Chicago Cultural Alliance

Kaffeeklatsch
2022-02-17 17:30 - 18:30, 2022-02-10 17:30 - 18:30, 2022-02-03 17:30 - 18:30, 2022-01-27 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) | Online Event
DANK Haus hosts a gemütliche chat online every Thursday at 5:30pm, with German speakers at every level welcome.
We will be talking about “Gott und die Welt”, and this Klatsch will be moderated by a friendly and enthusiastic German speaker.

Please RSVP to receive the online link. This link can be used every week. https://dankhaus.com/event-4475997
Please contact us at languageschool@dankhaus.com should you have any questions.

NHM Virtual Book Club: Foreign Words
2022-02-17 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Event
On Thursday, February 17th at 7pm we will be discussing Foreign Words by Vassilis Alexakis as translated by Alyson Waters 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 February, we will be discussing Foreign Words by Vassilis Alexakis and translated by Alyson Waters.
Support NHM with your purchase of Foreign Words! When you buy your copy through this link, a portion of the proceeds will go to NHM: https://amzn.to/3GIFPj4
Click here to see all of our upcoming book selections
More about Foreign Words:
Crossing countries and continents, this narrative follows a son lost for words over the death of his father. Unable to write the phrase “My father is dead” in either his native Greek or his adopted French, he heads for Africa to undertake the learning of Sango. Traveling across both borders and time, he examines his past, his family history, and the colonial and political ties of his homelands. While at first he does not know why learning a new and uncommon language has become vital to him, he comes to discover that the new language enables him to easily write of his father’s passing. But as he truly experiences Sango—meets its speakers, travels where it emerged and has struggled to survive—his intimacy with it grows, and he is once again unable to utter the telling phrase. Meditating on language, loss, and the power of words to express or constrain human emotion, this tale of speaking, living, and letting go is filled with delicate suspense, humor, and honesty.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nhm-virtual-book-club-foreign-words-tickets-224880141557

Virtual Artist Talk: Christal Ratt (Mitchikinabikok Inik - Algonquins of Barriere Lake)
2022-02-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Event
Join us for our artist discussion about their work and who they are as artists. There will be a live Q&A at the end of each discussion.

About this event

Christal Ratt, Pidabinikwe, is an award-winning Algonquin Anishnabe artist from the Mitchikinabikok Inik – Algonquins of Barriere Lake. Christal’s awards include Best of Division, First, Second and Honourable Mentions in the Beadwork, Quillwork and Diverse Arts categories at prestigious art shows such SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market in Santa Fe NM, Heard Guild Museum Market in Phoenix AZ, and Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market Indianapolis IN. At a young age, Christal was taught how to bead and sew by her Mom. Her parents and relatives inspire her to keep working with Wiigwas / Birch Bark to create a range of items from jewelry and diverse arts.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-artist-discussion-with-christal-ratt-tickets-246869743047

Art After Work: Charles Williams
2022-02-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Artist and museum educator Mayra Palafox guides an art-making workshop inspired by Charles Williams.
About this event
Join Intuit for Art After Work, a free series of facilitated art-making workshops inspired by outsider and self-taught art and artists from the museum’s collections and exhibitions. This month, artist and museum educator Mayra Palafox will lead a discussion and facilitate a workshop inspired by artist Charles Williams, who found inspiration in comic books, pop culture and his lived experiences to create new superheroes. In the virtual workshop, participants will explore the process of mixed media to create their own superheroes!

Me and White Supremacy: Young Readers’ Edition
2022-02-17 05:30 - 06:30 | Online Event
Awareness leads to action, and action leads to change. Author Layla Saad presents the young readers edition of her New York Times bestselling book Me and White Supremacy, which teaches readers how to explore and understand racism and white supremacy and how young readers can do their part to help change the world. Saad is joined by writer and artist Kaitlin McGaw of the Grammy-nominated the Alphabet Rockers.
This program will be hosted online via Zoom, register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/me-and-white-supremacy-young-readers-edition-tickets-250448186267.

