All Day

Semillas: Artwork by Raul Ortiz Bonilla

The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture 3015 W Division Street, Chicago
Organizers: The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture

Through his signature puntos and semillas, Puerto Rican artist Raul Ortiz Bonilla presents a story of migration and diaspora.

Free

Soy Boricua

The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture 3015 W Division Street, Chicago
Organizers: The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture

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

ReFramed: The Future of Cities in Wood

Chicago Architecture Center 111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago
Organizers: Chicago Architecture Center

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

Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie
Organizers: Illinois Holocaust Museum

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

Resistencia y Libertá por Bombazo Wear

The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture 3015 W Division Street, Chicago
Organizers: The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture

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.

Shelly Jyoti – Indigo: The Blue Gold

South Asia Institute 1925 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago
Organizers: South Asia Institute

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

Tattoo: Identity Through Ink

Organizers: Swedish American Museum

This exhibit explores personal and collective identity through tattoo traditions, past and present. For more than 5000 years, people have used tattoos to beautify, heal, or empower.

“Gravity” by Tom Torluemke

Organizers: Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art

Tom Torluemke' landscape and portrait paintings ask the question: as social and civic unrest become more contentious, how can people help each other and the environment?

Threads

Organizers: Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art

Threads is a group show where artists from many countries respond to one another. Poetry is intertwined and brought to life through fibers and textiles.

Spotlight Series: Chinoiserie (Chinesey Things)

Chinese American Museum of Chicago 238 W. 23rd St, Chicago
Organizers: Chinese American Museum of Chicago

Father-daughter team, Adrian and Clementine Reid Wong bring together an array of forms, colors, and elements while reflecting on the question, “What makes a thing Chinese?"

Chicago Latino Dance Festival: Inaugural Season

Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts 915 E 60th St., Chicago
Organizers: International Latino Cultural Center

The International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago presents a four-week celebration of the rich variety and versatility of Chicago’s thriving Iberian dance scene.

Free

Celebrating 100 Years of Rafael Tufiño at ICP

The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture 3015 W Division Street, Chicago
Organizers: The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture

Master artist Tufiño used his art to shed light on the marginalized stories and contributions of everyday Afro-Puerto Ricans, earning him the moniker of the “Painter of the People."

Irish American Movie Hooley

Wilmette Theatre 1122 Central Ave, Wilmette, Chicago
Organizers: Hibernian Transmedia

Hibernian Media hosts their 9th Annual “Irish American Movie Hooley”, the only Irish American film festival in the world. This year they present the exclusive Chicago premiere of each film.

Marshall Square Community Summit

Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy 2850 W 24th Blvd, Chicago
Organizers: OPEN Center for the Arts

Join this event for family activities, workshops, performances, food, and much more! OPEN Center for the Arts will run a short version of their theatre workshop.

Event Series Chicago Live! 2023

Chicago Live! 2023

Navy Pier 600 East Grand Avenue, Chicago
Organizers: Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, Korean Cultural Center of Chicago, Joel Hall Dancers & Center

Celebrating Chicago’s vibrant arts and cultural community, more than 80 artists and organizations will perform in back-to-back performances, Pier-wide, across three stages.

Artist Talk: Fleurette Estes, Diné

American Indian Center 3401 West Ainslie Street, Chicago
Organizers: American Indian Center

Everyone invited to meet and hear Fleurette present her work and creative process toward producing and challenging the idea and aesthetics of "Native American" art.

Chicago Brewology

DANK Haus German American Cultural Center 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago
Organizers: DANK Haus German American Cultural Center

DANK Haus will be hosting a beer sampling and presentations about German Chicago breweries' history, architecture, and cultural influence.

$10

Center of Peruvian Arts at Forest Park Public Library

Forest Park Public Library 7555 Jackson Blvd, Forest Park
Organizers: Center of Peruvian Arts

The Center of Peruvian Arts will participate in the Forest Park Public Library cultural showcase of four dances presented in traditional attire for National Hispanic Heritage Month.

Free

Film: Vasil/ВАСИЛ

Magura Cultural Center 415 W Golf Rd #7, Arlington Heights
Organizers: Magura Cultural Center

This Spanish film tells the story of the Bulgarian Vasil, living on the streets of Valencia. One day, Alfredo decides to house him. They gradually grow closer, despite Vasil being […]

$20