Chicago Cultural Alliance

Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2022
2022-10-10 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, 3001 central street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
Join us to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day!
Indigenous Peoples’ Day honors the culture and history of Native people past, present, and future. Join us at the Mitchell Museum along with our friends from St. Kateri Center to celebrate the diversity and vibrancy of Indigenous cultures with FREE admission to the museum all day. Bring your friends and your family to enrich your understanding of Indigenous histories and cultures, enjoy guided craft activities, and shop at our pop-up market featuring several local Native American vendors.

Indigenous Peoples Day
2022-10-10 20:00 | Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall, 4544 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Two days of dance, music, and other performances to celebrate the Indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere.

Sky People Entertainment and the Old Town School of Folk Music bring Chicago the FIRST Indigenous Peoples Day festival to celebrate Indigeneity all weekend long! This two-night event will bring full musical performances by Indigenous artists.

Night one will showcase a variety of Indigenous rock, EDM, and Hip-Hop music ending the night with an Indigi-Dance party for all at Logan Square Auditorium. Performances include Dj Shub, Mato Wayuhi & Dj Tewa, OPLIAM, and Phnx.Wav.

Night two closes the festival at the Old Town School of Folk Music with Indigenous musical performances and dance mixed with Latin fusion. Night two will have your hips swinging all night long to the performances of Indigenous, Chicha Roots, Dizá, and Galguez.

Join us on October 9 and 10 and experience two nights of Contemporary Native American & Indigenous music and dance. These events are free and open to the public.

Donations will be accepted at the doors.
***Social distancing is encouraged, but masks and vaccine cards are not required.***
For more information on the October 9 event, check out https://bit.ly/LoganSQ and
https://bit.ly/Oldtownschool for details about October 10.

Reflections on 1919 with Eve L. Ewing
2022-10-12 19:00 - 20:15 | Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E 60th St., Chicago, IL, 60637, United States
A Conversation on 1919, Black Chicago and Resilience.

About this event

A hot summer day set Chicago ablaze in 1919. Seventeen-year-old Eugene Williams crossed an invisible line in Lake Michigan that divided the segregated shores, and he was killed by a group of white beachgoers. His death sparked a deadly 13-day riot. The fighting spread throughout the city, then throughout the country in what became known as the Red Summer. In Chicago, 38 people died, more than 500 were injured, and thousands were left homeless.
The ignition of the Red Summer proved that racism and prejudice had always existed in the north; it was just quieter here. And it’s a pervasive silence that’s lingered over a century – the scars of the Red Summer are still present, open and bleeding in the underlying systems of inequity today.
Dr. Eve L. Ewing, Chicago-based sociologist and poet, explored the Red Summer and expanded on its lasting impact in her second collection of poems, titled 1919. The book was recently adapted for the stage by J. Nicole Brooks and will make its world premiere at the Steppenwolf Theater this October.
Join WBEZ’s Sasha-Ann Simons for a reflective conversation about Chicago’s Red Summer with Dr. Ewing on October 12th at 7pm at the Logan Center.
Photo Credit: Mercedes Zapata

Journey Chicago: That Belongs in a Museum! Suitcase Stories
2022-10-12 19:00 - 20:30 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
This event is part of Journey Chicago, the Chicago Cultural Alliance’s annual citywide festival of cross-cultural events.
Every object has a story. And if it’s a cherished object that invokes our cultural identity, the story is even more salient. It jogs our memory, reminds us of close relationships, takes us back in time and place. But these objects rely on us to tell their story. The premise of That Belongs in a Museum is simple: bring an object that speaks to your cultural identity or migration experience, share the story behind it with our audience, and tell why it belongs in a museum- real or imaginary. An earring passed down by grandma, a faded map, a family heirloom, a keepsake (think Saris, Glücksbringer, a snippet of a Persian carpet, monogrammed chopsticks, prayer flags etc.) We will curate our own little exhibition of everyday objects from everyday people, right on stage!
So look around the house, the storage closet, under the bed, and inside the treasure chest to find the object that speaks to your cultural heritage. You will have 5 minutes on stage and convince the audience that it belongs in a museum. Join the other tellers who will share their funny, emotional, and poignant stories of the objects close to their heart.
Here’s what you should say:

What you brought, even if it is obvious.
Why you think it is neat.
If you could summon a genie to put it in a museum–any museum–even if you had to make a new kind of museum for it to go in, what that would be.

That Belongs in a Museum is brought to you by collaboration between Dank Haus, The Abrahamic Center for Cultural Education (ACCE), and the National Indo-American Museum (NIAM). This trio of cultural institutions has come together with the support of the Chicago Cultural Alliance to celebrate the Journey Chicago festival.
Your $5 ticket includes light refreshments and drinks. Please bring objects that will fit through the door and, ideally, you can hold it in your hand. No hazardous or illegal materials. We will choose 10 storytellers on a first come first served basis.

