Online Curator Talk: Tova Brandt
2022-04-05 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Online Event
New Nordic Cuisine is currently on display at the Swedish American Museum. In this virtual talk we get to meet with Tova Brandt who is the Executive Director of the Museum of Danish America in Iowa. The Museum of Danish American curated the exhibit.
About the exhibit:
The cooking traditions and innovations of the Nordic region have captured the attention of the world and inspired chefs and home cooks alike. In 2004 the Nordic Food Manifesto articulated a set of values for approaching food through the lenses of local production, seasonality, tradition, and innovation, among others. The manifesto and reactions to it have sparked a robust dialog about food culture, both in the Nordic countries and around the world.

FOUNDATION Exhibition
2022-04-06 04:00 - 12:00, 2022-04-07 04:00 - 12:00, 2022-04-08 04:00 - 12:00 | Korean Cultural Center of Chicago, 9925 Capitol Dr, Wheeling, IL, United States
The Korean Cultural Center of Chicago is pleased to present FOUNDATION, a group exhibition curated by Dabin Ahn, bringing together a group of emerging artists, FOUNDATION hopes to offer experience of identifying how each artist structures their practice by employing [Culture] [Longing] [Color] [Identity] [Process] [Memory] [Site-Specificity] as its foundation.
Opening Reception Friday, March 12, 2pm

Kaffeeklatsch
2022-04-07 17:30 - 18:30, 2022-04-14 17:30 - 18:30 | 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.

Artecito Virtual: Arboles, hojas y semillas
2022-04-07 18:00 - 19:00 | Online Event
Comienza con una semilla, crece hasta convertirse en árboles y brotan hojas. ¡Estos organismos que dan vida vienen en muchas variedades diferentes, y algunas de las cuales son exclusivas de nuestras áreas circundantes!
¡Únase a nosotros mientras exploramos más sobre arboles, hojas y semillas con nuestros amigos en Lincoln Park Zoo!
Conéctate aquí: https://bit.ly/ArtecitoArboles
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It starts with a seed, grows into trees and sprouts leaves. These life giving organisms come in many different varieties, and some of which are exclusive to our surrounding areas!
Join us as we explore more about trees, leaves and seeds with our friends at Lincoln Park Zoo!
Connect here: https://bit.ly/ArtecitoArboles

Artecito is a Spanish language virtual workshop in partnership with Lincoln Park Zoo.

Homer-athon: A Reading of Homer's Odyssey In Its Entirety
2022-04-08 07:00 - 14:00, 2022-04-09 05:00 - 11:00 | National Hellenic Museum, 333 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL, 60661, United States
Please join us as we read the ancient tale of Odysseus’ journey home from war. Like him, each of us is also adjusting to new circumstances in our lives as we emerge from the pandemic. What better way to begin our journey home together?
Each reader will be assigned a specific passage that is approximately 3 minutes long. Sign up for one passage or many. If being a reader isn’t for you, consider participating as an audience member. Bring your friends and stay for as long as you like at this engaging, live event!

Kulturküche | German Pretzels Cooking Class
2022-04-08 13:00 - 15:00, 2022-04-15 13:00 - 15:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
The Pretzel Blitz is back!

We are hosting 5 pretzel making classes in April. Why? We LOVE pretzels! These pretzel-making classes will be offered in-person. We will host up to 20 students in our industrial kitchen at the DANK Haus. These 20 students will get hands on training from Reinhard Richter, our resident Pretzel Meister, and take home their homemade pretzels at the end of the class.

We have 5 classes to choose from. The April 29th class will be taught entirely in German (auf Deutsch)! All students will get the recipe and be able to communicate directly with our chef.

