Our Annual Meeting and Board Election is happening Saturday, March 4, 2023, from 1-4 p.m. at the center, 3401 W Ainslie St, Chicago, IL, 60625. The meeting is open and the public is encouraged to attend. Voting members can vote Friday, March 3, 3-8 p.m. or Saturday, March 4, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the AIC. […]
Scandinavian Jam, where we practice what we teach. Join Mary Allsopp and Paul Tyler online on the first and third Sunday of every month. Enjoy an afternoon of traditional roots music. We teach by ear, review and share tunes. We are happy to take suggestions and love meeting new people. It?s a friendly group and […]
Welcome back to one of our favorite events! The 16th Annual Wearing of the Green Dance returns in 2023, on Sunday, March 5th. Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner catered by Ken Harrington, dance music provided by Gerry Haughey and Joe Cullen, joined by the wonderful Teresa Shine. Center favorites the Shannon Rovers and the Trinity […]
Celebrate Pulaski Day virtually with the Polish Museum of America (PMA) on Monday, March 6, 2023. Zapraszamy na wirtualne obchody Dnia Pułaskiego, które odbędą się w poniedziałek, 6 marca 2023 r. w Muzeum Polskim w Ameryce (MPA).
Join Preservation Chicago as they reveal Chicago’s 7 Most Endangered list for 2023. For 20 years, this list of imminently threatened historic buildings and community assets is used to mobilize the support necessary to save these sites from demolition. This program is FREE with advanced registration. Both In-Person & Virtual options are available. Ward Miller, […]
Avid amateur photographer Jan Zawiliński documented Chicago’s Polish Downtown community in 1900-1924, leaving behind a fascinating record of everyday life.
Since the Greek state declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1821, the Greek-Turkish conflict has in many ways defined the history of modern Greece. In this NHM Discussion, we will explore the history of this conflict from the Ottoman Empire to the Balkans War to Cyprus. If you feel like you are missing […]
LINK TO BE ANNOUNCED ENLACE A SER ANNUNCIADO Las tortugas se reconocen fácilmente por su caparazón óseo y cartilaginoso. Esta carcasa súper resistente actúa como un escudo para protegerlas de los depredadores: ¡algunas tortugas pueden incluso meter la cabeza dentro de su caparazón para una protección adicional! ¡Únase a nosotros mientras exploramos más sobre las […]
This program will be held in-person at the Newberry and livestreamed on Zoom. The online version of this event will be live captioned. Please register below. In-Person Registration Livestream Registration Academic historians have sometimes struggled to understand how local and family histories illuminate national histories. Are they just exceptional, or can they provide new insights into […]
Esther Park Solo Exhibition Mar. 10-22, 2023 I am a self-taught artist and have been working for the past 3 years on telling my journey of healing through art. I remember a vision that Jesus had given me years ago; that vision is painting for a time as this. I was diagnosed with stage 4 […]
From 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.
The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture is honored to work with our incredibly talented local Boricua Artists in celebration of Women’s History Month for a collective exhibition. In the spirit of collaboration and inclusivity, NMPRAC strives to highlight our outstanding Boricua artists, while showcasing their extraordinary gifts through their artistic creations. This exhibition […]
Join us in-person or virtually on March 10th 5-6:30 PM CST as we discuss the novel, “Our Knowledge is Not Primitive,” with the author, Wendy Makoons Geniusz. Registration Link: https://bit.ly/3Y8rdC9
A collaboration between The Abrahamic Center for Cultural Education and Sabeel Center for Women's History Month. Enjoy a special screening of the film "Monir," - a witty and heartfelt movie exploring the life and artistic practice of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian. Monir is the first artist to establish a creative approach that weds the geometric patterns […]
Anders Zanichkowsky is an artist, weaver, and the owner of Burial Blankets. Part of the group show "Aesthetics of Loss" (February 18 - April 16) "for G" is a memorial for their first love, made of handwoven cloth and an audio piece created from cell phone recordings addressing him in death as a way to […]
Join us in the Fifth Province for a rare treat, Friday, March 10th, when Jim Sullivan and Friends for us the night before our St. Patrick’s Fest! It is becoming a tradition, and we’re happy to welcome them back! The pub – and Friday night Fish Fry! – ready at 6:30pm. The Jim Sullivan Band […]
Topic: Imaginary Friendship”: John Adams and Jonathan Sewall and their American Revolution Presenter: Professor Dr. Colin Nicolson F.R.Hist.S., Editor of the Bernard Papers, Faculty of Arts and Humanities: History and Politics, University of Stirling, Scotland Select Books: Imaginary Friendship in the American Revolution: John Adams and Jonathan Sewall. Nicolson C & Dudley Edwards O. (Routeledge, New York and London), 2018. The ‘Infamas […]
The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture is excited to offer a youth painting workshop for only $10, thanks to the generous donations of visitors who help keep our Museum free and programming affordable to all. Vanessa Sandoval is a contemporary artist and business owner of Namart Designs (website link). She was born […]
Bring your creativity to our March session and explore art with our "Welcome Spring" theme.
Our current exhibition 'The Promised Land', features eleven contemporary photo and image artists working across a diverse range of visual methods, that re-imagine stories of city life and the Great Migration through the decolonization of the lens, Southern rooted influences, movement, family archives and portraiture. The Great Migration was one of the largest movements of […]