A three-person exhibition featuring new and recent works from Chicago-based artists Ajmal ‘Mas Man’ Millar, Lola Ayisha Ogbara, and R. Treshawn Williamson exploring homeplace through sculpture, self-imaging, & materialism. …of the land: acts of refusal and ratification features new and recent works from Chicago-based artists Ajmal ‘Mas Man’ Millar, Lola Ayisha Ogbara, and R. Treshawn Williamson […]
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Organizers: South Side Community Art Center ![]() Chicago’s most popular used-book sale is back! Browse through thousands of books in dozens of genres, including fiction, philosophy, history, art, cooking, children’s literature, and much, much more. With many items priced at $3 or less, you can stock up on new reads and expand your own personal library on the cheap. Admission is free. […]
Organizers: Newberry Library The Museum is taking part in the Andersonville Sidewalk Sale. Participating businesses from 4800 to 5800 N. Clark St. and the adjacent side streets will expand their storefronts to line the sidewalks with summer sales, bargain antiques, one-of-a-kind merchandise, fashion apparel and local treasures. The Museum Tantalizing Treasure Sale will stretch from the sidewalk into […]
Organizers: Swedish American Museum |
2 events,
Enjoy summertime Chi with our annual Film in the Park/Cine en el Parque! In partnership with the Chicago Park District, the series runs family-friendly films projected on large screens in various citywide parks for FREE. The goal is to bring Latino films to various communities in Chicago to showcase diverse storytelling and talent. All films […]
Organizers: International Latino Cultural Center
FREE |
2 events,
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Join the Japanese American Service Committee for a free screening event on Thursday, August 4th, 6:00-7:30 p.m.! Our amazing Legacy Center interns will be premiering their audio and video projects as a culmination of their eight-week experience at JASC. Come to meet these talented young people, learn what resonated with them in the Legacy Center’s […]
Organizers: Japanese American Service Committee |
2 events,
Pop by the Museum today or tomorrow for fika in our main gallery space on the first floor. Enjoy some Swedish coffee and cinnamon rolls while you relax and enjoy the photos of famous Blues musicians taken by Hans Ekestang or go outside and sit in our courtyard. We will be having weekly Pop-Up Cafés […]
Organizers: Swedish American Museum |
6 events,
Through experiential art installations “Unbearable Memories, Unspeakable Histories” investigates the Partition of India in 1947. This year marks 75 years since the Partition of India in 1947, which created Pakistan, and eventually, Bangladesh in 1971. Pritika Chowdhry’s experiential art installations are temporary 'anti-memorials' to the Partition. Often described as the Holocaust of South Asia, the […]
Organizers: South Asia Institute
$5 – $10
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The LAWNDALE Arts Festival hosted by the NLCCC Arts and Culture Committee is a festival to bring artists and entrepreneurs from North Lawndale and South Lawndale together to showcase the Culture, Commitment and Creativity in our community. We invite you to join us on August 6th from 11am to 7pm at Douglass Park Community and […]
Organizers: OPEN Center for the Arts
FREE
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All are welcome to join residents, families and staff on Saturday, August 6th for our 106th Annual Summer Picnic. Live music, food, Highland Dancing, bagpipes, kids games and much more!
