Family Art Workshop
2023-04-22 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture, 3015 W Division Street, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
Lorimar Matos’s art is truly inspiring, and her passion for creating Vejigante masks is contagious! This is a great way to learn about the art of Vejigante masks, and to appreciate Puerto Rican culture. We encourage families to come enjoy this art project together. This is an all-ages family event. Children must be accompanied by their parent/guardian, .

What you receive:

Paper mache Vejigante mask,

colorful paints,

variety of paintbrushes,

guided instructions

We hope you can join us!

A Passport to Haiti: A Vodou Reboot
2023-04-22 13:00 - 17:00 | Haitian American Museum of Chicago, 4410 N Clark St, Chicago, 60640, United States
Join the Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC) in its second A Passport to Haiti event.
A Passport to Haiti: An Immersive Cultural Workshop Series is a four-part program happening at HAMOC from March – June 2023. Each month will feature a different part of Haitian culture.
In April, we will highlight Haitian Vodou. During the event, you will learn about veves through a new art installation at HAMOC and an artist talk with Dr. Petrouchka Moïse, watch and engage with dance, movement and music with Lēnablou, Linda Isabelle Francois Obas, and Julio Cesar Montaño, and listen to a panel discussion on how Vodou continues to make a positive influence in culture, moderated by Dr. Mario LaMothe. This event is in collaboration with five talented artists, scholars and professors from the Midwest, Haiti and Guadeloupe, including:
Dr. Petrouchka Moïse
Dr. Moise is an Assistant Professor and Cultural & Community-based Digital Curator at Grinnell College Libraries, artist, and scholar that focuses on cultures in the Carribean.
Lēnablou
Lēnablou is a dancer, choreographer and doctor in dance anthropology that has dedicated her career to Gwoka, the traditional Guadeloupean dance, that has long inspired her choreographic writing.
Linda Isabelle Francois Obas
Linda Isabelle Francois Obas is a Haitian Artist, Choreographer, Dancer, whose Contemporary Signature, is essentially sourced in Haitian Vodou Culture.
Dr. Mario LaMothe
Dr. LaMothe is a cultural anthropologist at the University of Chicago at Illinois, where he teaches courses on Afro Caribbean religious practices and culture. His research primarily focuses on the intersectionality of spirituality, Haitian dance, and the struggle for Black and Queer liberation within Haitian culture.
Julio Cesar Montaño
Ecos del Pacifico Afrocolombia is a Chicago-based group formed in 2006 by Julio Cesar Montaño Montenegro and steeped in the Afro-Colombian music and dance traditions of the Pacific coast of Colombia.
FREE EVENT | LIMITED SEATING | HAMOC MEMBERS GET PRE-SALE ACCESS TO ALL 4 PROGRAMS
A Passport to Haiti: An Immersive Cultural Workshop Series is made possible by the generous support of the Chicago Community Foundation.

Sip and Shop with HAMOC
2023-04-22 14:00 - 16:00 | Haitian American Museum – Vodou Store, 4654 N Racine Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
HAMOC is hosting a celebration for the April birthdays of staff, volunteers, and friends of the museum on April 22nd, 2023 from 2pm to 4pm. We will be serving refreshments and snacks while we build community. Tickets are free but limited, so reserve today and join us! This celebration will be held at 4654 N Racine Ave, the location of our new Vodou store!

The Grand Return
2023-04-22 14:00 - 18:00 | Polish Museum of America, 984 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL, 60642, United States
The Polish Museum of America and the Polish Studies Program at Loyola University Chicago
present
The Grand Return
The Journey of the Brotherhood of St Luke Paintings
from the Polish Pavilion at the 1939 New York World’s Fair
Speakers
Dr. Peter Obst, Researcher,
Poles in America Foundation

Elżbieta Rogowska, Director,
Department of Restitution of Cultural Property, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland

Tomasz Śliwiński, Counsellor,
Department for Restitution of Cultural Property, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland

Chicago Bandura Ensemble
2023-04-22 16:30 | Ukrainian National Museum, 2249 W. Superior St., Chicago, IL, 60612, United States
Ансамбль Бандуристок Чикаґо сердечно запрошує на Благодійний концерт у суботу, 22 квітня, о 16:30 год. в Українському Національному Музеї.
Вхід – $20.
Увесь дохід – для UMANA (Українського Лікарського Товариства Північної Америки), для проєкту купівлі портативних вентиляторів легень для передової.

