Event PageSaturday, October 4 - Mid-Autumn Festival
Collaborators: Chinese American Museum of Chicago, Field Museum, Chicago Park District, The Nature Conservancy, & Mond(e)
Location: Set in Stone Gathering Space in the Burnham Wildlife Corridor
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2025
Get ready for an evening celebrating the Harvest Moon with music, live performances, delicious mooncakes, bubble tea, a native plant giveaway, archery, a lantern procession down the lake, astronomical moon viewing, and much more! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn and join us for this important holiday in the Chinese diaspora and all over Asia celebrating friends and family! This event is outdoors, family-friendly, free, and open to the public. RSVP for free shuttles to the festival, picking up from in front of the Chinatown Chicago Public Library.
This event is organized by CAMOC in partnership with the Roots & Routes Initiative, Chicago Park District and the Field Museum.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mid-autumn-festival-2025-tickets-1665486247199
Saturday, October 4 - Reiki: Healing Through Cultural Practices
Collaborators: Haitian American Museum of Chicago and Joel Hall Dancers & Center
Location: Haitian American Museum of Chicago,
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2025
Event Description: Collaboration between JHDC and HAMOC surrounding Reiki, and Haitian & African-American practices.
Wednesday, October 8 - Calligraphic Journeys through the Beauty of Islamic Art
Collaborators: Seldon Institute & Heritage Museum of Asian Art
Location: Seldon Institute, 5659 S Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL. 60637
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
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Saturday, October 11 - Zoo Fiesta
Collaborators: Lincoln Park Zoo, Center of Peruvian Arts, Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, & Casa Michoacan
Location: Lincoln Park Zoo
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025
Zoo Fiesta: Delight in the animals, cultures, and conservation efforts of Latin America at Zoo Fiesta! A play on “su fiesta,” Zoo Fiesta is a 21+ event celebrating Latinx and Afro-Latino cultures and communities. Enjoy free cultural performances, live music, and chats highlighting animals native to Central and South America.
Saturday, October 11 - From Fika to Fuji: Bridging Sweden and Japan
Collaborators: Swedish American Museum & Chicago Japanese American Historical Society
Location: Swedish American Museum
Date: Saturday, October 11
What do Japanese and Swedish culture have in common? More than you might think! Through craft workshops, cooking demonstrations, and more, the Chicago Japanese American Historical Society and the Swedish American Museum will come together to explore how various decorative, culinary, and textile elements are traditionally used in both cultures.
Saturday October 18 - Stitching Stories: Asia from East to West
Collaborators: Heritage Museum of Asian Art & Abrahamic Center for Cultural Education
Location: Heritage Museum of Asian Art
Date: Saturday, October 18
As part of Journey Chicago, Open House Chicago and Chicago Fashion Week, the Heritage Museum of Asian Art presents a two-part program highlighting the richness and complexity of Asian textile traditions spanning East Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. From October 9–19, a pop-up exhibition—organized with the Abrahamic Center for Cultural Education and Japanese Culture Center—will showcase embroidery, fabric folding, and garment making as expressions of identity and storytelling. On October 18–19, hands-on workshops will invite the public to engage directly with these diverse practices.
Saturday October 18 - The Taste & Experience of Ukraine and Lithuania
Collaborators: Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art & Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture
Location: Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
Date: Saturday, October 18, 2025
Event Description: Exploring hands on art activities from the Ukrainian and Lithuanian cultures — including glass paining and egg painting. There will also be a cooking demo and tasting of various styles of food from each culture.
Saturday October 18 - Family Album Day
Collaborators: Puerto Rican Arts Alliance & Bronzeville Historical Society
Location: Puerto Rican Arts Alliance
Date: Saturday, October 18, 2025
Event Description: Your family’s past is part of our collective history! Family Album Day. Bring your old family photos and albums to help preserve the stories of migration, home, and cultural identity. Professional archivists and curators will be on-site to review photographs, listen to your family’s migration journey, and select meaningful images for inclusion in El Archivo Project, PRAA’s digital archive documenting Puerto Rican life in the Midwest. This initiative ensures that our community’s stories and experiences are preserved and rooted in community institutions for future generations. Let’s preserve our roots—one photograph at a time!