Lecture: VLADIMÍR DZURO
2022-10-13 19:00 | T. G. Masaryk Czech School, 5701 W 22nd Pl, Cicero, IL, 60804, United States
Please join us for a lecture by VLADIMÍR DZURO – Chief of Headquarters Office at the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services, retired Czech Police Commissioner, war crimes investigator, and author of The Investigator: Demons of the Balkan War – on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 at 7pm.
Mr. Dzuro will discuss his personal account of war crimes investigations with a focus on the impact of war propaganda in a conflict environment. He will also discuss the impact of war crimes on post-conflict reconciliation initiatives.

Neighborhood Nights
2022-10-13 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 6TH FLOOR 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

BOMBA Lab en el Centro
2022-10-14 08:00 - 17:00 | Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, 4046 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL, 60639, United States
BOMBA is the oldest musical tradition of Puerto Rico and one of the greatest expressions of the Island’s African ancestry.

Since its establishment in Chicago in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, enthusiasts, practitioners and teachers of Bomba had come through SRBCC to develop, share and cultivate their craft and honor this ancestral art form from Puerto Rico.

Created in and for the community SRBCC offers BOMBA LAB en el Centro, an intergenerational space to learn, practice and engage with the history and ever-lasting healing rhythms, dance and songs of Bomba.

To enjoy en familia! ALL ages and experiences are welcomed.
Free of cost. No registration needed. Every other Friday starting in September.

Kick off: Friday, September 16, 2022 | 6PM to 8PM

BOMBA Open Lab Dates:
SEPTEMBER 16 & 30th
OCTOBER 16 & 30th
NOVEMBER 18th
DECEMBER 2 & 12

¡Los esperamos! Para más información se puede comunicar a info@srbcc.org o llamarnos at 773.698-6009

For more information feel free to contact us at:
info@srbcc.org or phone at 773.698-6009

Photo by: Herminio Rodriguez
Dancer: Tai Ramirez
Subidor: Quincy Raggs

Cross-Chicago Tour with Roman Villarreal
2022-10-14 12:00 - 16:00 | Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, 756 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60642, United States
Guided tours with Roman Villarreal of one of his studios in South Chicago and of the exhibition at Intuit in West Town.

About this event

Immerse yourself in the art of Roman Villarreal on this cross-Chicago tour.
First gathering at Intuit, attendees will take a bus trip to South Chicago for an intimate, behind-the-scenes tour with Roman Villarreal of one of his studios. There, attendees will experience his creative space and get a peek into his art-making process, seeing finished works alongside those in the making. Following the tour of his studio, Roman Villarreal and attendees return to Intuit for an artist talk and guided tour of the exhibition Roman Villarreal: South Chicago Legacies.
Please contact Courtney Thompson at courtney@art.org with questions related to accessibility accommodations.
The cross-Chicago tour is free! 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.
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All tour attendees must follow the museum’s health and safety procedures. Intuit is closely monitoring COVID-19 guidelines established by local, state and federal authorities and will promptly share information that affects the event.

The Cross-Chicago Tour with Roman Villarreal is presented as part of Art Design Chicago Now, an initiative funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art that amplifies the voices of Chicago’s diverse creatives, past and present, and explores the essential role they play in shaping the now.

Journey Chicago: Global Indigenous Perspectives: From Turtle Island to Sápmi
2022-10-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Nordic House at Wrigley Building, 400 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
This event is part of Journey Chicago, the Chicago Cultural Alliance’s annual citywide festival of cross-cultural events.
The program will be a panel discussion between a Sami person (Scandinavian Indigenous person) and a North American Indigenous person. The discussion will explore similarities and differences between the two panelists’ cultures, and reflect on their individual experiences. The panel will be moderated by Josee Starr and followed by a Q&A with the audience. The panel will be hosted within the exhibit space for Sami Dreams, a photography exhibit displaying portraits of Sami people and their oral histories. The photographer, Randall Hyman, will be invited to participate in the panel as well and share his experience in capturing the photographs.

Volver
2022-10-14 19:00 - 20:00 | Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL, United States
By Tango Lovers for tango lovers, you can’t miss an unforgettable night on Friday, October 14th at Nichols Hall!

VOLVER (return/to come back) signifies the return to the stage and to the large-scale productions that we enjoyed before the pandemic and also tells the story of tango artists returning to their home country after working as Tango artists while living abroad.
The show features five dance couples that include tango World Champions from Argentina and Uruguay and the seven-piece musical group of renowned musicians and singers. It references immigration and the feelings of nostalgia and longing for one’s homeland as well as the excitement and awakening to a new world and a new life.

