Chicago Cultural Alliance

A Celebration of Robert Joffrey: Heritage, Legacy, and Innovation
2022-06-15 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Online Event
MALA presents a special presentation and discussion centering on the legacy of legendary dancer, teacher, producer, and choreographer Robert Joffrey, who was born Anver Bey Abdullah Jaffa Khan. Joffrey’s achievements and innovations in dance and education have helped to shape the landscape of arts in the U.S. and throughout the global community.

Join us on Wednesday, June 15th to learn more about Robert Joffrey’s life and legacy as we honor Pride Month and explore the influence of Muslim cultures and heritage in the arts. The program will feature a presentation on Robert Joffrey’s cultural and artistic background, with an emphasis on his contributions to the Chicago dance community, to be followed by a Q&A session.

*This program is made possible through the generous support of Illinois Humanities’ Activating History grant.

Haitian Flag Community Art Project
2022-06-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Haitian American Museum of Chicago, 4410 N Clark St, Chicago, 60640, United States
Join HAMOC and Cindy Lys for a Community Art Project

About this event

FREE EVENT!
Join us for a family-friendly art project in creating a community Haitian flag! Come learn about the history and significance of Haiti’s flags, with a presentation by Historian William Leslie Balan-Gaubert and create a piece of a soon-to-be flag with Haitian, Chicago Artist Cindy Lys!
All materials provided – Family Friendly

Composers with Disabilities and Momenta Dance!
2022-06-12 13:00 - 14:30 | Online Event
Join us to revel in the beautiful music of composers with disabilities! This unique program features the world premiere performance of Rylan Gleave’s piano quintet “Boyh (bringer of your hair)” alongside world premiere choreography by Julia Cox, danced by Robby Williams and Connor Cornelius of Momenta Dance Company! In addition to these commissioned works, the program includes works selected from an international call for submissions for music creators with disabilities!
This event will be broadcast live on the Crossing Borders Music Facebook and YouTube channels.
Momenta Dance Company cultivates and presents repertory and contemporary dance works that strive to educate, innovate and amplify the artistry of students and professionals, inclusive of artists with disabilities.
Featuring Marianne Parker; piano; Rasa Mahmoudian and Jennifer Leckie, violins; Seth Van Embden, viola; and Tom Clowes, cello; with special thanks to Thavary Krouch for her technical support.
This program is made possible in part by the Paul M Angell Family Foundation and City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
Crossing Borders Music acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
We recognize that some artists in this program prefer identity-first language (“disabled artists”), while others prefer person-first language (“artists with disabilities”).
Image Description: Dancer Robby Williams on a dark stage in front of a black curtain leans backwards with his head turned left while reaching his arm to the back of the left wheel of the manual wheelchair he’s using. Photo credit Momenta Dance.

Midsommarfest
2022-06-12 12:00 - 22:00, 2022-06-11 12:00 - 22:00, 2022-06-10 17:00 - 22:00 | Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
For three nights and two days, this vibrant and diverse community will bring together over 75,000 people to celebrate a proud Swedish summer tradition with eclectic music, great vendors, food and free kids’ activities. Midsommarfest kicks off Friday, June 10, 5 p.m. -10 p.m. from Catalpa to Foster and continues Saturday, June 11 and Sunday, June 12 from noon -10 p.m. New this year, Friday night’s festivities will expand an additional three blocks from Catalpa all the way Foster, instead of ending at Summerdale as in previous years.
The Museum will host the south stage, have a midsummer pole with dancing on Friday shortly after 5 p.m., a beer tent, Store tent, craft table and a food booth. Admission to the Swedish American Museum June 10-11 is free and there will be guided tours throughout Saturday and Sunday. The Museum is open regular hours during Midsommarfest unless stated otherwise.

UIMA Makers' Market
2022-06-12 11:00 - 17:00, 2022-06-11 11:00 - 17:00 | Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
Stop by and shop our inaugural UIMA Maker’s Market featuring 20+ local makers!

About this event

June 11 – 12, 2022
11 am – 5 pm
$5 admission

Participating makers:

Abenaart
Ania Greta Studio
Arceo Press & Studio
Atlan Arceo-Witzl
Baba Bags
Bred Press
Bubbles Candles
CandleTit LLC
Cortney Anderson
Emilia Art Stuff
Emilka Wolniewicz
Global Object Company
House of Bun
Hugbox Shop
Kaius Kirby
Kat Szymanski
Lindi Creates
Matthew Stewart
Modern Illuminations
Salem’s House
Sheldon and Lucy Rose Till-Campbell
Tertulia

UNVEILED: A solo performance presented by Rohina Malik
2022-06-11 19:00 - 20:00 | South Asia Institute, 1925 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
UNVEILED: A solo performance presented by Rohina Malik.

