Kaffeeklatsch
2022-04-28 17:30 - 18:30, 2022-05-05 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) | 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.

Author Talk: Making Mexican Chicago
2022-04-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL, 60610, United States
In Making Mexican Chicago, Mike Amezcua offers a powerful multiracial history of Chicago that sheds new light on the origins and endurance of urban inequality. Amezcua visits the Newberry to discuss how the Windy City became a postwar Latinx metropolis in the face of white resistance.
Though Chicago is often popularly defined by its Polish, Black, and Irish populations, Cook County is home to the third-largest Mexican American population in the United States. The story of Mexican immigration and integration into the city is one of complex political struggles, deeply entwined with issues of housing and neighborhood control.
In the decades after World War II, working-class Chicago neighborhoods like Pilsen and Little Village became sites of upheaval and renewal. Mexican Americans attempted to build new communities in the face of white resistance that cast them as perpetual aliens. Mike Amezcua charts the diverse strategies used by Mexican Chicagoans to fight the forces of segregation, economic predation, and gentrification, focusing on how unlikely combinations of social conservatism and real estate market savvy paved new paths for Latinx assimilation.
For this event, Amezcua will speak with James Akerman, Curator of Maps at the Newberry and the curator of the exhibition Crossings: Mapping American Journeys.
Purchase Making Mexican Chicago online from the Newberry Bookshop.
This event is being held in conjunction with Crossings: Mapping American Journeys . The exhibition runs at the Newberry from February 25 through June 25.

This program is free and open to all; free tickets required.

WBEZ Presents: Legally Stolen Live
2022-04-28 19:00 - 20:00 | Kennedy-King College, 740 West 63rd Street, Chicago, IL, 60621, United States
Join us for Legally Stolen Live featuring Tiff Beatty and Tonika Lewis Johnson. The event will focus on inequality in real estate.

About this event

Legally Stolen Live is a podcast event hosted by Tiff Beatty of the National Public Housing Museum and Social Justice Artist Tonika Lewis Johnson as part of her project, Inequity for Sale, a virtual and physical exploration of Englewood homes sold on Land Sale Contracts in the 50s and 60s. Featured guests will discuss reparations and redress for legalized theft from Black people and communities impacted by predatory real estate practices and art as a catalyst for change.
What to expect?
A recap of Tonika Lewis Johnson’s Inequity for Sale project, which culminated as 3-part podcast with the National Public Housing Museum. Hosts Tonika and NPHM Programming Director, Tiff Beatty will interview community members that are actively involved in addressing Chicago’s ongoing housing crisis.
This program will include open captions.
Tonika Lewis Johnson is a photographer, social justice artist and life-long resident of Chicago’s South Side neighborhood of Englewood. She is also co-founder of the Englewood Arts Collective and Resident Association of Greater Englewood. Her critically acclaimed Folded Map project visually investigates disparities among Chicago residents and brings them together for conversation. Most recently, Tonika was selected as the National Public Housing Museum’s 2021 Artist as Instigator. In that role, she created her newest project: Inequity for Sale, which highlights the living history of Greater Englewood homes sold on Land Sale Contracts in the 50s and 60s.
Tiff Beatty is a cultural organizer, arts administrator, performance poet, and host. She is the current program director of arts, culture, and public policy at National Public Housing Museum in Chicago. Tiff Beatty was a 2019-2021 Chicago United for Equity Fellow and Senior Fellow and received the additional distinction of the 2019 Field Leader Award from the Field Foundation of Illinois. She was previously the program director at the Chicago Humanities Festival and Chicago Center for Urban Life and Culture.
Robin Rue Simmons is the Founder and Executive Director of FirstRepair, a new not-for-profit organization that informs local reparations, nationally. She is the former 5th Ward Alderman for the City of Evanston, IL, where she led, in collaboration with others, the passage of the nation’s first municipal-funded reparations legislation.
Amber Hendley passionate researcher, educator and activist. She is the co-author of The Plunder of Black Wealth in Chicago Report (2019). which quantified the amount legally, but unjustly, extracted from the African American community in Chicago through predatory residential contract selling during the Second Great Migration.