The Chicago Bandura Ensemble cordially invites everyone to a Benefit Concert on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at the Ukrainian National Museum in Chicago.
Admission is $20.
All proceeds are for UMANA (the Ukrainian Medical Association of North America) to purchase portable lung ventilators for mobile ICU medevac teams in Ukraine.
Additional donations are welcome.

Spring Gala
2023-04-22 19:00 | Meridian Banquets, 1701 W Algonquin Rd, Rolling Meadows, 60008
Dear Friends,
Spring is here! Let’s welcome the season of new beginnings with our FIRST SPRING GALA!
This culturally rich evening full of music, special guest performances and dancing the night away will take place at Meridian Banquet Hall in Rolling Meadows.
We would love you to be our guest on this memorable Earth Day, as we honor our wonderful Bulgarian- American community! This is a dual-language event, suitable for all.

This is an exclusive premiere event and formal dress code is required. Join us on April 22nd at 7pm.
• Themed greeters
• 360 Photo booth and red carpet
• All-inclusive event with PREMIUM plated 4-course dinner and 4-hour open bar
• Red and White wine during dinner
• Singles Tables
• Best dance couple contest
• Enjoy a beautifully decorated ballroom with elegant feel and music
Please read the program to make your meal selection in advance!

Open House Day at the Museum
2023-04-23 11:00 | Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, 60077, United States
Back by popular demand, the Museum’s Teen Leadership Board and Young Professional Board have partnered again for the 2nd annual Open House Day at the Museum. Admission will be free for all to experience the Museum’s exhibitions, hear Survivor stories and see some of their rarely displayed artifacts, participate in an art activity, and much more!

Open House Day at the Museum
2023-04-23 11:00 | Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, 60077, United States
Back by popular demand, the Museum’s Teen Leadership Board and Young Professional Board have partnered again for the 2nd annual Open House Day at the Museum. Admission will be free for all to experience the Museum’s exhibitions, hear Survivor stories and see some of their rarely displayed artifacts, participate in an art activity, and much more!
Registration is required.

Annual Meeting ONLINE
2023-04-23 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual, Chicago, IL, United States
Members only event.
Members are welcome to attend this year’s annual meeting. Meet our new board and learn about all that has happened at the Museum in 2022 as we look forward to 2023.
This event is free but reservations are required to receive a Zoom code. Reservations can be made via email museum@samac.org or by calling 773.728.8111

