Niijii Camp (Friend Camp)
While the youth are out of school, have them join us for a few days full of cultural learning activities and fun! This year's winter camp is called Niijii Camp […]
While the youth are out of school, have them join us for a few days full of cultural learning activities and fun! This year's winter camp is called Niijii Camp […]
Exhibition Opening - Semillas: Artwork by Raul Ortiz Bonilla Our Resident Artist, Raul Ortiz Bonilla, will unveil his first exhibition, Semillas, at the National Puerto Rican Museum’s 2nd Floor Gallery on Friday, January 6th. Ortiz Bonilla utilizes pointillism, in which he meticulously paints small dots to create areas of color that together form these colorful, large masterpieces. […]
*english below* ¡Estás invitado a celebrar la Rosca con nosotros! Únase a nosotros para nuestra Rosca gigante acompañada de una taza de chocolate caliente. Este mismo día tendremos nuestro Sorteo, […]
Topic: 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 […]
We 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 […]
Join 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 […]
In 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 […]
This 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 […]
Please join us in welcoming the Year of the Rabbit at our annual Chinese New Year Celebration. This year's event will be in person. We have many performances including Chinese […]
This 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 […]
The Mitchell Museum of American Indian will debut a thought-provoking traveling exhibit, No Rest: The Epidemic of Stolen Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2Spirits, to remember, honor, and illuminate the plight of countless Native individuals who go missing or are murdered each year through art and activism. Opening in January 2023, the exhibition features 35 original […]
Come to the JASC and experience Kakizome(書初め – calligraphy)and Hatsuike (初生け – ikebana/flower arranging)at our New Year Kids Camp! This cultural event is a full day, in-person, drop-off day camp for children in 1st – 6th grades. Kakizome and Hatsuike are annual traditions for the New Year in Japan. People write the first calligraphy of their resolution for the new year in Kakizome. Hatsuike is […]
Join 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 […]
Our 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 […]
This 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 […]
This Friday, January 12, 2023, at 7 PM the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, Chicago, presents: "The Road to Global Conquest: Stalinist Expansionism and the Baltic Region, 1917-1953" A lecture by Dr. Alexander Gogun from the Free University of Berlin Dr. Gogun is the author of Stalin’s Commandos: Ukrainian Partisan Forces on the Eastern Front […]
Through 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 […]
Join 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 […]
Illinois 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 […]
Please join us for our second conversation on Chicago craft in the 1970s-80s with some of the city's long-standing artists and activists, including Lourdes Guerrero, artist and educator; Indira Freitas Johnson, artist, educator and community activist; Arlene Raconcay, former director of the Chicago Artists Coalition; Fern Shaffer, artist and former director of Artemisia Gallery. Starts […]