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  • April 2022

  • Fri 15
    April 15, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Opening Reception: Emergence

    • Exhibitions and Gallery Events
    South Side Community Art Center 3831 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

    This exhibition positions SSCAC as an important anchor for Black LGBTQ artists who belonged to its community. About this event We invite you to come out and celebrate the opening […]

    FREE
  • Fri 15
    April 15, 2022 @ 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm

    Open Haus Stammtisch | Frühlingsfest

    • Cultural Festivals and Fairs
    • Food and Drink
    • Talks and Gatherings
    DANK Haus German American Cultural Center 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

    Friday April 15th is a night of fun at our Open Haus! This month’s theme is spring (Frühling in German)! We will have German Bier on tap and food for […]

    Free admission; drinks available for purchase
  • Sat 16
    April 16, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

    Spring Community Powwow

    • Member Events
    • Talks and Gatherings
    American Indian Center 3401 West Ainslie Street, Chicago, IL, United States

    Everyone welcome at the Spring Community Powwow, Saturday, April 16. Dinner served at 5pm, Grand Entry at 6:30pm.

    FREE
  • Thu 21
    April 21, 2022 - May 1, 2022

    38th Annual Chicago Latino Film Festival

    • Music, Film, and Theater
    Online Event

    Produced by the International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago, the 38th Chicago Latino Film Festival, April 21st-May 1st, will showcase films from all over Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the United States. […]

  • Thu 21
    April 21, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

    Art After Work: Earth Day

    • Online Events
    • Workshops and Classes
    Online Event

    Intuit partners with Weinberg/Newton Gallery to host a special edition of Art After Work in celebration of Earth Day. About this event Join Intuit for Art After Work, a free […]

    FREE
  • Thu 21
    April 21, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Kaffeeklatsch

    Kaffeeklatsch

      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 […]

      FREE
    • Thu 21
      April 21, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

      Artecito Virtual: Selvas

      • Online Events
      • Workshops and Classes
      Online Event

      Artecito is a Spanish-language workshop for families presented in partnership between OPEN Center for the Arts and Lincoln Park Zoo Las selvas tropicales tiene un ecosistema muy diverso, la selva […]

      FREE
    • Thu 21
      April 21, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

      NHM Virtual Book Club: The Beekeeper of Aleppo

      • Online Events
      • Talks and Gatherings
      Online Event

      On Thursday, April 21st at 7pm we will be discussing The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri Virtually via Zoom About this event Join the National Hellenic Museum’s Virtual Book Club! […]

      FREE
    • Thu 21
      April 21, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

      Irish Art in Practice: Women’s Work?

      • Online Events
      • Talks and Gatherings
      Irish American Heritage Center 4626 N. Knox Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

      The Irish American Heritage Center, in partnership with the Consulate General of Ireland, Midwest, presents Irish Art in Practice. Join Jennifer Keating, Ph.D. as she brings us through the world […]

      FREE
    • Fri 22
      April 22, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Swedish Museum Pop-Up Cafe

      Swedish Museum Pop-Up Cafe

      • Food and Drink
      • Talks and Gatherings
      Swedish American Museum 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, United States

      Join us at the Museum for a fika in our spring pop-up café! It will be open from April 22nd - 24th @ 11 A.M. to 3 P.M. If the […]

    • Fri 22
      April 22, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

      Opening Reception: Sichtverrückt.Lost and Found

      • Cultural Festivals and Fairs
      • Exhibitions and Gallery Events
      • Talks and Gatherings
      DANK Haus German American Cultural Center 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

      German artist Beate Axmann’s concept "Sicht.Verrückt" translates roughly to gaze, shifted. It is a directive to look not once, not twice, but thrice, even four times. In today's atmosphere of rising […]

      Free
    • Fri 22
      April 22, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

      Kulturküche | German Pretzels Cooking Class

      • Cultural Festivals and Fairs
      • Food and Drink
      • Talks and Gatherings
      • Workshops and Classes
      DANK Haus German American Cultural Center 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 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 […]

