Kino, Kaffee und Kuchen
2025-05-17 10:30, 2025-05-24 10:30, 2025-05-31 10:30, 2025-06-07 10:30, 2025-06-14 10:30 (America/Chicago) | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
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Saturday, January 06, 2024
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DANK Haus Room 206, 2nd Floor

KINO, KAFFEE UND KUCHEN
Saturdays at the DANK Haus in Room 206
10:30 – 11:00 AM | Kaffee und Kuchen
11:00 – 12:00 PM | Vorfilm
12:00 PM | Feature Film Begins

Join us each Saturday at the DANK Haus in Fall, Winter, and Spring for Kaffee, Kuchen, und Kino. Each week guests will choose the film they want to watch
DANK Members: $5 | Non-Members: $7

Puerto Rican Arts Alliance: Studio Arts Program
2025-05-17 10:30 - 14:30, 2025-05-24 10:30 - 14:30, 2025-05-31 10:30 - 14:30, 2025-06-07 10:30 - 14:30, 2025-06-14 10:30 - 14:30
El Rinconcito is a free open art space for creative expression for people ages 12-25. You can meet people like you who are interested in arts, painting, drawing, printmaking, and others. El Riconcito provides a safe and welcoming studio for art making. An artist and a counselor in the studio can guide you in creative experiences, but you can opt to do your own artwork.
Join us! We provide the art supplies, and you bring your creativity.

Constructing Jathi Choreography with Harini Nilakantan
2025-05-17 13:15 - 14:15, 2025-05-24 13:15 - 14:15, 2025-05-31 13:15 - 14:15, 2025-06-07 13:15 - 14:15, 2025-06-14 13:15 - 14:15 | Kalapriya Studio, 2101 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, United States
Weekly Saturdays
1:15 – 2:15 PM
Harini Nilakantan is a student of Aacharya Choodamani Guru Smt. Roja
Kannan, and has over two decades of experience in this art form. In this 90-minute class, dancers will learn new choreography – both how to piece together combinations and increase retention with her for advanced
rhythmic patterns or Jathis.
Class focus: execution, technique, creativity, retention

Neighborhood Nights
2025-05-22 19:00 - 23:00
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Thursday, January 11, 2024
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DANK Haus, 6th Floor Skyline Lounge

enjoy a beverage with a spectacular EXPERIENCE in our haus
A perfect place to meet your neighbors and socialize! All proceeds support the DANK Haus Museum
WHEN
Each 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month from 7-11 PM.
Location
Winter months – Brauhaus Room (2nd floor)
Summer/Fall months – Skyline Lounge/Terrace (6th floor)
Subject to change. Be sure to check elevator signs when arriving!

Crossroads of Worlds
2025-05-30 19:00 - 21:00 | 2249 West Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60612, 2249 West Superior Street, Chicago, IL, 60612, United States
Yurii Bandera’s exhibition, “Crossroads of Worlds” (Перехрестя світів), will be on display May 30 to June 22 at the Ukrainian National Museum.His work invites viewers into a space where multiple realities converge: cultures, memories, and inner and outer landscapes. Each work is born from the artist’s encounter with these dual realms, forming a visual dialogue between the seen and unseen. The “crossroads” becomes not just a motif but a philosophical meeting place—one where every viewer is invited to interpret the experience uniquely.The artistic journey of Yurii Bandera began in childhood.He graduated from Lviv Polytechnic University with a degree in Architecture. For over two decades, he taught at the Stryi Higher Art Vocational School, continuing to shape generations of young artists.In 2017, Yurii Bandera’s contribution to Ukrainian art was officially recognized with his acceptance into the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. Now, in his new world — the United States — he continues to explore and expand his creative vision.

Summer Youth Social Powwow
2025-05-31 12:00 - 19:00 | Trickster Cultural Center, 190 S Roselle Rd, Schaumburg, IL, 60193, United States
This youth-led community event is FREE and open to the general public event. This “Summer Youth Social Powwow” event aims to foster community relations, youth literacy, cultural exchange with a powwow and provide local community resources at Trickster Cultural Center.