Virtual Exhibit Tour: "Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement"
2022-02-15 12:30 - 13:30 | Online Event
Pride came with a cost. Explore Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement through our virtual exhibition tour and discover how the Stonewall Uprising sparked a national movement for LGBTQ+ rights across the United States and its connection to Chicago.
The exhibition blends historic images and artifacts from the movement to share the voices and tell the stories of those who took a stand for LGBTQ+ rights, including posters from Harvey Milk’s campaign for public office in San Francisco, a rainbow flag in its original colors signed by creator Gilbert Baker, and early LGBTQ+ magazine publications.
Our virtual tour includes a video presentation narrated by Chief Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Arielle Weininger, and a live Q&A moderated by Museum personnel.
Non-Members: $10.00
Members: Free
Reservations are required. Members must sign in to take advantage of their member discount.
If you are under 18 years old and would like to attend a virtual Rise Up tour at no cost, please email education@ilhmec.org

Desde Mi Barrio Concert Series: Milly Santiago
2022-02-14 12:30 - 15:30 | Latin Music Project Center, 2958 north Milwaukee ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Puerto Rican Arts Alliance’s Desde Mi Barrio Concert Series continues with a February 14 performance by Milly Santiago.
Purchase tickets at: https://praachicago.networkforgood.com/events/38148-milly-santiago-valentine-s-day-concert

Beyond the India-America Dichotomy: Global Dynamism in Contemporary Art
2022-02-13 04:30 - 05:30 | Online Event
Engage with our Panel of Artists, Curators, Writers and Creators in a 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 immersive discourse on zoom. Listen to the first hand narratives from the diasporic creators of contemporary art.
Date: 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐
Time: 𝟏𝟎:𝟑𝟎𝐚𝐦 – 𝟏𝟏:𝟑𝟎𝐚𝐦 𝐂𝐓
(register to receive free zoom link by email)
For enquiries: info@niam.org
𝐍𝐞𝐡𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐝𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐤 employs a plucking, a rigorous self-invented process to create works that aim to broaden the dialog and understanding of issues related to identity, spirituality, social and gender politics.
𝐊𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐕𝐨𝐫𝐚 is a dreamer, community organizer and an interdisciplinary artist working in sculpture and drawing. Her practice is deeply influenced by the ecological and social landscape of Panchgani, India, where she grew up.
𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐲𝐚 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐫 is the curator for E/Merge: Art of the Indian Diaspora. He currently lives and works in Chicago, IL. Kumar is an Associate Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chair of the Department of Printmedia.
𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐤𝐮𝐦 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐢 the panel moderator, is the William F. Vilas Research Professor of English and the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Dr. Sangari has published extensively on British, American and Indian literature, the gendering of South Asian medieval devotional traditions, nationalist figures such as M.K.Gandhi, and several contemporary gender issues and communal violence. She will be the moderator for the panel.This is part of our series of programs for E/Merge: Art of the Indian Diaspora.
In accordance with pandemic related public health and safety advisory, we have transitioned our program to a virtual platform.
Due to limited availability please register early!
Visit www.niam.org for registrations, COVID safety protocols and other details

