Chicago Cultural Alliance

Opening Reception: Wanting it Both Ways
2022-04-08 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is delighted to announce a new group exhibition titled Wanting it Both Ways, featuring mixed media works by Bill Conger, Tanya Hastings Gill, Mie Kongo, and Jennifer Mannebach.
Before it became synonymous with a defect or shortcoming, the etymology of the word “flaw” related to a fragment, splinter, or piece of something, and was closely associated with the idea of a stray ember. A fragment or “flaw” as a spark, a glowing ember, is an incendiary condition quite different from the more typical notion of a fragment as a leftover or remnant.
These insistent fragments may preserve a fleeting moment or memory; something that is not embalmed in time but is a flickering touchstone to revisit and find more–more permutations, more iterations, and more potentialities. These artists contend with the desire to capture a sense of the fugitive, often manifesting in fragmented forms that speak to the interdependence of things. They are acutely aware of how small altercations can shift things substantially, looking at the interplay of material identities, as well as the relationship between the maker and the materials.
This practice of working with forms and ideas can result in work that can feel like a temporary capture— revealing the desire to have it both ways, to hold still for a moment in time, just long enough to see what gathers at the edges before releasing it into another recombinant state.

Exhibition runs through June 4

Author Talk: Dr. Don Grossnickle - My Maja: A Grandson's Tribute
2022-04-09 05:00 - 06:00 | Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
My Maja, A Swedish-American Proud Grandson’s Tribute by Chicago’s Dr. Don Grossnickle
Maja, a young roaring twenties Swedish adventurer set sail on a luxury steamship to New York and on to Chicago in 1922 for a visit to relatives. Maja fell in love and spent the rest of her life pursuing the American Dream. Adversity challenges were extreme for a widowed single mother of three balancing long hours as a night nurse and running a boarding house. Ups and downs while being alone in a hostile struggling America during the Great Depression almost killed her. Maja claimed her Swedish upbringing, character and faith carried the day. History has not taken note of the great guts, gumption, perseverance, determination of Swedish women immigrants. The book, My Maja,-is meant to awaken history and to keep Maja’s, “framåtanda” fully alive forever.
Come and chat with Don Grossnickle about the Swedish-American Spirit living in each of us today. To register for this event you an email museum@samac.org or call 773.728.8111. Fika (coffee and treats) will be available for purchase.

Get Egg-cited: Polish Pisanki Workshop
2022-04-09 05:00 - 07:00 | Polish Roman Catholic Union of America Social Hall, 984 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60642, United States
Easter is on its way.
Get in the spirit by learning the intricate art of making Pisanki – Polish egg decorating,
with instructor Christine Frankowicz-Burd,
on Saturday, April 9, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
The workshop will be held in the PRCUA Social Hall on the first floor.
This year’s event is co-sponsored by the Edward T. & Ellen K. Dryer Charitable Foundation.
The workshop registration fee is $25 per person and includes the cost of stylus and wax. Each participant is asked to bring 3-4 hard-boiled eggs. Children must be at least 10 years old and accompanied by a parent or guardian for the entire workshop.
Museum admission is complimentary for each paid participant on the day of the workshop.
Space is limited to 40 participants. Guarantee a place today by calling 773-384-3352, ext. 2111, or register online
Checks should be made payable to: Polish Museum of America. Credit card payment is also accepted. Free parking.
Dyes, wax, and kistka/ stylus can be ordered from the PMA Gift Shop online.

Ukrainian Pysanky (Easter Egg) Workshop - SOLD OUT
2022-04-09 05:00 - 08:30 | Ukrainian National Museum, 2249 W. Superior St., Chicago, IL, 60612, United States
Pysanka Workshops at the Ukrainian National Museum
We are excited to once again announce the Pysanky (Easter Egg) Workshops at the Ukrainian National Museum.
This year we offer in-person classes.

You will discover the art of writing pysanky by our expert Pysanka Instructor Anna Chychula. In each session, you will learn the process of how to use the tools (kistka, wax, dyes) and to write your own pysanka. Information about the history, meanings of the colors and symbols in this Ukrainian art will be shared during the workshop.

Hurry and select a date that best suits you.
MARCH 12TH, MARCH 26TH, APRIL 2ND and APRIL 9TH

Class schedule from 10:00 am to 1:30 p.m.

COST: $40.00 per person, including a complete kit (with dyes, wax, kistka), detailed instructions, preparation timeline, and brochure.

