Semillas: Artwork by Raul Ortiz Bonilla
Through his signature puntos and semillas, Puerto Rican artist Raul Ortiz Bonilla presents a story of migration and diaspora.
Free
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Soy Boricua
The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture 3015 W Division Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesFrom digital collage to painting to glasswork to photography, twelve non-male Diasporican artists explore their expansive identities and how they intersect in their own ways.
Free
Pop-Up Books through the Ages
Newberry Library 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesPop-up books have a longer history than you might think. For centuries, books with interactive flaps, dials, and other moving parts have captivated readers of all ages.
Free
Letters from Home
Artists from Sweden and Chicago collaborate to create original works interpreting early 20th century letters to Chicago immigrant Emil Olsson from his family in Sweden.
Free – $6
ReFramed: The Future of Cities in Wood
Chicago Architecture Center 111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL, United StatesThis exhibition tells the story of building with mass timber and features architectural models of mass timber projects, from public spaces to office buildings.
$14
Chop Suey Men / The Brothers Chen: Chen Yuke Thew, Suey, Foon and Fong
The Chop Suey “joint” was a prime target of anti-Chinese discrimination in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This art exhibition focuses on four sojourners lost to historical haze.
Free – $8
The Girl in The Diary: Searching for Rywka from the Łódz Ghetto
In 1945, a 14-year-old's diary was discovered in Auschwitz. The exhibition explores Rywka's life in the Łódz Ghetto and what might have happened after her deportation to Auschwitz and beyond.
Free – $18
Collectors: Graphics of Pollination
This exhibit links art, natural and social sciences to represent how migrant pollinator species and human laborers are closely linked - raising environmental and social awareness.
Summer Weddings
Weddings bring us together. They are a chance to celebrate love and the beginning of a couple’s new life together. Weddings also celebrate our history and culture. Join the Museum […]
ECAC Summer Camp
$150
The Spirit of Place: Earth is Home – Lithography by Kurt Seaberg
Seaberg uses his lithographs of the beautiful natural landscape of Minnesota and Sweden to connect with his Sami heritage and to remind us of beauty, community, and sense of place.
Free – $6Swedish Days in Geneva
The whole family will enjoy fabulous food, carnival rides, and live music nightly. The Museum’s Kerstin Andersson Store will participate with a tent that is everything Swedish.
Yulia Gasio: Donbas, Ukraine 2014 till the Present
The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art presents Yulia Gasio: Donbas, Ukraine 2014 till the Present. Join us for the opening reception. Yulia Gasio will give a presentation at 2pm.
M.K Čiurlionis Virtual Reality Film “Trail of Angels”
Take a VR journey through the works of the paintings and music of M.K. Čiurlionis.
$35Birdwatching in Washington Park
Bronzeville History Society will guide bird enthusiasts, the curious, and Bronzeville heritage seekers on a birdwatching cultural experience.
$25
Gabrielė Labanauskaitė: Author of PLAYS/DRAMOS
Meet Lithuanian playwright Gabriele Labanauskaitė and director Greta Štiormer in a cosy, intimate dialogue. Labanauskaitė will present works from her collection of plays “Dramas."
Free
GongFu Tea Ceremony Talk
Heritage Museum of Asian Art 3500 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin the Heritage Museum of Asian Art for a hands-on tea experience guided by GongFu tea expert! Enjoy the tea and have fun with friends.
Free – $8
El Laberinto del Coco Live at SRBCC
El Laberinto del Coco is an Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba Fusion 13 piece ensemble, presenting sizzling new musical ideas to the traditional sounds of Puerto Rican Bomba.
Free – $10
Millennium Park Summer Music Series: Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra / El Laberinto del Coco
New York salsa and Latin jazz innovator Eddie Palmieri brings his orchestra to perform his greatest hits, along with Puerto Rican Bomba Fusion ensemble El Laberinto del Coco.
Free
River Cruise Stories You May Not Hear
Online EventChicago Architecture Center's river cruise docents don't have time to tell every story they know. Listen to CAC docents share extra stories of the Chicago river, its buildings and people.
$15