Powerlands: In-person Watch Party and Panel Discussion
2023-04-23 17:00 - 19:00 | Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, 3001 central street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
In celebration of Earth Day and Earth Week, join us for an in-person watch party of the film Powerlands. A limited number of tickets will be available for this screening on April 23 at 5:00 p.m., followed by a discussion at 6:15pm via zoom with filmmaker Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso. The watch party will feature light snacks and refreshments at the Mitchell Museum.
Powerlands
A young Navajo filmmaker investigates displacement of Indigenous people and devastation of the environment caused by the same chemical companies that have exploited the land where she was born. On this personal and political journey she learns from Indigenous activists across three continents. Website: https://powerlands.org/
Filmmaker:
Ivey-Camille Manybeads Tso – Director Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso is an award-winning queer Navajo filmmaker. She was a fellow with the Firelight Media Documentary Filmmaker Lab, and the 4th World Indigenous Media Lab. She started making films at the age of 9, through the Native youth media project Outta Your Backpack Media. At the age of 13 she made the award-winning fiction film In the Footsteps of Yellow Woman, based in the true story of her great-great-great grandmother Yellow Woman, who lived through the Navajo Long Walk of 1864-1868. The film screened in over 90 film festivals internationally and won 11 awards. Ivey Camille continued to refine her filmmaking craft with a full scholarship to Idyllwild Arts Academy in California. She later returned home to work on films in her community of Navajo Nation. At the age of 19, Ivey Camille began work on Powerlands, her first feature. Powerlands has screened internationally and won several festival awards including the The 2022 Rigoberta Menchú Grand Prize.
Directors Statement
My grandmother taught me how to stand on the frontlines. She taught me about the ways that my ancestors have resisted displacement since colonial settlers came here. When thinking about how to tell the stories in this film, I think first about the storytelling traditions I have learned from elders in my community. That is why this story is told through the stories, voices, and languages of Indigenous women.
I started making films at the age of nine, through the Native youth media project Outta Your Backpack Media. At the age of 13, I directed In the Footsteps of Yellow Woman, based in the true story of my great-great-great grandmother Yellow Woman, who lived through the Navajo Long Walk of 1864- 1868. At the age of 19, I started Powerlands, which took six years to film and edit.
For too long, others have been telling our stories. As an Indigenous filmmaker, I have seen the ways in which our stories are co-opted and stolen. This film is an intervention, a chance for our stories to be told by us, in our own languages.
All proceeds will support our Indigenous Medicine and Traditional Food Gardens. For more information about this program, contact info@mitchellmuseum.org.

The Art of the Blues
2023-04-25 | Trickster Cultural Center, 190 S Roselle Rd, Schaumburg, IL, 60193, United States
Join us April 25th at Trickster Cultural Center for our upcoming “The Art of the Blues” exhibit featuring works by Howard Greenblat, David Tepper, and Trish Panpoulous.

ReFramed: The Future of Cities in Wood
2023-04-25 - 2023-11-07 | Chicago Architecture Center, 111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
This exhibition tells the story of building with mass timber and features architectural models of mass timber projects, from public spaces to office buildings.

Talking Timber: Can Wood Save Us?
2023-04-25 17:30 - 18:30 | Chicago Architecture Center, 111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
Join us for a special panel discussion exploring the wide world of mass timber design and construction, coinciding with the opening of our new exhibition, ReFramed: The Future of Cities in Wood.
This program is FREE with advanced registration. Both In-Person & Virtual options are available. Following the panel discussion, attendees will be able to view the new exhibit.
Mass timber brings many advantages to architecture and construction by virtue of its prefabricated versatility, relative light weight, low embodied carbon, and natural beauty. It is the only commonly used building material that grows back and has shown to provide health and wellness benefits for those who spend their days immersed in wooden environs. Best of all, the United States and Canada have abundant forestlands that are managed for long-term sustainable harvest. What else can wood do? Find out at this presentation and spirited discussion with leaders in mass timber design, engineering, construction, and testing.
ReFramed: The Future of Cities in Wood and associated “Talking Timber” lecture series are created in partnership with the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and with the support of presenting sponsor the Softwood Lumber Board.
AIA/CES Credits: 1 LUs

Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Hill House
2023-04-26 11:30 - 13:00 | 81 E Van Buren St, 81 E Van Buren St, Chicago, IL, 60605, United States
The National Trust for Scotland Foundation USA and The Chicago Scots invite you to Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Hill House
A conversation with Philip Long OBE FRSE, Chief Executive, National Trust for Scotland and Tony Jones CBE, Former Director, Glasgow School of Art President-emeritus, Art Institute of Chicago about Scotland, design, and conservation, from the restoration of natural landscapes to the preservation of the world-renowned designs of Mackintosh and the challenges being addressed by heritage bodies around the world.