Balzekas Museum Film Screening: "Second Hand"
2022-02-12 08:00 - 10:00 | Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, 6500 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL, 60629, United States
See “Second Hand” (2019) an award-winning documentary on migrants caught up in UK’s used clothing trade by filmmaker Artūras Jevdokimovas
“Second Hand”, is a tragicomic tale of the long, meandering journey of donated second hand clothing: from the doorsteps of English manor houses to smalltown Lithuanian markets and charity shops.
“Second Hand” (2019) exposes the gritty underside of Europe’s used-clothing trade and the lives of the people caught up in its intricate and far-reaching web. The film exposes how clothes donated to charity in the UK become windfall for profiteers, who capture and move the goods to second-hand markets in Lithuania and other European countries.
Part documentary comedy, part detective story, “Second Hand” tells the story of four Lithuanian migrants–who come to the UK in search of opportunity but who fall prey to human traffikers and organized criminals. These ringleaders appear to care less for the people they exploit than for the used and discarded clothing they peddle. Despite the clash of cultures and tragicomic incidents, the four characters manage to maintain hope, humor, and dignity in a cruel and inhumane environment thanks to their own grit and to filmmaker/director Artūras Jevdokimovas’s sensitive portrayal .
MEET FILMMAKER ARTŪRAS JEVDOKIMOVAS
Artūras Jevdokimovas, an award-winning Lithuanian filmmaker, will be on hand for the screening and Q& A afterwards. This program is in English.
Run Time (1 hr. 26 min.) In English and Lithuanian, with English subtitles
Director: Arturas Jevdokimovas
Writers: Arturas Jevdokimovas, Arunas Matelis, Ramune Rakauskaite
Producers: Jeremiah Cullinane, Algimante Matelis, Arunas Matelis, Mark Olexa
Line producer:Julija Matulyte
Cinematography: Eitvydas Doskus, Vytautas Rimkevicius
Production Companies: Dok Mobile, Planet Korda Pictures, Studio Nominum
Mature subject matter may not be suitable for all audiences.
REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED: Masks and Proof of Vaccination Required
THIS EVENT IS FREE TO CURRENTLY ENROLLED FILM STUDENTS!

Feierabend
2022-02-11 13:00 - 16:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Join us for our first Feierabend of the new year on Friday, February 11th at 7pm. Feierabend is the German concept of being done with work for the day – basically, time to relax with friends!
We will have a free french fry bar available while supplies last. Drinks will be sold on location.
The theme of this Feierabend is… New Year! Jumpstart the year 2022 at the DANK Haus!
The event will take place in our 6th floor Skyline Lounge, where there is a lovely view of the Chicago skyline!

Neighborhood Nights
2022-02-10 13:00 - 17:00 | 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.

Dr Knight Lecture Series: Haitian Immigration to America
2022-02-10 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Event
Join Dr. Knight in his lecture series for a conversation on Haitian Immigration to America.

Black immigrants are often treated differently than those from other nations. Although this does not mean they are treated better, but black immigrants face far more violence and racism – from local police, ICE, and the criminal justice system – than others. This lecture looks at Haitian immigrants in particular and the racial barrier they must navigate entering the United States.

Movie Screening ONLINE: Älven min Vän
2022-02-10 06:00 - 07:00 | Online Event
Älven min Vän is a portrait of the lives of four Sami women and their relationship to the Lule River in Sweden. The film shows the consequences of the forced resettlement of Sami people who were displaced from their land because of the construction of river dams and were alienated from their indigenous culture and way of life (such as reindeer husbandry, clothing, language, food and music). At the same time, the film shows the deep relationship between the women and the river.
Register for this free event and receive a link to the movie. You then join the Zoom event to meet the director Hannah Ambühl. To register please email museum@samac.org

Nancy Johnson: The Kindest Lie
2022-02-08 12:30 - 13:30 | American Writers Museum, 180 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
Join us for an evening with Nancy Johnson to discuss her debut novel The Kindest Lie, “a deep dive into how we define family, what it means to be a mother, and what it means to grow up Black” (Jodi Picoult). Named a Most Anticipated book by O Magazine, Shondaland, Chicago Tribune, Elle and many more, the novel is now out in paperback. Johnson is joined in conversation by fellow writer Catherine Adel West.
Register for this in-person event at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nancy-johnson-the-kindest-lie-in-person-tickets-220910237467. This program will also be livestreamed. Register for the live online broadcast at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nancy-johnson-the-kindest-lie-online-broadcast-tickets-220888632847.