About this event

Award-winning Chicago-based playwright, actress, and artist, Rohina Malik performs her critically acclaimed one-woman show portraying four different veiled Asian women who share their lived experiences after 9/11.

Piyesta Pinoy (Philippine Fest)
2022-06-11 11:00 - 19:00 | Roger C. Claar Performing Arts Center, 375 W Briarcliff Rd, Bolingbrook, IL, 60440, United States
PIYESTA PINOY IS BACK IN-PERSONI
SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, June 11, 2022
11:00 AM to 7:00 PM CDT
The Roger C. Claar Performing Arts Center
375 W Briarcliff Rd, Bolingbrook, IL
We are very happy to announce that Piyesta Pnoy will be back in-person after 2 years off due to the pandemic. This will be the 9th year of the biggest Filipino American festival of culture, music, arts, games and food in the Midwest. We are all looking forward to being outdoor again in person. There will be at least 6 food vendors that will be serving food starting at 11am. Visit our sponsors, non-food vendors and partner organizations under the big tents located around the park. Just like in the past, there will be a parade of costumes to open the event starting at noon. Performances will be at the beautiful Roger C. Claar performing arts center in Bolingbrook. Click on the promo videos on Youtube here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzctQQGKpgc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWySDa7llnw&t=13s

Me Llaman Calle | Puerto Rican Street Circus
2022-06-10 17:30 - 18:30 | Blackhawk Park, 2318 Lavergne Ave, Chicago, IL, 60639, United States
NIGHT OUT IN THE PARKS 2022
Me Llaman Calle | Puerto Rican Street Circus
By La Vuelta Ensemble

A family friendly interactive show blending circus, acrobatics and improvisation with a Balkan-Tropical soundtrack.

June 10 | Blackhawk Park | 2318 Lavergne Ave., Chicago IL 60639 | Free

Bring the kids, picnic, chairs and blankets!

AfroCaribe at Night Out in the Parks
2022-06-08 19:00 - 20:00 | Maplewood Playlot Park, 1640 N Maplewood Ave, Chicago, IL, 60647, United States
Join AfroCaribe (in partnership with Puerto Rican Arts Alliance) on a journey to explore the influence of African culture in the island of Puerto Rico through music, dance, songs and stories of Bomba. Come and experience the call of our ancestors through the drum and help us honor their memories. Come and join us on one of hte parks across the city with the Night Out in the Parks program.

Maplewood Playlot Park
1640 N Maplewood Ave
Wed, June 8 – 7pm
Chopin Park
3420 N Long Ave
Wed, June 15 – 6pm
Kedvale Park
4134 W Hirsch St
Tues, July 12 – 7pm
Senka Park
5656 S St Louis Ave
Thurs, July 14 – 7pm

Online Lunch & Learn: ﻿Jewish and Indigenous People of Australia
2022-06-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Event
Travel with author and Jewish historian Irene Shaland to Australia, from Sydney and Melbourne to the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest, to understand the land, its people, and their history. Discover how Aboriginal people played an important role in opening Australia to Jewish refugees escaping from the Nazi occupied Europe and how, years later, the descendants of these refugees were at the forefront of the struggle for the human rights of Aboriginal people.
In early December 1938, a delegation of Aboriginal people marched to Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. This was not a protest a State or Federal government in defense of their own human rights: it was a brave action demanding Germany to stop the prosecution of the Jews of Europe.
The leader of this march, William Cooper, was the founder of the Australian Aboriginal League and an unsung hero of the Aboriginal human rights struggle. In his own country, Cooper and his people had no legal rights and were officially classified as an equivalent of “flora and fauna.” At the time, Australia maintained the “White Australia Polices” and considered Jews, though not classified as “colored,” to be the “others” who should not be issued entrance visas.

A Queer History Tour of Bronzeville
2022-06-04 12:30 - 15:00 | South Side Community Art Center, 3831 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, 60653, United States
Community member Rachael Pierce will lead a queer-centered history tour, beginning with SSCAC.

