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  • October 2022

  • Sat 15
    October 15, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Dipika Mukherjee: Dialect of Distant Harbors Book Launch

    • Talks and Gatherings
    South Asia Institute 1925 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 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 […]

    Free – $18
  • Sun 16
    October 16, 2022 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Journey Chicago: Calaveras Workshop

    Journey Chicago: Calaveras Workshop

    • Alliance Events
    • Workshops and Classes
    OPEN Center for the Arts 2214 S. Sacramento Ave., Chicago, IL, 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 […]

    FREE
  • Sun 16
    JourneyChicagoLogo on maroon
    October 16, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm

    Journey Chicago: We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community

    • Alliance Events
    • Cultural Festivals and Fairs
    Douglas Boulevard and Central Park Ave W Douglas Blvd & Central Park Ave, Chicago

    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 […]

    FREE
  • Sun 16
    October 16, 2022 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Scandinavian Jam ONLINE

    Scandinavian Jam ONLINE

    • Music, Film, and Theater
    • Online Events
    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 […]

    Free
  • Thu 20
    October 20, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

    Livewire Open Mic

      National Indo-American Museum 815 S Main St, Lombard, IL, 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 […]

      $5
    • Thu 20
      October 20, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

      Artecito Virtual – Xoloitzcuintle

      • Online Events
      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 […]

    • Thu 20
      October 20, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

      The Year the Stars Fell: Toward a Continental History of a Very Few Hours

      • Member Events
      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, […]

      Free
    • Thu 20
      October 20, 2022 @ 6:30 pm

      Author Talk: “We Share The Same Sky”

      • Talks and Gatherings
      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 […]

    • Thu 20
      October 20, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

      NHM Virtual Book Club – The Island of Missing Trees

      • Member Events
      • Online Events
      • Talks and Gatherings
      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 […]

      Free
    • Thu 20
      October 20, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

      ACCE Soft Reopening

      • Talks and Gatherings
      Abrahamic Center for Cultural Education 55 W Van Buren Street, Suite 220, Chicago, IL, 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 […]

      Free
    • Thu 20
      October 20, 2022 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

      Film Screening: Fabiola Méndez Trio & Negrura Documentary

      • Music, Film, and Theater
      Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center 4046 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL, 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 […]

      $10
    • Fri 21
      October 21, 2022 @ 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm

      Oktoberfest Stammtisch | Open Haus

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

      $5
    • Sat 22
      October 22, 2022 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

      Truths As We Speak Them: A Storytelling Open Mic in Bronzeville/Chinatown

      • Talks and Gatherings
      Chinese American Museum of Chicago 238 W. 23rd St, Chicago, IL, 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 […]

    • Sat 22
      October 22, 2022 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

      Truths as We Speak Them: A Storytelling Open Mic

      • Music, Film, and Theater
      • Talks and Gatherings
      Chinese American Museum of Chicago 238 W. 23rd St, Chicago, IL, 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 […]

      Free
    • Sat 22
      October 22, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

      Journey Chicago: Navigating Borders: A Creative Collaboration

      • Alliance Events
      • Music, Film, and Theater
      • Talks and Gatherings
      South Asia Institute 1925 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 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 […]

      FREE
    • Sat 22
      October 22, 2022 @ 7:00 pm

      Dominican American Midwest Association: Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony 2022

      • Food and Drink
      • Member Events
      • Talks and Gatherings
      Biagio Banquet Hall 4242 N Central Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

      Join the Dominican American Midwest Association (DAMA) for their Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony 2022. Featuring a presentation of the DAMA & Ramón García Educational Awards. _____________ Saturday October 22, […]

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    • Mon 24
      October 24, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

      Unveiling Nichols Tower Vertical Gallery

      • Exhibitions and Gallery Events
      906 S Homan Ave, Chicago 906 S Homan Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

      Join us for the Unveiling of the Nichols Tower Vertical Gallery, a project brought forth by a collaboration between The Foundation for Homan Square, Elevated Chicago, SAIC, and OPEN Center […]

    • Tue 25
      October 25, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

      Night of Terror: Storytelling Event

      • Talks and Gatherings
      Mitchell Museum of the American Indian 3001 central street, Evanston, IL, United States

      Terror awaits you at the Mitchell Museum’s first ever scary stories told by witnesses of horror within Chicagoland’s Native storyteller community!  Immerse yourself and your family in our evening of […]

      Free – $10
    • Wed 26
      October 26, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

      Reset on the Road at Jane Addams Hull-House Museum

        Jane Addams Hull-House Museum 800 S Halsted St., Chicago, IL, United States

        About this event What’s your favorite scary story? And what makes it scary? Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons will explore all things fearsome at the historic (and plausibly haunted) Jane Addams Hull-House Museum on Wednesday, […]

        FREE
      • Thu 27
        October 27, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

        Syria: The Frontlines of Displacement

        • Talks and Gatherings
        625 North Kingsbury Street Chicago, IL 60654 625 North Kingsbury Street, Chicago, IL, United States

        ABOUT THIS EVENT: Join the co-editors of Witnesses to War: The Children of Syria, Karam Foundation, ART WORKS Projects, and event sponsor, Howard Conant, Jr., for a discussion and exhibition […]

        Free
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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.