FREE Pop by the Museum today or tomorrow for fika in our main gallery space on the first floor. Enjoy some Swedish coffee and cinnamon rolls while you relax and enjoy the photos of famous Blues musicians taken by Hans Ekestang or go outside and sit in our courtyard. We will be having weekly Pop-Up Cafés […]
Organizers: Swedish American Museum | ||
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The National Cambodian Heritage Museu's mahori ensemble will perform Cambodian classics at the Destination Asia Festival at the Morton Arboretum. At their invitation, our Crossing Borders Music cellist Tom Clowes will play in the ensemble. The mahori musicians will also be performing Saturday, August 6 in the afternoon. _________________ Check out http://mortonarb.org/.../destination-asia-festival/... for complete festival information. […]
Organizers: National Cambodian Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial
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Join Us for an evening of music by Gustavo Cortiñas' Desafío Candente, Roy McGrath's Menjunje and Radio Free Honduras celebrating the music of Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Honduras! Bring your lawn chair, beverages and snacks while you enjoy this cultural experience. Please no pets. Free parking available across the street at the US Bank Employee Lot
Organizers: Puerto Rican Arts Alliance
FREE |
3 events,
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Join us for our artist discussion about their work and who they are as artists. There will be a live Q&A at the end of each discussion. Justin Gauthier – A proud citizen of the Menominee (Omāēqnomenēw) Nation of Wisconsin, writer/actor Justin “Jud” Eagle Gauthier studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa […]
Organizers: Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
FREE Registration |
5 events,
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Join Anna and other WBEZ reporters on Thursday, August 11 for an open mic night at the EZ Inn in Ukrainian Village. ______________ When Russia invaded Ukraine earlier this year, thousands of Chicagoans with ties to Ukraine began to gather, mourning as a collective, reaching out for communal support and seeking respite from the painful […]
Organizers: WBEZ
FREE
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El lagarto más pequeño del mundo mide solo 16 mm de largo (lagarto de Jaragua) y puede caber en la longitud de una moneda de veinticinco centavos. El más grande mide unos 10 pies de largo (Komodo). ¡Únase a nosotros mientras exploramos más sobre los lagartos con nuestros amigos en Lincoln Park Zoo! Contáctese aquí: […]
Organizers: OPEN Center for the Arts
FREE COME ENJOY A BEVERAGE WITH A SPECTACULAR EXPERIENCE IN OUR ICONIC 6TH FLOOR SKYLINE LOUNGE & TERRACE 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
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center |
5 events,
Pop by the Museum today or tomorrow for fika in our main gallery space on the first floor. Enjoy some Swedish coffee and cinnamon rolls while you relax and enjoy the photos of famous Blues musicians taken by Hans Ekestang or go outside and sit in our courtyard. We will be having weekly Pop-Up Cafés […]
Organizers: Swedish American Museum
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Learn from the legendary bomba dancer and folklorist Margarita "Tata" Cepeda. This event will include a 30-minute introduction to Bomba Dance and Open Batey / Bombazo with Tata Cepeda's 6-piece ensemble coming directly from Escuela de Bomba y Plena Doña Caridad Brenes de Cepeda, Puerto Rico.
Organizers: Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
$10 All levels - BEGINNERS WELCOME! DANK Haus 6th Floor, Terrace General Public: $5 | Friends of DANK: Free Enjoy gentle Yoga classes on the 6th floor skyline terrace at DANK-Haus. In this class we will be flowing from pose to pose and linking movement with breath. We will combine elements of Hatha and Yin-Yoga as […]
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
$5 |
5 events,
Pop by the Museum today or tomorrow for fika in our main gallery space on the first floor. Enjoy some Swedish coffee and cinnamon rolls while you relax and enjoy the photos of famous Blues musicians taken by Hans Ekestang or go outside and sit in our courtyard. We will be having weekly Pop-Up Cafés […]
Organizers: Swedish American Museum
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FREEDOM FESTIVAL: Celebrating 75 Years of Independence I Day 01 Celebrating 75 Years of Independence with TWO days of very special music and dance performances. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Unbearable Memories, Unspeakable Histories: The Partitition Anti-Memorial Project DAY 01 LINEUP: 1PM: DJ Spin Cycle: Ankur Malhotra: Delhi and Midwest-based record label owner and […]
Organizers: South Asia Institute
FREE Since 2017, PRAA has hosted the Noche Caribeña concert at Navy Pier’s Polk Bros Park Lake Stage Lawn. In partnership with Navy Pier, this summertime event is FREE and open to the public. Featured are Cuatristas along with international and local artists with their groups, as well as, up and coming musicians. This concert offers […]
Organizers: Puerto Rican Arts Alliance
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FREEDOM FESTIVAL DAY 02 Celebrating 75 Years of Independence with TWO days of very special music and dance performances. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Unbearable Memories, Unspeakable Histories: The Partitition Anti-Memorial Project Day 02 LINE UP 1PM: Zeshan B: Chicago-based, multi-instrumentalist soul, opera, gospel, and ghazal singer, who is also a songwriter and recording […]
Organizers: South Asia Institute
FREE