Journey Chicago: Calaveras Workshop
2022-10-15 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-10-16 08:00 - 17:00 | OPEN Center for the Arts, 2214 S. Sacramento Ave., Chicago, IL, 60623, United States
This event is part of Journey Chicago, the Chicago Cultural Alliance’s annual citywide festival of cross-cultural events.
Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a traditional Mexican celebration honoring those no longer with us. Stop by and have fun creating your own Calavera while sharing stories, expressing your creativity, and celebrating life!

As part of Journey Chicago, Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art and OPEN Center for the Arts team up to present a two-day (Saturday/Sunday) event paying homage to the traditions of Day of the Dead which is celebrated on November 2nd. The first day’s activity is a “cut and decorate” Calavera mask: a representation of a human skull, with markers, paints, and other crafting supplies. The second day’s activity is to decorating sugar skulls (Calaveras) with piped icing: they are used in the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead to decorate altars for loved ones who have passed.

Workshop Day 1 (Masks): Saturday October 15, 10am-12pm
Workshop Day 2 (Sugar Skulls) : Sunday, October 16, 10am-12pm

Registration is not required.

El Día de los Muertos es una celebración tradicional mexicana en honor a aquellos que ya no están con nosotros. ¡Visítanos y diviértete creando tu propia Calavera mientras compartes historias, expresas tu creatividad y celebras la vida!

Como parte de Journey Chicago, Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art y OPEN Center for the Arts se unen para presentar un evento de dos días (sábado y domingo) que rinde homenaje a las tradiciones del Día de Muertos, que se celebra el 2 de noviembre. La primera actividad es una máscara de Calavera para “cortar y decorar”: una representación de un cráneo humano, con marcadores, pinturas y otros materiales para manualidades. La segunda es para decorar calaveritas de azúcar con glaseado: se utilizan en la celebración mexicana del Día de Muertos para decorar altares de seres queridos que han fallecido.

Bronzeville Historical Society: OPEN HOUSE CHICAGO
2022-10-15 11:00 - 2022-10-16 14:00 | Bronzeville Historical Society, 4455 S King Dr. - Suite 103, Chicago, IL, 60653, United States
Open House Chicago- A City wide CELEBRATION FOR ALL . Come to enjoy exhibitions, food, music, presentations each day at 1:30PM and FOOD.

About this event

BRONZEVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
OPEN HOUSE CHICAGO – host
SATURDAY, OCT. 15 – 16, 2022 11am – 2pm
at 4455 S. King Drive Suite 103, Chicago
FREE STREET PARKING – Lot also in Rear of building

ON SATURDAY, October 15
11am – 12:00Noon : Guided exhibition tour of ReIMAGINE Aunt Jemima and Black Fire Fighters Exhibits
11:00AM – 12:00 Noon *Sneak Peak of new BRONZEVILLE Art Documentary by filmmaker Reginald Rice
12:00Noon – 1:30pm: Chef Reggie Carter will serve freshly prepared beignets
1:30pm – 2:30pm: Sat. Oct. 15 – James S. Parker will present Bronzeville Architecture – Building Gems lost to Demolition

ON SUNDAY October . 16
11am – 12:00Noon : Guided exhibition tour of ReIMAGINE Aunt Jemima and Black Fire Fighters Exhibits
11:00AM – 12:00 Noon *Sneak Peak of new BRONZEVILLE Art Documentary by filmmaker Reginald Rice
12:00Noon – 1:30pm : Chef “Junior” will serve freshly prepared Sushi
1:30pm – 2:30pm: Sun. Oct. 16 – Dr. Ada Cheng, Our Words, Our Truths presentation

*REGISTER to ATTEND Presentations from REGISTER TAB.
Doors open at 10:30am
Event contact bronzevillehistoricalsociety@gmail.com
https://www.bronzevillehistoricalsociety.wordpress.com
2021 Educator of the Year Dr. Ada Cheng www.renegadeadacheng.com

