We are thrilled to partner with the Chicago Philharmonic and the Chinese Fine Arts Society for a free event centered on Chinese-American composer Tan Dun’s work! This panel discussion is […]
Join IAHC historian Theresa Choske for a program about Belfast artist Paul Henry, as part of our “Saturday in the Library with Theresa” series. Trained in Belfast and Paris, Henry […]
In April 1944, Rudolf Vrba became the first Jew ever known to engineer his own escape from Auschwitz and make his way to freedom. He did it to reveal the […]
This program will be held in-person at the Newberry and livestreamed on Zoom. Free and open to all. Advance registration required. In-Person Registration Livestream Registration Join us as historian Kaya Şahin, author of Peerless among Princes: The Life and Times of Sultan Süleyman, and art historian Elizabeth Rodini discuss the sixteenth-century ruler, during whose reign the Ottoman […]
Please join us in welcoming the Year of the Rabbit at our annual Chinese New Year Celebration. This year's event will be in person. We have many performances including Chinese […]
This program will be held in-person at the Newberry. Free and open to all. Register in advance here. Benjamin Britten’s comedic opera, Albert Herring, tells the story of an aristocratic lady who seeks a young, unmarried woman of unstained virtue to crown as her small town’s May Queen – only to discover that no maidens of […]
The Mitchell Museum of American Indian will debut a thought-provoking traveling exhibit, No Rest: The Epidemic of Stolen Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2Spirits, to remember, honor, and illuminate the plight […]
Come to the JASC and experience Kakizome（書初め – calligraphy）and Hatsuike (初生け – ikebana/flower arranging）at our New Year Kids Camp! This cultural event is a full day, in-person, drop-off day camp for children in 1st – 6th grades. Kakizome and Hatsuike are annual traditions for the New Year in Japan. People write the first calligraphy of their resolution for the new year in Kakizome. Hatsuike is […]
Join us for a screening of Chicago director James Fotopoulos's film "Two Girls." This is the story of young sisters in the American Midwest left alone with their increasingly unstable […]
Our January Open Haus will be the best game night in town! Did you know that Germans invented the jigsaw puzzle and board games? Bring your friends and your competitive spirit and celebrate Germany with a night of German food, drink, games, and Gemütlichkeit! We'll have games of all types - board games, card games, […]
This program will be held in-person at the Newberry and livestreamed on Zoom. Free and open to all. Advance registration required. In-Person Registration Livestream Registration Join us as historian Kaya Şahin, author of Peerless among Princes: The Life and Times of Sultan Süleyman, and art historian Elizabeth Rodini discuss the sixteenth-century ruler, during whose reign the Ottoman […]
This Friday, January 12, 2023, at 7 PM the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, Chicago, presents: "The Road to Global Conquest: Stalinist Expansionism and the Baltic Region, 1917-1953" A lecture by Dr. Alexander Gogun from the Free University of Berlin Dr. Gogun is the author of Stalin’s Commandos: Ukrainian Partisan Forces on the Eastern Front […]
Through the years, the land and water around Chicago have been radically altered. In 1900, the river was reversed. Meanwhile, Michigan Avenue by Grant Park used to be lakefront property! Join us as we explore the ebb and flow of our celebrated lake and river. Standing at upper Wacker Drive and Columbus, it’s always astonishing […]
Join us for a roundtable conversation exploring ideas for a renewed LaSalle Street corridor, which currently finds itself at a crossroads. How does an austere financial district transform into a vibrant 24-hour neighborhood, and who will call this neighborhood home? In many ways, the fate of the LaSalle Street corridor and the broader downtown are […]
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, in association with MGM Television, SIPUR, Toluca Pictures, Alice Communications, and Menemsha Films, will host the North American premiere of The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes on January 19, 2023. The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes unearths secret recordings of Adolf Eichmann, one of the chief architects of the Holocaust’s […]
Eleven artists with ties to North and South of the Mason-Dixon Line respond to just how much Black life has always been in transit. The Great Migration was one […]
This exhibit discusses the exploitation of Indigenous land and how imposed borders of nation-states have erased the natural land borders used by Indigenous peoples. Nine Sami artists and three Indigenous […]
South Asia Institute brings together art and poetry by South Asian women to create a space for alternative narratives of femininity and identity.
Please join us for our second conversation on Chicago craft in the 1970s-80s with some of the city's long-standing artists and activists, including Lourdes Guerrero, artist and educator; Indira Freitas Johnson, artist, educator and community activist; Arlene Raconcay, former director of the Chicago Artists Coalition; Fern Shaffer, artist and former director of Artemisia Gallery. Starts […]
In this hour-long class, we will explore the history of the Greek diner and its profound influence on American food culture. On the eve of World War I, Greek immigrants began buying up the diners abandoned by German Americans facing anti-German persecution brought on by the war. In these kitchens, the new Greek owners would […]