REGISTER HERE FOR PYSANKA WORKSHOP

For any questions please email: admin@ukrainiannationalmuseum.org or call 312 421-8020
No previous experience is required to participate in the workshop.
Recommended for ages 16+.
The maximum number of participants per workshop 15.

Homer-athon: A Reading of Homer's Odyssey In Its Entirety
2022-04-09 05:00 - 11:00 | National Hellenic Museum, 333 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL, 60661, United States
Please join us as we read the ancient tale of Odysseus’ journey home from war. Like him, each of us is also adjusting to new circumstances in our lives as we emerge from the pandemic. What better way to begin our journey home together?
Each reader will be assigned a specific passage that is approximately 3 minutes long. Sign up for one passage or many. If being a reader isn’t for you, consider participating as an audience member. Bring your friends and stay for as long as you like at this engaging, live event!

First People's Poetry Reading: A tribute to the Living Nations, Living Words Project
2022-04-09 06:00 - 07:00 | Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL, 60610, United States
Join us for a morning of First Peoples poetry with American Indian poets Kimberly Blaeser, Elise Paschen, Mark Turcotte, and Gwen Westerman, moderated by poet Gordon Henry.
This reading will be dedicated to the work of Joy Harjo, United States Poet Laureate and editor of Living Nations, Living Words, an anthology of poems by American Indian poets reflecting on themes of place and displacement. The book is the companion to her online project Living Nations, Living Words, A Map of First People’s Poetry.
Purchase Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry at the Newberry Bookshop.
This program is free and open to all; free tickets required.

Kaffee, Kuchen, und Kino
2022-04-09 07:00 - 10:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Join us on twice a month on Saturday for a 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.
Upcoming Dates & Films:

9. April 2022 – Drei Groschen Opern*
23. April 2022 – Die lustige Witwe*
07. Mai 2022 – TBA

*Subject to change
Please email samantha@dankhaus.com or call us at 773-561-9181 with any questions or volunteer inquiries!

Author Talk: Gordon Mott, Lithuanian Lullaby
2022-04-09 09:00 - 10:00 | Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, 6500 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL, 60629, United States
Balzekas Museum book talk and signing featuring Canadian writer Gordon Mott, author of Lithuanian Lullaby and The Angels of Klaipeda

About this event

On Saturday, April 9, 2022, at 2pm, the Balzekas Museum Book Club welcomes Canadian writer Gordon Mott, the author of the historical fictions, Lithuanian Lullaby and The Angels of Klaipeda. He has lived and worked in the UK, Australia, Canada, and Lithuania. With a degree in politics from Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, he holds an interest in East European development and has taught and travelled extensively in the region. His work has been featured by The Baltic Times, Lithuanian National Radio & Television (LRT), Lietuvos Rytas, Draugas, Bridges, Anglija Today and the Lithuanian National Library. His debut novel, “Lithuanian Lullaby” was an Amazon bestseller in the Lithuania category. Gordon lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
In English.
This event will be filmed. A Vimeo link to the edited video will subsequently be sent to preregistered ticket holders.
Tickets: Free to Museum Members and Students
Non-members: $12 | Seniors: $5
Refreshments will be served. Face masks and proof of vaccination required for in-person attendees, in keeping with City of Chicago and Cook County public health regulations.

Khmer New Year Celebration
2022-04-09 12:30 - 15:30 | Furama Restaurant, 4936 N Broadway, Chicago, IL, United States
Join the Cambodian Association of Illinois to celebrate Cambodian New Year!
Space is limited, make sure to RSVP.

Amin Gulgee Performance: “Kiss of the Spider Woman”
2022-04-09 13:00 - 14:30 | South Asia Institute, 1925 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
The South Asia Institute will host Amin Gulgee Performance “Kiss of the Spider Woman”.

About this event

This will be a collaborative performance work with 13-17 participants which will take place over a period of 77 minutes. The approach will be cross-disciplinary as Gulgee will engage actors, dancers, visual artists and musicians to work with him. This will be an experiential event and the audience will navigate through the space as the performances simultaneously occur around them. All the senses will be engaged in this journey of touch, sight, hearing, smell and taste. Through these senses information is sent to the brain to help us understand the world around us. Installations and projections will be employed emotively. This will be an act of collective dreaming. As Yoko Ono famously said: “A dream you dream alone is only a dream; a dream you dream together is a reality.”

