5 Types of German Genealogy Documents - Webinar
2024-05-28 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Zoom
5 Types of German Genealogy Documents
Presented by Katherine Schober
in partnership with the German American Heritage Center & Museum
Tuesday, May 28th | 6 PM CST
What kind of documents are available for your German ancestors? What should you be looking for in your research? And most importantly, where can you find these documents? Come learn the answers to these questions and more in this webinar with researcher and genealogist Katherine Schober. Handouts and resources will be provided. The presentation will be around 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions at the end.
$20 for GAHC&M or DANK Haus members
$30 for non-members
The Zoom link will be sent to registrants one day prior to the event. The recording of the event will be available to view for 30 days after the event.
Katherine Schober will take you through how to research effectively in your genealogy search. Born in St. Louis, she earned her Masterâs degree in the German language through Bowling Green State University/University of Salzburg. She then spent three additional years in Austria, teaching English and translating German (with a focus on history). In 2014, she moved back to the States with her Austrian husband, and, although they are now in America, German is still the main language spoken in their home.
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The German American Heritage Center & Museum is located in Davenport, IA. Their mission is to preserve and enrich for present and future generations knowledge of the German immigrant experience and its impact on the American culture.

Artecito Virtual
2024-05-30 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-06-13 18:00 - 19:00 | Online Event
Artecito es un proyecto criado por OPEN Center for the Arts y Lincoln Park Zoo para explorar diferentes temas de la naturaleza y conservación del medio ambiente a través de las artes

South Asians On The Mic (Vol. 2)
2024-05-31 18:00 - 19:30 | South Asia Institute, 1925 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
After the tremendous success of our first event, South Asia Institute is back with the second event in our bi-monthly open series, South Asians On The Mic, on Friday, May 31!
We are now accepting submissions for artists to participate in this event.
Please submit an application using the button below and support the artists who will be performing that evening by reserving your ticket today!

Haitian Heritage Month Sip, Shop & Workshop
2024-05-31 18:00 - 20:00 | Haitian American Museum of Chicago, 4410 N Clark St, Chicago, 60640, United States
HAMOC is hosting a celebration for Haitian Heritage Month, as well as the May birthdays of staff, volunteers, and friends of the museum on May 31st, 2024 from 6pm to 8pm.
Plus, we will learn more about Haitian Scarves with a workshop led by Jean Julbert Desire.
We will be serving light refreshments. This celebration will be held at 4654 N. Racine Ave., the location of our Vodou store!
* TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR*

Performance by Guillermo Fernández
2024-05-31 19:00 - 21:00 | International Latino Cultural Center, 542 S Dearborn St Suite 610, Chicago, IL, 60605, United States
Award-winning singer, musician, and composer Guillermo Fernández is one of the most important voices in Argentine Tango and popular culture. Twice awarded the Premios Kronos as one of the top five Tango singers of the decade (2005 & 2015), Guillermo Fernández brings his solo show to Chicago armed only with his guitar and voice. El Tango y Sus Historias is an immersive production where Guillermo connects with his audiences to share the poetry and inspiring lyrics of the greatest Tangos. Fernández explores themes of love, death, loneliness and the human condition with song and commentary in an interactive show.

Kino, Kaffee und Kuchen
2024-06-01 10:30, 2024-06-08 10:30 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
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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
2024-06-01 10:30 - 14:30, 2024-06-08 10:30 - 14:30 | IL
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.

FREE Guided Tours at the National Hellenic Museum
2024-06-01 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-06-08 11:00 - 15:00 | National Hellenic Museum, 333 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL, 60661, United States
Join us for our FREE, limited-time offer guided tours every Saturday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. These one-hour tours offer a comprehensive journey through the museum’s rich exhibitions and artifacts.

Constructing Jathi Choreography with Harini Nilakantan
2024-06-01 13:15 - 14:15, 2024-06-08 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

An Afternoon of Friendship
2024-06-02 15:00 - 17:00 | Kalapriya Studio, 2101 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, United States
Please join the Kalapriya board and staff on Sunday, June 2 from 3:00-5:00PM for an afternoon of friendship at our downtown Chicago studio. Enjoy Indian classical dance performances, relish Indian street food, and be part of a celebration of unity in diversity with our host Litcy Kurisinkal! To register for the event, please click here or on the button below. Suggested donation of $30.00 online or at the door.