Exhibition Opening: The Life and Legacy of Christine Staruch
2022-04-08 14:00 - 16:00 | Ukrainian National Museum, 2249 W. Superior St., Chicago, IL, 60612, United States
The Ukrainian National Museum invites you to a new art exhibition opening Friday, April 8, at 7pm, celebrating the life and legacy of Christine Staruch. Christine was a staunch supporter of Ukrainian culture and arts, who immigrated to Chicago after World War II. Later in life she became the owner of the Rose Gallery, where she organized exhibitions for artists, and developed an impressive collection of art. The show will feature works from her own collection, and Christine’s family has decided to donate the proceeds from the sale of the inheritance to charitable foundations benefitting Ukraine.⁠

Please support this important event. Opening Night: Friday, April 8 at 7 PM with
Classical Music: GRAND AWARD WINNER –
Dando Piano Trio: Lily Sullivan, violin, Mia Wimbiscus, cello,
Myroslav Mykhailenko piano. Sponsored by Staruch Family and David L. Cwik, Attorney

Frühling Feierabend | Celebrate The Weekend!
2022-04-08 14:00 - 17:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Frühling Feierabend
6. Stock in unserer Skyline Lounge
Freitag, 8. April um 19 Uhr
Genießen Sie den zweiten Feierabend des 2022 am 8. April um 19 Uhr mit uns.
Es gibt Snacks umsonst so lange der Vorrat reicht! Getränke können vor Ort gekauft werden.
Dieses Event findet auf dem 6. Stock in unserer Skyline Lounge statt, von der man eine richtig schöne Aussicht auf die Chicago Skyline hat.
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Spring Feierabend
6th Floor, Skyline Lounge
Friday, April 8 @ 7:00 PM
Join us for our second Feierabend of 2022 on Friday, April 8th at 7pm. Feierabend is the German concept of being done with work for the day – basically, time to relax with friends!
We will have free snacks available while supplies last. Drinks will be sold on location.
The event will take place in our 6th floor Skyline Lounge, where there is a lovely view of the Chicago skyline!
Free parking at 5/3 Bank after 6:00 PM located at Western and Gunnison

Opening Reception: Wanting it Both Ways
2022-04-08 18:00 - 21:00 | Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is delighted to announce a new group exhibition titled Wanting it Both Ways, featuring mixed media works by Bill Conger, Tanya Hastings Gill, Mie Kongo, and Jennifer Mannebach.
Before it became synonymous with a defect or shortcoming, the etymology of the word “flaw” related to a fragment, splinter, or piece of something, and was closely associated with the idea of a stray ember. A fragment or “flaw” as a spark, a glowing ember, is an incendiary condition quite different from the more typical notion of a fragment as a leftover or remnant.
These insistent fragments may preserve a fleeting moment or memory; something that is not embalmed in time but is a flickering touchstone to revisit and find more–more permutations, more iterations, and more potentialities. These artists contend with the desire to capture a sense of the fugitive, often manifesting in fragmented forms that speak to the interdependence of things. They are acutely aware of how small altercations can shift things substantially, looking at the interplay of material identities, as well as the relationship between the maker and the materials.
This practice of working with forms and ideas can result in work that can feel like a temporary capture— revealing the desire to have it both ways, to hold still for a moment in time, just long enough to see what gathers at the edges before releasing it into another recombinant state.

Exhibition runs through June 4

Author Talk: Dr. Don Grossnickle - My Maja: A Grandson's Tribute
2022-04-09 05:00 - 06:00 | Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
My Maja, A Swedish-American Proud Grandson’s Tribute by Chicago’s Dr. Don Grossnickle
Maja, a young roaring twenties Swedish adventurer set sail on a luxury steamship to New York and on to Chicago in 1922 for a visit to relatives. Maja fell in love and spent the rest of her life pursuing the American Dream. Adversity challenges were extreme for a widowed single mother of three balancing long hours as a night nurse and running a boarding house. Ups and downs while being alone in a hostile struggling America during the Great Depression almost killed her. Maja claimed her Swedish upbringing, character and faith carried the day. History has not taken note of the great guts, gumption, perseverance, determination of Swedish women immigrants. The book, My Maja,-is meant to awaken history and to keep Maja’s, “framåtanda” fully alive forever.
Come and chat with Don Grossnickle about the Swedish-American Spirit living in each of us today. To register for this event you an email museum@samac.org or call 773.728.8111. Fika (coffee and treats) will be available for purchase.