Feature film "Candela" by Dominican creator Andrés Farías Cintrón
2025-05-31 18:00 | 2956 North Milwaukee Avenue
The feature film *Candela* by Dominican creator Andrés Farías Cintrón will be screened this Saturday in Chicago as part of an event organized by DAMA, the Dominican American Midwest Association.

The production, which has received multiple awards and has been an official selection at numerous festivals, is inspired by the novel of the same name by Dominican writer Rey Andújar.

The Dominican American Midwest Association is a nonprofit organization that aims to create opportunities for analysis and planning of political, social, cultural, and economic activities for Dominicans in the Midwest region of the United States.

The film screening will take place at 2956 North Milwaukee Avenue, at the headquarters of the Puerto Rican Arts Alliance. The event is scheduled to begin at 6:00 PM and will feature a reception and discussion with writer Rey Andújar.

Threads of Identity: Stitching Stories Through Portrait Quilts
2025-06-01 14:00 - 16:00 | Heritage Museum of Asian Art, 3500 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL, 60609, United States
In this unique presentation, artists will share their deeply personal approaches to transforming photographic images into expressive textile art. Through storytelling and visual examples, they will discuss their inspirations, creative processes, techniques, fabric selection and sourcing, as well as the technical challenges they’ve encountered—and the innovative solutions they’ve discovered along the way.
The event will conclude with an open Q&A, offering the audience a chance to engage directly with the artists.
This event is part of the Stitching Stories workshop and exhibition series. This is a collaboration between the Heritage Museum of Asian Art and the Needles and Threads Quilters Guild (ntqg.org), supported by Healing Illinois.

Artist bio:
Joyce Weathington
Joyce Weathington has been sewing since her teenage years, but she found her true artistic calling five years ago when she discovered quilting. In particular, she has developed a passion for portrait quilting—capturing faces, memories, and stories through Needles and Threads Quilters Guild. Her work reflects both her love of fabric and her desire to experiment with textile as a storytelling medium.
Dorothy Burge
Dorothy Burge is a multimedia artist and community activist whose work is deeply rooted in social justice. Drawing inspiration from both historical and contemporary struggles for equity, she uses quilting as her activist voice. A self-taught fiber artist, Dorothy began creating quilts in the 1990s. She comes from a long line of Mississippi quilters, whose traditions of repurposing old clothing into beautiful quilts continue to influence her powerful work today.
Doris Barnes
Doris Barnes fell in love with sewing at a young age in Mississippi, where she was taught by her godmother. Since then, her passion for sewing and quilting has only grown. Known for her bold color choices and non-traditional patterns, Doris creates garments and quilts that reflect her vibrant personality. An award-winning quilter, she quilts every single day and considers it her life’s passion. She also shares her skills by teaching quilting at her church and making charity quilts for those who are ill or homebound.
Accessibility:
The museum is wheelchair accessible. Audio Description will be available for those who need it.

Tickets & Support:
If cost is a barrier, we warmly invite you to email us at info@heritagemuseum.org to reserve a spot—no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
We look forward to making something beautiful with you!

All My Relations: Pride Celebration
2025-06-07 14:00 - 19:00 | Trickster Cultural Center, 190 S Roselle Rd, Schaumburg, IL, 60193, United States
The 2025 “All My Relations: Pride Celebration” would like to honor diversity through Native drum and dance, various artists, resource exchanges, and vendor fair at Trickster Cultural Center in Schaumburg, IL.

Get Lit! The Musical
2025-06-10 17:30 - 19:30 | American Writers Museum, 180 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
Get Lit: The Musical

Celebrate Pride Month at the American Writers Museum with Get Lit: The Musical, a sing-along celebration of the iconic, queer world of musical theatre! Whether you’re a Sondheim fanatic, a Hamilton devotee, or just looking to revel in the spotlight, you’re bound to leave humming a show tune.
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Test your knowledge of musical theatre and Broadway history at Showstoppers Trivia.
Show off your moves at the Showtunes Dance Party.
Discover the writers and works that inspired some of your favorite musicals with the Page to Stage Scavenger Hunt.
Enjoy beer, wine, and the night’s specialty cocktail, the All that Jazzberry! Non-alcoholic options are also available.