About this event

Join us with Rachael Pierce on Saturday, June 4th for a Queer history tour of the Bronzeville area, as well as learning more about SSCAC’s role in highlighting queer histories as they relate to Black artists!
Rachael will also facilitate a storytelling component with Queer elders from the South Side after the tour, to take place on our front stoop.

RUN OF PROGRAM:
Walking tour will begin at South Side Community Art Center, and take place from 12:30PM – 1:45PM.
Storytelling back at South Side Community Art Center will take place from 2PM – 3PM.

Rachael Pierce is a community builder from the South Side of Chicago. She’s a lover of history, black queer herstory to be exact; and as CEO of her production company, Pi360co, Rachael works to create spaces and platforms for queer BIPOC women to bravely share their stories and explore their spirituality.
Her passions meet at the intersection of everything and are influenced by her Queer, Black, Indigenous identity. Rachael believes she is called to empower folks to bravely gather, build community, and share their stories of life and faith.
This program is presented in conjunction with EMERGENCE: Intersections at the Center, currently on view until July 2, 2022.
EMERGENCE: Intersections at the Center spotlights The South Side Community Art Center’s historical role in supporting a full spectrum of Black artists through an intersectional viewpoint. The first exhibition of its kind at the South Side Community Art Center, EMERGENCE positions the Center as an important anchor for Black LGBTQ artists who belonged to its community from its founding in 1940 to the 1980s and beyond.

Community Parades and Activism: LGBTQ Claiming its Space
2022-06-04 11:00 - 13:00 | Online Event
Exhibition Viewing La Primera Parada & Panel Discussion

An open discussion about LGBTQ/SGL activism in Chicago communities. A panel of Latin@ and African American LGBTQ/SGL leaders will discuss the daring experience of walking for the first time on their community parades (1993-1994). A second panel of young activists will react and ask questions contextualizing that historical moment to current efforts and together discuss how to move forward. Some of the panelists include Alden Bell, Bonsai Bermúdez, Charles Nelson, David Gauna, Julio Rodriguez, Liliana Macias, Mona Noriega, Robert Castillo, and Shelton Watson.
The event is presented by the Puerto Rican Arts Alliance in partnership with ADODI Chicago – an SGL brotherhood organization for men of African descent, and ALMA – Association of Latina/o/x Motivating Action. The program is supported by the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation’s Broadening Narratives fund.
The program will mark the exhibition closing “La Primera Parada (The First Parade): Chicago Stonewall Moments at the Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, 3000 N Elbridge Ave (old firehouse near the corner of Central Park and Milwaukee Avenues in Avondale. Street parking is available and at the US Bank employee lot, 3617 W Oakdale, across from the bank’s customer lot).
Lunch snacks will be served. FREE but limited space – Register now.
For information – 773-252-8814 or email jorge@praachicago.org.
Visit PRAA’s website and learn about our digital archive program www.praachicago.org/el-archivo-project.

Harry Ahn Solo Exhibition: "I am not worthless, just Homeless"
2022-06-04 - 2022-06-30 | Korean Cultural Center of Chicago, 9925 Capitol Dr, Wheeling, IL, United States
Ahn’s affinity for people who are struggling came from his own experiences as a refugee in Korea. In all his rendering of the homeless, we are called to recognize the worth and dignity of every human being, knowing that each has untold stories behind their homelessness.

Opening Reception: Harry Ahn: 'I am not worthless, just homeless'
2022-06-03 15:00 - 17:00 | Korean Cultural Center of Chicago, 9925 Capitol Dr, Wheeling, IL, United States

Black Magic: A Tintype Photo Project with Adam Davis
2022-06-03 13:00 - 16:00 | South Side Community Art Center, 3831 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, 60653, United States
Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist Adam Davis brings his 1850’s tintype photo practice to the South Side Community Art Center!

