Chicago Cultural Alliance

Virtual Yoga Livestreamed from Garfield Park Conservatory
2021-02-13 03:00 - 04:00, 2021-02-06 03:00 - 04:00, 2021-01-30 03:00 - 04:00 (America/Chicago) | Garfield Park Conservatory
Join us for this one-hour virtual yoga session from the comforts of your own home with the Conservatory as the background. Pre-registration is required so we can send you a link to join, and space is limited. Registration closes at 10:00am when the session begins. Automated live captioning is available. This class is free but we welcome donations to help offset programming costs.

Chinese New Year Preparation with Jewel Osco
2021-02-10 11:00 - 12:00, 2021-02-04 11:00 - 12:00 | IL, United States
The Chinese American Museum of Chicago is partnering with Jewel Osco to get ready to ring in the Year of The Ox! Join us via Zoom, where we’ll show you how to prepare delicious cuisine and drink recipe for the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday, teach you about the history, and more excitement!
This event includes:

Cooking demonstrations from Ying Stoller, President & Founder of Ying’s Kitchen, who’ll be showing you how to prepare General Tso’s Chicken and KA-ME Noodles, and Chicken Broccoli
Cocktail making lesson from Christophe Pienkowski, Martell Brand Ambassador, who’ll be teaching you how to make a Martell Sidecar
Cultural activities from the Chinese American Museum
Roxanne Janiczek local food blogger and recipe developer will join us as host
Giveaways and more!

We’ll also be featuring more products from these brands: Ying’s Kitchen, Martell, KA-ME, Cuties Mandarins, Wonderful Pistachios, Tropicana, Scott, and Viva.

Printmaking: A Virtual Senior Series - Register by January 29
2021-02-08 04:00 - 06:00 | Virtual, Chicago, IL, United States
The Garfield Park Conservatory has teamed up with Teaching Artist and Printmaker Sarita Garcia to offer an 8-week online printmaking course with older adults, age 55+, that takes place in the comfort of your own homes!
In this class, we will be experimenting with different methods of printmaking, such as block printing, patternmaking, silk screen and natural dye printing. Create one of a kind prints using leaves from your garden, sew printed textiles for your own garden tool bag, and make printing inks using foods from your kitchen. This course will also focus on the celebration of natural dye printmaking styles.
This course takes place on Monday’s from 10:00 am-12:00 pm on the following dates:
February 8, 15, 22
March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Culminating Event: TBD by Students
Class price:
General – $240
Volunteers/Members – $192
Materials: Thanks to the support of Aroha Philanthropies, all supplies are covered for students in this class! Materials will be available for pick up by appointment at Garfield Park Conservatory.
Scholarships are available! Please fill out this Scholarship Application or contact Mattie Wilson at mwilson@garfieldpark.org for more information.
Sarita Garcia is a multidisciplinary artist and educator based in Chicago, IL and born and raised in South Texas. Garcia received her Bachelors of Fine Arts with a major in Fiber & Material Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) Her work is informed by architectural spaces of her vernacular culture using an image archive of markets to talk about consumerism, identity and cultural hubs. These “Fantasyscapes” showcase a vocabulary of iconography as a means to empower and remix the reality of these spaces. Garcia has exhibited her work in multiple cultural institutions in Chicago such as the National Museum of Mexican Art, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago Art Department, ACRE and Sullivan Galleries. Nationally Garcia has shown in Laband Art Gallery Los Angeles,CA, City Gallery San Diego, CA, and Blue Star Contemporary San Antonio, Texas. Garcia’s pedagogy is also practiced through facilitating and maintaining an open printmaking studio for young people in the heart of Pilsen named Yollo Lab.
Registration Closes January 29th 2021

