
Week of Events
Night of Terror: Storytelling Event
Terror awaits you at the Mitchell Museum’s first ever scary stories told by witnesses of horror within Chicagoland’s Native storyteller community! Immerse yourself and your family in our evening of fear and bone chilling stories moderated by Negwes White from our friends at St. Kateri Center. The event is free for Mitchell Museum Members and $10 […]
Syria: The Frontlines of Displacement
ABOUT THIS EVENT: Join the co-editors of Witnesses to War: The Children of Syria, Karam Foundation, ART WORKS Projects, and event sponsor, Howard Conant, Jr., for a discussion and exhibition of acclaimed photojournalist Bassam Khabieh’s nearly decade long project, Witnesses to War: The Children of Syria. Khabieh (joining via live feed) and Lina Sergie Attar, […]
Journey Chicago: Stories that Travel: Mythology, Folklore, and Diaspora
This event is part of Journey Chicago, the Chicago Cultural Alliance's annual citywide festival of cross-cultural events. A panel discussion focusing on the varied relationships different Diaspora communities have with the mythological & folklore stories of their culture of origin. We are specifically interested in interrogating the ways in which different communities invest in or […]