First Blacks Chicago Concert
2022-02-07 13:30 - 15:30 | First Congregational Church of Dundee, 900 South 8th Street, West Dundee, IL, 60118, United States
Mon, Feb 7, 2022, 7:30 PM CST
Using music as a lens to celebrate Black History, Crossing Borders Music Collective presents works honoring the legacies of four black Chicago trailblazers: Chicago’s Haitian founder, Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable; Chicago’s first black mayor, Harold Washington; the first black president of the United States, Barack Obama; and Chicago’s first black female mayor, Lori Lightfoot. Performing music that was commissioned especially for this program, the musicians will use both live music and visual art to tell the stories of these important figures.
Attend this concert in-person or watch it online! Simply choose your preference when purchasing your ticket.
$10-$20
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-blacks-chicago-tickets-168277842557

Sharing Grandmothers Concert
2022-02-05 13:00 - 15:00 | Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, 4046 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL, 60639, United States
Sharing Grandmothers is an original multidisciplinary song cycle exploring the profound contributions of Black women to humanity.

Sharing Grandmothers focuses on women’s oral traditions, lullabies and folk tales, as well as the combined musical traditions of Africa and the Caribbean, replete with percussive rhythms, rituals, and vocal expressions. The project brings together two multidisciplinary musicians who each embrace a rich cultural heritage and mastery of traditional songs, stories, rhythms and dances from their respective cultures.
The two principal artists are Inez Barlatier, a Miami-based Haitian-American singer/songwriter, percussionist and dancer, and LORNOAR, a Cameroonian artist whose work also encompasses traditional and original songs, music, and dance. Under the direction of Miami-based director Carlos Caballero, a Latino/Caribbean artist, the work will celebrate the legacy of shared ancestry and traditions between Cameroon and Haiti, celebrating the influence of Africa on the Caribbean and its diaspora, and the empowerment of the 21st Century Black Woman.
Sharing Grandmothers is a transatlantic collaboration between two contemporary artists who have jointly created new music and lyrics that provide a modern-day commentary on issues that women face globally, speaks to the double oppression of Black women both in the U.S. and Africa.
This concert is part of the Extended Play Series, a collaboration between Old Town School of Folk Music, DuSable Museum and Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center (SRBCC) made possible with the generous support of the Pritzker Traubert Foundation.
Date and time

Sat, Feb 5, 2022, 7:00 PM CST

Location

Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
4048 West Armitage Avenue
Chicago, IL 60639

Tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sharing-grandmothers-tickets-247261805717

February Call to Peace
2022-02-05 06:30 - 07:30 | 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.
Join us on Facebook live or on zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83606483086

Kaffee, Kuchen, und Kino
2022-02-05 06:00 - 09:00 | 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.

Exhibition Opening: "Naturally"
2022-02-05 06:00 - 08:00 | Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is delighted to announce Naturally opening on February 5th, 2022 featuring works by Judith Roston Freilich and Lilach Schrag who have come together for their first joint exhibition.
Fascinated by forces of nature and mind, Judith Roston Freilich and Lilach Schrag examine, each in her own way, essence, energy, and evolution. Judith Roston Freilich’s works on paper and textiles were inspired by her aspirations to integrate the arts into everyday life. Throughout her life, Roston Freilich’s home and works have always centered around the cycles of life and the natural offerings of every season. The vital consequences of climate change and the COVID-19 virus have impacted the artist’s work, and aspires that her artistic creation will act as a springboard for awareness towards scientific ways that aim to heal our planet. With images and materials drawn from both her natural and domestic environment, Lilach Schrag uses organic found objects, fabric, paper, enamel, and acrylic paints, charcoal, graphite, threads, pins, and staples in making large-scale energy-packed paintings with epic figures and creatures transforming into each other and into vegetation. Layered, camouflaged, and not immediately identified, they convey a sense of awe, urgency, determination, and vulnerability. The natural materials rich with texture, meaning, and previous life sends Schrag on a fantastic flight, and at the same time keeping her grounded in this physical world.
Artist Biographies:
Judith Roston Freilich earned a BFA and merit-based scholarship award from Washington University in St. Louis. While working at Landfall Press as a printing assistant and curator, she earned a graduate degree in printmaking with Misch Kohn from the Illinois Institute of Technology. She has exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work has been selected for the Rockford Midwestern Biennial at the Rockford Art Museum, the Evanston and Vicinity Biennial at the Evanston Art Center, the Bradley International Print and Drawing Show. Her work is in multiple permanent collections including the Library of Congress.
Lilach Schrag graduated from Hamidrasha Art School in Israel, and holds a Master of Arts from Spertus Institute, Chicago. Her work has been featured in publications such as the Chicago Tribune, and The Jerusalem Post, and she has exhibited in solo and group shows in the United States and in Israel including: Spertus Institute, Governors State University, 33 Contemporary Gallery in Chicago as well as the Janco Dada Museum and the Jerusalem Biennale in Israel.