Chicago's Puerto Rican Festival 2024
2024-06-06 16:00 - 22:00, 2024-06-07 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-06-08 12:00 - 22:00, 2024-06-09 12:00 - 22:00 | Division & California Entrance of Humboldt Park, Division St & California Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622
Fiestas Patronales Puertorriqueñas will traditionally be held on the beautiful grounds of Humboldt Park located in “Puerto Rico Town” on Division Street where the Annual Puerto Rican Day People’s Parade will take place. After the parade, you will flow right into the Festival & Carnival and continue the festivities!
About the Event
June 6-9 in Chicago!!
June 6th Open 4-10PM Community Day FREE ENTRY with arts, carnival, music dance performances, and more!
June 7th Open 4-10PM Open 4-10PM Children 12 & under Free, Tickets $15 in advance Freestyle Friday, shop vendors, giveaways, great food, dominos
June 8th Open 12-10PM Children 12 & under Free, Tickets $10 in advance Parade on Division St. Live Music in the Park, Carnival, shopping and food
June 9th Open 12-10PM Children 12 & under Free, Tickets $10 in advance Día de la Salsa Live Music, Live Bomba y Plena presentations.
So Many amazing experiences at this fest! Come one and all for this historic event!
PUERTORICANFEST.COM

Ravel Boléro
2024-06-06 19:30 - 2024-06-11 00:00 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 220 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60604, United States
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet brings his customary joie de vivre to Saint-Saëns’ Egyptian Concerto, inspired by a trip down the Nile in 1896. Conductor Stéphane Denève unpacks the French fascination with Spanish culture in Debussy’s sultry Ibéria and Ravel’s ever-popular Boléro, with its sensuously hypnotic theme building to a volcanic climax.

"We Will Find Our Way" Exhibit by Cynthia Harding
2024-06-07 - 2024-08-16 | American Indian Center, 3401 West Ainslie Street, Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
We Will Find Our Way tells a story about a Lakota grandmother, Unci, and her two grandchildren, Cuwe, and Misun, written by Oglala Lakota author Cynthia Harding. Beautifully illustrated by the author on skateboards, which play a prominent role in the author’s own life story. She enjoys writing children’s stories and alongside her sister, is active in youth empowerment through skateboarding on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota.

2024 MODU GALA
2024-06-07 18:00 - 22:00 | IL
MODU (모두) means “all” in Korean, and we are proud to celebrate all that our community has accomplished together with all of our HANA friends and family.
HANA continues to build the power of Korean, Asian American, and multiethnic immigrant communities in Chicagoland through social services, education, culture, and community organizing to advance human rights — including a pathway to citizenship for all 11 million undocumented immigrants and adoptees. Your support is vital to these crucial efforts!
Each gala ticket purchase includes admission to the event, cocktail hour, dinner, and a gala program filled with celebration of our beloved community!

Adler and Adler, Works by Eli Greene
2024-06-08 - 2024-08-31 | South Side Community Art Center, 3831 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, 60653, United States
South Side Community Art Center X Independent Curators International Present Adler and Adler, Works by Eli Greene
JUNE 8-AUGUST 31 | Opening June 8, 2024
WORKS BY ELI GREENE
CURATED BY AMBER NAX
The South Side Community Art Center, in partnership with ICI, presents “Adler & Adler,” a poignant response by Chicago-based artist Eli Greene to the Adler & Adler Studio Collection. This Black-owned photography studio archive was once a monument in the Black Bottom neighborhood of Detroit. Founded circa 1910 by Charles and Mamie L. Adler, the studio was one of Detroit’s earliest Black photographic businesses. Adler & Adler Studio was where people celebrated and immortalized the joys of everyday life: graduations, weddings, and the arrival of new family members. This site and Black photography studios across the country were beacons of empowerment, offering Black communities new agency in self-representation.
When the Adlers passed away in 1973, they left no heirs, and the studio, along with its collection of photographs, was left behind. Some of these photographs were later discovered and sold to The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, where they now reside as a testament to the studio’s enduring impact.
Alongside the Adler & Adler images are (10) contemporary photographs of the site, a drawing inspired by the studio backdrops in the original photos, and a sound/video work. The work is invested in themes of memory, trace, and ghosts.
Greene’s work reflects on the photography studio as a site of moments and memories enacted by those who ask for their picture to be made and those who make it. The interplay of these two research modalities provides us with new ways to think about how we engage with archives and memories and, ultimately, how to breathe new life into them.

Piyesta Pinoy (Philippine Fest)
2024-06-08 11:00 - 19:00 | Roger C. Claar Performing Arts Center, 375 W Briarcliff Rd, Bolingbrook, IL, 60440, United States
In celebration of the 126th Independence Day of the Philippines, the Philippine American Cultural Foundation (PACF) and the Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago (FAHSC) in partnership with the Village of Bolingbrook will host the annual Philippines Festival. We invite you to JOIN US, ENJOY AND HAVE FUN. Everyone is welcome, FREE Admission.
PHILIPPINE FEST (PIYESTA PINOY)
Saturday, June 8, 2024
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 Pinoy will be back in the Village of Bolingbrook. This will be the 11th year of the biggest Filipino American festival of culture, music, arts, games, and food in the Midwest. There will be at least 10 food vendors that will be serving Filipino food and drinks starting at 11am. Visit
our sponsors, non-food vendors and partner organizations under the tents located all around the park. Just like in the past, there will be a parade of costumes starting at 3pm this year. Music and dance performances will be at the beautiful Roger C. Claar performing arts center stage. We are announcing this year’s celebrity performers: 18-year old Twins Justin & Jeremy Garcia from California, fresh from their performance at this year’s THE VOICE and. Marc Tupaz, a former vocalist for the Filipino alternative/pop rock band Shamrock.