Get Egg-cited: Polish Pisanki Workshop
2022-04-09 05:00 - 07:00 | Polish Roman Catholic Union of America Social Hall, 984 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60642, United States
Easter is on its way.
Get in the spirit by learning the intricate art of making Pisanki – Polish egg decorating,
with instructor Christine Frankowicz-Burd,
on Saturday, April 9, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
The workshop will be held in the PRCUA Social Hall on the first floor.
This year’s event is co-sponsored by the Edward T. & Ellen K. Dryer Charitable Foundation.
The workshop registration fee is $25 per person and includes the cost of stylus and wax. Each participant is asked to bring 3-4 hard-boiled eggs. Children must be at least 10 years old and accompanied by a parent or guardian for the entire workshop.
Museum admission is complimentary for each paid participant on the day of the workshop.
Space is limited to 40 participants. Guarantee a place today by calling 773-384-3352, ext. 2111, or register online
Checks should be made payable to: Polish Museum of America. Credit card payment is also accepted. Free parking.
Dyes, wax, and kistka/ stylus can be ordered from the PMA Gift Shop online.

Ukrainian Pysanky (Easter Egg) Workshop - SOLD OUT
2022-04-09 05:00 - 08:30 | Ukrainian National Museum, 2249 W. Superior St., Chicago, IL, 60612, United States
Pysanka Workshops at the Ukrainian National Museum
We are excited to once again announce the Pysanky (Easter Egg) Workshops at the Ukrainian National Museum.
This year we offer in-person classes.

You will discover the art of writing pysanky by our expert Pysanka Instructor Anna Chychula. In each session, you will learn the process of how to use the tools (kistka, wax, dyes) and to write your own pysanka. Information about the history, meanings of the colors and symbols in this Ukrainian art will be shared during the workshop.

Hurry and select a date that best suits you.
MARCH 12TH, MARCH 26TH, APRIL 2ND and APRIL 9TH

Class schedule from 10:00 am to 1:30 p.m.

COST: $40.00 per person, including a complete kit (with dyes, wax, kistka), detailed instructions, preparation timeline, and brochure.

REGISTER HERE FOR PYSANKA WORKSHOP

For any questions please email: admin@ukrainiannationalmuseum.org or call 312 421-8020
No previous experience is required to participate in the workshop.
Recommended for ages 16+.
The maximum number of participants per workshop 15.

First People's Poetry Reading: A tribute to the Living Nations, Living Words Project
2022-04-09 06:00 - 07:00 | Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL, 60610, United States
Join us for a morning of First Peoples poetry with American Indian poets Kimberly Blaeser, Elise Paschen, Mark Turcotte, and Gwen Westerman, moderated by poet Gordon Henry.
This reading will be dedicated to the work of Joy Harjo, United States Poet Laureate and editor of Living Nations, Living Words, an anthology of poems by American Indian poets reflecting on themes of place and displacement. The book is the companion to her online project Living Nations, Living Words, A Map of First People’s Poetry.
Purchase Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry at the Newberry Bookshop.
This program is free and open to all; free tickets required.

Kaffee, Kuchen, und Kino
2022-04-09 07:00 - 10:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Join us on twice a month on Saturday for a 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.
Upcoming Dates & Films:

9. April 2022 – Drei Groschen Opern*
23. April 2022 – Die lustige Witwe*
07. Mai 2022 – TBA

*Subject to change
Please email samantha@dankhaus.com or call us at 773-561-9181 with any questions or volunteer inquiries!

Author Talk: Gordon Mott, Lithuanian Lullaby
2022-04-09 09:00 - 10:00 | Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, 6500 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL, 60629, United States
Balzekas Museum book talk and signing featuring Canadian writer Gordon Mott, author of Lithuanian Lullaby and The Angels of Klaipeda

About this event

On Saturday, April 9, 2022, at 2pm, the Balzekas Museum Book Club welcomes Canadian writer Gordon Mott, the author of the historical fictions, Lithuanian Lullaby and The Angels of Klaipeda. He has lived and worked in the UK, Australia, Canada, and Lithuania. With a degree in politics from Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, he holds an interest in East European development and has taught and travelled extensively in the region. His work has been featured by The Baltic Times, Lithuanian National Radio & Television (LRT), Lietuvos Rytas, Draugas, Bridges, Anglija Today and the Lithuanian National Library. His debut novel, “Lithuanian Lullaby” was an Amazon bestseller in the Lithuania category. Gordon lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
In English.
This event will be filmed. A Vimeo link to the edited video will subsequently be sent to preregistered ticket holders.
Tickets: Free to Museum Members and Students
Non-members: $12 | Seniors: $5
Refreshments will be served. Face masks and proof of vaccination required for in-person attendees, in keeping with City of Chicago and Cook County public health regulations.