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Art Deco: Landmarks in Chicago's Communites
2023-04-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Event
Art Deco is not just for downtown. Explore the city’s north, west and south sides and discover a variety of landmark Art Deco buildings whose lavish and colorful ornament reflect the prosperity and optimism of the Roaring 20s.
The buildings highlighted in this program—big banks, small commercial buildings and residences both big and small—are among the city’s best. All of them have been officially designated as historically significant by the City of Chicago or the National Park Service for their design, artistry and connection to noteworthy people or events. Join us for a close-up look at these neighborhood buildings—reminders of the past that are still functional and still beautiful today.
$15 Registration, Free for CAC Members
PRESENTER: BILL COFFIN

A former appellate attorney and adjunct professor of legal research and writing, Bill Coffin became a CAC docent in 2004. He is the tour director for the CAC’s two Art Deco walking tours and has presented lectures about Art Deco at the CAC and at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, a program of Northwestern University’s School of Professional Studies.

Venice, Crete, and the Birth of the Modern World
2023-04-26 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual, Chicago, IL, United States
Between 1204 and 1669, Crete (the largest Greek island) was under the control of the Republic of Venice, an upstart maritime power now most remembered for its role in the Italian Renaissance. And Crete was an important part of Venice’s late medieval and early modern cultural flourishing. Join this NHM Discussion to learn more about the story of Venetian Crete and how this crossroads of East and West helped give birth to the modern world.

Venice, Crete, and the Birth of the Modern World
2023-04-26 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual, Chicago, IL, United States
etween 1204 and 1669, Crete (the largest Greek island) was under the control of the Republic of Venice, an upstart maritime power now most remembered for its role in the Italian Renaissance. And Crete was an important part of Venice’s late medieval and early modern cultural flourishing. Join this NHM Discussion to learn more about the story of Venetian Crete and how this crossroads of East and West helped give birth to the modern world.

Explorations and Excursions
2023-04-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Haitian American Museum of Chicago, 4410 N Clark St, Chicago, 60640, United States
Each quarter, HAMOC opens its space to new and upcoming artists to further uplift community members and artists all over the nation. This quarter, HAMOC is excited to welcome several students from Harry S Truman College to display their work in our space. Join us on April 27th from 12:00 to 1:00 to hear about the artists, see the artwork first, and build community.

Hejsan! Story and Craft
2023-04-27 14:00 | Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
Join us at 2 p.m. at the Brunk Children’s Museum of Immigration for a story and craft on the last Thursday of each month. All ages are welcome to attend with a caregiver for this free (with admission) program. While there is no additional cost to attend, reservations are appreciated and can be made via email to jvictor@samac.org.

Writing About Empire: Literature, History, and the American Past
2023-04-27 18:00 - 19:00 | Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL, 60610, United States
This program will be held in-person at the Newberry and livestreamed on Zoom. The online version of this event will be live captioned. Please register below.
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How do novelists and historians write about war, empire, and power? How do they translate deep research into compelling narrative? How do they think about evidence—and the absence of evidence—as they write? Are there lines between educating readers and providing them with gripping stories?
This installment of “Conversations at the Newberry” brings together two writers, Nicholson Baker and Daniel Immerwahr, who explore themes of American empire. Though they approach their work through different lenses and write in different styles, both Baker and Immerwahr dig into the complex histories of US foreign relations. In this conversation, they’ll think together about how literature and historical writing have shaped understandings of American power.