Neighborhood Nights
2022-04-28 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. Be sure to RSVP to let us know you will be there!

At this Neighborhood Nights, stop by to learn more about our Friends of DANK Haus membership program!

What to Send Up When It Goes Down
2022-04-28 19:30 - 21:30 | Stony Island Arts Bank, 6760 South Stony Island Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60649, United States
Congo Square Theatre presents WHAT TO SEND UP WHEN IT GOES DOWN!

About this event

SSCAC is thrilled to share a limited amount of complimentary tickets for What to Send Up When It Goes Down, showing April 21 – May 1 at Stony Island Arts Bank.
What to Send Up When It Goes Down responds to the gratuitous loss of Black lives and interrupts discourses that enable the ubiquity of racialized violence in our society and is a participatory, shapeshifting experience intent on creating space for collective catharsis, cleansing and healing.
This intimate, interactive 90-minute work will be co-directed by Congo Square Artistic Director Ericka Ratcliff and Ensemble member Daniel Bryant and feature Ensemble members Ronald L. Conner and Anthony Irons along with Jos N Banks, McKenzie Chinn, Victor Missoni, Alexandria Moorman, and Penelope Walker. Other creative team members include Sarah Grace Goldman (Dramaturg), Estrellita Edwell (Production/Tour Manager & Technical Director), Charlique C. Rolle (Movement Coordinator), Sydney Lynne Thomas (Set & Props Designer), Alexis Chaney (Costume/Wig/Makeup Designer), and Levi Wilkins (Lighting Designer)
We hope you’ll join us !!

Resonance of Color and Line, 'Gyeol' by Hyelim Kim
2022-04-29 09:00 - 2022-05-05 17:00 | Korean Cultural Center of Chicago, 9925 Capitol Dr, Wheeling, IL, United States
Fashion Artist, Hyelim Kim exhibition of traditional and modernity garment constructed using the techniques of the Korean traditional hanbok sewing known as, Kkaekki, using the Western textile of wool silk, cotton silk, and Korean textile of Korean silk, silk organza and dupioni silk. Opening Reception is April 30 at 2pm.

Kulturküche | German Pretzels Cooking Class (auf Deutsch)
2022-04-29 18:30 - 20:30 | 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.
What to expect? Students will receive one free beverage of choice and will take home freshly baked pretzels. Class time estimated 2 hours.

German Citizenship Workshop
2022-04-30 10:00 - 12:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
DANK Haus, 6th Floor Skyline Lounge
This workshop will provide you with an insight on hot topics of German citizenship, from obtaining to retaining it. Hanna Tetz and Fabienne Kloster of the Chicago German Consulate will give you an understanding of the different application procedures, modalities of dual citizenship, relating family matters and share the news on the latest developments in citizenship law. Questions are more than welcome.

Desde Mi Barrio Concert: Cuerdas Clásicas
2022-04-30 13:30 - 15:30 | Latin Music Project Center, 2958 north Milwaukee ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Desde Mi Barrio (From my Neighborhood) is a concert series presented by Puerto Rican Arts Alliance’s the Latin Music Project. This series features local and national musicians while celebrating the rich music of Puerto Rico and other Latinx cultures.
Join us on April 30 for the next concert in our series, Cuerdas Clásicas. This Latin American performing arts group is also a not-for-profit cultural organization marked by the qualities of troubadours and bohemians who at times perform in formal dress and tuxedos, interpreting melodies of a clasical and semi-classical nature, and at times perform as members of an Estudiantina, wearing vestments in accordance with the customs of sixteenth century Spain.
This concert will take place in the Juan and Gladys Mendez Music Hall (located inside the Latin Music Project Center). Donations for this event go directly to supporting our youth arts programs and community artists.

