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  • June 2023

  • Sat 24
    June 24, 2023 - August 20, 2023 Yulia Gasio: Donbas, Ukraine 2014 till the Present

    Yulia Gasio: Donbas, Ukraine 2014 till the Present

      Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

      The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art presents Yulia Gasio: Donbas, Ukraine 2014 till the Present. Join us for the opening reception. Yulia Gasio will give a presentation at 2pm.    

    • Sat 24
      June 24, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Tampopo Kai Summer Pop-Up Class

      Tampopo Kai Summer Pop-Up Class

        Japanese American Service Committee 4427 N Clark St, Chicago, IL, United States

        Japanese American Service Committee will be teaching about Japanese summer celebrations and the Star Festival, with crafts, songs, and more at this special family class.

        $18 – $23
      • Sat 24
        June 24, 2023 Yulia Gasio: Donbas, Ukraine 2014 till the Present

        Yulia Gasio: Donbas, Ukraine 2014 till the Present

          Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

          The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art presents Yulia Gasio: Donbas, Ukraine 2014 till the Present. Join us for the opening reception. Yulia Gasio will give a presentation at 2pm.    

        • Sat 24
          June 24, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

          World Refugee Day Chicago 2023 Celebration

            Foster Beach 5200 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, United States

            The Center of Peruvian Arts will perform at World Refugee Day, along with workshops, parades, rallies, speakers, and performances by the Chicago refugee community.

            Free
          • Sat 24
            June 24, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

            Silver Splendor: Amna Shariff on Reviving Traditional Jewelry Design

              South Asia Institute 1925 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States

              Shariff’s jewelry is inspired by the rich tradition of jewelry design in Pakistan and is suffused with spiritual, social, and mythological connotations. Talk followed by sale of select pieces.

              Free
            • Sat 24
              June 24, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

              Red Sox vs. White Sox: Filipino Heritage Day

                Guaranteed Rate Field 333 W 35th St, Chicago, IL, United States

                Join the Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago in celebration for our Filipino Heritage Day! Take advantage of a pregame parade around the Warning Track.

                $33 – $44
              • Sun 25
                June 25, 2023 - December 31, 2023

                M.K Čiurlionis Virtual Reality Film “Trail of Angels”

                  Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture 6500 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL, United States

                  Take a VR journey through the works of the paintings and music of M.K. Čiurlionis.

                  $35
                • Sun 25
                  June 25, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

                  Birdwatching in Washington Park

                    Washington Park Monument 5030 S King Dr, Chicago, IL, United States

                    Bronzeville History Society will guide bird enthusiasts, the curious, and Bronzeville heritage seekers on a birdwatching cultural experience.

                    $25
                  • Sun 25
                    June 25, 2023 @ 1:30 pm

                    Gabrielė Labanauskaitė: Author of PLAYS/DRAMOS

                      Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture 6500 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL, United States

                      Meet Lithuanian playwright Gabriele Labanauskaitė and director Greta Štiormer in a cosy, intimate dialogue. Labanauskaitė will present works from her collection of plays “Dramas."

                      Free
                    • Sun 25
                      June 25, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

                      GongFu Tea Ceremony Talk

                      • Workshops and Classes
                      Heritage Museum of Asian Art 3500 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL, United States

                      Join the Heritage Museum of Asian Art for a hands-on tea experience guided by GongFu tea expert! Enjoy the tea and have fun with friends.

                      Free – $8
                    • Sun 25
                      June 25, 2023 @ 7:30 pm

                      El Laberinto del Coco Live at SRBCC

                        Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center 4046 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

                        El Laberinto del Coco is an Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba Fusion 13 piece ensemble, presenting sizzling new musical ideas to the traditional sounds of Puerto Rican Bomba.

                        Free – $10
                      • Mon 26
                        June 26, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

                        Millennium Park Summer Music Series: Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra / El Laberinto del Coco

                          Millennium Park 201 E Randolph, Chicago, IL, United States

                          New York salsa and Latin jazz innovator Eddie Palmieri brings his orchestra to perform his greatest hits, along with Puerto Rican Bomba Fusion ensemble El Laberinto del Coco.

                          Free
                        • Wed 28
                          June 28, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

                          River Cruise Stories You May Not Hear

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                          Chicago Architecture Center's river cruise docents don't have time to tell every story they know. Listen to CAC docents share extra stories of the Chicago river, its buildings and people.

                          $15
                        • Wed 28
                          June 28, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

                          Andersonville Farmers Market

                            IL, United States

                            Find the Swedish American Museum Store at the Andersonville Farmers Market. A great way to support local business as well as shopping Swedish items after hours.

                          • Wed 28
                            June 28, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm

                            Celebrando 9 Años – Celebrating 9 Years

                              OPEN Center for the Arts 2214 S. Sacramento Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

                              OPEN Center for the Arts celebrates 9 years with an open house with food, art, and music, and an exhibit called Mi Neighborhood showcasing artists from Chicago neighborhoods.

                              Free
                            • Thu 29
                              June 29, 2023 @ 5:00 pm

                              Hermanamiento e Intercambio Cultural de las Casas Michoacán y Chínelos Fest

                                Casa Michoacán 1638 S. Blue Island, Chicago, IL, United States

                                Presentation of the Citlali band and a cast of friends Comparsa de Chinelos and the Dance of the old men.

                              • Thu 29
                                June 29, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

                                Factors that Facilitate Resilience Among Haitian Refugees

                                  Haitian American Museum of Chicago 4410 N Clark St, Chicago, United States

                                  Join Dr. Pierre Paul, part of Haitian American Museum of Chicago's scholar series, in a discussion on Haitian refugees and the elements which shape and form their perseverance.

                                  $10
                                • Fri 30
                                  June 30, 2023 - July 12, 2023 19th Solo Exhibition of Jin Woo Yoon, Woodwork Artist from Busan, Korea

                                  19th Solo Exhibition of Jin Woo Yoon, Woodwork Artist from Busan, Korea

                                    Korean Cultural Center of Chicago 9925 Capitol Dr, Wheeling, IL, United States

                                    Award-winning Korean woodwork artist Jin Woo Yoon will hold a solo exhibition at the Korean Cultural Center of Chicago. He will carve two good luck totem poles for the center.

                                  • July 2023

                                  • Sat 1
                                    July 1, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am

                                    Donguri Kai: Summer Storytime

                                      Japanese American Service Committee 4427 N Clark St, Chicago, IL, United States

                                      Listen to children's stories read aloud by students from Japanese American Service Committee's children's Japanese program.

                                      Free
                                    • Sat 1
                                      July 1, 2023 19th Solo Exhibition of Jin Woo Yoon, Woodwork Artist from Busan, Korea

                                      19th Solo Exhibition of Jin Woo Yoon, Woodwork Artist from Busan, Korea

                                        Korean Cultural Center of Chicago 9925 Capitol Dr, Wheeling, IL, United States

                                        Award-winning Korean woodwork artist Jin Woo Yoon will hold a solo exhibition at the Korean Cultural Center of Chicago. He will carve two good luck totem poles for the center.

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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.