Sound Performance by Kikù Hibino and Chien-An Yuan
2022-10-15 13:00 - 14:30 | Chinese American Museum of Chicago, 238 W. 23rd St, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
The Chinese American Museum of Chicago (CAMOC) is excited to host the last of two free public programs inspired by the Spotlight Series exhibition Yuge Zhou: Moon Drawings. The program is a sound performance by Kikù Hibino and Chien-An Yuan on Saturday, October 15, from 1pm-2:30pm CT, a day before the closing of the exhibition.
Register here
About the artists:
Japanese-born Chicago-based sound artist Kikù Hibino produces electronic music that focuses on unusual rhythmic structure and melodies that are inspired by optical illusion and moiré patterns. From chamber music for media productions to digital micro sound for art installations, he has collaborated internationally with a wide variety of artists and scholars. He’s a 2017 Individual Artist Grant recipient from Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, 2021 Outer Ear Artist in Residency at Experimental Sound Studio, and 2021 nominee for Best Asian Entertainer at Chicago Music Awards. In 2021, Kikù and his creative partner Gregory Bae launched S/N, an electronic music concert series.
Chien-An Yuan is an interdisciplinary artist, designer, and educator based in Ann Arbor, MI. Yuan runs 1473, a record label specializing in improvisation, electronics, and collaboration. He is also a founding member of IS/LAND, a performance collaborative comprised of AAPI movers, artists, and collaborators. His work has been featured in The New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, ArtSlant, Huffington Post, WNYC and many other arts and cultural platforms.
Chien-An Yuan and Kikù Hibino have performed and shown in cultural institutions widely.
Yuge Zhou is a Chinese born, Chicago-based artist whose videos and installations addresses connections, isolation and longing across natural and urban spaces as sites of shared dreams. Zhou has exhibited nationally and internationally in prominent art and public venues. Her new dance film “Love Letters” is currently shown as part of Art on theMART’s fall program, a nightly public art projection onto the facade of the Merchandise Mart, Chicago. Recent awards include Juried Award in the installation category at ArtPrize 2021, Artist Fellowship Award in Media Arts from the Illinois Arts Council and Honorary Mention in the 2020 Prix Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria.

Journey Chicago: Drums Are the Heartbeat of Our Community
2022-10-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Trickster Cultural Center, 190 S Roselle Rd, Schaumburg, IL, 60193, United States
This event is part of Journey Chicago, the Chicago Cultural Alliance’s annual citywide festival of cross-cultural events.
A collaboration between the Chicago Japanese American Historical Society and Trickster Cultural Center to highlight the traditions of drumming as it relates to cultural identity. A performing group from each culture will demonstrate and share their art. Japanese and Native American food will be shared.
Featured performers:
Kokyo Taiko Chicago 湖響太鼓シカゴ & Native American Drum, Iron Bear (Sterling BigBear)

Movie screening: Malmoe (The Secret Mission)
2022-10-15 13:00 - 15:30 | Korean Cultural Center of Chicago, 9925 Capitol Dr, Wheeling, IL, United States
2019 Drama/Comedy, 2h15m During the Japanese occupation, two men travel across the country compiling the first Korean language dictionary.

Dipika Mukherjee: Dialect of Distant Harbors Book Launch
2022-10-15 15:00 - 17:00 | South Asia Institute, 1925 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
Dipika Mukherjee: Dialect of Distant Harbors Book Launch

About this event

South Asia Institute Presents
Dipika Mukherjee: Dialect of Distant Harbors Book Launch
Saturday, October 15, 2022
Dipika Mukherjee
Dipika Mukherjee moved to Chicago from Shanghai in 2012 and spends a lot of time at the neighborhood Harold Washington Public Library. She is the author of the novels Shambala Junction and Ode to Broken Things, and the story collection, Rules of Desire. Her writing is included in The Best Small Fictions 2019 and appears in World Literature Today, Asia Literary Review, Del Sol Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, Newsweek, Los Angeles Review of Books, Hemispheres and Orion. She teaches at the Graham School at University of Chicago and at StoryStudio Chicago.
Dialect of Distant Harbors (Available for Purchase at Event)
Dipika Mukherjee
US/UK Publication Date: October 4, 2022
Paper $18.00 • 112 p. • 6 x 9 • 978-1-933880-93-8
This poetry collection explores themes of home, grieving, and kinship.
With wonder, empathy, and even rage, Dialect of Distant Harbors summons a shared humanity to examine issues of illness and family. Dipika Mukherjee’s poems redefine belonging and migration in a misogynistic and racist world. “A grievous vastness to this world,” she writes, “beyond human experience.”
As the world recovers from a global pandemic and the failure of modern government, these poems are incantations to our connections to the human family—whether in Asia, Europe, or the United States. Dialect of Distant Harbors focuses on what is most resilient in ourselves and our communities.