“Ye-Xian: The Chinese Cinderella” (“C2”)
2022-04-30 13:30 - 16:00 | Chinese American Museum of Chicago, 238 W. 23rd St, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
Fiery Seahorse Productions presents a reading of “Ye-Xian: The Chinese Cinderella” for the young and the young-at-heart..!

About this event

Please join Fiery Seahorse Productions for an afternoon of theatre at the Chinese American Museum of Chicago (4th Floor Gallery)… https://ccamuseum.org/
ADA Info: Side Entrance with Ramp
Info: ENERI Communications
info@enericom.net
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Attendance Policies
(In-person performance status is subject to State, federal and local including the City of Chicago, health and safety protocols in position at that date/time. Visitors are required to wear a mask at all times while in the Chinese American Museum of Chicago.
There is an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 at any public gathering. Those visiting this event voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19.
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The Show!
Quite possibly the oldest version of Cinderella in the world, this adaptation of the story of Ye-Xian (which predates the French version by about a thousand years) is about strength and kindness and fun and friendship — and magic!

Meet Ye-Xian, daughter of Chief Wu who is made to be a maid-of-all-work for her Stepmother and whose only friend is Jin-Yu, a talking fish. Now a talking fish is magical enough — but when Jin-Yu goes missing, Ye-Xian learns from a kindly Old Sage what to do and to provide for herself — especially when she’s prevented from going to the Festival by Stepmother.
See what happens when Ye-Xian is recognized at the Festival. Learn what becomes of a lost golden slipper. And see that when Ye-Xian meets the King of Tuo Han for the first, second and third time that she is loved for Who she is at the end.

KCCoC Classic Concert Series Spring 2022
2022-04-30 15:00 - 16:30 | Korean Cultural Center of Chicago, 9925 Capitol Dr, Wheeling, IL, United States
The Korean Culture Center of Chicago is holding a Classic Concert Series Spring 2022.

About this event

KCCoC Classic Concert Series Spring 2022
Jennie Oh Brown, Flute
Brian Lee, Piano
Kurt Fowler, Cello

Please come and enjoy coffee & refreshment!

Date: Saturday, April 30th 2022, 3pm
Location: Korean Cultural Center of Chicago
KCCoC Event Hall #1
9930 Capitol Dr., Wheeling, IL. 60090

Tickets: $20
Pre-registration required
Inquiries: (847) 947-4460 event@kccoc.org

Stories from the West Side
2022-04-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, 4046 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL, 60639, United States
A new production inspired by the memories of Latino Chicago
Stories From the West Side
James Sanders & Conjunto and Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre present a new production inspired by the memories of Latino Chicago and the photography of historian and scholar Carlos Flores.
One of Chicago’s longest-running Latin jazz ensembles, James Sanders & Conjunto creates music that moves audiences figuratively and literally, where moments of hushed contemplation are followed by eruptions of joyous dancing.
With an intense focus on personal narratives, the diverse collective of artists that is Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre engages audiences in magnetic human stories at once new and deeply familiar.
Stories From the West Side is a program of the Dr. Timuel Black Inspiration & Education Project, supported by funding from the Jazz Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. Community Hosts & Partners: Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center and San Lucas United Church

Art After Hours: Benefit for Ukraine
2022-04-30 19:30 - 23:00 | Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
Join us for Art After Hours: Fundraiser for Ukraine! Featuring performances by: Outsidenightair, Otra Dek (live), Gi Gi, and Farplane

About this event

Join the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art for Art After Hours: Fundraiser for Ukraine!
Featuring performances by: Outsidenightair, Otra Dek (live), Gi Gi, and Farplane.
Proceeds from this event will be donated to UMANA Illinois for humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.
$15/$20 at the door
21+
Price of ticket includes admission and drinks donated by Solemn Oath Brewery.

