Semillas: Artwork by Raul Ortiz Bonilla
The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture 3015 W Division Street, Chicago
Free
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The Girl in The Diary: Searching for Rywka from the Łódz Ghetto
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie
Free – $18
The Spirit of Place: Earth is Home – Lithography by Kurt Seaberg
Swedish American Museum 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago
Free – $6
Yulia Gasio: Donbas, Ukraine 2014 till the Present
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
M.K Čiurlionis Virtual Reality Film “Trail of Angels”
Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture 6500 South Pulaski Road, Chicago
$35
Resistencia y Libertá por Bombazo Wear
The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture 3015 W Division Street, Chicago
Made in Taiwan | 台灣製造 CATHY HSIAO & NESTOR SIRÉ
Chinese American Museum of Chicago 238 W. 23rd St, Chicago
Free
9th Annual National Gathering of American Indian Veterans: Healing for One, Healing for All
Cantigny Park Wheaton
Free
Shelly Jyoti – Indigo: The Blue Gold
South Asia Institute 1925 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago
$5 – $10
Mykhailenko Brothers Fundraising Concert
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
$10
Week of Events
Semillas: Artwork by Raul Ortiz Bonilla
Through his signature puntos and semillas, Puerto Rican artist Raul Ortiz Bonilla presents a story of migration and diaspora.
Free
Soy Boricua
From digital collage to painting to glasswork to photography, twelve non-male Diasporican artists explore their expansive identities and how they intersect in their own ways.
Free
Letters from Home
Artists from Sweden and Chicago collaborate to create original works interpreting early 20th century letters to Chicago immigrant Emil Olsson from his family in Sweden.
Free – $6
ReFramed: The Future of Cities in Wood
This exhibition tells the story of building with mass timber and features architectural models of mass timber projects, from public spaces to office buildings.
$14
The Girl in The Diary: Searching for Rywka from the Łódz Ghetto
In 1945, a 14-year-old's diary was discovered in Auschwitz. The exhibition explores Rywka's life in the Łódz Ghetto and what might have happened after her deportation to Auschwitz and beyond.
Free – $18
Summer Weddings
Weddings bring us together. They are a chance to celebrate love and the beginning of a couple’s new life together. Weddings also celebrate our history and culture. Join the Museum for this fun exhibit, featuring wedding dresses from the past, as well as from the many cultures that make up Buffalo Grove today, including Korean, […]
The Spirit of Place: Earth is Home – Lithography by Kurt Seaberg
Seaberg uses his lithographs of the beautiful natural landscape of Minnesota and Sweden to connect with his Sami heritage and to remind us of beauty, community, and sense of place.
Free – $6
Yulia Gasio: Donbas, Ukraine 2014 till the Present
The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art presents Yulia Gasio: Donbas, Ukraine 2014 till the Present. Join us for the opening reception. Yulia Gasio will give a presentation at 2pm.
M.K Čiurlionis Virtual Reality Film “Trail of Angels”
Take a VR journey through the works of the paintings and music of M.K. Čiurlionis.
$35
Resistencia y Libertá por Bombazo Wear
Bomba music and dance provide resistance, self-expression, and community building for Afro-Puerto Ricans. This exhibit displays the evolution of bomba attire since the 17th century.
Made in Taiwan | 台灣製造 CATHY HSIAO & NESTOR SIRÉ
Artists Cathy Hsiao and Nestor Siré comment on our digital connectivity. Taking porcelain and recycled plastic, they reveal how economies thrive under political and economic erasure.
Free
9th Annual National Gathering of American Indian Veterans: Healing for One, Healing for All
Join the Trickster Cultural Center as they honor veterans & military personnel of all cultures, eras, and branches in a Native American way.
Free
Shelly Jyoti – Indigo: The Blue Gold
Acclaimed Indian visual and textile artist Shelly Jyoti depicts the indigo's colonial history and impact — the cultivation, exploitation, and servitude that happened because of one plant.
$5 – $10
Tantalizing Treasures Sale
The Swedish American Museum will take part in the Andersonville Sidewalk Sale. Come find your treasures old and new.
July 23, 2023
Mykhailenko Brothers Fundraising Concert
Mykhailenko Brothers Fundraising Concert
Join the Ukrainian Institute for Modern Art for a classical fundraising concert!
$10
July 25, 2023
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The Hellenistics Kingdoms: Journey into the “Other Ancient” Greece
The Hellenistics Kingdoms: Journey into the “Other Ancient” Greece
Learn about the Hellenistic kingdoms with the National Hellenic Museum. Explore the legacies of Alexander the Great, and the Seleucid, Ptolemaic, and Antigonid kingdoms.
Free
July 25, 2023
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The Greek Civil War: A History
The Greek Civil War: A History
Step into the tumultuous era of the Greek Civil War with our thought-provoking NHM Discussion
Free
July 25, 2023
On-Site Book & Author: “A Revolution in the Name of Tradition: Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement”
On-Site Book & Author: “A Revolution in the Name of Tradition: Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement”
Bais Yaakov schools provided religious education for Jewish girls. Explore this movement through its tensions, capturing its complexity as a revolution in the name of tradition.
Free
July 26, 2023
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Prost! Beer and Architecture in Chicago
Prost! Beer and Architecture in Chicago
Join Chicago Architecture Center for a history of Chicago's brewery architecture: industrial breweries, palatial homes of beer barons, and vernacular neighborhood pubs.
$15
July 28, 2023
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Avenida Peru Restaurant Independence Celebration
Avenida Peru Restaurant Independence Celebration
Enjoy Peruvian gastronomy accompanied by a show that shows the multiculturalism of Peruvian dances celebrated on the 202nd anniversary of the independence of Peru.
July 28, 2023
El Hijo de Borikén
El Hijo de Borikén
El Hijo de Borikén is a musical group from Puerto Rico characterized by their politically conscious, socially aware, and protest-like lyrics dedicated towards their island.
$10 – $15
July 29, 2023
Assyrian Circle Series
Assyrian Circle Series
Mr. Ninos Nirari, a highly regarded poet and specialist in the Syriac language, will conduct a lecture in Assyrian about his poetry.
July 29, 2023
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The Fan Painting Workshop
The Fan Painting Workshop
The Fan Painting workshop combines functionality and creativity, allowing you to create your artwork while also enjoying the coolness of summer by using your painted fan. All material included. The ticket is $15. Member is $10. Only nine spots are available. In this workshop, you will have the opportunity to learn and experience the art […]
$10 – $15
July 29, 2023
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The Annual Ethiopian Community Cookout
The Annual Ethiopian Community Cookout
Open to all of the Ethiopian Community, and lovers of Ethiopia: get your foldable chairs, bring the whole family - and let's all get together, eat, and have some fun!
July 29, 2023
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Indigo as Art and Commodity: A Panel Discussion
Indigo as Art and Commodity: A Panel Discussion
Join the South Asia Institute for this panel discussion on the profound impact of Indigo on India's artistic heritage and its on contemporary craft and fine art practices worldwide.
Free
July 29, 2023
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Independencia de Peru
Independencia de Peru
Enjoy 2 hours of live Peruvian music and dances. Dances from the highlands and jungle coast will be the attraction this time accompanied by the musical group Solandino.
$20