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February 27, 2022 @ 5:00 am - 6:00 am

Guided Tour: Swedish American Museum

Swedish American Museum 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago

12:00 pm

February 28, 2022 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Virtual Exhibit Tour: “Shanghai: Safe Haven During the Holocaust”

Online Event

Free – $10

February 28, 2022 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Celebrating Black History Month: A Special Conversation with Zainab Khan and Hon. Charif Hachim

Online Event

FREE

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1:00 pm

March 3, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Irish Art in Practice: Legacies of Justice

Online Event

FREE

5:00 pm

March 3, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Kaffeeklatsch

Online Event

FREE

1:00 pm

March 4, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Exhibition Opening: Colors of Life

Ukrainian National Museum 2249 W. Superior St., Chicago

$10

6:00 am

March 5, 2022 @ 6:30 am - 7:30 am

March Call to Peace, with composer Chris Dingman

Online Event

FREE

10:00 am

March 5, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Film Screening: Ravi and Anoushka Shankar Live in Bangalore

South Asia Institute 1925 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago

$5 – $10

11:00 am

March 5, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Round Dance at AIC

American Indian Center 3401 West Ainslie Street, Chicago

FREE

2:00 pm

March 5, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Somos La Plena

Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center 4046 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago

$10 – $40

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February 27, 2022 5:00 am - 6:00 am

Guided Tour: Swedish American Museum

February 27, 2022 @ 5:00 am - 6:00 am

Guided Tour: Swedish American Museum

Dive into the history of Swedish immigration to Chicago with a guided tour of the Swedish American Museum’s permanent exhibit, “The Dream of America.” Uncover the stories of real immigrants like Karl Karlsson, who left Sweden with his family in 1893, or Elin and Birgitta Hedman, who made the journey in 1924. Learn about what […]

February 28, 2022 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Virtual Exhibit Tour: “Shanghai: Safe Haven During the Holocaust”

February 28, 2022 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Virtual Exhibit Tour: “Shanghai: Safe Haven During the Holocaust”

Join a virtual tour of the special exhibition, Shanghai: Safe Haven During the Holocaust, and explore the lesser-known stories of European Jewish refugees who escaped Nazism in the Shanghai ghetto. The virtual tour includes a video presentation with Chief Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Arielle Weininger, and a live Q&A moderated by Museum personnel. Arthur Rothstein, best-known […]

Free – $10

February 28, 2022 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Celebrating Black History Month: A Special Conversation with Zainab Khan and Hon. Charif Hachim

February 28, 2022 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Celebrating Black History Month: A Special Conversation with Zainab Khan and Hon. Charif Hachim

MALA Executive Director and Co-Founder sits down with Charif Hachim, the Honorary Consul General to Comoros to discuss Black History Month, diplomacy, and community advocacy during these unique times. Join us for this special "Fire-Side" discussion as we celebrate the closing of Black History Month and consider what lies in store for our local and […]

FREE

March 3, 2022 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Irish Art in Practice: Legacies of Justice

March 3, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Irish Art in Practice: Legacies of Justice

The Irish American Heritage Center, in partnership with the Consulate General of Ireland, Midwest, presents Irish Art in Practice. Join Jennifer Keating, Ph.D. as she brings us through the world of Irish arts and artists, and the living applications and impressions it makes on the world around us. Jennifer Keating is a Senior Lecturer and […]

FREE

March 3, 2022 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Kaffeeklatsch

March 3, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Kaffeeklatsch

DANK Haus hosts a gemütliche chat online every Thursday at 5:30pm, with German speakers at every level welcome. We will be talking about "Gott und die Welt", and this Klatsch will be moderated by a friendly and enthusiastic German speaker. Please RSVP to receive the online link. This link can be used every week. https://dankhaus.com/event-4475997 […]

FREE

March 4, 2022 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Exhibition Opening: Colors of Life

March 4, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Exhibition Opening: Colors of Life

Colors of Life by Elena Diadenko Elena was born and raised in Ukraine, and immigrated to the United States in 1992. She received her first art degrees from Myrgorod Ceramics College and Lviv National Academy of Arts in Ukraine. Later, she received two masters’ degrees in interdisciplinary art and art education from Columbia College […]

$10

March 5, 2022 6:30 am - 7:30 am

March Call to Peace, with composer Chris Dingman

March 5, 2022 @ 6:30 am - 7:30 am

March Call to Peace, with composer Chris Dingman

Join us online to send love and healing energy to all people and nature in every country throughout the world and to experience the healing music of Chris Dingman. Join the Peace School live on Facebook or on zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87242847498 SPECIAL GUEST: Chris Dingman ( photo by Zachary Maxwell Stertz) You'll be captivated by this […]

FREE

March 5, 2022 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Film Screening: Ravi and Anoushka Shankar Live in Bangalore

March 5, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Film Screening: Ravi and Anoushka Shankar Live in Bangalore

Film Screening and Discussion About this event **Please note that this is an in-person event** Ravi and Anoushka Shankar Live in Bangalore (2012. 2hr.24min) On February 7, 2012, two months before his 92nd birthday, Ravi Shankar performed with his daughter Anoushka at the sold-out Bangaluru Palace Grounds in Bangalore, India. With a set including Raga […]

$5 – $10

March 5, 2022 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Round Dance at AIC

March 5, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Round Dance at AIC

Everyone welcome to the Round Dance at the American Indian Center, with a feast, dancing, singing, performers, contests, vendors, and more.