      $25 – $30
    • Fri 22
      April 22, 2022 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

      In The Realm Of Senses Presents: Fundraiser for Ukraine

      • Exhibitions and Gallery Events
      • Food and Drink
      • Music, Film, and Theater
      Epiphany Center for the Arts 201 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States

      An immersive fund raiser concert featuring music, visual arts, perfumery, and gastronomy to help Ukraine in its time of need. About this event In The Realm Of Senses presents its […]

      $50
    • Sat 23
      April 23, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Swedish Museum Pop-Up Cafe

      Swedish Museum Pop-Up Cafe

      • Food and Drink
      • Talks and Gatherings
      Swedish American Museum 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, United States

      Join us at the Museum for a fika in our spring pop-up café! It will be open from April 22nd - 24th @ 11 A.M. to 3 P.M. If the […]

    • Sat 23
      April 23, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

      The Bridge to Native Chicago

      • Music, Film, and Theater
      American Indian Center 3401 West Ainslie Street, Chicago, IL, United States

      The Bridge to Native Chicago Members of RedLine, a local Chicago Native American Drum group, and interdisciplinary artist Ronnie Preston (San Carlos Apache), along with jazz musicians from France, collectively […]

      FREE
    • Sat 23
      April 23, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

      Kaffee, Kuchen, und Kino

      • Food and Drink
      • Music, Film, and Theater
      • Talks and Gatherings
      DANK Haus German American Cultural Center 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

      Join us for 2 Saturday a month for a German language film screening! Kaffee und Kuchen (coffee & cakes) will be served at 12:00 PM and the film will begin […]

      $4 – $6
    • Sun 24
      April 24, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Swedish Museum Pop-Up Cafe

      Swedish Museum Pop-Up Cafe

      • Food and Drink
      • Talks and Gatherings
      Swedish American Museum 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, United States

      Join us at the Museum for a fika in our spring pop-up café! It will be open from April 22nd - 24th @ 11 A.M. to 3 P.M. If the […]

    • Sun 24
      April 24, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

      MAGIC MOMENTS: Balzekas Museum Women’s Guild Luncheon, Magic Show, and Craft Fair

      • Cultural Festivals and Fairs
      • Member Events
      • Talks and Gatherings
      Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture 6500 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL, United States

      Spring Luncheon & Fundraiser of the Women's Guild of the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture: Magic show, Craft Fair + Lithuanian Cuisine! About this event Please join the Women's Guild […]

      $40
    • Sun 24
      April 24, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

      Virtual Film Screening and Discussion: Inhabitants

      • Music, Film, and Theater
      • Online Events
      Online Event

      Join is virtually for our Earth Week Activities! About this event In celebration of Earth Day and Earth Week, join us for a virtual screening of the film Inhabitants. You can view […]

      $17
    • Mon 25
      April 25, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

      Swedish Cooking Class Online

      • Online Events
      • Workshops and Classes
      Online Event

      Join us for another cooking class series either online or in person. In April we will be making crepes. For the online class you will receive the recipe in advance. […]

      $10 – $15
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    J. Gibran Villalobos

    Board Member

    J. Gibran Villalobos is an arts administrator, educator, and cultural worker. He has served as Senior Program Officer for the Institute of Museum and Library Services, as the Interim Executive Director of the Chicago Artists Coalition, and faculty lecturer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Previously, he has held posts as Assistant Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Partnerships and Community Engagement Manager for the Chicago Architecture Biennial, Cultural Liaison for the Chicago Park District, and Curator-in-Residence for the Chicago Cultural Center. In 2016 he attended the Advocacy Leadership Institute and was invited to the White House Office of Public Engagement, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to speak to issues affecting Latinos in Chicago. In 2017 he launched an inaugural summit of Latinx artists and administrators across the U.S; for this project he was awarded the Act Up Award by the Chicago Community Trust. His work has been presented at the Fabrica de Arte Cubano during the 2017 Havana Biennial. In 2019 he was an inaugural recipient of the Field Foundation’s Leaders for a New Chicago Award as well as the Americans for the Arts 2019 Leaders of Color Fellowship. In 2020, he joined the Civic Leadership Academy at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy where he worked with government and nonprofit sector participants to think about effective policy for Chicago’s cultural industries. He helped establish the Auxiliary Board at the National Museum of Mexican Art. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the Department of Arts Administration & Policy.