Khmer New Year Celebration
2022-04-09 12:30 - 15:30 | Furama Restaurant, 4936 N Broadway, Chicago, IL, United States
Join the Cambodian Association of Illinois to celebrate Cambodian New Year!
Space is limited, make sure to RSVP.

Amin Gulgee Performance: “Kiss of the Spider Woman”
2022-04-09 13:00 - 14:30 | South Asia Institute, 1925 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
The South Asia Institute will host Amin Gulgee Performance “Kiss of the Spider Woman”.

About this event

This will be a collaborative performance work with 13-17 participants which will take place over a period of 77 minutes. The approach will be cross-disciplinary as Gulgee will engage actors, dancers, visual artists and musicians to work with him. This will be an experiential event and the audience will navigate through the space as the performances simultaneously occur around them. All the senses will be engaged in this journey of touch, sight, hearing, smell and taste. Through these senses information is sent to the brain to help us understand the world around us. Installations and projections will be employed emotively. This will be an act of collective dreaming. As Yoko Ono famously said: “A dream you dream alone is only a dream; a dream you dream together is a reality.”

First Blacks Chicago Online Concert
2022-04-10 08:00 - 09:30 | Online Event
“First Blacks Chicago” is a celebration of Black Chicago trailblazers! “First Blacks Chicago” was created by the Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC), and in 2019 HAMOC invited Crossing Borders Music’s participation in this ongoing historic project. Be among the first people to hear “Ogou Wa dè Zanj,” (“Ogou, King of Angels”), a new piece we commissioned of Jean Paul Coffy! Coffy is a former lead artist of Boukman Eksperyans, the Grammy-nominated, legendary Haitian roots music group, and he joins on piano!
Hear also the reflective “Nostalgia” by Rudy Perrault, honoring DuSable; the “natif” style of Gifrants’s “Fraternitas! Fraternitas! Dei Patris Nomine,” a musical tribute to Harold Washington; and the elegance and beauty of Sabrina C D Jean Louis’ “La Cité,” a tribute to the legacy of DuSable, and a piece prompted by the work of Chicago’s DuSable Heritage Association. Hear too Rudy Perrault’s “Brother Malcolm” as he imagines, through music, a conversation between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King in response to the inauguration of Barack Obama. Plus, hear the timeless Haitian classics “Ayiti Cheri,” “Choucoune,” and more!
We’re honored to announce that co-hosting the livestream will be Elsie Hector Hernandez, Founder and President of HAMOC! Learn more about HAMOC’s great work at https://hamoc.org/ And, DuSable Heritage Association President Etzer Cantave will join as a guest as well! Learn more about the DuSable Heritage Association at https://www.dusableheritage.com/
Featuring Marianne Parker; piano; Rasa Mahmoudian and Jennifer Leckie, violins; Seth Pae, viola; and Tom Clowes, cello; Aidan Kranz, cinematography; with special thanks to Thavary Krouch for her technical support.
This program is made possible in part by the Paul M Angell Family Foundation and City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
Crossing Borders Music acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
Pictured: a black and white Chicago Tribune photo of Mayor Harold Washington, the first African-American mayor of Chicago with his arms outstretched, wearing a suit and overcoat, leading a large, predominantly African-American crowd down a downtown Chicago street, with one person in the crowd holding a sign saying “Punch 9.” Washington and most people in the crowd are smiling.