About this event

On June 3rd and June 4th, South Side Community Art Center will host artist Adam Davis and his ‘Black Magic’ tintype photography project. Through this participatory photo activation, Adam will offer free portrait sessions to members of the Chicago community.
Davis will create 2 portraits per session – one for participants to take home and one for his own archive. Traveling to historically Black cities and communities nationwide, Davis is in pursuit of creating 20,000 tintype portraits of Black Americans with the goal of creating the largest contemporary archive of Black American portraits.
Themes of Afrofuturism, celebrating the Art of Magic, and Queerness have become foundational to Davis’ process throughout the project.
Black historical art spaces, such as SSCAC are critical to Davis’ intent to be in conversation with the legacy of Black artistic innovation, community engagement, and Black archival contributions to the culture.
Please read below on how to participate:
Portrait sessions will take place at SSCAC from 1pm – 4pm.
Each portrait session will take 20 – 30 minutes, which includes a chemical development process. Due to the nature of this process, RSVP time selections are required to participate.
We kindly ask that you select 1 time slot for yourself only, so that we’re able honor each participant per session.

Adam Davis (b. 1994) is an American Visual Artist, Educator, and Arts Education Advocate born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Davis obsessively seeks to apply his passion for creativity, communication, and storytelling to assist in finding solutions to problems that hinder diverse and equitable cultural progression at the intersection of the Arts and Education within the Black community. With a degree in Education and 6 years in the classroom, Davis’ work intends to document the lives of Black bodies in a way that educates, empowers, and returns the permission to dictate how they are photographed to the subject. Delving into personal narratives on religion, queerness, mental health, and the greater understanding of the global African diaspora, Davis creates images, both moving and still, from a place of curiosity.
Davis is a resident at the 54 year old Black Owned and operated community arts organization St. Elmo Village in Los Angeles, California. Here Davis developed his darkroom practice on campus in the facilities opened by founder Roderick Sykes. Davis’ second solo exhibition, titled Black Magic, was created at the Village and opened at the Byrd Museum in Los Angeles, where his darkroom practice lies at the center of his practice of making tintype portraits. The exhibition monograph was successfully published soon after by Paper Chase Press and debuted at the New Art Dealers Alliance fair in Miami during Art Basel Week 2021. Davis’ work has been featured in the LA Times, SKEW Magazine, Umber Publications, and AFAR among others.

Artecito Virtual: Conejos
2022-06-02 18:00 - 19:00 | Online Event
Artecito is an online arts workshop for families, presented in Spanish.

¡Los conejos son animales sociales, y viven en comunidades llamada madrigueras!
¡Únase a nosotros mientras exploramos más sobre los Conejos con nuestros amigos en Lincoln Park Zoo!
Conéctate aquí: https://bit.ly/ArtecitoConejo
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Rabbits are social animals and live in communities called warrens!
Join us as we explore more about Rabbits with our friends at Lincoln Park Zoo!
Connect here: https://bit.ly/ArtecitoConejo
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Maifest | Celebrate with the DANK Haus!
2022-06-02 - 2022-06-05 | DANK Haus Small Bar at Maifest, 4715 N. Western Ave. (the parking lot at Leland/Western)
We’re so excited to see Maifest happening again this year after years off due to the pandemic!

DANK Haus will be there, running the smaller bar at 4715 N. Western Ave. Support the DANK Haus during the festival with purchases at our bar! We welcome all to stop by, say hi and learn more about what we do. We will have our small bar and info booth at 4715 N Western (the parking lot at Leland/Western)
Want to volunteer with us? Visit https://loom.ly/XmDHoOw to sign up!

Walking in Two Worlds: Understanding the Two-Spirit/Native 2SLGBTQ+ Community
2022-06-01 18:00 - 19:00 | Online Event
Join Two-Sprit leaders Gary Neumann (Salish) and Lenny Hayes (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate) on the historical roles and identities of Two-Spirit/Native 2SLGBTQ+ people and how colonization and historical and intergenerational trauma have impacted the Two-Spirit-LGBTQ+ Community. Together, Gary and Lenny will share their knowledge to educate individuals, families, and organizations to understand and support children, adults, elders, and relatives who may identify as Two-Spirit or Native LGBTQ+.

In this session, the presenters will:

Share the history and community roles of Two-Spirit people
Bring awareness to the high rates of violence placed on the Two-Spirit individuals
Discuss the behavioral health issues that impact the Two-Spirit Community
Inform participants how to be an ally to youth and adults who identify as Two-Spirit/Native LGBTQ.