Spring Flohmarkt (Flea Market)
2022-02-05 04:00 - 11:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Looking to get rid of some old items that you don’t have a use for anymore? Don’t throw them away! Bring them to the DANK Haus and let them become another family’s treasure! You can donate items to the DANK Haus to sell in the Flohmarkt (Flea market), or you can rent your own table for $25 to sell your items. Tables are limited, so claim yours soon! Bring dishes, small appliances, books, collectibles, coins, jewelry, whatever will fit into your space!
Looking for some gently used treasures yourself? Come shop the market from 10 am-5 pm.
The market will be open to the public from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM one day only.

Exhibition Reception: Home Away From Home
2022-02-04 13:00 - 14:00 | Ukrainian National Museum, 2249 W. Superior St., Chicago, IL, 60612, United States
Please join us in celebrating art on the solo exhibition “Home Away From Home” by Tanya Dulyaba inspired by the Outer Banks at Ukrainian National Museum

Hanif Abdurraqib and Ashley Evans: “Sing, Aretha, Sing!”
2022-02-02 12:30 - 13:30 | Online Event
A young Aretha Franklin captivates her community with the song “Respect” during the height of the Civil Rights Movement in Sing, Aretha, Sing!, a striking picture book biography that will embolden today’s young readers to sing their own truth. Join us to hear both author Hanif Abdurraqib and illustrator Ashley Evans discuss their crafts, how this book came together, and the lasting legacy of Aretha Franklin. This program will be hosted online via Zoom, register for the program here.

2022 Chinese New Year Celebration
2022-02-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Event
Celebrate the new Year of the Tiger with the Chinese American Museum of Chicago at our annual Chinese New Year Celebration. This year’s event will take place virtually on YouTube. Festivities include learning about Chinese New Year traditions, musical performances, lion dance, paper-cutting art, and much more! This event is FREE and for all ages. Ring in the lunar new year with a night of celebration! Register here
A link to the watch page will be sent out prior to the event.

Swedish American Museum Book Club w/ Author Helen Lundström Erwin
2022-01-29 07:00 - 08:00 | Online Event
Book Club Online

January 29 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

The Museum book club reads a wide range of books from the Nordic countries.
This is a free event and you can register by emailing museum@samac.org.
For the January event the author, Helen Lundström Erwin will join us for book club!!
Here are the upcoming book club books:
January
Sour milk in sheep’s wool by Helen Lundström Erwin
February
Antiphony by Laila Stien
March
Pakkis by Khalid Hussain
The books can be bought in the Museum Store.
About Sour milk in sheep’s wool
Sweden, at the turn of the 20th century. Two women, an unwed mother and a suffragette, living lives so different from each other it’s as if they were separated by time, not just circumstance. They don’t know it, but destiny is pulling them toward each other and their fates are interlinked.
Anette spins lies to hide that she’s an unwed mother with many children. And with different fathers for most of them, a staggering truth she can barely admit even to herself. Without the ability to protect herself from unwanted pregnancies, she moves each time she gets pregnant, telling the same tale as always, she’s a widow.
Hanna closes her café for the night and opens the door to her activist friends, creating a space safe from curious husbands and disapproving eyes. Inspired by the pioneer temperance woman Emelie Rathou, who linked alcohol abuse with the oppression of women, they join forces with the rest of the nation and the world and begin the long fight for Women’s Suffrage.
Helen Lundström Erwin, author of the acclaimed James’ Journey, has created a well-researched, and riveting second historical novel. By introducing revolutionary women like Elise Ottesen-Jensen, the co-founder of International Planned Parenthood Federation, you’ll be transported back in time, joining our foremothers while they fight for reproductive justice and the right to vote.