Journey Chicago: We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community
2022-10-16 13:00 - 18:00 | Douglas Boulevard and Central Park Ave, W Douglas Blvd & Central Park Ave, Chicago, 60623
This event is part of Journey Chicago, the Chicago Cultural Alliance’s annual citywide festival of cross-cultural events.
The Haitian American Museum of Chicago will bring its outdoor, community, traveling exhibition to North Lawndale for the second year in the row. We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community, was originally organized in 2020, in the Uptown neighborhood, in direct response to the Black Lives Matter protests and the disproportionate effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Black community. The primary collaborators of the exhibition came from the African-American and Black Diasporic communities, including BILPOC (Black, Indigenous, Latinx, People of Color) led organizations, immigrant groups, small business owners, local historians, cultural experts, artists and activists. The exhibition is an empowering cultural outlet that highlights positive Black contributions.

Crossing Borders Music will perform at 1PM.

HAMOC is collaborating with Crossing Borders Music, Lawndale Pop Up Spot, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) to expand on the exhibition and transform it into a festival-like event.

Scandinavian Jam ONLINE
2022-10-16 13:30 - 15:30 | Online, IL, United States
Scandinavian Jam, where we practice what we teach. Join Mary Allsopp and Paul Tyler online on the first and third Sunday of every month. Enjoy an afternoon of traditional roots music. We teach by ear, review and share tunes. We are happy to take suggestions and love meeting new people. It’s a friendly group and we have folks joining in from across the country.
Contact Scandi.Fiddler@yahoo.com or PTyler@ameritech.net with any questions and to get a zoom code. This is a free event.

Livewire Open Mic
2022-10-20 17:30 - 19:00 | National Indo-American Museum, 815 S Main St, Lombard, IL, 60148, United States
Livewire is your Open Mic platform to jam, tell us a story, act your heart out, enthrall with a verse, drop the mic… You bring the talent we’ll bring the cheers!
Get your $5 tickets: https://www.eventcombo.com/e/Livewire–Open-Mic–NIAM–56669 (includes light refreshments)
You’ll have 3 minutes for any kind of spoken word performance- poetry, storytelling, comedy, acting, essay reading, singing, and even music! Not ready to take the mic? Come join the audience and enjoy the show! Your $5 ticket includes light refreshments.
This month’s spotlight performer: Sonal Aggarwal
Former international street performer turned emcee, Sonal Aggarwal has brought her talents to Chicago as an actor, comedian, producer and movement artist. Her one woman show The Alchemy of Bliss played for a sold out weekend at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater and you can see her on Netflix’s Easy as well as the short A Period Piece which debuted at SXSW 2020. She is a regular host of The Moth.

Artecito Virtual - Xoloitzcuintle
2022-10-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual, Chicago, IL, United States
Xoloitzuintle’s are the oldest dogs in the Americas, Xolos have been around for millennia!
Join us as we explore more about Xoloitzuintle’s with our friends at Lincoln Park Zoo!
Contect Here:
https://bit.ly/ArtecitoXolo
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Los Xoloitzuintle son los perros más antiguos de América, ¡los Xolos existen desde hace milenios!
¡Únase a nosotros mientras exploramos más sobre Xoloitzuintle con nuestros amigos en Lincoln Park Zoo!
Contáctese aquí:
https://bit.ly/ArtecitoXolo

What is Artecito?
Artecito is a free workshop in Spanish developed by OPEN Center for the Arts and Lincoln Park Zoo that uses the arts to engage families with nature in ways that resonate with local holidays, culture, and wildlife. With a related art activity, workshops highlight wildlife and nature to encourage children and families to think about nature and their relationship to it in creative ways.