First Blacks Chicago Online Concert
2022-04-10 08:00 - 09:30 | Online Event
“First Blacks Chicago” is a celebration of Black Chicago trailblazers! “First Blacks Chicago” was created by the Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC), and in 2019 HAMOC invited Crossing Borders Music’s participation in this ongoing historic project. Be among the first people to hear “Ogou Wa dè Zanj,” (“Ogou, King of Angels”), a new piece we commissioned of Jean Paul Coffy! Coffy is a former lead artist of Boukman Eksperyans, the Grammy-nominated, legendary Haitian roots music group, and he joins on piano!
Hear also the reflective “Nostalgia” by Rudy Perrault, honoring DuSable; the “natif” style of Gifrants’s “Fraternitas! Fraternitas! Dei Patris Nomine,” a musical tribute to Harold Washington; and the elegance and beauty of Sabrina C D Jean Louis’ “La Cité,” a tribute to the legacy of DuSable, and a piece prompted by the work of Chicago’s DuSable Heritage Association. Hear too Rudy Perrault’s “Brother Malcolm” as he imagines, through music, a conversation between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King in response to the inauguration of Barack Obama. Plus, hear the timeless Haitian classics “Ayiti Cheri,” “Choucoune,” and more!
We’re honored to announce that co-hosting the livestream will be Elsie Hector Hernandez, Founder and President of HAMOC! Learn more about HAMOC’s great work at https://hamoc.org/ And, DuSable Heritage Association President Etzer Cantave will join as a guest as well! Learn more about the DuSable Heritage Association at https://www.dusableheritage.com/
Featuring Marianne Parker; piano; Rasa Mahmoudian and Jennifer Leckie, violins; Seth Pae, viola; and Tom Clowes, cello; Aidan Kranz, cinematography; with special thanks to Thavary Krouch for her technical support.
This program is made possible in part by the Paul M Angell Family Foundation and City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
Crossing Borders Music acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
Pictured: a black and white Chicago Tribune photo of Mayor Harold Washington, the first African-American mayor of Chicago with his arms outstretched, wearing a suit and overcoat, leading a large, predominantly African-American crowd down a downtown Chicago street, with one person in the crowd holding a sign saying “Punch 9.” Washington and most people in the crowd are smiling.

Online Artist Talk: Embodied Dualities
2022-04-10 10:30 - 12:00 | Online Event
This is part of NIAM’s series of programs for E/Merge: Art of the Indian Diaspora.
Using very different materials, processes, forms, and strategies, artists Sarika Goulatia, Rit Premnath, and Kaveri Raina each considers and depicts dualities in their works.
Moderator Ambika Trasi will lead the artists in a discussion of their interpretations of the dualities of absence/presence, location/dislocation, growth/decay, hovering/being held through various means and entry points, from architecture, to abstraction, to language/poetry.
Time: 𝟏𝟎:𝟑𝟎𝐚𝐦 – 𝟏𝟏:𝟒𝟓𝐚𝐦 𝐂𝐓
𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐳𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭.
For enquiries: info@niam.org
𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐆𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚 was born in India and earned a masters in textile design and development there. She has done residencies in rural India, England, Hong Kong and the United States. E/Merge features her installation “sometimes forgotten, sometimes remembered; the tribulations and afflictions never erased.”
𝐒𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡 is a Bangalore-born, Brooklyn-based artist, educator, and editor of Shifter Magazine.​​ His recent installations and videos have focused on how our occupation of space and endurance through time is shaped by systems of power and control.
𝐊𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚 is from New Delhi (India), she received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Kaveri Raina’s paintings are based on internal dialogues, with words that trigger a feeling or an experience.
𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐢, the panel moderator, is an artist, arts organizer, and writer based in Brooklyn, NY. Her multidisciplinary, research-based practice considers the coloniality of power within images and sites. She is interested in the roles that memory, language, and technology play in identity-making, community-building, and unlearning in the diaspora.
Due to limited availability please register early! Visit niam.org for artist bios, COVID safety protocols and other details.

Online Artist Talk: SAMDI
2022-04-12 18:30 - 19:30 | Online Event
Join HAMOC and SAMDI for an artist talk and Q&A.