Piyesta Pinoy (Philippine Fest 2024)
2024-06-08 11:00 - 19:00 | IL
In celebration of the 126th Independence Day of the Philippines, the Philippine American Cultural Foundation (PACF) and the Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago (FAHSC) in partnership with the Village of Bolingbrook will host the annual Philippines Festival. We invite you to JOIN US, ENJOY AND HAVE FUN. Everyone is welcome, FREE Admission.

PHILIPPINE FEST (PIYESTA PINOY) Saturday, June 8, 202411:00 AM to 7:00 PM CDTThe Roger C. Claar Performing Arts Center375 W Briarcliff Rd, Bolingbrook, IL

Georgia O'Keeffee & Changing Cityscapes: Watercolor Workshop
2024-06-08 14:00 - 16:00 | Chicago Architecture Center, 111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
A watercolor workshop in conjunction with the Art Institute of Chicago’s exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe: My New Yorks.
Georgia O’Keeffe’s bold paintings of urban settings, expressed through her signature aesthetic, began in 1925 and her style harmonized the changing cityscape with the natural world. Join the CAC for a hands-on watercolor workshop that explores changing urban landscapes and nature in conjunction with the Art Institute of Chicago’s exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe: My New Yorks.
Participants will have an opportunity to create their own watercolor masterpiece to take home. All supplies for this workshop will be provided and each ticket also includes entry for one to the Georgia O’Keeffe: My New Yorks exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago, open from June 2 to September 22, 2024.

Heritage Museum of Asian Art 10th Anniversary Celebration Gala
2024-06-08 17:30 - 21:00 | Heritage Museum of Asian Art, 3500 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL, 60609, United States
Greetings,
The Heritage Museum of Asian Art will be 10 years old. It’s hard to believe that we have reached this milestone. The Board of Directors would like to thank our donors on every level for their support, monetary donations and service. We are grateful for all your contributions, and look forward to your continued support. In order to continue building on our success, we are starting an endowment to secure our future. Today, an anonymous donor has stepped up who will match each dollar of your financial support up to $500,000. Let’s show our anonymous benefactor that we can do it. Bring your check book!
善長仁翁：
芝加哥亞洲傳統藝術博物館將迎來十周年。難以置信我們已經達到這個重要的里程碑。董事會希望對各層面的捐助者致以誠摯的感謝，感謝他們的支持、金錢捐贈和服務。對於您的所有貢獻，我們心懷感激，並期待著您的持續支持。為了繼續在成功的基礎上發展，我們正在建立一個基金，以確保我們的未來。今天，一位匿名捐助者站了出來，將匹配您的每一筆財政支持，最高可達50萬美元。讓我們向這位匿名恩人展示我們的能力。請攜帶支票簿!

38th Annual Scottish Festival & Highland Games Volunteer Opportunities
2024-06-10 - 2024-06-16 | IL
Date: June 10 | 8:00 am – June 16 | 5:00 pm
Location:
2015 Manchester Road
Wheaton,60187

Sign up to be notified when volunteer opportunities at the 38th Scottish Festival & Highland Games are released. Volunteer’s weekend admission is free!

Issues in Focus: Two Stadium Do-Overs for Chicago
2024-06-12 18:00 - 19:30 | Chicago Architecture Center, 111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
A pair of stadium proposals from the Bears and White Sox have ushered in supersized dreams for Chicago’s Museum Campus and The 78 megadevelopment site. Are these plans pointing the city toward wins, losses or draws? Get a fresh take from our panel of designers.
Whether you are a fan of professional sports or not, we can all agree it’s big business. The sheer scale of these stadium proposals present opportunities to revisit past urban planning efforts, to analyze major infrastructure needs and to forge new visions for our city.
Our panel brings extensive out-of-town experience to the myriad issues concerning stadium design and sports district planning. Learn about the approaches that have fueled successful stadium rebuilds in other U.S. cities and current design trends that are foregrounding sound urban design and connectivity. This program will help you better understand the complexities and possibilities for city-building with major sports franchises.
This program is part of our Loop as Lab: Reshaping Downtowns exhibition series exploring key themes for the future of downtowns.

Peace Day
2024-06-13 18:00 - 20:30 | The Peace School, 3121 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60657
IN THE LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD…
Our voices will carry the energy of love, light and peace to humanity, nature and all living things.
Don’t miss this very special Call to Peace held annually for the Countdown to Peace Day. We’ll honor the countries of the world by speaking in their language(s) as we say together, “Peace in [each country, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe].” Meet peacebuilders from all walks of life, and if you’d like to bring the family there will be a kids artmaking table.
6-7pm: Refreshments and socializing
7-8:30pm: Call to Peace
CLICK BELOW TO TELL US HOW MANY ARE COMING.
