CAMOC 2023 Chinese New Year Celebration
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 […]
$15
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Events
IL, United States
A Close-Up of the Opera “Albert Herring”
Newberry Library 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesThis 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 […]
Free
No Rest: The Epidemic of Stolen Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2Spirits
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian 3001 central street, Evanston, IL, United StatesThe 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 […]
FREE
New Year Kids Camp
Japanese American Service Committee 4427 N Clark St, Chicago, IL, United StatesCome 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 […]
$30
Film Screening: Two Girls
DANK Haus German American Cultural Center 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin 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 mother while their father is fighting in the Civil War. The film traces the girls’ naturally fraught sibling dynamic and the ways that their father’s […]
Free
Open Haus | Game Night
DANK Haus German American Cultural Center 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesOur 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, […]
Free admission; food and drinks available for purchaseThe Life and Times of Sultan Süleyman
Newberry Library 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesThis 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 […]
Free
The Road to Global Conquest: Stalinist Expansionism and the Baltic Region, 1917-1953
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 […]
Free
The Chicago River and Lake Michigan: Confused Waters
Virtual Chicago, IL, United StatesThrough 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! […]
$15LaSalle Street at a Crossroads
Virtual Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin 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 […]
$15
NORTH AMERICAN FILM PREMIERE: “THE DEVIL’S CONFESSION: THE LOST EICHMANN TAPES”
Illinois Holocaust Museum 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, United StatesIllinois 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 […]
FREEThe Promised Land
South Side Community Art Center 3831 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesEleven 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 […]
Arctic Highways
Swedish American Museum 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, United StatesThis 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 […]
Testimonies on Paper: Art & Poetry of South Asian Women
South Asia Institute brings together art and poetry by South Asian women to create a space for alternative narratives of femininity and identity.
Free – $10
Craft Convening
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 […]
The Greek Diner and the Making of American Cuisine
Online IL, United StatesIn 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 […]
FreeRobert Burns: A Tribute to Scotland’s National Bard
3855 N Lincoln Ave Chicago, IL 60613 United States 3855 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin us for an evening of poetry, song and Scottish fun at Martyrs’. Admission is free!
FREELaSalle Street at a Crossroads
Online IL, United StatesJoin 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 […]
$20International Holocaust Remembrance Day: “Two Remain: Out of Darkness” (Act One)
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 Performing Arts, Roosevelt University. Her Jewish identity hidden, Krystyna Zywulska was a political prisoner at Auschwitz-Birkenau. In secret, she composed […]
FREEFilm Screening: Two Girls
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 mother while their father is fighting in the Civil War. The film traces the girls’ naturally fraught sibling dynamic and the ways that their father’s […]
FREE
