Chicago Cultural Alliance

Curator Talk: The Life and Death of Charles Williams
2022-02-23 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Online Event
Engage in a conversation with Phillip March Jones, curator of The Life and Death of Charles Williams, about the exhibition.
About this event
The Life and Death of Charles Williams is the first major solo show of Charles Williams’ oeuvre. A compelling storyteller and prolific creator, Williams made fantastical assemblages, comics, drawings, paintings and sculptures, referencing pop culture and addressing social issues still relevant in today’s discourse. Hear from the curator of the exhibition, Phillip March Jones, about the stories behind and within Williams’ pieces and the long-lasting impact the artist continues to have on creatives today.

Image (above): Installation photograph by Cheri Eisenberg

Healing Black Chicago 101: DuSable to Harold Washington
2022-02-22 12:30 - 13:30 | Online Event
Join HAMOC and author Dr. Rhonda Sherrod for a conversation on her new book, coming out this month. Q&A following the presentation.
About this event
Dr. Rhonda Sherrod has written a compelling collection of beautiful essays addressing some of the understated pain in the Black community, especially as it relates to women and girls. She documents her own childhood trauma history—that is shared by far too many Black women and girls—as well as traumas inflicted upon the Black community as a whole.
Her book, Surviving, Healing, and Evolving: Essays of Love, Compassion, Healing, and Affirmation for Black People, out this month includes the essay, “Still Enchanted After All These Years” . This essay focuses on the history of Black Chicago—from DuSable to Harold Washington—and how Washington’s electrifying victory as the first Black mayor helped empower Barack Obama, who was a community organizer in Chicago when Harold was mayor.

Pauli Murray: Shouting for the Rights of All People
2022-02-22 12:30 - 13:30 | Online Event
Educator and author Deborah Nelson Linck reads from and discusses her new book Pauli Murray: Shouting for the Rights of All People, the first introductory and illustrated biography of the civil rights icon. Join us for a fascinating conversation about the book and the life and legacy of Pauli Murray, a hugely influential author, poet, lawyer, priest and activist. This program will take place online via Zoom, register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pauli-murray-shouting-for-the-rights-of-all-people-tickets-239561423667.

Cooking Class ONLINE
2022-02-21 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Event
Join us for another cooking class series either online or in person. In February we will be making Lentil soup and a dessert. You can do this class online or in person (to register for the in person class please click here) For the online class you will receive the recipe in advance. You can then either cook alongside or watch and try later. It is an interactive Zoom so you will be able to ask questions.

Book Talk: Operation Payback
2022-02-20 09:00 - 11:00 | Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
What We Didn’t Know Then, What We Know Now
Prof. Luciuk is a renowned scholar in the field of Ukrainian studies specializing in the history of the Ukrainian diaspora in Canada and the United States. He is a full professor of political geography at the Royal Military College of Canada.

Prof. Luciuk will discuss a book, titled “Operation Payback: Soviet Disinformation and Alleged Nazi War Criminals in North America.” The book is a compilation of approximately 40 commentaries written by Prof. Luciuk in the past four decades, along with documentation related to the topic of how Jewish and Ukrainian communities in the United States and Canada were manipulated with disinformation and set against each other since the 1960s in an overt plan to set both communities against each other.

The key document of the book is the translation of the KGB memorandum written in October 1985 that outlines Operation Payback (Retribution), which confirms that the KGB had several directorates created to advance Jewish demands that Nazi war criminals be brought to justice by alleging that many of these war collaborators were living among Ukrainian emigres. These allegations were repeated so often that they were presumed to be true.

Day of Remembrance 2022: The TEAACH Act
2022-02-20 08:00 - 09:30 | Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, 60614, United States
The TEAACH Act: What it means for Illinois, educators, and the Japanese American community
Sunday, February 20th | 2:00pm-3:30pm CST
Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark Street
FREE, PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED – Click here to register

Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, Executive Order 9066 led to the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans during WWII. Every year, the Japanese American community in Chicago comes together to commemorate EO9066 as a reminder of the fragility of civil liberties in times of crisis and the importance of remaining vigilant in protecting the rights and freedoms of all.
Day of Remembrance 2022 features a variety of speakers celebrating the passage of the Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act. Signed into law on July 9, 2021, the TEAACH Act makes Illinois the first state to mandate that Asian American history be taught in public schools. Join us to learn why the TEAACH Act matters, how the task of implementation is being addressed, and how the Japanese American community is contributing to the effort. The program will feature a showcase of classroom-ready resources for teaching about EO9066 and incarceration through a Chicago lens.
Chicago-based Ho Etsu Taiko will take the stage to perform a new work composed especially for Day of Remembrance 2022. Ho Etsu Taiko blends the deep-rooted culture of Japanese American drumming with influences that inspire and celebrate the diversity of their performing members.
Masks and vaccinations required. There will be no refreshments served at this year’s event.

THIS EVENT IS SPONSORED BY THE CHICAGO JAPANESE AMERICAN COUNCIL, CHICAGO JAPANESE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE – CHICAGO CHAPTER, JAPANESE AMERICAN SERVICE COMMITTEE, AND JAPANESE MUTUAL AID SOCIETY OF CHICAGO

Scandinavian Jam Online
2022-02-20 07:30 - 09:30 | Online Event
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 we have folks joining in from across the country.
Contact Scandi.Fiddler@yahoo.com or PTyler@ameritech.net with any questions and to get a zoom code. This is a free event.