About this event

SAMDI is a contemporary Haïtian artist based in Miami. His work, described by the artist as Sen Soley. Painting from a rhythm. A space where self is looking inwards and possibilities are endless. His work consists of cubist style portraits and a semi abstract approach to figuration.
Self exploration and the understanding of the spirit as a human in this space are at the core of SAMDI’s artistic practice. His work can reflect deep emotional trauma and at the same time express the beauty of love. The artist lets the audience be the author of their experience as they have to search inwards to make sense of what they are viewing or feeling.

Swedish Easter Crafts for Adults
2022-04-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
Get ready for Easter at the Swedish American Museum’s craft evening. Learn some Swedish traditions and create some beautiful decorations. This event is for adults and children 12 and over. Cost is $15 for members and $20 for non members. Prepaid reservations are required to attend the event. No refund within five days of event.

Jazz de La Isla
2022-04-13 13:30 - 15:30 | Latin Music Project Center, 2958 north Milwaukee ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Join PRAA for a special music event with Roy McGrath, a Chicago based tenor saxophonist, composer and bandleader. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico and educated in Boston, New Orleans and Chicago, Roy brings to bear these diverse influences in his playing and composing. In addition to leading and recording with his own jazz ensembles, he is a member of several others and an in-demand player in the city’s jazz, funk, Latin jazz and salsa scenes.

Lost Goddess Civilizations of Old Europe
2022-04-14 13:44 | IL
The Ukrainian National Museum invites you to a presentation on ancient civilizations by scholar Marilyn Hrymak. Learn about the mysteries of the Trypillia civilization, who existed from 7500 to 3500 BC, before the Sumerians and Egyptians, with no evidence of military weapons. Hrymak’s presentation will describe the life, art and Goddess religion of these egalitarian people. Their innovations still influence us today.

March 26th, Saturday at 4 pm.
$10 entry fee

Kaffeeklatsch
2022-04-14 17:30 - 18:30, 2022-04-21 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.

Neighborhood Nights feat. Congressman Quigley
2022-04-14 19:00 - 23:00 | 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
April 14, 2022 — FEAT. CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY

Kulturküche | German Pretzels Cooking Class
2022-04-15 13:00 - 15:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
The Pretzel Blitz is back!
We are hosting 5 pretzel making classes in April. Why? We LOVE pretzels! These pretzel-making classes will be offered in-person. We will host up to 20 students in our industrial kitchen at the DANK Haus. These 20 students will get hands on training from Reinhard Richter, our resident Pretzel Meister, and take home their homemade pretzels at the end of the class.
We have 5 classes to choose from. The April 29th class will be taught entirely in German (auf Deutsch)! All students will get the recipe and be able to communicate directly with our chef.

Opening Reception: Emergence
2022-04-15 18:00 - 20:00 | South Side Community Art Center, 3831 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, 60653, United States
This exhibition positions SSCAC as an important anchor for Black LGBTQ artists who belonged to its community.

About this event

We invite you to come out and celebrate the opening of EMERGENCE: Intersections at the Center!

EMERGENCE highlights The South Side Community Art Center’s historical role in supporting a full spectrum of Black artists through an intersectional viewpoint.
EMERGENCE features work by Ralph Arnold, Richmond Barthé,Sylvester Britton, William S. Carter, Mikki Ferrill, Jonathan Green, Juarez Hawkins, Berry Horton, Patric McCoy, Charles Sebree, Allen Stringfellow, and Ellis Wilson. The first exhibition of its kind at the South Side Community Art Center, artworks in the exhibition address themes of identity, community, queer spaces, and performance, in collage, painting, sculpture, photography, and more.
The exhibition is organized by Rebecca Zorach and curated by LaMar Gayles Jr. and zakkiyyah najeebah dumas o’neal.

Open Haus Stammtisch | Frühlingsfest
2022-04-15 19:30 - 23:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Friday April 15th is a night of fun at our Open Haus! This month’s theme is spring (Frühling in German)! We will have German Bier on tap and food for purchase!
Our Open Haus is a great way to meet new friends, or bring your friends and introduce them to the Haus! This event is located in our popular 6th Floor Skyline Lounge, complete with vintage bar and sweeping panoramic views of the Chicago skyline.

Free parking at 5/3 Bank after 6:00 PM located at Western and Gunnison

Spring Community Powwow
2022-04-16 17:00 - 19:30 | American Indian Center, 3401 West Ainslie Street, Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Everyone welcome at the Spring Community Powwow, Saturday, April 16. Dinner served at 5pm, Grand Entry at 6:30pm.