FREE

March 5, 2022 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Somos La Plena

March 5, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Somos La Plena

A Chicago celebration of the life and legacy of Tito Matos About this event On January 18, 2022 the Puerto Rican cultural community was shocked by the news of the sudden departure of musical giant Tito Matos. After an extensive career as a master percussionist, teacher and bandleader of Viento de Agua and La Máquina […]

$10 – $40

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J. Gibran Villalobos

Board Member

J. Gibran Villalobos is an arts administrator, educator, and cultural worker. He has served as Senior Program Officer for the Institute of Museum and Library Services, as the Interim Executive Director of the Chicago Artists Coalition, and faculty lecturer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Previously, he has held posts as Assistant Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Partnerships and Community Engagement Manager for the Chicago Architecture Biennial, Cultural Liaison for the Chicago Park District, and Curator-in-Residence for the Chicago Cultural Center. In 2016 he attended the Advocacy Leadership Institute and was invited to the White House Office of Public Engagement, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to speak to issues affecting Latinos in Chicago. In 2017 he launched an inaugural summit of Latinx artists and administrators across the U.S; for this project he was awarded the Act Up Award by the Chicago Community Trust. His work has been presented at the Fabrica de Arte Cubano during the 2017 Havana Biennial. In 2019 he was an inaugural recipient of the Field Foundation’s Leaders for a New Chicago Award as well as the Americans for the Arts 2019 Leaders of Color Fellowship. In 2020, he joined the Civic Leadership Academy at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy where he worked with government and nonprofit sector participants to think about effective policy for Chicago’s cultural industries. He helped establish the Auxiliary Board at the National Museum of Mexican Art. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the Department of Arts Administration & Policy.

Gibran holds a BA in Art History and a BS in Public Relations from Northern Arizona University and an MA in Arts Administration & Policy and MA in Modern Art History & Theory from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

He has contributed to exhibitions such as Direct Message, presenting the artwork of Chicago artistic collectives and their relation to language and civic engagement. As part of an international project, he has convened the MCA Chicago with the Tate Modern, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Queens Museum and other institutions to create dialogue on civic engagement within contemporary art institutions. He has written catalog entries for Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Rodrigo Lara Zendejas, and Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford. In 2021, he is contributing to the upcoming retrospective on the work by artist Andrea Bowers focusing on the activism and archives of Emma Lozano. He is curator of the symposium Fractures: Creating Around Devastation focusing on water ecology, civic engagement, activism, and architecture.

Loreal Robertson

Board Member

Loreal Robertson is a native Chicagoan who recently returned home in 2021 where she began working at the University of Chicago. In her role she oversees and monitors a range of programs, services, and resources to support the retention, wellness, belonging, and success of graduate students. Additionally, her role includes informing strategic priorities, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, professional development, student advancement and the support of students who may be experiencing financial academic, or personal challenges, including students with disabilities and international students.

Loreal has over 10 years of experience in higher education and student affairs. In 2021 she received the Inclusion and Diversity Champion Award from Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK), where she was previously employed. Loreal’s personal and professional philosophy is creating and promoting spaces and opportunities where everyone can see themselves as part of an experience and feels represented.

Loreal holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Arkansas, a Master of Arts in Educational Administration from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from TAMUK.

Loreal is a financial and active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc, an avid reader, and enjoys traveling with family and friends.

Warren Frank

Treasurer

Warren Frank is a retired CPA and CFO, and current Adjunct Professor at Columbia College.

Warren worked at such CPA firms as KPMG, PwC, and Deloitte, and Not For Profit organizations as National Association of Realtors, Chicago Associations of Realtors, Anixter Center, and Chinese American Service League.

Warren is a Chicago resident in the Lakeview neighborhood. He attended Loyola University of Chicago for his bachelor degree and Northwestern University for his master degree.

Colleen McGaughey

Board Member

Colleen McGaughey (she/her) is the director of development at the National Public Housing Museum, where she leads the strategic direction of the museum’s fundraising efforts with a focus on creative and community-centric approaches.

Mario Longoni

Board Member

Mario Longoni is a cultural anthropologist (“Lead Environmental Social Scientist”) in the Keller Science Action Center at the Field Museum. For over 20 years, he has worked with individuals and organizations to surface and activate cultural and natural assets (specific strengths and characteristics) to help communities meet the challenges they face.

