand Entry at 6:30pm.

NHM Virtual Book Club: The Beekeeper of Aleppo
2022-04-21 19:00 - 20:00 | Online Event
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 book that is either inspired by the Hellenic legacy or by a Greek American author (and sometimes both!). Then we gather to discuss the book on Zoom.
Book Club is free to join and meets on the third Thursday of each month at 7pm CST
In April we will be discussing The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri.
Support NHM with your purchase of The Beekeeper of Aleppo! When you buy your copy through this link , a portion of the proceeds will go to NHM: https://amzn.to/3IKZlwS
Click here to see all of our upcoming book selections
More about The Beekeeper of Aleppo:
Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo–until the unthinkable happens. When all they care for is destroyed by war, they are forced to escape. But what Afra has seen is so terrible she has gone blind, and so they must embark on a perilous journey through Turkey and Greece towards an uncertain future in Britain. On the way, Nuri is sustained by the knowledge that waiting for them is Mustafa, his cousin and business partner, who has started an apiary and is teaching fellow refugees in Yorkshire to keep bees.
As Nuri and Afra travel through a broken world, they must confront not only the pain of their own unspeakable loss, but dangers that would overwhelm the bravest of souls. Above all, they must journey to find each other again.
Moving, powerful, compassionate, and beautifully written, The Beekeeper of Aleppo is a testament to the triumph of the human spirit. It is the kind of book that reminds us of the power of storytelling.

Irish Art in Practice: Women’s Work?
2022-04-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N. Knox Ave., Chicago, IL, 60630, United States
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 the Writing in the Disciplines Specialist in the William S. Dietrich II Institute for Writing Excellence. Most recently, she served as Assistant Dean for Educational Initiatives in the Dietrich College for Humanities and Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. She brings an educator’s perspective to this fascinating series.

Women’s Work? – Presented in-person, and via Zoom, April 21st, 7:00pm CST
Irish Art in Practice: Ursula Burke, Rita Duffy, Mairéad McClean and Paula McFetridge, the forthcoming book by Jennifer Keating, explores contemporary artistic practice in Ireland. In Women’s Work we will view key examples of each artists’ work as we consider their individual concerns and contributions to contemporary art in Irish and international contexts. In addition, we will mine the influence of embodiment: what features of gender emerge in each artist’s work? What concerns pertaining to women in Ireland come forward in their practice? What features of masculinity or gender fluidity are explored or interrogated?
Register here for the in-person presentation of Women’s Work? in the Library at the Irish American Heritage Center.
Register here for the Women’s Work Zoom presentation: Women’s Work

Swedish Museum Pop-Up Cafe
2022-04-22 11:00 - 15:00 | Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
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.