    Gibran holds a BA in Art History and a BS in Public Relations from Northern Arizona University and an MA in Arts Administration & Policy and MA in Modern Art History & Theory from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

    He has contributed to exhibitions such as Direct Message, presenting the artwork of Chicago artistic collectives and their relation to language and civic engagement. As part of an international project, he has convened the MCA Chicago with the Tate Modern, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Queens Museum and other institutions to create dialogue on civic engagement within contemporary art institutions. He has written catalog entries for Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Rodrigo Lara Zendejas, and Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford. In 2021, he is contributing to the upcoming retrospective on the work by artist Andrea Bowers focusing on the activism and archives of Emma Lozano. He is curator of the symposium Fractures: Creating Around Devastation focusing on water ecology, civic engagement, activism, and architecture.

    Loreal Robertson

    Board Member

    Loreal Robertson is a native Chicagoan who recently returned home in 2021 where she began working at the University of Chicago. In her role she oversees and monitors a range of programs, services, and resources to support the retention, wellness, belonging, and success of graduate students. Additionally, her role includes informing strategic priorities, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, professional development, student advancement and the support of students who may be experiencing financial academic, or personal challenges, including students with disabilities and international students.

    Loreal has over 10 years of experience in higher education and student affairs. In 2021 she received the Inclusion and Diversity Champion Award from Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK), where she was previously employed. Loreal’s personal and professional philosophy is creating and promoting spaces and opportunities where everyone can see themselves as part of an experience and feels represented.

    Loreal holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Arkansas, a Master of Arts in Educational Administration from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from TAMUK.

    Loreal is a financial and active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc, an avid reader, and enjoys traveling with family and friends.

    Warren Frank

    Treasurer

    Warren Frank is a retired CPA and CFO, and current Adjunct Professor at Columbia College.

    Warren worked at such CPA firms as KPMG, PwC, and Deloitte, and Not For Profit organizations as National Association of Realtors, Chicago Associations of Realtors, Anixter Center, and Chinese American Service League.

    Warren is a Chicago resident in the Lakeview neighborhood. He attended Loyola University of Chicago for his bachelor degree and Northwestern University for his master degree.

    Colleen McGaughey

    Board Member

    Colleen McGaughey (she/her) is the director of development at the National Public Housing Museum, where she leads the strategic direction of the museum’s fundraising efforts with a focus on creative and community-centric approaches.

    Mario Longoni

    Board Member

    Mario Longoni is a cultural anthropologist (“Lead Environmental Social Scientist”) in the Keller Science Action Center at the Field Museum. For over 20 years, he has worked with individuals and organizations to surface and activate cultural and natural assets (specific strengths and characteristics) to help communities meet the challenges they face.

    Rob Fojtik

    Board Member
    Rob Fojtik is Vice President for Neighborhood Strategy at Choose Chicago, the city’s official tourism and convention promotion bureau. In this capacity, Rob oversees efforts to promote and support Chicago’s 77 neighborhoods to visitors from near and far. Programs include the award-winning Neighborhood Content Creator program that leverages resident-made digital content, and Chicago Alfresco, a $2.5 million placemaking initiative created in partnership with the Chicago Department of Transportation to transform public spaces into community plazas for outdoor enjoyment.

    Before coming to Choose Chicago, Rob was a Senior Advisor to Mayor Lightfoot on economic development and international relations at City Hall, as well as LGTBQ+ affairs and the expanded outdoor dining program. In this role, he also worked to recommend and place over 150 civic leaders and residents onto City boards and commissions. Prior to government service in the Lightfoot administration, Rob ran her winning campaign in the crowded 2019 Chicago mayoral race as Chief of Staff. In past lives, Rob has worked as a public affairs manager for a Fortune 500 company downtown; had misadventures in management consulting, art sales, and personal cheffing; and spent time in Washington DC working for former Secretary of Defense William Cohen. Rob also served a one-year appointment at the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence as a policy advisor on Central and Eastern Europe. In this role, he was part of the NSC’s interagency process to develop a comprehensive sanctions regime on Russia as a consequence of its 2014 invasion of Crimea and Eastern Ukraine.