Sunday October 19 - Stitching Stories: Asia from East to West
Collaborators: Heritage Museum of Asian Art & Abrahamic Center for Cultural Education
Location: Heritage Museum of Asian Art
Date: Sunday, October 19
As part of Journey Chicago, Open House Chicago and Chicago Fashion Week, the Heritage Museum of Asian Art presents a two-part program highlighting the richness and complexity of Asian textile traditions spanning East Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. From October 9–19, a pop-up exhibition—organized with the Abrahamic Center for Cultural Education and Japanese Culture Center—will showcase embroidery, fabric folding, and garment making as expressions of identity and storytelling. On October 18–19, hands-on workshops will invite the public to engage directly with these diverse practices.
Sunday October 19 - Western Classical Strings Meet Traditional Peruvian Arts
Collaborators: Crossing Borders Music & Center of Peruvian Arts
Location: Budlong Woods Branch, Chicago Public Library, 5630 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60659
Date: Sunday, October 19
The program will be an Afro-Peruvian dance and music interactive workshop and mini-performance by Center for the Peruvian Arts and a mini-performance by Crossing Borders Music and tenor Luis Galvez that also shares cultural information. The program will explore Indigenous and Afro-Peruvian cultural expressions and also how Peruvian composers used those traditions in songs and music for string quartet
Thursday October 23 - Homerathon
Collaborators: National Hellenic Museum, Polish Museum of America, Instituto Cervantes, T.G. Masayrk Czech School, Irish American Heritage Center, Swedish American Museum, DANK Haus, and others.
Location: National Hellenic Museum
Date: Thursday, October 23 and Friday, October 24, 2025
Homerathon is a reading of Homer’s Odyssey in its entirety. People are encouraged to read parts of the poem in other languages. Games and activities are offered as part of the event.
Friday October 24 - Homerathon
Collaborators: National Hellenic Museum, Polish Museum of America, Instituto Cervantes, T.G. Masayrk Czech School, Irish American Heritage Center, Swedish American Museum, DANK Haus, and others
Location: National Hellenic Museum
Date:Thursday, October 23 and Friday, October 24, 2025
Homerathon is a reading of Homer’s Odyssey in its entirety. People are encouraged to read parts of the poem in other languages. Games and activities are offered as part of the event.
Friday, October 24 - Isla Sabor: A Taste of Caribbean Connection
Collaborators: Haitian American Museum of Chicago, Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, and Dominican American Midwest Association
Location: Puerto Rican Arts Alliance
Date: Friday, October 24, 2025
Through food, beverage and history, celebrate the Caribbean by learning about the uniqueness and similarities of the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Haiti. This event will highlight the indigenous Taino people and their foundational role
within the islands. Cultural food and beverages served.
Saturday, October 25 - International Game Day
Collaborators: Chicago Cultural Alliance, Filipino American Heritage Society of Chicago, Heritage Museum of Asian Art, Romanian Community Foundation and More
Location: Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL 60022
Date: Saturday October 25, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Wednesday, October 29 - Bridging Worlds: Ukrainian & Indonesian Stories on Stage
Collaborators: Friends of the Gamelan & Ukrainian National Museum
Location: Ukrainian National Museum, 2249 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60612
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 6:30PM – 7:30PM
Stories have the power to make us laugh, cry, hope, and grow wiser. Across
cultures—from Ukraine to Indonesia—stories connect us through shared themes
of passion, history, and humor. Friends of the Gamelan and the Ukrainian National
Museum are proud to present a concert of traditional music that brings these stories
to life through vibrant sounds and rhythms of their countries’ traditional instruments.
Families of all ages are invited to enjoy this hour-long performance filled with beauty,
meaning, and delight.
Participating Members
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