Come dressed as your favorite character or just bring your love for the stage!
This is 21+ event. Attendees must show a valid photo ID at the door to enter.

Constructing Architectural Networks: Ukraine [VIRTUAL]
2025-06-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Join us for a discussion with architects working on material logistics and mutual aid networks during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This program is hosted in collaboration with the exhibition Constructing Hope: Ukraine which is currently on view at the CAC through September 1, 2025.
The second exhibition of this work in the United States after premiering at the Center for Architecture in New York in 2024, Constructing Hope: Ukraine focuses on decentralized reconstruction efforts, presenting the work of grassroots initiatives happening inside and outside of Ukraine. The speakers, Kseniia Kalmus (artist and co-founder of Livyi Bereh) and Ada Wordsworth (founder and director of KHARPP), will sit with the exhibition curators to discuss their work to provide support for rebuilding and repairs across Ukraine. Come join this special opportunity to hear first-hand accounts of how supporting locally can create a collective good.

Neighborhood Nights
2025-06-12 19:00 - 23:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States

Book Signing and Presentation: Paris to Pamirs
2025-06-13 18:30 - 21:00 | 2249 West Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60612, 2249 West Superior Street, Chicago, IL, 60612, United States
Join author Jaroslaw Martynuik at the Ukrainian National Museum, June 13 at 6:30pm for a presentation and signing of his latest book, Paris to Pamirs: Eurasian Odysseys.
Paris to Pamirs is a sequel to Monte Rosa: Memoir of an Accidental Spy, a volume that documented the author’s life from WWII to his years in Paris, where he worked for the IEA/OECD and later as an undercover researcher for Radio Liberty. The fall of Communism in 1991 opened opportunities for travel east of the defunct Iron Curtain. Over the next three decades, Jaroslaw Martyniuk traveled to forty countries between the Atlantic Ocean and the high Pamir mountains in Tajikistan, which border China and Afghanistan in Central Asia. Like a latterday Marco Polo, Martyniuk takes his reader on an adventure from Western and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Baltics, Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia, to Istanbul, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.

‘Beyond Closure’: A Screening & Discussion
2025-06-17 08:00 - 17:00 | Kennedy-King College Theater, 740 W. 63rd Street, Chicago, 60621
Join us at Kennedy-King College for a screening of Beyond Closure (2024) and a panel discussion on community responses to Chicago’s 2013 school closures.

The documentary Beyond Closure (2024) by On The Real Film and Borderless Studio recalls the history of Chicago’s 2013 school closures—the largest mass closure in U.S. history—and shares inspirational stories of community reclamation. Join us at Kennedy-King College in Englewood for a screening and panel discussion, in partnership with Go Green on Racine.
Taking a deeper look at three schools in Austin, Bronzeville, and Englewood, Beyond Closure amplifies community voices leading the repurposing of Emmet, Woods, and Overton schools. They reflect on the local impact of these closures, the struggle to reclaim school buildings for the public good, and the intertwined inequity, racism, and injustice that led to shuttering of 50 neighborhood schools all at once, mainly in low-income communities of color.
After the film, a panel discussion will bring together architects and community developers working on “The Regenerator,” a nexus for housing, healthcare, and jobs within the former Woods Academy, to address challenges overcome in the adaptive reuse. Borderless Studio’s Paola Aguirre Serrano moderates.
Watch the trailer.