Online Talk: Keeping Food History Modern
2022-05-01 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Event
Keeping food history modern – Contemporary trends and what “the Swedish chef” is doing.
We all know the keywords today in the international food scene, such as the importance of eating green, choosing sustainable, and the importance of having a climate friendly attitude when shopping, and of course in relation to our own preferences and diets.
In this presentation, associate professor Richard Tellström from Uppsala in Sweden gives some perspectives on the contemporary food and restaurant trends in Sweden and how Swedes take care of their food heritage after the pandemic years. What foods and dishes from the past have come into use during the restrictions, and how is the creativity bubbling right now. In this lecture, he will give many examples of dishes, cooking ideals, and how chefs are inspired by the past to create the future food of this decade, and what food trends are discussed in Sweden today.
To receive a zoom code for this event register below or call 773.728.8111
Museum Members: $5, Non-members: $10

"Shanghai Sonatas" Dicussion with Xiang Gao
2022-05-02 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Event
Please join us for this FREE virtual discussion with Xiang “Sean” Gao, the creator-composer of Shanghai Sonatas, a pioneering new musical that combines musical theatre, live classical music, and visual art. Based on the memoirs of Jewish refugee musicians who escaped Nazi Germany and found refuge in Shanghai in the 1930s and ’40s, this musical shares how music helped them to survive the war and how they taught classical music to the local Chinese. The music composed by Xiang is inspired by Jewish and Chinese traditional music, European classical music, and musical theatre.
This discussion is hosted by the Chinese American Museum of Chicago with the Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community (CBCAC) and the American Jewish Committee (AJC).
Register here
About Xiang Gao
Named as Musical America’s Top 30 Professionals of the Year in 2021, Xiang is one of the world’s most successful presenters, producers, composers, and pedagogues. He has solo-performed violin for many world leaders and with 100 plus orchestras worldwide. As the Trustees Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of Delaware, Xiang is the founding director of the Master Players Concert Series & Festival. Shanghai Sonatas – the new musical conceptualized and composed by Xiang is being developed by Tony-winning producers and touring as a concert production. Xiang is represented by the California Artists Management.

Online Program: Getting The Children Out: Forgotten Rescuers of the Kindertransport
2022-05-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Event
Join award-winning researcher, educator, playwright, and journalist Mike Levy for an exploration of the mostly forgotten role of Kindertransport rescuers and the quickly established landscapes of care in host countries.

Levy’s presentation covers the rescue of 10,000 mainly Jewish children from Nazi-controlled territory was carried out, dives deeper into the mechanics of the rescue and its relationship to governmental policies, and details how a large-scale voluntary effort to care for displaced children was created and sustained.

Non-Members: $5.00; Members: Free

Live Performances: Sergio Gomez and Joanna Pinsky with Beate Axmann
2022-05-04 17:00 - 19:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Live Performances will take place in the DANK Treffpunkt (1st floor gallery), where guests are encouraged to watch at any time during the session. Performances begin at 5:00pm and go until the artists are done painting (about 2 hours).

Performance dates:

Wednesday, May 4 – Sergio Gomez with Beate Axmann

5-7 PM

Tuesday, May 17 – Joanna Pinsky with Beate Axmann

5-7 PM

About the performances:
Beate Axmann has invited two Chicago-based artists to collaborate with her on this dynamic exhibition. Each artist will begin with their own large canvas. During this performance, there will be several exchanges of the two canvases – meaning that each artist will add to the other artist’s work! This encounter will make visible the meaning of creative intervention, trust and respect between the artists, and the differences in their artistic expression.

Spectators will have the unique opportunity to experience a very special art encounter – certainly not one that you see every day.