38th Annual Chicago Latino Film Festival
2022-04-21 - 2022-05-01 | Online Event
Produced by the International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago, the 38th Chicago Latino Film Festival, April 21st-May 1st, will showcase films from all over Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the United States. The Festival will once again adopt a hybrid format with in-person screenings at the Landmark Century Center, 2828 N. Clark St., several Drive-In presentations at ChiTown Movies, 2343 S. Throop St., and with virtual screenings via Eventive accessible to residents of Illinois and the Midwest states of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana.
View the full list of films and purchase tickets at https://chicagolatinofilmfestival.org/

Art After Work: Earth Day
2022-04-21 17:00 - 18:00 | Online Event
Intuit partners with Weinberg/Newton Gallery to host a special edition of Art After Work in celebration of Earth Day.

About this event

Join Intuit for Art After Work, a free series of facilitated art-making workshops. This month, Intuit is partnering with our neighbor Weinberg/Newton Gallery to host a special edition of Art After Work in celebration of Earth Day (Friday, April 22, 2022). In the virtual program, Weinberg/Newton Gallery educator Lisa Lindvay will spotlight the gallery’s exhibition Human/Nature, an exhibition addressing one of the most urgent issues of our time: climate change. Following the discussion, Lindvay will facilitate an embroidery workshop inspired by conceptual craft artist Karen Reimer, whose work is exhibited in Human/Nature.

Suggested materials

Recycled patterned fabric
Embroidery floss
Needle
Scissors
Embroidery hoop

Optional materials (for sketching)

Pencils
Paper

Please note: If you are in Chicago and would like to pick up materials for this Art After Work, Weinberg/Newton Gallery has art kits at the ready! Please contact Lisa Lindvay at lisa@weinbergnewtongallery.com with questions about the kits.
Art After Work is for everyone, including beginners and people who say they “are not artists.” We can all be artists! It is a guided workshop, and instruction will begin at 5 p.m. central.
Closed captions will be available at the virtual program. Please contact Lindsey Wurz at lindsey@art.org with questions related to accessibility accommodations.
Art After Work is free to join! To show your support to Intuit, please consider the pay-what-you-can option when you complete your reservation. Your contributions help ensure the sustainability of our public programs and support guest lecturers and teaching artists.
Two hours before the event, Intuit will email the Zoom link to those who RSVP on Eventbrite. Please check your junk folder; unfortunately, these emails are sent there sometimes.

Art After Work is funded in part by the Alphawood Foundation, the Department of Cultural Affairs, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Illinois Arts Council Agency, Illinois Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, Prince Charitable Trust, Terra Foundation for American Art, and individual donations from Intuit members and supporters.

About Weinberg/Newton Gallery
Weinberg/Newton Gallery is a non-commercial gallery with a mission to collaborate with nonprofit organizations and artists to educate and engage the public on social justice issues. Through artwork and programming, the gallery provides a vital space for open discourse on critical contemporary issues facing our communities.
Human/Nature is presented by Weinberg/Newton Gallery in partnership with the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Meet Lisa Lindvay
Lisa Lindvay is a Chicago-based artist and educator. She is currently the Education Coordinator at Weinberg/Newton Gallery and is an adjunct photography professor at Columbia College Chicago. Lindvay earned her MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago (2009) and BFA in Applied Media Arts from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (2005). Lindvay’s photographs have been exhibited at Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Mass.; Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago; Johalla Projects, Chicago; John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisc.; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh; Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Turner Contemporary, Margate, England; and Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, N.C.; among others. Her photographs are included in the Museum of Contemporary Photography’s permanent collection as well as various private collections. She is the recipient of the 3Arts Artist Award (2011) and Chicago Artadia Award (2012).