¿Qué es Artecito?
Artecito es un taller gratuito en español bimensual gratuito desarrollado por OPEN Center for the Arts y Lincoln Park Zoo que utiliza las artes para involucrar a las familias con la naturaleza de maneras que resuenan con las festividades locales, la cultura y la vida silvestre. Con una actividad artística relacionada, los talleres destacan la vida silvestre y la naturaleza para alentar a los niños y las familias a pensar sobre la naturaleza y su relación con ella de manera creativa
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The Year the Stars Fell: Toward a Continental History of a Very Few Hours
2022-10-20 18:00 - 19:30 | IL, United States
D’Arcy McNickle Distinguished Lecture with Philip Deloria
Oct 20, 2022
6:00pm-7:30pm
Hybrid – Ruggles Hall and Zoom
This program will be held in-person at the Newberry, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, and livestreamed on Zoom.
In the early morning of November 13, 1833, meteors from the annual Leonid showers fell in such abundance, frequency, and size that people across North America ran from their homes to contemplate the celestial light show. In the winter count calendars of the Great Plains, the “Year the Stars Fell” has been used to link up disparate local histories. But the event appears in memory and in writing all across the continent, from enslaved African Americans in the South to Latter Day Saints and Second Great Awakening revivalists in small towns, to the scientists of Philadelphia, Cambridge, and New Haven, among others.
In this year’s D’Arcy McNickle Distinguished Lecture, historian Philip Deloria will discuss how the falling stars called into question assumptions about faith, reason, and nature. Making connections across time and place, Deloria will also explore how these stars can help us understand an unknowably broad geography in the narrowest of historical moments.
Speakers
Phil Deloria is a citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and Professor of History at Harvard University, where his research and teaching focus on the social, cultural, and political histories of the relations among American Indian peoples and the United States, as well as the comparative and connective histories of Indigenous peoples in a global context. Dr. Deloria is the author of many books and articles, including Playing Indian and Indians in Unexpected Places, both of which are widely recognized as essential texts in the fields of Native American and Indigenous Studies, and American Studies. Deloria is also a trustee of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian and serves at the liaison for Harvard University within the Newberry Consortium in American Indian and Indigenous Studies.
Fred Hoxie is an esteemed historian of Indigenous peoples in North America and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign. Dr. Hoxie was on staff at the Newberry for fifteen years, where he served first as the Director of the D’Arcy McNickle Center and later as Vice President for Research and Education. Hoxie is the author of many books and articles related to Indigenous history and has also served as a consultant and expert witness for the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, the National Congress of American Indians, and the National Park Service.
Dorene Wiese is a citizen of the White Earth Ojibwe Nation and CEO of the American Indian Association of Illinois. Dr. Wiese’s relationship with the Newberry spans nearly fifty years and includes serving as the co-chair of the Newberry American Indian Oral History Project (1982-1985) and the Seeing Indian in Chicago Photography Exhibition (1985). Wiese also serves on the Advisory Group for the library’s current Indigenous Chicago project, which will debut in 2024.
This program is free and open to all.
Register to attend IN PERSON.
Register to attend virtually ON ZOOM.

Author Talk: “We Share The Same Sky”
2022-10-20 18:30 | Virtual, Chicago, IL, United States
Winner of the Maine Literary Award, “We Share The Same Sky: A Memoir of Memory & Migration,” is a riveting and awe-inspiring debut novel by author and inaugural Storyteller in Residence for USC Shoah Foundation, Rachael Cerrotti. Cerrotti had always known her grandmother Hana was a Holocaust survivor, but what she discovered – an entire archive of her life – after Hana’s passing led to an incredible journey of discovery and self-discovery.
Join us for a live book discussion with Cerrotti as we follow her through a decade-long journey to weave together the thin threads of her family history in this intergenerational storytelling tour-de-force. The discussion will be moderated by Richard Salomon, Vice President of Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center’s Board of Directors.
Members: Free; Non-Members: $ 5
Register: https://ihm.ec/wesharethesamesky

NHM Virtual Book Club - The Island of Missing Trees
2022-10-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Online, IL, United States
Join the National Hellenic Museum’s Virtual Book Club!
In October, we will be discussing The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak, shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction.
Book Club is free to join and meets on the third Thursday of each month at 7 PM CDT via Zoom.

More about The Island of Missing Trees:
“A wise novel of love and grief, roots and branches, displacement and home, faith and belief. Balm for our bruised times.” ―David Mitchell, author of Utopia Avenue
A rich, magical new novel on belonging and identity, love and trauma, nature and renewal, from the Booker-shortlisted author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World.
Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. In the taverna, hidden beneath garlands of garlic, chili peppers and creeping honeysuckle, Kostas and Defne grow in their forbidden love for each other. A fig tree stretches through a cavity in the roof, and this tree bears witness to their hushed, happy meetings and eventually, to their silent, surreptitious departures. The tree is there when war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to ashes and rubble, and when the teenagers vanish. Decades later, Kostas returns. He is a botanist looking for native species, but really, he’s searching for lost love.
Years later a Ficus carica grows in the back garden of a house in London where Ada Kazantzakis lives. This tree is her only connection to an island she has never visited— her only connection to her family’s troubled history and her complex identity as she seeks to untangle years of secrets to find her place in the world.
A moving, beautifully written, and delicately constructed story of love, division, transcendence, history, and eco-consciousness, The Island of Missing Trees is Elif Shafak’s best work yet.
On the New York Times bestseller list for over 20 weeks * A New York Times Notable Book * A Barack Obama Favorite * A National Book Award Finalist * Named a Best Book of the Year by Fresh Air, Time, Entertainment Weekly, Associated Press, and many more.