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Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba performance featuring legendary dancer and folklorist Tata Cepeda. Opening acts by SRBCC Youth Programs and guest artists
Organizers: Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center |
3 events,
Harry Lenga was born to a family of Chassidic Jews in Kozhnitz, Poland, in 1919. The proud sons of a watchmaker, Harry and his two brothers, Mailekh and Moishe, studied their father’s trade at an early age. Upon the German invasion of Poland, when the Lenga family was upended, Harry and his brothers never imagined […]
Organizers: Illinois Holocaust Museum
FREE |
4 events,
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Livewire is your Open Mic platform to jam, tell us a story, act your heart out, enthrall with a verse, drop the mic... You bring the talent we’ll bring the cheers! This month’s spotlight performer: Palini Ramnarayan Palini Ramnarayan is a versatile musician with a Music minor from Cornell University. Palini started singing when she was […]
Organizers: National Indo-American Museum
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Author Discussion and Q&A with Journalist and Founder of Native News Online Levi Rickert _______________ Join us on Thursday, August 18th at 6:00 p.m. as we welcome Journalist and Founder of Native News Online Levi Rickert to the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian. We invite you to this in-person conversation and Q&A to celebrate […]
Organizers: Mitchell Museum of the American Indian |
5 events,
Pop by the Museum today or tomorrow for fika in our main gallery space on the first floor. Enjoy some Swedish coffee and cinnamon rolls while you relax and enjoy the photos of famous Blues musicians taken by Hans Ekestang or go outside and sit in our courtyard. We will be having weekly Pop-Up Cafés […]
Organizers: Swedish American Museum Petter Wahlbäck is an award-winning Swedish composer and sound designer working out of Chicago. Petter’s main areas of focus are music for media and performing arts. Recent theater sound and music credits include the Eurydice, Requiem for a Heavyweight, By the Bog of Cats, Ada and the Engine, and Vanya on the Plains by the […]
Organizers: Swedish American Museum
$10 – $20
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OPEN HAUS STAMMTISCH ALOHA FROM THE LOUNGE 6th Floor Skyline Lounge + Terrace Friday, August 19th 7:30-11:00 PM Aloha! Looking to enjoy the summer groove before it's gone? Join us for our monthly Stammtisch Open Haus! This month we are featuring acclaimed Elvis impersonator, Michael St. Angel, as the King of Rock-N-Roll! Slick your hair, […]
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center |
5 events,
All levels - BEGINNERS WELCOME! DANK Haus 6th Floor, Terrace General Public: $5 | Friends of DANK: Free Enjoy gentle Yoga classes on the 6th floor skyline terrace at DANK-Haus. In this class we will be flowing from pose to pose and linking movement with breath. We will combine elements of Hatha and Yin-Yoga as […]
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
$5 Pop by the Museum today or tomorrow for fika in our main gallery space on the first floor. Enjoy some Swedish coffee and cinnamon rolls while you relax and enjoy the photos of famous Blues musicians taken by Hans Ekestang or go outside and sit in our courtyard. We will be having weekly Pop-Up Cafés […]
Organizers: Swedish American Museum
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Artist Ajmal 'Mas Man' Millar will facilitate a participatory sound activation referencing his Trinidadian heritage. About this event We invite you to join us with artist Ajmal 'Mas Man' Millar for a special rite of passage participatory sound activation using found metal, which the artist uses often within their practice. Traditionally, rites of passages have […]
Organizers: South Side Community Art Center
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Experience a live theatrical rendition of the 1936 Academy Award-nominated comedy, “My Man Godfrey,” one of Hollywood’s most treasured commentaries on class and social unrest during the Great Depression. Manhattan socialite Irene Bullock needs a “forgotten man” to win a scavenger hunt, and no one fits that description more than Godfrey Park, who lives in […]
Organizers: Illinois Holocaust Museum |
6 events,
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A talk by Alan Petersen Through the Roaring Twenties and the first half of the Great Depression, the Swedish-born landscape painter Gunnar Widforss (1879-1934) focused his discerning eye and passionate energy on the national parks of the American West. Due to Widforss’ untimely death at only age 55, and because the rise of modernism in […]
Organizers: Swedish American Museum
FREE
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Join Intuit for Art After Work, a free series of facilitated art-making workshops inspired by outsider and self-taught art and artists from the museum's collections and exhibitions. This month, Intuit Teacher Fellow and art educator Dorothy Broers will facilitate a workshop inspired by self-taught artist Eugene von Bruenchenhein. In the in-person workshop, participants will survey von […]
Organizers: Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
FREE
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Artecito is a family-friendly arts workshop, presented for free and in Spanish. Presented by OPEN Center for the Arts and Lincoln Park Zoo. Los gorilas son animales interesantes con un comportamiento y emociones similares a los humanos, como la risa y la tristeza. ¡Únase a nosotros mientras exploramos más sobre los gorillas con nuestros amigos […]
Organizers: OPEN Center for the Arts
FREE |
5 events,