Artecito Virtual: Selvas
2022-04-21 18:00 - 19:00 | Online Event
Artecito is a Spanish-language workshop for families presented in partnership between OPEN Center for the Arts and Lincoln Park Zoo

Las selvas tropicales tiene un ecosistema muy diverso, la selva tropical es el hogar de más de la mitad de las plantas y animales del planeta, aunque la selva tropical solo cubre alrededor del 6% de la superficie del mundo.
¡Únase a nosotros mientras exploramos más sobre selvas con nuestros amigos en Lincoln Park Zoo!
Conéctate aquí: https://bit.ly/ArtecitoSelvas
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Rainforests have a very diverse ecosystem, are home for more than half of the planets plants and animals, even though rainforest only cover around 6% of the worlds surface.
Join us as we explore more about rainforests with our friends at Lincoln Park Zoo!
Connect here: https://bit.ly/ArtecitoSelvas

NHM Virtual Book Club: The Beekeeper of Aleppo
2022-04-21 19:00 - 20:00 | Online Event
On Thursday, April 21st at 7pm we will be discussing The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri 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 April we will be discussing The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri.
Support NHM with your purchase of The Beekeeper of Aleppo! When you buy your copy through this link , a portion of the proceeds will go to NHM: https://amzn.to/3IKZlwS
Click here to see all of our upcoming book selections
More about The Beekeeper of Aleppo:
Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo–until the unthinkable happens. When all they care for is destroyed by war, they are forced to escape. But what Afra has seen is so terrible she has gone blind, and so they must embark on a perilous journey through Turkey and Greece towards an uncertain future in Britain. On the way, Nuri is sustained by the knowledge that waiting for them is Mustafa, his cousin and business partner, who has started an apiary and is teaching fellow refugees in Yorkshire to keep bees.
As Nuri and Afra travel through a broken world, they must confront not only the pain of their own unspeakable loss, but dangers that would overwhelm the bravest of souls. Above all, they must journey to find each other again.
Moving, powerful, compassionate, and beautifully written, The Beekeeper of Aleppo is a testament to the triumph of the human spirit. It is the kind of book that reminds us of the power of storytelling.

Irish Art in Practice: Women’s Work?
2022-04-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N. Knox Ave., Chicago, IL, 60630, United States
The Irish American Heritage Center, in partnership with the Consulate General of Ireland, Midwest, presents Irish Art in Practice. Join Jennifer Keating, Ph.D. as she brings us through the world of Irish arts and artists, and the living applications and impressions it makes on the world around us. Jennifer Keating is a Senior Lecturer and the Writing in the Disciplines Specialist in the William S. Dietrich II Institute for Writing Excellence. Most recently, she served as Assistant Dean for Educational Initiatives in the Dietrich College for Humanities and Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. She brings an educator’s perspective to this fascinating series.

Women’s Work? – Presented in-person, and via Zoom, April 21st, 7:00pm CST
Irish Art in Practice: Ursula Burke, Rita Duffy, Mairéad McClean and Paula McFetridge, the forthcoming book by Jennifer Keating, explores contemporary artistic practice in Ireland. In Women’s Work we will view key examples of each artists’ work as we consider their individual concerns and contributions to contemporary art in Irish and international contexts. In addition, we will mine the influence of embodiment: what features of gender emerge in each artist’s work? What concerns pertaining to women in Ireland come forward in their practice? What features of masculinity or gender fluidity are explored or interrogated?
Register here for the in-person presentation of Women’s Work? in the Library at the Irish American Heritage Center.
Register here for the Women’s Work Zoom presentation: Women’s Work

Swedish Museum Pop-Up Cafe
2022-04-22 11:00 - 15:00 | Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
Join us at the Museum for a fika in our spring pop-up café! It will be open from April 22nd – 24th @ 11 A.M. to 3 P.M.
If the weather permits we will open the seating in our Courtyard in addition to the Main Gallery.

Opening Reception: Sichtverrückt.Lost and Found
2022-04-22 18:00 - 21:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
German artist Beate Axmann’s concept “Sicht.Verrückt” translates roughly to gaze, shifted. It is a directive to look not once, not twice, but thrice, even four times. In today’s atmosphere of rising extremism and polemics (in Germany and abroad), it is critical to shift one’s gaze––to look at issues from multiple angles. Sichtverrückt is the overarching theme that Beate Axmann has used for the whole of her artistic work since 2018.

Axmann is from the Black Forest region of Germany and works in acrylic paint on canvas, paper, and wood as well as ink on paper. Her subjects include people (especially women), nature, the Black Forest, and the continuum of human cultures that she greets on her travels. Collaboration and cooperation with others are centrally important to Axmann.
Axmann’s show will run through May 20, and will include public programs such as:

Panel discussion with Joanna Pinsky of Art Encounter
2 live performances in which Axmann will create collaborative paintings with Joanna Pinsky and Sergio Gomez
All-ages art workshops (which Axmann will lead, speaking German!) in which you will create 1 or 2 experimental collages

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