More info and Zoom event ID at: https://swedishamericanmuseum.org/event/book-club-online-19/

International Holocaust Remembrance Day Live Performance: Saul & Ruby's Holocaust Survivor Band
2022-01-27 12:30 - 15:00 | Illinois Holocaust Museum, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, 60077, United States
January 27, 2022 | 6:30pm CST
On-Site & Virtual
from the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
ELLEN V. & PHILIP L. GLASS HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATIVE SERIES
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, join us for a film screening of Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band, live performance from the Holocaust Survivor Band, and post-show discussion with the filmmaker.
This unique and compelling story is about having the courage to live one’s dreams, finding purpose and meaning in life at any age, the transcendent power of music, and the importance of speaking out against antisemitism and bigotry.
Like many Holocaust Survivors, after World War II, Saul and Ruby moved to America, started families and careers, grew old, and retired to South Florida. For them, retirement could have been the last chapter in their story. But then they decided to start a klezmer band: the Holocaust Survivor Band. The band summons the bittersweet memories of childhood in Poland, but more than that, it is a celebration of life.
The band’s history begins in total obscurity, playing in residential homes for the elderly and small Jewish community organizations, and builds up into being invited to perform at venues across the country, including a coveted performance at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage.
After a lively performance by the film’s subjects, Saul Drier and Ruby Sosnowicz, enjoy a post-performance discussion moderated by Academy Award nominated and Emmy winning filmmaker, Tod Lending. Lending’s work has aired nationally on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, HBO; has been screened theatrically and awarded at national and international festivals; and has been televised internationally in Europe and Asia. Lending’s work can be found on his website: https://nomadicpictures.org/
Reservations are required for both on-site and online options.
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination & masks are required to attend on-site programs.

REGISTER HERE: ilholocaustmuseum.org/events/commemoration-international-holocaust-remembrance-day-live-performance-saul-rubys-holocaust-survivor-band/

Virtual Artist Talk: Jennifer M. Stevens (Oneida and Oglala Lakota)
2022-01-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Event
Virtual Artist Discussion!

Join us for our artist discussion about their work and who they are as artists. There will be a live Q&A at the end of each discussion.

About this event

Jennifer M. Stevens is currently a resident of Bayview-Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is an enrolled member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin through her father and Oglala Lakota through her Mother. She was born in Alexandria, Virginia and raised on the Oneida Nation-De Pere, Wisconsin and received her Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Art from St. Norbert College.
Jennifer M. Stevens has weaved a creative life as a classical singer and visual artist. She studied Classical Singing and Opera nationally and internationally and she studied Classical Art in college and traditional Oneida Pottery with prominent woodland Indigenous artists such as; Rose K. Kerstetter, Peter B. Jones, and Richard Zane Smith.
Furthermore, Jennifer M. Stevens became nationally known for her contribution in cultural preservation through Oneida Pottery revitalization, taught Oneida Pottery for 20 years 4k-Advance level students, and one of the few in history to become a professional Native American woman composer and classical singer. Stevens was acknowledged in the book, Encyclopedia of Native American Music of North America by Elaine Keillor and Timothy Archambault, and was a featured Artist, Singer, and Composer on PBS-Wisconsin Public Television, “Wisconsin Life” and the documentary, “Owe.la’: The Music Within Jennifer Stevens.” Stevens is a Singer, Composer, Artist, Researcher, and Educator, and her life philosophy is “Community Building Through the Arts.”

Thursday, 1/27 at 6pm Central via Zoom. Tickets here https://www.eventbrite.com/…/virtual-artist-discussion…
For more information, please visit www.mitchellmuseum.org/events

Artecito Virtual - Cornamentas, Cuernos, y Pezuñas
2022-01-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Event
Free virtual event – Artecito by OPEN Center for the Arts with Lincoln Park Zoo
Presented in Spanish
Thursday, January 27 at 6pm
Conectate aquí: https://bit.ly/ArtecitoCornamentasCuernos