ACCE Soft Reopening
2022-10-20 19:00 - 21:30 | Abrahamic Center for Cultural Education, 55 W Van Buren Street, Suite 220, Chicago, IL, 60605, United States
You’re Invited!
We hope that you and your loved ones have continued to heal and grow from all the difficulties of the pandemic these past two years. In the spirit of recovery, ACCE is BACK for in-person events starting this fall. We are beginning our return to the space with this FREE soft reopening party! Please join us for an evening of refreshments, new and familiar art, artist talk + book signing, and much more…!
ACCE has been working hard over the summer to renovate several features of our gallery and we would love to share all of our changes with you. One of our key new features includes a rotating art space where ACCE will be featuring various art works quarterly. This fall, ACCE is proud to present the photography of Sadaf Syed, the author and artist behind iCover. Sadaf will be our keynote speaker of the evening, sharing more about her work and holding a Q+A. Additionally, guests will have an opportunity to purchase copies of iCover books/prints during this event! You don’t wanna miss out!
Sadaf Syed | Biography
Recognized as a leading artist by the White House, Photojournalist, Sadaf Syed is today’s award-winning photographer and author. Syed is best known for breaking down stereotypes as she educates and inspires her audience through the eyes of photography and the perspectives of her subjects. She was a digital news Photo Editor and Staff Photographer for Al Jazeera America. Syed authored an award-winning coffee table book, iCOVER: A Day in the Life of a Muslim-American COVERed Girl. iCOVER debut it’s photography exhibition in the United Arab Emirates hosted by the royal family of Sharjah in the famous Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization.
Syed was recruited by the Chicago History Museum and hired as a photographer in March, 2019 to photograph Muslim Chicagoans sharing their stories of faith, identity, and personal journeys for the new exhibition, American Medina which made its debut October 21, 2019 at the Chicago History Museum.
Book synopsis
iCOVER: A Day in the life of a Muslim-American COVERed Girl
Mrs. Syed captures moments in the day-to-day lives of these Muslim women, moments that the average American can relate to once they “embrace” the fact that she covers her hair. The accompanying photo captions and personal quotes flesh out the dimensions of these women’s lives. In the faces of a dancer, a surfer-girl, a biker, a tri-athlete and even a boxer you hear their voices, and touch their thoughts, dreams, struggles and fears. With each page, a stereotypes is shattered and the misunderstandings that surround the female followers of a faith of 1.8 billion diminish. iCOVER has garnered significant publicity both domestically and internationally.
Event Details
7:00-8:00 PM: Refreshments + Self Guided Gallery Viewing
8:00-8:15: Opening Remarks by ACCE
8:15-9:00: Book Talk by Sadaf + Q/A
9:00-9:30: Purchase Books/Prints + Socialize

*The Abrahamic Center for Cultural Education (ACCE) is an art gallery and resource center dedicated to promoting the understanding of Islam and Muslims in the community by working with individuals and academic, religious, public, and private institutions. ACCE supplements existing educational programs at schools and universities with training sessions, presentations, and other resources to help our community raise more culturally competent generations. Our two main services are educational presentations and visits to our exhibition space.  ACCE is an initiative of the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America (IFANCA®), a global leader in halal certification. For more information, visit our website at www.abrahamiccenter.org.
**Please note, moving forward, ACCE will be operating on a hybrid model, offering both in-person and virtual presentations and events.

Film Screening: Fabiola Méndez Trio & Negrura Documentary
2022-10-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, 4046 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL, 60639, United States
Fabiola Méndez: Live Trio Performance and Negrura Documentary Screening

About this event

Fabiola Méndez is a Puerto Rican cuatro player, educator, and composer that has taken part in a musical movement, crossing over the lines of genres such as folkloric, jazz & Latin.
Recognized for being the first student to graduate from Berklee College of Music with the cuatro as principal instrument (2018), Fabiola has worked and performed for artists such as: Totó La Momposina, Eddie Palmieri, Puerto Rican Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Philharmonic, and Pedro Capó, among others. She currently works as an independent
artist all around the Northeast and Puerto Rico, collaborating with organizations such as Celebrity Series of Boston, WBUR, MFA Boston, MassArt, and Agora Cultural Architects, as well as composing for animated TV productions for Sesame Workshop, Fred Rogers Productions, and WGBH.
Fabiola Méndez’s project Negrura (released in 2022) is an audiovisual storytelling experience that showcases the stories of Afro-Latinx folks from Boston’s Latin Quarter Cultural District. The film aims to create spaces for conversations about colorism, anti-blackness, discrimination, and racism within our own Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latinx community. Music, at the core of the project, connects our voices to provide a space for self-reflection, support, and healing.

Oktoberfest Stammtisch | Open Haus
2022-10-21 19:30 - 23:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Cap off your Oktoberfest season at the best fest in town! Our indoor Oktoberfest features live music from Paloma Band of Chicago, authentic German food and drinks, and more! Attendees will enjoy plenty of yodeling, dancing, and pretzel eating starting at 7:30 PM.