Rob Fojtik

Board Member

Rob Fojtik is Vice President for Neighborhood Strategy at Choose Chicago, the city’s official tourism and convention promotion bureau. In this capacity, Rob oversees efforts to promote and support Chicago’s 77 neighborhoods to visitors from near and far. Programs include the award-winning Neighborhood Content Creator program that leverages resident-made digital content, and Chicago Alfresco, a $2.5 million placemaking initiative created in partnership with the Chicago Department of Transportation to transform public spaces into community plazas for outdoor enjoyment.

Before coming to Choose Chicago, Rob was a Senior Advisor to Mayor Lightfoot on economic development and international relations at City Hall, as well as LGTBQ+ affairs and the expanded outdoor dining program. In this role, he also worked to recommend and place over 150 civic leaders and residents onto City boards and commissions. Prior to government service in the Lightfoot administration, Rob ran her winning campaign in the crowded 2019 Chicago mayoral race as Chief of Staff. In past lives, Rob has worked as a public affairs manager for a Fortune 500 company downtown; had misadventures in management consulting, art sales, and personal cheffing; and spent time in Washington DC working for former Secretary of Defense William Cohen. Rob also served a one-year appointment at the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence as a policy advisor on Central and Eastern Europe. In this role, he was part of the NSC’s interagency process to develop a comprehensive sanctions regime on Russia as a consequence of its 2014 invasion of Crimea and Eastern Ukraine.

After receiving his BA in Slavic Languages and Literature at Northwestern University, Rob lived and worked in the Czech Republic teaching English and tending bar before moving to Washington, D.C. to pursue a MA from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (CERES). He enjoys cooking, learning foreign languages, hiking with his partner and their dog, and visiting Chicago’s many neighborhoods.

Paul Durica

Board Member

Dr. Paul Durica is the Director of Exhibitions at the Chicago History Museums and worked in a similar capacity at The Newberry Library. From 2015-2020, he served as the Director of Programs and Exhibitions with Illinois Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Prior to that he drew upon his work as a writer, researcher, and teacher to produce a series of free and interactive talks, walks, and reenactments focused on narratives from Chicago’s past that resonate with its present.

These public history programs led to collaborations with cultural institutions in the city such as the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Chicago History Museum, Newberry Library, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Chicago Cultural Center among others.

Each program made use of both his original research and the skills of the arts organizations, community groups, local businesses, and publications that acted as my partners. Some of these programs, such as the full-scale reenactment of the Haymarket Affair in 2011, involved recruiting and directing over 300 volunteers and 1,000 participants.

To produce these programs successfully, he wrote grants; managed budgets; generated web content; worked closely with program partners of varying sizes and resources; and identified, engaged, and sustained a diverse multi-generational audience.

Lynessa Rico

Board Member

Dr. Lynessa M. Rico is the Associate Chair of the Business Psychology Department at the The Chicago School of Professional Psychology Chicago campus. She is also a business mentor at 1871.

Lynessa is a results-driven Strategic Consultant with over 25 years of experience enabling leaders to meet strategic business objectives by identifying and aligning business growth opportunities with strategic direction of culturally diverse organizations. By leveraging her strategic experience in identifying and impacting business growth opportunities and maximizing profits in retail firms and higher education institutions, Lynessa leads workshops focused on the creative mindset, women’s entrepreneurship, emotional intelligence, and the value and application of design thinking within entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial ecosystems. Her services also include consulting with and educating leadership on emotional intelligence, the power of design thinking and the creative mindset, and leadership styles to support inclusive, creative workplaces. She has presented to leadership and innovation teams in small, mid-size, and Fortune 500 companies.

Lynessa received her undergraduate degrees in Marketing and Management from Wichita State University. She then went on to earn a master’s degree in Business Administration from Wichita State University with a focus in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. After earning her master’s degree, Lynessa received her doctorate in Business Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology where she successfully completed her dissertation titled, “The Relationship Between Personality Types and Color Preference for Color Combinations.” Her current research interests include women’s entrepreneurship, design thinking, creativity, emotional intelligence, and entrepreneurship self-efficacy.

Outside of work and research, Lynessa enjoys mentoring start-ups and judging pitch competitions. Lynessa currently resides in Chicago, Illinois with her four cats. She is an avid long-distance runner, having completed 5 full marathons (and counting), and enjoys watching musical theater.

Briana Thomas

Board Member

Briana Thomas is the Museum Associate at the Abrahamic Center for Cultural Education (a core member of the Chicago Cultural Alliance). She wears many hats including developing exhibition content, facilitating community programs (children and adults), liaising with visitor artists, and other responsibilities. Her previous experience in the nonprofit space includes her tenure as the Financial Empowerment Coordinator at AMERICORPS Sharing Life Center as well as engaging with the public at the Dallas Arboretum. Her past professional experience has remained rooted in marginalized communities. It is their needs, discourse and histories that she has routinely been tasked with protecting and showcasing in the face of poor infrastructure, and willing ignorance. Creating safe spaces is an ancestral practice she has inherited.