Mother's Day Discussion with Author Esmeralda Santiago
2022-05-04 18:30 - 19:30 | Online Event
Join us for a special Mother’s Day Celebration as the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture hosts esteemed author and 2020 Ceiba Award Winner Esmeralda Santiago for a virtual discussion of Las Mamis — an anthology in which our most admired Latino authors share memories of their mothers. Esmeralda will read a passage from her story, First Born, and an interactive discussion about motherhood will follow. Learn more about the author at EsmeraldaSantiago.com.DATE: Wednesday, May 4thTIME: 6:30-7:30PM CT // 7:30-8:30PM ET // 4:30-5:30PTCLICK HERE TO JOIN THE DISCUSSION VIA ZOOM

Artecito Virtual: Aguilas
2022-05-05 18:00 - 19:00 | Online Event
Artecito Virtual is a Spanish-language online arts workshop for families, presented by OPEN Center for the Arts and Lincoln Park Zoo.
El águila calva y el águila real son aves simbólicas representadas en los Estados Unidos y en México. Ambos son fuertes, rápidos y se encuentran en la parte superior de la cadena alimentaria.
¡Únase a nosotros mientras exploramos más sobre águilas con nuestros amigos en Lincoln Park Zoo!
Conéctate aquí: https://bit.ly/ArtecitoAguilas
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The Bald Eagle and Golden Eagle are symbolic birds represented in the United States and in Mexico. Both are strong fast, and are at the top of the food chain.
Join us as we explore more about eagles with our friends at Lincoln Park Zoo!
Connect here: https://bit.ly/ArtecitoAguilas

Live Performance: Storytelling With OUTspoken
2022-05-05 18:30 - 19:30 | Illinois Holocaust Museum, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, 60077, United States
For our final “Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement” exhibition-related program, join us for an evening of captivating stories focused on LBGTQ+ and civil rights. The program will feature a variety of storytellers taking us on their personal journeys, speaking to the power and value of people sharing their life experiences.
Participants will include:
Archy Jamjun, Co-Curator for OUTspoken LGBTQ+ stories at Sidetrack and two-time winner of The Moth Grand Slam in Chicago
Jackie Kaplan-Perkins, Chicago and Midwest Director of Human Rights Watch
Mitch Hagan, Creative Director at OneSpan and adjunct professor of graphic design at Roosevelt University
Todd Michael Kiech, Chicago actor and performer, hand-cut collage artist (Really Gay Collage), and Sidetrack bartender
Willa Taylor, Director of Education and Community Engagement at Goodman Theater
Hosted by Art Johnston, Co-Founder of Equality Illinois and activist & leader in Chicago’s growing LGBTQ+ community.
ON-SITE | Non-Members: Museum Admission; Members: Free
ONLINE | Non-Members: $5.00; Members: Free

Exhibition Opening: "Children of War: Moments of War Horrors through the Lens of Photographers"
2022-05-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Ukrainian National Museum, 2249 W. Superior St., Chicago, IL, 60612, United States
Children of War: Moments of War Horrors through the lens of Photographers.
May 6th, 2022, 7:00 p.m.
A moving exhibit of Ukrainian and Polish photography opens at the Ukrainian National Museum.

The unimaginable terror Ukrainian children have faced since Russia’s February 24 th invasion will be on display in The Ukrainian National Museum’s exhibit Children of War: Moments of War Horrors through the lens of Photographers. This collection of works by Ukrainian and Polish photographers will be presented at an opening on

“Every Ukrainian is striving to take a photo powerful enough to stop the war” Reuters correspondent Max Levin who was killed while photographing the Russian invasion used to say. He and his fellow photographers have produced works worthy of that aim. Whether in an urban apocalypse, on a landmine-laden road, or under a black smoke-filled sky, each image reflects a deeply personal story of loss, destruction, desperation, and the rawest of rage.

Along with the late Max Levin, Vera Blansh, Yuliya Bulgakova, Andriy Dubchak, Ruslan Gorovyi, Anatolii Stepanov, Ruslan Lytvyn, Kostiantyn Sova, Grzegorz Litynski have contributed photos to this one-of-a-kind exhibit which is sponsored by American veteran and “ S partan Sword” charity founder Steve Danyliuk .