Stitching Stories: The First Thread
2025-06-18 11:00 - 2025-06-22 17:00 | 3500 S Morgan Street, 3500 S Morgan St 3F, Chicago, IL, 60609, United States
Stitching Stories: The First Thread is a pop-up exhibition that brings together Asian and Black artists whose works explore cultural exchange, storytelling, and visions of shared futures through textile arts. This exhibition marks an inaugural step toward building a coalition of artists and community members committed to cross-cultural connection and solidarity.
The project grew out of an extended planning process and a series of six community workshops, where Asian and Black artists engaged directly with participants through textile-making, storytelling, and relationship building. These collective efforts reflect a broader vision of collaboration, mutual support, and cultural exchange.
Stitching Stories is also an open invitation—for artists, organizers, and all who believe in bridging communities—to take part in deepening understanding across racial and cultural lines.
This pop-up exhibition is free with museum admission. Admission can be purchased online or at the front desk. With purchase of admissions ticket, you are able to view the pop-up exhibition as well as the three open exihibits at the Heritage Museum of Asian Art!
Organizers and Partners
Heritage Museum of Asian Art, Needles and Threads Quilters Guild, HerArt Foundation, and the Abrahamic Center for Cultural Education
Supported by Healing Illinois
Events
Opening Reception: June 14, 2–4 PM
Juneteenth Special Activation: June 19, 2–4 PM
Closing Artist Conversation: June 22, 2–4 PM

Accessibility: The museum is wheelchair accessible. Audio Description will be available for those who need it during events.

Haitian Heritage Month Konpa Sware
2025-06-19 19:00 - 23:00
Join the Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC) at its monthly Konpa Sware! The museum is excited to continue this immersive event which includes an evening of Haitian dance and music. Join us at Room43. Food will be available for free and the FIRST 50 GUESTS will recieve 1 FREE DRINK!
FEATURING MUSIC BY: DJ Frantz!
This is a recurring event on the Third Thursday of each month. Keep an eye out for future event registration!
* TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR*

3rd Fridays Free Admission Museum Night
2025-06-20 17:00 - 20:00 | Heritage Museum of Asian Art, 3500 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL, 60609, United States
Free Admission Museum Nights take place every third Friday of each month from 5 pm to 8 pm! The tour will start at 6 PM on time. All tours depart from the reception desk, and please be sure to arrive on time. The event offers wine and appetizers.
This Friday at 7-7:40 PM, our Resident Artist 2024 – Irene Hsiao will perform at the Heritage Museum of Asian Art as part of the project If The Sky Could Dream.
About the Tour –
Learn about Asian Art in the Heritage Museum of Asian Art with a guided hour-long tour around the gallery. Museum-trained interns and volunteers will give a talk on selected artworks. Each word is packed with fascinating insights, information, and stories. During this participatory experience, you’ll connect with works from across the collection and get a close look at highlighting artworks. Visitors of all ages are welcome.
Please note tours may be canceled or postponed due to unforeseen circumstances.
About the project –
IF THE SKY COULD DREAM focuses on the Chinese dragon as a powerful being that fosters harmony. This creature is emblematic of China as well as a mythological being for many Asian and Western cultures and thus evokes a sense of mysticism, and intrigue in many communities. Representing the Chinese Dragon as a water deity, the installation series will feature images and projections of the weather and local bodies of water in Chicago.
If The Sky Could Dream is supported, in part, by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
About Irene Hsiao
Irene Hsiao creates performances in conversation with visual art in museums, galleries, and public spaces, a practice that includes site-specific interaction with visual artworks and experimental engagement with artists, institutions, and the public. Find out more through our website.
Accessibility
The Heritage Museum of Asian Art’s Entrance is on West 35th Street. Take the elevator to the third floor and turn right to the Museum Reception Desk. Accessible and standard toilets are located on the same floor. Free parking space is available next to the museum via West 35th Street.
If you have any programming questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch with info@heritageasianart.org or 312-842-8884.

Stammtisch Open Haus, Every 3rd Friday
2025-06-20 19:30 - 2025-06-21 00:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Feiern Sie mit uns! Our monthly Open Haus Stammtisch is a great way to meet new friends and enjoy a little Gemütlichkeit over some delicious German food and drink!
Theme TBD
Food and drink will be available for purchase.
Free parking at 5/3 Bank after 6:00 PM located at Western and Gunnison
