Palini Ramnarayan is a versatile musician with a music minor from Cornell University. Palini started singing when she was five years old, training in Hindustani classical under Aparna Pai and later Saili Oak. She currently follows the traditions and style of the Jaipur Gharana. Palini performs frequently at temples and community events, and has also […]
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, Chicago-based self-taught artist Roman Villarreal will facilitate a workshop inspired by his exhibit South Chicago Legacies. In the in-person workshop, participants will carve figures (e.g., animals, birds, faces) […]
The Korean Cultural Center of Chicago (KCCoC) invites you to give a brief greeting at the 12th Annual Benefit Gala, “Hope to the New Future.” The gala will be held on Thursday, December 15, 2022, at the Chevy Chase Country Club in Wheeling, Illinois with a cocktail reception at 5 p.m. and program beginning at […]
Did you know: while humans are dreaming of sugar plums and chocolate abuelita, animals in hibernation don't! During hibernation, an animal’s body is too cold to produce the electric currents related to dreaming. Join us as we explore more about Animals in the Winter with our friends at Lincoln Park Zoo! Contect Here: https://bit.ly/ArtecitoBurr ____________________________________ ¿Sabías que […]
Join the National Hellenic Museum’s Virtual Book Club! In December, we will be discussing The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherril. Book Club is free to join and meets on the third Thursday of each month at 7 PM CST via Zoom. More about The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break: Five thousand years out of the labyrinth, the Minotaur […]
BOMBA is the oldest musical tradition of Puerto Rico and one of the greatest expressions of the Island’s African ancestry. Since its establishment in Chicago in the late 1980's and early 1990's, enthusiasts, practitioners and teachers of Bomba had come through SRBCC to develop, share and cultivate their craft and honor this ancestral art form […]
Open Haus Stammtisch: Christmas Party 2nd Floor Brauhaus Room Friday | December 16th | 7:30 PM Come and join us as we celebrate an early Weihnachten at the Haus! This is our annual Christmas party for our volunteers, friends and supporters, and the public alike! Cozy up beside the Christmas Tree with Glühwein, cookies and […]
Enjoy gentle indoor Yoga classes at DANK-Haus. The class will be taught primarily in German, with the intro and outro in English. Those with little or no German experience are encouraged to come and follow along! In this class we will be flowing from pose to pose and linking movement with breath. We will combine […]
SSCAC is thrilled to partner with ILA Creative Studio for their G-to-G Coaching Sessions in a 3-part series of artist development resource workshops that intend to help close the gap of limited, sustainable business resources, specific to the needs of Black artists. Each session will is led by coaches and teaching artists who will provide […]
We will start our journey at the historic Chicago Cultural Center in Downtown Chicago, where the Ruiz Belvis Collective (youth jazz ensemble) will perform. After the musical performance, we will make our way to Hermosa with stops at various Latino/a-owned restaurants. Each stop will include an appetizer, ending with a closing traditional "asopao" at SRBCC. […]
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 […]
Cherish the Ladies have shared timeless Irish traditions for more than three and a half decades. Join us in the Mayfair Theatre on Sunday, December 18th to continue the tradition! Their continued success as one of the top Celtic groups in the world is due to the ensemble’s ability to take the best of Irish […]
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, gather with us on-site at the Museum for a live opera performance of the first act of Two Remain: Out of Darkness, in partnership with Chicago College of Performance Arts, Roosevelt University. Her Jewish identity hidden, Krystyna Zywulska was a political prisoner at Auschwitz-Birkenau. In secret, she composed lyrics to […]
Join us for the first ever cookie contest at the Swedish American Museum either as a participant or as a judge (all visitors are judges). It is time for the great Swedish bakeoff. Admission for judges (people eating cookies) is $10 with a maximum of 80 participants. If you want to compete, you need to […]
*english below* ¡¡¡Estás invitado a nuestra tradicional Posada!!! ¡Únete a los peregrinos que saldrán a la noche cantando villancicos en busca de posada y encontrándola aquí en OPEN! En el cálido interior de la galería estaremos celebrando con piñatas, deliciosos tamales y ponche. Los esperamos este 22 de diciembre de 4 a 7 p.m. ¡Ven […]
Updated Holiday Powwow flyer! Same time, same place, but more info... We'll have spot dances, community art vendors, an ugly sweater contest, a raffle, 50-50s, and a Native Santa Claus! We'll also be handing out our holiday gift donations to families who register. Can't wait to see you there! Thursday, December 22 at the AIC […]
COME ENJOY A BEVERAGE WITH A SPECTACULAR EXPERIENCE IN OUR ICONIC 6TH FLOOR 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
Love summer camp? Want to lead a group of campers from Chicago to California for the experience of a lifetime? JASC is partnering with Yo! Camp to offer a one week overnight camp experience in California this summer to rising 5th to 9th graders. We are actively recruiting chaperones (18+ years old) to travel with the campers […]
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 which translates to Friend Camp. Please RSVP here: https://bit.ly/niijiicamprsvp Location: American Indian Center of Chicago, 3401 W Ainslie, Chicago, IL 60625 Dates: December 28-30th and January […]
The Waterloo Center for the Art (WCA)'s current exhibition will be closing on Wednesday, December 28th. Join us for a Curator Talk about the exhibit in-person at HAMOC! Hear directly from WCA on the significance of the exhibit before it heads back to Iowa!