Children of War: is co-curated by American veteran and Vietnam War photographer Jerry Kykisz and UNM curator Maria Klimchak, with the cooperation of the 140th branch of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (UNWLA).

“We believe victory is in store for Ukraine’s Armed Forces! They fight with weapons and we fight with words and images to stop this horrific war,” says Klimchak.

Exhibit proceeds will go to support Ukrainian children who’ve been orphaned by the invasion and now reside in the “City of Kindness” orphanage, Chernivtsi, Ukraine.

This exhibition will be on view through June 26th.

Museum Hours, Thursday through Sunday, 11:00 am-4:00 pm or by appointment. Museum entrance is $10.

For more information contact UNM curator Maria Klimchak 312. 421. 8020 or 773.610.6454.

Scottish American History Forum
2022-05-07 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Event
Topic: Border Reivers – The Unknown Clans of the Lowlands
Presenter: Bruce S. Allardice, J.D., Instructor Social & Behavioral Science, History, Political Science, South Suburban College, South Holland, Illinois

Kaffee, Kuchen, und Kino
2022-05-07 12:00 - 15:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Join us on Saturday, May 7 for our final German language film screening until the fall! 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.
COST: Members: $4 | Non-Members: $6
Please email samantha@dankhaus.com or call us at 773-561-9181 with any questions or volunteer inquiries!

Interview with Hall of Fame Skating Champion Tiffany Chin
2022-05-07 14:30 - 15:30 | Online Event
Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 7th, 2:30pm CT, as Figure Skating Hall of Famer and the very first Chinese American Winter Olympian Tiffany Chin shares her pioneering life story with the public for the very first time! NBC’s Chris Chen will moderate this FREE webinar.
Chin will be discussing her childhood upbringing in San Diego, her 1984 Winter Olympic competition, her 1985 U.S. Figure Skating Gold Medal & World Bronze Medals, her life after competitive skating, and her current career as an Olympic figure skating coach where she helped her althletes compete at the recent Beijing Winter Olympics.
CAMOC is thrilled to team up with San Diego State University, San Diego Chinese Historical Museum, Chinese American Heritage Foundation, Chinese American Museum in Washington, DC, Wing Luke Museum, and Museum of Chinese in America for this event.
Date: Saturday, May 7, 2022
Time: 2:30pm CT (12:30pm PT)
Location: Zoom
Register here

Streamable Learning: Cambodian Music: The Living Tradition
2022-05-11 12:30 - 13:30 | Online Event
In partnership with the National Cambodian Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial and its Resident Artist Punisa Pov, Crossing Borders Music shares a program of newly arranged Cambodian songs, through which we’ll learn about Cambodian history, culture, and the rich, living tradition of Cambodian arts and music.
This educational livestream is for grades 6-12 students and teachers and open to all Chicago Public Schools teachers and students plus other Streamable Learning subscribers, and registration is required.

Paha Stitch: Reclaiming the name and restoring dignity to Lakota Beading
2022-05-11 18:00 - 19:00 | Online Event
Rhonda Holy Bear will discuss her campaign to reclaim the Lakota language and eliminate the derogatory term “lazy stitch”.

About this event

Words we use to define Indigenous histories and traditions have significant meaning and power. Many common yet offensive terms still used today have racist origins to describe Indigenous artistic techniques and practices contributing to cultural erasure. Award-winning Lakota Artist Rhonda Holy Bear is committed to restoring the appropriate terminology and language to describe beading techniques. In this session, Rhonda will discuss her campaign to reclaim the Lakota language and eliminate the derogatory term “lazy stitch” used to describe long-venerated traditional beading techniques. Rhonda will share how the offensive word was used to imply Lakota grandmothers were “lazy” women whose artwork was unworthy of respect. She will introduce the appropriate term, “Paha Stitch,” meaning Hill Stitch or apahaka kagege used to reflect the Lakota values for industriousness and a strong work ethic. Rhonda invites others to change the name to Paha Stitch to honor and preserve the true legacy of Lakota/Plains women.