Schubert, America, and the Police
2022-02-19 12:00 - 13:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
Presentation and musical performance by Pauline Tan (mezzo-soprano) and Pierre-Nicolas Colombat (pianist)
While many of classical music’s most revered performers, ensembles, and institutions are American, the vast majority of “household names” in classical music are European. The result can feel like Americans are stuck in a never ending game of catch-up. This Eurocentric attitude ignores the deep influence that America had on some of Europe’s most significant figures.
One American in particular, James Fenimore Cooper, emerges as a uniting thread between individuals as diverse as Franz Schubert, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Cooper’s novels enjoyed a massive readership in Europe at a time in which it was undergoing widespread conservative reforms. These books, which typically depict a collection of diverse characters in times of tumultuous upheaval, such as in the Leather Stocking Tales trilogy, proved to be an effective antidote to the Europamüdigkeit (Europe-weariness)afflicting European intellectual life.
On his deathbed and in the midst of revising drafts of Winterreise, Schubert asked for a copy of this American writer’s latest book. Goethe kept notes in his diary of the long list of Cooper’s books he had read. As a testament to the power of the author’s oeuvre as propaganda, Lafayette invited Cooper to live with him at his estate for several weeks in the hopes that he might feature as a cameo in the writer’s next novel.
The American influence was not limited to those who knew Cooper’s novels. Nikolaus Lenau, one of Schumann’s favored poets, went so far as to purchase a farm in Ohio and toured modern day New York state extensively. Although his American journey turned out to be a catastrophe, the Austrian poet had long maintained that witnessing the American wilderness as well as its political project first hand would help him develop his poetic aesthetic.
This program features the standard German Romantic tropes of the Wanderer, the wilderness, Sehnsucht and Einsamkeit. Centered on the music of Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann as well as the poetry of Nikolaus Lenau and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, our selections will highlight the under-appreciated ways in which American audiences and performers can find agency in the context of typically Germanic Romantic repertoire. While the myth of America as the land of burgeoning opportunity rightfully incites the cries of many cynics, this narrative nevertheless had deep and impactful reverberations in early 19th-century aesthetic movements. Given the contemporary cultural and political conversation over what America might become, classical music may have more to contribute to these themes than one might think.
This event will take place in-person at the DANK Haus, on the 5th floor, Sat, Feb 19 at 6pm.
Register here: www.dankhaus.com/events

Korean Traditional Hanbok Exhibition - Opening Reception
2022-02-19 11:00 - 13:00 | Korean Cultural Center of Chicago, 9925 Capitol Dr, Wheeling, IL, United States
Korean Traditional Hanbok Exhibition
1/6 Scale Hanbok on Dolls
Opening Reception:
Sat. Feb. 19, 5pm
@KCCoC Gallery
9930 Capitol Dr.
Wheeling, IL

Online Author Talk: Oliver Craske, Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar
2022-02-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
BOOK EVENT WITH OLIVER CRASKE – AUTHOR OF THE TELL ALL RAVI SHANKAR BIOGRAPHY

About this event

Online: Conversation with “Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar” Biographer and author Oliver Craske with Chicago based music writer Aaron Cohen
In his recent book “Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar” (2020), London-based writer Oliver Craske presents readers with the first full portrait of the legendary Ravi Shankar, a musician who influenced—and continues to influence—countless artists. In his book, Craske describes the captivating, restless workaholic-from his lonely and traumatic childhood in Varanasi to his youthful stardom in his brother’s dance troupe, from his intensive study of the sitar to his revival of India’s national music scene. Craske has also authored “Rock Faces: The World’s Top Rock’n’Roll Photographers and Their Greatest Images,” a survey of leading music photographers, many of whom are featured in South Asia Institute’s exhibition, Ravi Shankar: Ragamala to Rockstar. Craske, who contributed much of the exhibition’s text, will be in conversation with award winning Chicago music writer Aaron Cohen (Chicago Tribune, DownBeat, Washington Post, The Nation, NPR).

Bronzeville Children's Museum: Black History Month Celebration
2022-02-19 07:00 - 09:00 | Bronzeville Children’s Museum, 9301 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL, 60617, United States
“Communications from Past to Present”
Saturday, February 19, 1pm-3pm
Tickets: $5 (members free)
Crafts, Balloons, Music, Storytelling

Kaffee, Kuchen, und Kino
2022-02-19 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.

Open Haus Stammtisch - Karneval!
2022-02-18 13:30 - 17:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Friday February 18th is a night of fun at our Open Haus! This month’s theme is Karneval! Get in the mood and come wearing a festive hat of your choice. We will have German Bier on tap and food for purchase!
This is a great way to meet new friends, or bring your friends and introduce them to the Haus! Stammtisch is located in our popular 6th Floor Skyline Lounge, complete with vintage bar and sweeping panoramic views of the Chicago skyline.

MALA IG Live Conversation: Salim Weldon
2022-02-18 11:30 - 12:30 | Online Event
Tune in on February 18th for a special episode of MALA’s Live IG conversations in honor of Black History Month at 6.30 PM ET (5:30pm CT). In this episode, we sit down with Salim Weldon, (@gooddeedsalim) Co-Owner of @_whimsicle .
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Join us live at @MALAnational, and learn about Salim’s journey with Art, Entrepreneurship, and Community.
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Whimsicle:
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Kaffeeklatsch
2022-02-17 17:30 - 18:30, 2022-02-10 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.

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