Pop by the Museum today or tomorrow for fika in our main gallery space on the first floor. Enjoy some Swedish coffee and cinnamon rolls while you relax and enjoy the photos of famous Blues musicians taken by Hans Ekestang or go outside and sit in our courtyard. We will be having weekly Pop-Up Cafés […]
Organizers: Swedish American Museum
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Join us for an evening packed with exciting unveilings of new experiences at the Mitchell Museum! This premium event is open to the public. Admission is free for Mitchell Museum members and Tribal Citizens; $25 for non-members. Be among the first to witness the unveiling of our new mural and meet the 9 young artists that created […]
Organizers: Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
$25
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Join us at the DANK Haus on Friday, July 23rd for a Kulturküche Cooking Class! Chef Reinhard Richter is back with another delicious class at the DANK Haus! This time we will be learning how to make Obsttorte. What is Obsttorte? Obst (fruit) + Torte (cake) = Fruit cake. It's exactly what it sounds like! […]
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
$20 – $30 |
7 events,
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RESCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 27TH! The LAWNDALE Cook Out hosted by Douglass 18 is a gathering to bring people from North Lawndale and South Lawndale together to promote Nature and Unity in our community. We invite you to join us on August 27th from 11am to 2pm at Douglass 18 Mini-Golf Course (1401 S Sacramento Dr, […]
Organizers: OPEN Center for the Arts
FREE
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![]() Family Fun Fest Saturday, Aug. 27, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. In the Museum Parking Lot Family Fun Fest returns to the Swedish American Museum parking lot from 11-2 on Saturday, Aug. 27. Come enjoy Swedish-themed games, activities, crafts, snacks, prizes, and a raffle as we celebrate the end of summer and the start of […]
Organizers: Swedish American Museum
FREE Pop by the Museum today or tomorrow for fika in our main gallery space on the first floor. Enjoy some Swedish coffee and cinnamon rolls while you relax and enjoy the photos of famous Blues musicians taken by Hans Ekestang or go outside and sit in our courtyard. We will be having weekly Pop-Up Cafés […]
Organizers: Swedish American Museum | |||
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Our August Reel Film Club highlights Argentina through film and food! Sand Eyes (an official selection of the 37th Chicago Latino Film Festival) is a heart-wrenching psychological drama that turns into a powerful unnerving thriller about a couple in search for their kidnapped son. The film is projected in Spanish with English subtitles. The event […]
Organizers: International Latino Cultural Center
$20 |
4 events,
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6th Floor Skyline Lounge & Terrace Need a night out, but don’t know what to do with the kids? DANK has you covered! Join us on Thursday, September 1st from 6-8 pm for a parent's night out. We will provide childcare and fun, enriching activities at the Haus for your kids, while you get to […]
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
$15 – $35
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Join us for a night of lively discussion and discovery of Bronzeville citizens' history, culture, and creativity. About this event About the project: Bronzeville residents, alumni, elders, and interested scholars will participate in workshops at the Jacob H. Carruthers Center to tell, write, and share what we know or have learned about Bronzeville's rich history. […]
Organizers: Bronzeville Historical Society
FREE |
5 events,
All levels - BEGINNERS WELCOME! DANK Haus 6th Floor, Terrace General Public: $5 | Friends of DANK: Free Enjoy gentle Yoga classes on the 6th floor skyline terrace at DANK-Haus. In this class we will be flowing from pose to pose and linking movement with breath. We will combine elements of Hatha and Yin-Yoga as […]
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
$5
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All levels - BEGINNERS WELCOME! DANK Haus 6th Floor, Terrace General Public: $5 | Friends of DANK: Free Enjoy gentle Yoga classes on the 6th floor skyline terrace at DANK-Haus. In this class we will be flowing from pose to pose and linking movement with breath. We will combine elements of Hatha and Yin-Yoga as […]
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
$5 For the first time in Chicago, Sidi Wacho will put on a performance you can't miss! The group hails from Chile, France, and Algeria, but claim to be from all over the world. Sidi Wacho has produced four acclaimed albums and have toured the world with their Cumbia, Hip-Hop, Balkan fusion in the vein of […]
Organizers: International Latino Cultural Center
$15 – $20 |
4 events,
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D-Composed brings their Music in Color experience to life at South Side Community Art Center! About this event Founded in 2017 by Kori Coleman, D-Composed is a chamber music experience that celebrates & honors Black creativity and culture through the music of Black composers. To date, D-Composed has gained national recognition with appearances on The […]
Organizers: South Side Community Art Center
FREE
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The Chinese American Museum of Chicago (CAMOC) is excited to announce the fourth exhibition of the Spotlight Series, featuring artist Yuge Zhou. Please join us on Saturday, September 3, from 3pm-6pm CT for the opening reception. This exhibition will run from September 3 through October 16. Collateral programs of the exhibition include a poetry session in collaboration with the […]
Organizers: Chinese American Museum of Chicago
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