Gary Neumann Salish – Pend’Orielle
Gary Neumann is an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Nation and identifies as Two-Spirit. He has over 35 years of experience in prevention and human resource development. Gary has worked successfully with various tribal, state, and federal agencies in program design, implementation, and evaluation, focusing on at-risk youth, families, and communities. Currently, Gary works for Tribal Tech as a Training and Technical Assistance Coordinator and serves as a task lead for training SAMHSA staff. He developed a series of newsletters – Spirit-Honor-Inclusion, focusing on Two-Spirit issues. Gary previously served as the Project Manager of the Rocky Mountain Tribal Access to Recovery III Program. He also served as the Training and Technical Assistance Director of the Native American Center for Excellence, a national resource center for Native American substance abuse prevention providing culturally centered training, technical assistance, and information resource services to various Native and non-Native audiences throughout the United States. His work experience includes extensive knowledge of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA), and how it applies to American Indians and Alaska Natives, having developed and conducted ACA trainings for Montana/Wyoming Tribes. Gary is skilled in assessment, capacity building, prevention specialist certification, marketing, grant writing, methamphetamine prevention, youth violence, bullying and suicide prevention, and sustainability. He has developed several culturally appropriate training curriculums and community-based organizing modules and presented and trained at national and international conferences throughout the United States, Alaska, and Canada. He is a certified SAPST Trainer/Facilitator.
Lenny Hayes Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
Lenny Hayes is an enrolled member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe and is the owner and operator of Tate Topa Consulting, LLC and is currently in private practice specializing in Marriage and Family Therapy. He has extensive training in mental and chemical health issues that impact the Two-Spirit/Native LGBTQ+ and Native Community. Hayes speaks across the country on the impact of historical and intergenerational trauma, violence, child welfare issues, and the impact of sexual violence on men and boys. Lenny is the former Missing and Murdered Two-Spirit Project Assistant for Sovereign Bodies Institute and serves as a board or committee member for StrongHearts Native Helpline, Wac’ ang’a (Sweet Grass) Inc. Victim Services, First Nations Repatriation Institute, Southwest Indigenous Women’s Coalition, National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored Services, Placement Stability and Permanency for LGBTQ/Two-Spirit children and youth in foster care, and the National Resource Center for Domestic Violence.

Reel Film Club: Ambush / Emboscada
2022-05-31 18:00 - 21:00 | Instituto Cervantes, 31 West Ohio Street, Chicago, IL, 60654, United States
LIMITED CAPACITY – ALL SALES ARE FINAL
A reception will take place prior to screening with appetizers and drinks provided, and a conversation regarding the film will proceed the screening.
6:00 PM – Appetizers and drinks
7:00 PM – Film screening (Spanish with English subtitles)
Parking adjacent to Instituto Cervantes ($12 with validation)

Ambush / Emboscada

Genre: Thriller
Mexico/2020/81 min.
Directed by René Herrera Guerra
Spanish w/English subtitles
Frank (Ramón Medina from the soap opera “El señor de los cielos”) rents rooms in Nadine’s building for his illicit activities. Nadine is fine with looking the other way as long as she is not directly involved. But when the body of a man he killed a couple of days ago and the merchandise that man carried inside go missing, Frank and his henchmen begin a room by room search of the building with Nadine in tow. But then, the tenants start dropping like flies. Is a killer hidden among them? Herrera Guerra’s debut film is a tense and entertaining crime thriller with a twist that will leave audiences gasping for air.
Frank (Ramón Medina de la telenovela “El señor de los cielos”) alquila habitaciones en el edificio de Nadine para sus actividades ilícitas. Nadine no tiene problema alguno en voltear la cara siempre y cuando no esté directamente involucrada en las acciones del hampón. Pero cuando el cuerpo de un hombre al que mató hace un par de días y la mercancía que llevaba dentro desaparecen, Frank y sus secuaces comienzan a buscar habitación por habitación con Nadine a cuestas. Los inquilinos pronto comienzan a caer como moscas y no porque Frank haya apretado el gatillo. ¿Habrá un asesino escondido entre ellos? Herrera Guerra hace su debut en el cine con este thriller tenso y entretenido con un giro que dejará al público casi sin aliento.

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Swedish American Museum Pop Up Cafe
2022-05-29 11:00 - 15:00, 2022-05-28 11:00 - 15:00, 2022-05-27 11:00 - 15:00 | Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
Come to the Museum and join us for Fika in the main gallery. You will always find Cinnamon rolls and Swedish coffee in addition to some other delicious baked goods in the Museum’s main gallery. Enjoy the art and exhibits while taking some time to relax.

