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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.

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."

“I’ll Have What She’s Having”: The Jewish Deli

Illinois Holocaust Museum 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie
Organizers: Illinois Holocaust Museum

More than a place to get a meal, the Jewish deli is a community forged in food. Explore how Jewish immigrants adapted traditions to create a uniquely American restaurant.

German Intercultural Classes

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

Are you looking for an intercultural program for your employees which will prepare them for their stay in a German-speaking country? Then contact us at [email protected] for more information.

DARK TESTAMENT: A CENTURY OF BLACK WRITERS ON JUSTICE

American Writers Museum 180 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago
Organizers: American Writers Museum

Celebrate Black History Month with a literary twist at the AWM's Family Free Days this weekend. Enjoy free admission on Sunday, February 18 and Monday, February 19. Access to our temporary special exhibit, Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice, is also included with free admission. This exhibit closes in May.

Arte de La Borinqueña – Women’s History Month

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

The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture is excited to announce our new collaborative exhibition, Arte de La Borinqueña, by Creator Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, on display from March 2 - October 26, 2024. The public opening will be on March 2, 2024, from 10 am - 2 pm and will include a “Meet and Greet” […]

“In Control” Exhibit

Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Organizers: Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art

Join us Saturday, March 9th - May 4th, 2024 for the viewing of In Control, featuring works by Katrina Majkut! The exhibition, In Control, surveys a plethora of modern medical products and prescriptions as they relate to contemporary reproductive justice issues, family planning, health needs and bodily autonomy. Responding to current events as early as 2009, […]

Materials, Metaphors, and Miniatures

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

The exhibition 'Materials, Metaphors, and Miniatures' featuring works from the Hundal Collection delves into neo-contemporary miniature painting through the works of artists who have moved beyond the traditional format and explore contemporary themes. General Admission includes Second Floor Exhibition. LIST OF ARTISTS Bashir Ahmed | Asif Ahmed | Waseem Ahmed | Farhat Ali | Faiza […]

“Lay Of(f) the Land: Nordic Narratives” Exhibit

Swedish American Museum 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago
Organizers: Swedish American Museum

“Lay of(f) the Land: Nordic Narratives” will open on Friday, April 5 at 6 p.m. with artists Dragos Alexandrescu, Linnéa Therese Dimitriou, Heidi-Anett Haugen, Hanna Kanto, Lotta Lampa, Patricia Rodas, Anastasia Savinova, and Madelaine Sillfors. Profoundly influenced by Nordic culture, landscape, and even weather, the Art Alliance of the Arctic South (A-A-A-S) consists of eight […]

Ongoing

The Paglees: Between Reason and Madness

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

South Asia Institute is pleased to announce its new exhibition, “The Paglees: Between Reason and Madness,” in collaboration with the Paglees. The Paglees is a feminist collective of artists of […]

Event Series Colonial Portraits Inc Exhibit

Colonial Portraits Inc Exhibit

Organizers: Puerto Rican Arts Alliance

Colonial Portraits, Inc. (Retrato del Colonizado) is an album of painting reproductions of our Puerto Rican masters. Reproductions of portraits that defined the face and identity of the Puerto Rican people. Framed and contextualized by images of Puerto Rican natural disasters that in turn brought the people of Puerto Rico together. Thirty teens and two […]

Behind the Strings: The Shanghai Quartet Documentary Film

Online Event
Organizers: Chinese American Museum of Chicago

CAMOC is hosting a free virtual screening and LIVE Q&A on Behind the Strings. This is a documentary film based on one of the outstanding string quartets on the world’s […]

Free

If The Sky Could Dream: Art, Climate, Community, and Social Change

Heritage Museum of Asian Art 3500 S Morgan St, Chicago
Organizers: Heritage Museum of Asian Art

As part of EXPO ART WEEK, Elizabeth Corr, Associate Director of Arts and Cultural Partnerships at the National Resources Defense Council, discusses environmental activism in art, including past exhibitions at EXPO Chicago, in conversation with a performance installation by Irene Hsiao, as part of the Heritage Museum of Asian Art's Year of the Dragon: Early […]

3831 CINEMA: FOR THE LOVE OF BLACK ARTISTS

South Side Community Art Center 3831 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago
Organizers: South Side Community Art Center

We're thrilled to host filmmakers Rachel Gadson and Briana Clearly for rotational film screenings as part of Art After Hours Powered by Gertie, for EXPO art week! Sponsored by Arete Wealth & Masterworks, AAH takes place from 5-8 pm on Friday, April 12 during EXPO ART WEEK and offers extended hours at over 45 galleries […]

Cooking Class | Brezeln: German Pretzels

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

  The Pretzel Blitz is back!We are hosting 2 pretzel making classes this fall. Why? We LOVE pretzels! These pretzel-making classes will be offered in-person. We will host up to […]