Book Talk: Ballpark
2023-04-27 18:00 - 19:30 | Chicago Architecture Center, 111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
What can Chicago’s ballparks tell us about the evolution of our city? Pulitzer Prize winning architecture critic Paul Goldberger will discuss the connection between American cities and America’s favorite pastime.
This program is $15 to attend and $7 for CAC Members.
In a discussion of his 2019 book Ballpark: Baseball in the American City, Goldberger offers some valuable context about how baseball and ballparks have shaped our cities, both physically and psychologically. He tracks the evolution of baseball’s tastes in stadium location and design and why they matter. He explores how the architecture of ballparks, reflects how we view our cities and the game and how the two relate to each other.
A book signing will take place at the conclusion of the program. Books will be available at the CAC design store.
AUTHOR: PAUL GOLDBERGER

Paul Goldberger, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, began his career at The New York Times, where he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism for his writing on architecture. Later, and for 15 years, he was architecture critic for The New Yorker. He is the author of many books, most recently Ballpark: Baseball in the American City (May, 2019). Goldberger teaches at the New School and lectures widely around the country on architecture, design, historic preservation, and cities.

NHM Virtual Book Club - An Orchestra of Minorities
2023-04-27 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual, Chicago, IL, United States
Join the National Hellenic Museum’s Virtual Book Club!
Facilitated by NHM’s Resident Scholar Dr. Katherine Kelaidis, 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 7 PM CST
In April, we will be discussing An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma .
Click here to see all of our upcoming book selections
Support NHM with your purchase of An Orchestra of Minorities! When you buy your copy through this link, a portion of the proceeds will go to NHM: https://a.co/d/cHJlENK
Click here to support the National Hellenic Museum and Help Us Keep Programs Like This Alive!

Bilingual Yoga at the Haus
2023-04-27 19:00 - 20:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Enjoy gentle indoor Yoga classes at DANK-Haus. The class will be taught primarily in German, with the intro and outro in English. Those with little or no German experience are encouraged to come and follow along!
In this class we will be flowing from pose to pose and linking movement with breath. We will combine elements of Hatha and Yin-Yoga as well as Meditation.
Hatha Yoga focuses on postures that practice to align, strengthen, and promote flexibility in the body.
Yin poses are passive stretches held for minutes at a time, preparing the body for stillness by releasing deep-rooted tension.
Breathing techniques and meditation are also integrated.
All Yoga postures will be introduced through step-by-step verbal description and demonstration.
All levels- BEGINNERS WELCOME!
This class requires a minimum of 5 pre-registered students to run.
Minimum 5 students required for class to run

SAHS Dinner & Show
2023-04-29 17:30 | Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
The Swedish-American Historical Society is hosting a dinner and show at the Museum:
“Jenny Lind Presents P.T. Barnum” created by and starring Shelley Cooper
Social Hour at 5:30
Dinner at 6:00 (catered by Tre Kronor Restaurant)
Show at 7:00
More information click here.
Tickets click here.

"Next Generation"
2023-04-30 11:30 | Magura Cultural Center, 415 W Golf Rd #7, Arlington Heights, IL, United States
Скъпи приятели, заповядайте на кино прожекциите по случай 80-ата годишнина от спасението на българските евреи по времето на Холокоста.
30 април от 11:30ч.| център “Магура”
ВХОД СВОБОДЕН #киновмагура
1.224.800.1538 415 W. Golf Rd. #7, Arlington Hghts

The feature-length documentary by directors Niya Alexandrova and Ayelet Heller breaks history through the untold personal and emotional stories of two rescued Jewish families whose roots are in Bulgaria. The main characters in the tape are Gabi Ashkenazi, who in his career held positions as Chief of the General Staff and Foreign Minister of Israel, and TV star Oshrat Kotler.
“This is not strictly a historical film. It is a so-called road movie, when two characters emotionally experience a coming to Bulgaria and gradually understand what happened. Its culture, its history and society’s effort to preserve its Jewish compatriots. They don’t know Bulgaria, but through the search for their own roots they learn a lot,” says director Dimitar Gochev, who is the producer of the project. Consulate General of Bulgaria in Chicago

