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
Shelly Jyoti – Indigo: The Blue Gold
South Asia Institute 1925 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago
$5 – $10
Virtual Reality Film Experience: Walk to Westerbork
Illinois Holocaust Museum 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie
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
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
Virtual Reality Film Experience: Walk to Westerbork
With cinematography, animation, and archival photos, Rodi Glass revisits the sites of her survival as a young girl from Amsterdam, Westerbork transit camp, and Vittel internment camp.
SWEDISH SOMMARLÄGER
A hands-on camp with a different theme every day! Kids ages 6-12 will play Viking games, do traditional arts and crafts, dance, tell stories, become inventors, and explore the outdoors!
$325
Noche Caribeña
Set with a backdrop of Navy Pier, this evening concert offers audience members multiple Latin American music genres including folk, pop, big band, salsa, ballads, bomba, and plena.
Free
Sunday, August 6, 2023
- August 6, 2023 -Destination Asia Festival
Destination Asia Festival
Enjoy a bonsai competition, a sumo wrestler demonstration, music from Chicago Balinese Gamelan, and more amid the tree-filled landscapes of the Morton Arboretum.
Free – $17
Monday, August 7, 2023
- August 7, 2023FILMS IN THE PARK: American Curious
FILMS IN THE PARK: American Curious
Continuing our series is American Curious, a romantic comedy directed by Gabylu.
Free
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
No events on this day.
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
- August 9, 2023 -Talking Timber: Will Chicago Embrace Wooden High-Rises?
Talking Timber: Will Chicago Embrace Wooden High-Rises?
Is Chicago ready to embrace tall timber construction? Panelists discuss local and regional precedents, structural research, and evolving codes and attitudes.
Free
Thursday, August 10, 2023
- August 10, 2023 -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
Friday, August 11, 2023
- August 11, 2023 -ARTIST TALK: Le’Ana Asher
ARTIST TALK: Le’Ana Asher
With a profound connection to her Ojibwe heritage, contemporary artist Le'Ana Asher creates vibrant and evocative paintings about memory, identity, and resiliency.
Saturday, August 12, 2023
- August 12, 2023 -Exploring River Themes: Watercolor Workshop
- August 12, 2023 -Traditional Tea Talk
- August 12, 2023 -Indigo as a Textile Art: Shelly Jyoti in conversation with Lisa Trivedi
- August 12, 2023Stories from the West Side Concert Finale
- August 12, 2023Stories from the West Side
Exploring River Themes: Watercolor Workshop
The visual vocabulary of water has been a rich source of creativity for artists. The CAC is hosting a hands-on workshop exploring watercolor and changing urban environments.
$35
Traditional Tea Talk
Join the Heritage Museum of Asian Art for an incredible afternoon of learning. Participators will enjoy a hands-on tea experience guided by Living Water Tea House tea experts!
$8
Indigo as a Textile Art: Shelly Jyoti in conversation with Lisa Trivedi
In this discussion program, Shelly Jyoti and Lisa Trivedi talk about the significance of indigo in textile arts.
Free
Stories from the West Side Concert Finale
Final concert by James Sanders & Conjunto and Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre inspired by the memories of Latino Chicago.
Free – $10
Stories from the West Side
After hearing and documenting the stories of our workshops participants, James Sanders' Conjunto presents original music inspired by the memories of Latino Chicago.
Free – $10