About the Artist
Rhonda Holy Bear was born in South Dakota in 1959. Rhonda is a Lakota transitional art figure artist. She has been creating figures for over 45 years. She spent her formative years on the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota and, later, in Chicago. Rhonda would eventually move to the southwest, settling in New Mexico and, most recently, Las Vegas, Nevada. As a youth, Rhonda researched the work of her ancestors in the vaults of the Chicago Field Museum. Her meticulous research and artistic gifts would establish Rhonda as a notable leader in her field. Her innovative transitional art figures, a combination of sculpture and traditional techniques, have elevated the prominence of Plains figures in contemporary Native American art. What were once primarily considered playthings are now highly collectible plains Indian art figures. Her work has been prominently displayed in museums and private collections in United States and around the world. Most recently, her work has been featured in The Metropolitan Art Museum of New York, The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian and at the Art Institute of Chicago and The Field Museum of Chicago. Rhonda was recently honored in a naming ceremony in her native South Dakota. Her Lakota name is “Wakah Wayuphika Win” (Making With Exceptional Skills Woman).

Experimental Collage Workshop
2022-05-12 19:00 - 21:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
**REGISTRATION REQUIRED – alternate date available here**
May 12, 2022 – 7-9pm
Kunst Workshop im DANK Haus
mit der Künstlerin Beate Axmann aus dem Schwarzwald/Deutschland
Eine experimentelle Collage zum Thema „Sichtverrückt“
Experimentelle Collage bedeutet mit Schneiden, Reißen, Kleben und Übermalen mit Acryl-Farben seine eigene lustige, ernsthafte oder skurrile Geschichte entstehen zu lassen. Der Kreativität für ein originelles Werk sind keine Grenzen gesetzt….
Alle Materialien, sowie Collagen-Materialien aus Zeitschriften, Zeitungen, Büchern, Notenheften, Kalendern usw sind vorhanden.
Gerne können jedoch eigene Fotos oder selbst gesammeltes Material für die eigene Collage mitgebracht werden.
keine Vorkenntnisse notwendig
keine Altersbeschränkung
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Art Workshop at the DANK Haus
work alongside artist Beate Axmann from the Black Forest in Germany – Beate Axmann will lead the this workshop in German. Beginners are welcome.
An experimental collage around the theme “Sichtverrückt”
In this “experimental collage” workshop, you will cut, tear, glue, and paint over images and text we provide. Use your materials and acrylic paint to create a fun, serious, or fantastical story. No limits will be places on your creativity while creating your original work.
All materials will be provided, as well as a stockpile of newspapers, magazine, books, calendars, catalogues to sample from. Of course, you can also bring your own personal photos and materials to incorporate into the collage.
No experience necessary
Open to all ages

Neighborhood Nights
2022-05-12 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 EXPERIENCE IN OUR ICONIC 2ND FLOOR BRAUHAUS ROOM
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

El Hijo de Borikén
2022-05-13 20:00 - 22:00 | Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, 4046 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL, 60639, United States
Puerto Rican rapper, sonero and composer Emil Martínez presents his new album in his long-awaited Chicago debut.

About this event

Puerto Rican rapper, sonero and composer Emil Martínez presents his new album in his long-awaited Chicago debut at Chicago’s longest-standing Latino cultural center.
About Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center (SRBCC)
One of 40 organizations recently recognized for its contributions to the history, culture, vibrancy, and identity of communities of color in greater Chicago (see Chicago Cultural Treasures), Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center (SRBCC) is the longest-standing Latino cultural center in Chicago.
Established in 1971, it was named in honor of Segundo Ruiz Belvis, a Puerto Rican patriot and member of a secret abolitionist society that freed slave children under Spanish rule. In that spirit, SRBCC realizes its mission to preserve and promote appreciation of the culture and arts of Puerto Rico and Latin America, with a focus on its African heritage.