Swedish TV Series Online
2020-12-17 07:00 - 08:00, 2020-12-10 07:00 - 08:00, 2020-12-03 07:00 - 08:00, 2020-11-19 07:00 - 08:00, 2020-11-12 07:00 - 08:00 | Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
Swedish TV Series online is kind of like a book club. You watch the episodes or movie in your own time and then we get together on Zoom to discuss what we watched.
In November and December we will watch “The Restaurant” on Amazon Prime. We will watch season 1 episodes 5 & 6 before this meeting.
November:

Trickster Cultural Center: Farmers Market
2020-10-30 02:00 - 08:00, 2020-10-23 02:00 - 08:00, 2020-10-16 02:00 - 08:00, 2020-10-09 02:00 - 08:00, 2020-10-02 02:00 - 08:00 | IL
The Governor’s Executive Order has classified farmers markets as an essential business, so Schaumburg’s market operations will shift from an event where the community is encouraged to gather to visit with neighbors, family and friends, to an “In and Out” market. The “In and Out” market concept addresses concerns related to the COVID-19 virus such as: social distancing, crowd management, and product safety.
You’ll still find all the locally grown fruits and vegetables, seafood, meats, flowers, plants and gourmet cheeses sold by the farmers who produce them. And, the market will continue to feature decadent baked goods, olives, preserves, hot sauces, coffee, tea and knife sharpening services.
Your favorite vendors will be back, but the market will look different this year and will function similar to a grocery store:

All market patrons, vendors, staff and volunteers will be required to wear face coverings at all times.

This year’s market will have only one entrance and one exit both containing hand sanitizing stations. Patrons are asked to sanitize their hands before entering and upon leaving the market.

The time-period from 7 a.m. until 7:30 a.m. will be designated exclusively for shoppers over the age of 65.

No pets or bikes will be permitted.

The number of shoppers allowed into the market at one time will be limited and determined by the Market Manager and monitored by staff and volunteers.

Patrons will be asked to limit household attendance at the market, when possible.

Patrons will be expected to maintain six feet of distance between other individuals both inside the market and in the waiting line outside the market.

Food consumption and sampling at the market will be prohibited.

Online ordering from vendors in advance will be encouraged and pick-up onsite will be available.

Customers should not touch any products at a booth until purchased and bagged by the vendor. Where possible, vendors will provide a designated person for handling food and a second person for handling purchasing transactions.

Customers using reusable shopping bags must place purchased products inside the bag themselves and wash or sanitize bags at home after every use.

Cash transactions will be accepted, but customers are encouraged to pay with debit or credit cards.

Entertainment and community programming has been cancelled.

While you’ll still be able to purchase products on-site, many vendors are accepting online orders for delivery at the market. Visit the interactive farmer’s market map where you can click on your favorite vendor’s webpage to place an online purchase.
Vendor Locations

Wisdom for Life - Virtual Event
2020-10-03 14:30 - 15:30, 2020-10-02 14:30 - 15:30, 2020-10-01 14:30 - 15:30, 2020-09-30 14:30 - 15:30 | Virtual, Chicago, IL, United States
As we all go through this incredibly difficult time and look for wisdom and guidance, “Wisdom for Life” comes as a wonderful learning opportunity based on time-tested wisdom.

Wisdom for Life is a fascinating online public lecture series on the theme of ancient wisdom and its role in everyday life. It can be watched via live webcast from September 30 – October 3. Admission is free. Our speaker is the eminent philosopher from India Sunandaji, daughter-disciple of world-renowned 93 year-old Author and Guru Swami Parthasarathy. She has been speaking worldwide to outstanding responses for over thirty years.

Sunandaji will teach us how to be stress-free and productive, while also finding true fulfilment and purpose in life. This knowledge is derived from the ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta (derived from Veda: Wisdom and Anta: Ultimate).

Given today’s incredibly challenging environment, this series could not have come at a better time so don’t miss this opportunity!

When: September 30 to October 3 2020, 7.30 pm to 8.45 pm EDT
Watch live online. Free Admission.
Register at www.vedantausa.org
A four-day lecture series. Different topics covered each day, so we recommend you attend all four.