Our historic Marunde Ballroom, located on the 5th floor, will be decorated in traditional festival style and our signature vintage bar will feature imported German Spaten Oktoberfest, Würzburger and local Festzelt Oktoberfest beers on tap. Come hungry and enjoy Thüringer, Bratwurst, Leberkäse, potato salad, sauerkraut, pretzels and Landjäger!

Guests can enter our famous “Stein Holding Contest” and dance to the music of Paloma Band of Chicago. Come wearing your finest Dirndl and Lederhosen to the Oktoberfest of the Season at the DANK Haus!

Interested in becoming a sponsor? Email dank@dankhaus.com

Truths As We Speak Them: A Storytelling Open Mic in Bronzeville/Chinatown
2022-10-22 13:30 - 15:00 | Chinese American Museum of Chicago, 238 W. 23rd St, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
I am very happy to present Truths As We Speak Them: A Storytelling Open Mic in Bronzeville/Chinatown.
This open mic storytelling gathering, hosted by Ada Cheng, is co-sponsored by Bronzeville Historical Society, Chinese American Museum of Chicago, and People Matter.
Our first event will take place in-person on Saturday October 22 from 1:30-3:00pm CT.
Please mask up for safety.
This open mic will rotate between Bronzeville and Chinatown neighborhoods.
We will have our inaugural event on Saturday October 22 at the Chinese Museum of Chicago and our next event on Saturday November 19 at Bronzeville Historical Society.
We welcome everyone to participate in these two upcoming events and share their stories.
Open mic rules:
In-person sign up at 1pm.
Arrive early for seats.
All open spots are given 7 minutes with a courtesy warning at 6 minutes to perform and can perform more than once if time permits.
This is a safe space for all regardless of race, class, gender, sexuality, and ability.

Producer and host:
Dr. Ada Cheng is a professor-turned storyteller, solo performer, and storytelling producer. She has been featured in storytelling shows and done her two solo performances all over the country. She is the producer and the host of multiple storytelling shows. Dr. Cheng uses storytelling to illustrate structural inequities, to raise critical awareness, and to build intimate communities.
Her motto: Make your life the best story you tell.
Check out her website: www.renegadeadacheng.com.

Truths as We Speak Them: A Storytelling Open Mic
2022-10-22 13:30 - 15:00 | Chinese American Museum of Chicago, 238 W. 23rd St, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
Please join us at CAMOC for the first gathering of Truths As We Speak Them: A Storytelling Open Mic on Oct 22! This open mic storytelling gathering, hosted by Ada Cheng, is co-sponsored by the Bronzeville Historical Society, Chinese American Museum of Chicago, and People Matter.
The open mic will rotate between Bronzeville and Chinatown neighborhoods. The inaugural event is on Saturday, October 22, at the Chinese Museum of Chicago and our next event is Saturday, November 19, at Bronzeville Historical Society.
We welcome everyone to participate in these two upcoming events and share their stories.
Open mic rules:
– In-person sign up at 1pm.
– Arrive early for seats.
– All open spots are given 7 minutes with a courtesy warning at 6 minutes to perform and can perform more than once if time permits.
– This is a safe space for all regardless of race, class, gender, sexuality, and ability.

About the producer and host:
Ada Cheng is a professor-turned storyteller, solo performer, and storytelling producer. She has been featured in storytelling shows and done her two solo performances all over the country. She is the producer and the host of multiple storytelling shows, including Pour One Out: A Monthly Storytelling Series, Am I Man Enough?, Talk Stories: An Asian American/Asian Diaspora Storytelling Show, Speaking Truths Series, and This Is America: Truths through My Body.
Her motto: Make your life the best story you tell.
Check out her website here.

Journey Chicago: Navigating Borders: A Creative Collaboration
2022-10-22 14:00 - 17:00 | South Asia Institute, 1925 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
This event is part of Journey Chicago, the Chicago Cultural Alliance’s annual citywide festival of cross-cultural events.
South Asia and Korea share a common history of being divided by an arbitrary line that gave rise to new nations, India and Pakistan and North and South Korea. This year is the 75th. anniversary of the Partition of British India and the current exhibition at South Asia Institute revolves around the aftermath of the event. The collaborative program that will be presented by SAI and KCCOC will highlight the experiences of the people of the two nations with talks by South Asian and Korean academicians: Dr. Hardeep Dhillon and Dr. Ji-Yeon Yuh, followed by a musical collaboration by South Asian and Korean musicians: Sandeep Bharadwaj, Woosung Jung, Suwan Choi, Chansoo Lee, Yun Sil Jang, Deokhwan Kim. Food from South Asia and Korea will be served. Attendees will have access to the exhibition at SAI following the event.