Online Artist Talk: Embodied Dualities
2022-04-10 10:30 - 12:00 | Online Event
This is part of NIAM’s series of programs for E/Merge: Art of the Indian Diaspora.
Using very different materials, processes, forms, and strategies, artists Sarika Goulatia, Rit Premnath, and Kaveri Raina each considers and depicts dualities in their works.
Moderator Ambika Trasi will lead the artists in a discussion of their interpretations of the dualities of absence/presence, location/dislocation, growth/decay, hovering/being held through various means and entry points, from architecture, to abstraction, to language/poetry.
Time: 𝟏𝟎:𝟑𝟎𝐚𝐦 – 𝟏𝟏:𝟒𝟓𝐚𝐦 𝐂𝐓
𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐳𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭.
For enquiries: info@niam.org
𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐆𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚 was born in India and earned a masters in textile design and development there. She has done residencies in rural India, England, Hong Kong and the United States. E/Merge features her installation “sometimes forgotten, sometimes remembered; the tribulations and afflictions never erased.”
𝐒𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡 is a Bangalore-born, Brooklyn-based artist, educator, and editor of Shifter Magazine.​​ His recent installations and videos have focused on how our occupation of space and endurance through time is shaped by systems of power and control.
𝐊𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚 is from New Delhi (India), she received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Kaveri Raina’s paintings are based on internal dialogues, with words that trigger a feeling or an experience.
𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐢, the panel moderator, is an artist, arts organizer, and writer based in Brooklyn, NY. Her multidisciplinary, research-based practice considers the coloniality of power within images and sites. She is interested in the roles that memory, language, and technology play in identity-making, community-building, and unlearning in the diaspora.
Due to limited availability please register early! Visit niam.org for artist bios, COVID safety protocols and other details.

Online Artist Talk: SAMDI
2022-04-12 18:30 - 19:30 | Online Event
Join HAMOC and SAMDI for an artist talk and Q&A.

About this event

SAMDI is a contemporary Haïtian artist based in Miami. His work, described by the artist as Sen Soley. Painting from a rhythm. A space where self is looking inwards and possibilities are endless. His work consists of cubist style portraits and a semi abstract approach to figuration.
Self exploration and the understanding of the spirit as a human in this space are at the core of SAMDI’s artistic practice. His work can reflect deep emotional trauma and at the same time express the beauty of love. The artist lets the audience be the author of their experience as they have to search inwards to make sense of what they are viewing or feeling.

Swedish Easter Crafts for Adults
2022-04-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
Get ready for Easter at the Swedish American Museum’s craft evening. Learn some Swedish traditions and create some beautiful decorations. This event is for adults and children 12 and over. Cost is $15 for members and $20 for non members. Prepaid reservations are required to attend the event. No refund within five days of event.

Jazz de La Isla
2022-04-13 13:30 - 15:30 | Latin Music Project Center, 2958 north Milwaukee ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Join PRAA for a special music event with Roy McGrath, a Chicago based tenor saxophonist, composer and bandleader. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico and educated in Boston, New Orleans and Chicago, Roy brings to bear these diverse influences in his playing and composing. In addition to leading and recording with his own jazz ensembles, he is a member of several others and an in-demand player in the city’s jazz, funk, Latin jazz and salsa scenes.

Lost Goddess Civilizations of Old Europe
2022-04-14 13:44 | IL
The Ukrainian National Museum invites you to a presentation on ancient civilizations by scholar Marilyn Hrymak. Learn about the mysteries of the Trypillia civilization, who existed from 7500 to 3500 BC, before the Sumerians and Egyptians, with no evidence of military weapons. Hrymak’s presentation will describe the life, art and Goddess religion of these egalitarian people. Their innovations still influence us today.

March 26th, Saturday at 4 pm.
$10 entry fee

Neighborhood Nights feat. Congressman Quigley
2022-04-14 19:00 - 23:00 | 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
April 14, 2022 — FEAT. CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY

Opening Reception: Emergence
2022-04-15 18:00 - 20:00 | South Side Community Art Center, 3831 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, 60653, United States
This exhibition positions SSCAC as an important anchor for Black LGBTQ artists who belonged to its community.

About this event

We invite you to come out and celebrate the opening of EMERGENCE: Intersections at the Center!

EMERGENCE highlights The South Side Community Art Center’s historical role in supporting a full spectrum of Black artists through an intersectional viewpoint.
EMERGENCE features work by Ralph Arnold, Richmond Barthé,Sylvester Britton, William S. Carter, Mikki Ferrill, Jonathan Green, Juarez Hawkins, Berry Horton, Patric McCoy, Charles Sebree, Allen Stringfellow, and Ellis Wilson. The first exhibition of its kind at the South Side Community Art Center, artworks in the exhibition address themes of identity, community, queer spaces, and performance, in collage, painting, sculpture, photography, and more.
The exhibition is organized by Rebecca Zorach and curated by LaMar Gayles Jr. and zakkiyyah najeebah dumas o’neal.