    After receiving his BA in Slavic Languages and Literature at Northwestern University, Rob lived and worked in the Czech Republic teaching English and tending bar before moving to Washington, D.C. to pursue a MA from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (CERES). He enjoys cooking, learning foreign languages, hiking with his partner and their dog, and visiting Chicago’s many neighborhoods.

    Paul Durica

    Board Member

    Dr. Paul Durica is the Director of Exhibitions at the Chicago History Museums and worked in a similar capacity at The Newberry Library. From 2015-2020, he served as the Director of Programs and Exhibitions with Illinois Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

    Prior to that he drew upon his work as a writer, researcher, and teacher to produce a series of free and interactive talks, walks, and reenactments focused on narratives from Chicago’s past that resonate with its present.

    These public history programs led to collaborations with cultural institutions in the city such as the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Chicago History Museum, Newberry Library, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Chicago Cultural Center among others.

    Each program made use of both his original research and the skills of the arts organizations, community groups, local businesses, and publications that acted as my partners. Some of these programs, such as the full-scale reenactment of the Haymarket Affair in 2011, involved recruiting and directing over 300 volunteers and 1,000 participants.

    To produce these programs successfully, he wrote grants; managed budgets; generated web content; worked closely with program partners of varying sizes and resources; and identified, engaged, and sustained a diverse multi-generational audience.

    Lynessa Rico

    Board Member

    Dr. Lynessa M. Rico is the Associate Chair of the Business Psychology Department at the The Chicago School of Professional Psychology Chicago campus. She is also a business mentor at 1871.

    Lynessa is a results-driven Strategic Consultant with over 25 years of experience enabling leaders to meet strategic business objectives by identifying and aligning business growth opportunities with strategic direction of culturally diverse organizations. By leveraging her strategic experience in identifying and impacting business growth opportunities and maximizing profits in retail firms and higher education institutions, Lynessa leads workshops focused on the creative mindset, women’s entrepreneurship, emotional intelligence, and the value and application of design thinking within entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial ecosystems. Her services also include consulting with and educating leadership on emotional intelligence, the power of design thinking and the creative mindset, and leadership styles to support inclusive, creative workplaces. She has presented to leadership and innovation teams in small, mid-size, and Fortune 500 companies.

    Lynessa received her undergraduate degrees in Marketing and Management from Wichita State University. She then went on to earn a master’s degree in Business Administration from Wichita State University with a focus in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. After earning her master’s degree, Lynessa received her doctorate in Business Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology where she successfully completed her dissertation titled, “The Relationship Between Personality Types and Color Preference for Color Combinations.” Her current research interests include women’s entrepreneurship, design thinking, creativity, emotional intelligence, and entrepreneurship self-efficacy.

    Outside of work and research, Lynessa enjoys mentoring start-ups and judging pitch competitions. Lynessa currently resides in Chicago, Illinois with her four cats. She is an avid long-distance runner, having completed 5 full marathons (and counting), and enjoys watching musical theater.

    Briana Thomas

    Board Member

    Briana Thomas is the Museum Associate at the Abrahamic Center for Cultural Education (a core member of the Chicago Cultural Alliance). She wears many hats including developing exhibition content, facilitating community programs (children and adults), liaising with visitor artists, and other responsibilities. Her previous experience in the nonprofit space includes her tenure as the Financial Empowerment Coordinator at AMERICORPS Sharing Life Center as well as engaging with the public at the Dallas Arboretum. Her past professional experience has remained rooted in marginalized communities. It is their needs, discourse and histories that she has routinely been tasked with protecting and showcasing in the face of poor infrastructure, and willing ignorance. Creating safe spaces is an ancestral practice she has inherited.