Latin Music Project Presents: Fabiola Méndez - Live in Concert!
2022-05-28 18:30 - 20:30 | Latin Music Project Center, 2958 north Milwaukee ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Fabiola Méndez is bringing folk and contemporary Puerto Rican music to Humboldt Park’s back yard. Native to Caguas, PR, Fabiola Méndez is a cuatro player, singer-songwriter, and a composer for many original music projects. In addition, she has been a pillar in the community as an ambassador for the Puerto Rican Parade in New York as well as being the first cuatro player to graduate from Berklee College of Music.

The Crossing Routes of Afro Music: Foundation, History and Cimarronaje
2022-05-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, 4046 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL, 60639, United States
Conversation and workshop with Dr. Pablo Luis Rivera, professor, epistemologist, renowned Bomba artist / practitioner and Director of AFROLegado.
POSTER ART “PAZ PARA LAS MUJERES” BY COLECTIVO MORIVIV´I.

Neighborhood Nights
2022-05-26 19:00 - 23:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Come enjoy a beverage with a spectacular experience in our iconic 2nd floor Brauhaus Room!

A perfect place to meet your neighbors and socialize.

Each 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month from 7-11 PM. Proceeds support the DANK Haus Museum

RSVP here: https://dankhaus.com/event-4491654

NHM Virtual Book Club: Ariadne
2022-05-26 19:00 | Online Event
On Thursday, May 26th at 7pm we will be discussing Ariadne by Jennifer Saint Virtually via Zoom

About this event

Join the National Hellenic Museum’s Virtual Book Club!
Facilitated by NHM’s Resident Scholar Dr. Katherine Kelaidis & Manager of Programs & Events Cairo Dye, each month the NHM Virtual Book Club chooses a book that is either inspired by the Hellenic legacy or by a Greek American author (and sometimes both!). Then we gather to discuss the book on Zoom.
Book Club is free to join and meets on the third Thursday of each month at 7pm CST
In May, we will be discussing Ariadne by Jennifer Saint.
Support NHM with your purchase of Ariadne! When you buy your copy through this link, a portion of the proceeds will go to NHM: https://amzn.to/3DSmGJB
Click here to see all of our upcoming book selections
More about Ariadne:
Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up greeting the dawn from her beautiful dancing floor and listening to her nursemaid’s stories of gods and heroes. But beneath her golden palace echo the ever-present hoofbeats of her brother, the Minotaur, a monster who demands blood sacrifice.
When Theseus, the Prince of Athens, arrives to vanquish the beast, Ariadne sees in his green eyes not a threat but an escape. Defying the gods, betraying her family and country, and risking everything for love, Ariadne helps Theseus kill the Minotaur. But will Ariadne’s decision ensure her happy ending? And what of Phaedra, the beloved younger sister she leaves behind?
Hypnotic, propulsive, and utterly transporting, Jennifer Saint’s Ariadne forges a new epic, one that puts the forgotten women of Greek mythology back at the heart of the story, as they strive for a better world.

Puerto Rican Art as a Territory of Re-existence: A Decolonial Approach
2022-05-26 18:00 - 20:00 | Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, 4046 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL, 60639, United States
Exploration of scholarship, and artists who contributed to the body and meaning of the continuous rebirth of Puerto Rico’s visual culture

About this event

AFRORRIQUEÑES: Affirmation, Solidarity and Healing
May 25-27 2022 at Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
A multi-day series committed to the continuous dialogue on Afrodescendencia.
The history of the arts in Puerto Rico has traditionally repeated, observed, and framed the achievements of artists based on their adherence to movements outside the islands, primarily in Europe and the U.S. historical and cultural responsibility to their own contexts of origin. This workshop we will incorporate and explore works of art, scholarship, and artists who contributed to the body and meaning of the continuous rebirth of Puerto Rico’s visual culture.
Dr. Marielba Torres-Muñoz
She serves on the Boards of Directors of the Fundación Puertorriqueña para las Humanidades, (FpH) and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico.
She is currently a researcher in Programa de Diversidad en Afrodescendencia y Racialidad, UPR-RP, sponsored by the Andrew Mellon Foundation (2022). She teaches courses in the Humanities Department of the Faculty of General Studies at the University of Puerto Rico. She has given lectures at different universities in Puerto Rico, the United States, Cuba, Mexico, Chile, and Brazil.
POSTER ART “PAZ PARA LAS MUJERES” BY COLECTIVO MORIVIV´I.