Phases of Civilization: An Assyrian Legacy
2023-04-30 12:00 | Virtual, Chicago, IL, United States
The Assyrian Cultural Foundation is honored to unveil the highly anticipated release of “Phases of Civilization: An Assyrian Legacy.” Immerse yourself in this cinematic experience on April 30th at 12pm (CST) as we celebrate the rich history and contributions of the Assyrian people.
The movie will be available on our YouTube channel below:
https://youtu.be/wz4R3EVPdQE
The achievements of the Assyrian civilization have inspired and influenced our world for over 5,000 years. This film Phase of Civilization An Assyrian Legacy explores the contributions these people from Mesopotamia have made to our modern society. The Assyrians were the first culture to discover a writing system, they also developed a concept of law and order as well as devising a numerical system that is the basis of our modem mathematics. Remarkably, the fundamental ideas and inventions of the Assyrians have remained virtually unaltered from generation to generation. These fascinating discoveries and many more interesting facts are explored in detail in this film.

Adoptee Identity, Are We Asian American Too?
2023-04-30 14:00 - 15:30 | Chinese American Museum of Chicago, 238 W. 23rd St, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
Join us for a discussion with Sarah Whyte, Danae Kovac, and Joy Messinger on understanding adoptees’ identity. This is an in-person event.
RSVP HERE
This panel works toward understanding adoptees’ relationship to the Asian American Community. They seek to examine, where does the complications of being a person of color raised by white parents leave you? Are Asian adoptees Asian American too? Through this panel, we hope to bring conversation around both the adoptee and Asian American community and create inclusivity.
This panel will be an hour long and will end with a 30-minute Q&A.
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Невероятен обрат
2023-04-30 15:30 | Magura Cultural Center, 415 W Golf Rd #7, Arlington Heights, IL, United States
ПРЕМИЕРА на поредния шести роман на писателя Добри Карабонев в Споделена библиотека Магура.
“Уважаеми приятели и мои почитатели, каня Ви на премиерата на новия си роман “Невероятен обрат”. Драма с криминален оттенък. На 400 страници, в познатия Ви вече мой стил, ще се докоснете отново до места и събития в българската ни общост тук зад океана. Вплетени са и темите за любовта, която е водеща сила към успеха и американската мечта; за рисковете и цената, която трябва да платим понякога.
📍Ще Ви очаквам в “Културен център Магура”
415 W. Golf Rd. #7, Arlington Heights, IL 60005
☎️ 1.224.800.1538 🗓️ Неделя, 30- ти април от 15:30ч.
Добри Карабонев”

MMIW Week
2023-05-01 - 2023-05-06 | American Indian Center, 3401 West Ainslie Street, Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Join us May 1-6 as we support and honor Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

We’re planning a week of activities starting May 1 with a Red Sand event outside the AIC beginning at 6 p.m.

On Tuesday and Thursday, we will be offering MMIW-focused beading classes throughout the day, beginning at 11 a.m.

Wednesday, we are offering a MMIW T-Dress making class, beginning at 10 a.m.

Friday we are screening an MMIW related film, beginning at 7 p.m. at the AIC.

Saturday features an MMIW Water Walk and Powwow, beginning at 11 a.m.

MMIW Awareness
2023-05-04 - 2023-05-05 | Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, 3001 central street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
Visit the Mitchell Museum for FREE on May 4th and 5th for guided public tours and family red dress crafts by St. Kateri Center of Chicago.
Friday, May 5th, is National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. In observance of this occasion, the Mitchell Museum invites you to visit us free of charge on Thursday, May 4th, and Friday, May 5th to experience our temporary exhibit, No Rest: The Epidemic of Stolen Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2Spirits.
In partnership with the museum, the St. Kateri Center will be facilitating a craft activity from 12pm-4:30pm to help raise awareness of the MMIWG crisis. During your visit, you will also be able to enjoy public tours of our permanent exhibit galleries, which will step off at 10:30 AM and 12:30 PM on both days. Funding in support of these free days has been generously provided by Mitchell Museum Board President April Chancellor.
For more information, please call us at (847) 475-5871 or email info@mitchellmuseum.org
