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Week of Events
Sunday, October 9, 2022
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Monday, October 10, 2022
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Tuesday, October 11, 2022
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Wednesday, October 12, 2022
- October 12, 2022 -Reflections on 1919 with Eve L. Ewing
- October 12, 2022 -Journey Chicago: That Belongs in a Museum! Suitcase Stories
Reflections on 1919 with Eve L. Ewing
A Conversation on 1919, Black Chicago and Resilience. About this event A hot summer day set Chicago ablaze in 1919. Seventeen-year-old Eugene Williams crossed an invisible line in Lake Michigan that divided the segregated shores, and he was killed by a group of white beachgoers. His death sparked a deadly 13-day riot. The fighting spread […]
Journey Chicago: That Belongs in a Museum! Suitcase Stories
This event is part of Journey Chicago, the Chicago Cultural Alliance's annual citywide festival of cross-cultural events. Every object has a story. And if it’s a cherished object that invokes our cultural identity, the story is even more salient. It jogs our memory, reminds us of close relationships, takes us back in time and place. […]
$5
Thursday, October 13, 2022
- October 13, 2022Lecture: VLADIMÍR DZURO
Lecture: VLADIMÍR DZURO
Please join us for a lecture by VLADIMÍR DZURO – Chief of Headquarters Office at the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services, retired Czech Police Commissioner, war crimes investigator, and author of The Investigator: Demons of the Balkan War – on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 at 7pm. Mr. Dzuro will discuss his personal account of war […]
Free
Friday, October 14, 2022
- October 14, 2022 -Journey Chicago: Global Indigenous Perspectives: From Turtle Island to Sápmi
Journey Chicago: Global Indigenous Perspectives: From Turtle Island to Sápmi
This event is part of Journey Chicago, the Chicago Cultural Alliance's annual citywide festival of cross-cultural events. The program will be a panel discussion between a Sami person (Scandinavian Indigenous person) and a North American Indigenous person. The discussion will explore similarities and differences between the two panelists' cultures, and reflect on their individual experiences. […]
FREE
Saturday, October 15, 2022
- October 15, 2022 -Journey Chicago: Drums Are the Heartbeat of Our Community
- October 15, 2022 -Dipika Mukherjee: Dialect of Distant Harbors Book Launch
Journey Chicago: Drums Are the Heartbeat of Our Community
This event is part of Journey Chicago, the Chicago Cultural Alliance's annual citywide festival of cross-cultural events. A collaboration between the Chicago Japanese American Historical Society and Trickster Cultural Center to highlight the traditions of drumming as it relates to cultural identity. A performing group from each culture will demonstrate and share their art. Japanese […]
Dipika Mukherjee: Dialect of Distant Harbors Book Launch
Dipika Mukherjee: Dialect of Distant Harbors Book Launch About this event South Asia Institute Presents Dipika Mukherjee: Dialect of Distant Harbors Book Launch Saturday, October 15, 2022 Dipika Mukherjee Dipika Mukherjee moved to Chicago from Shanghai in 2012 and spends a lot of time at the neighborhood Harold Washington Public Library. She is the author […]
Free – $18