Host Organization: FEDECMI/CASA Michoacán Come to our workshop and learn about the making of traditional sugar skulls from Mexico and a brief history of Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead), while decorating your own sugar skull! Participants will get a chance to decorate sugar skulls with icing, glitter, feathers, rhinestones and more, all while learning a brief history of the celebration of Dia de Los Muertos.

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Host Organization: National Indo-American Museum Craving Hyderabadi food but don't want to leave your couch? Say no more!

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Host Organization: Magura Cultural Center PAINT NIGHT and more… Join us for unique art workshop and create an art piece influenced by Bulgarian folk traditions. You will be able to create an embroidery piece and use it for clear phone case, or paint a traditional embroidery pattern on ceramic, canvas or wood as a hands-on experience at the events.

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Host Organization: American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress Partner Organizations: Chicago Architecture Center’s Open House Chicago, National Hellenic Museum, Bronzeville Historical Society, Chinese American Museum of Chicago Join us in a conversation with representatives of the Bronzeville Historical Society, Chinese American Museum of Chicago, and the National Hellenic Museum on safeguarding cultural heritage in the face of urban change, as inspired by the Chicago Ethnic Arts Project Collection of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Representatives will reflect on the complexities and impacts of top-down gentrification and urban development, and how cultural heritage can be used as forces for celebration, revitalization, and fighting against cultural and historical erasure.

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Host Organization: Swedish American Museum Join the Swedish American Museum for a walking tour of Swedish Andersonville. Learn about the Swedish heritage of the neighborhood, and what Swedish things you can still find in the area today.

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Host Organization: Trickster Cultural Center Co-hosts: Teotlecuilli Aztec Dance Group and the Kenneth Young Center Help honor those who have passed by adding to our ofrendas (altars). Music, crafts, and traditional Aztec Danza will be taking place during the day.

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Host Organization: Field Museum Partner Organizations: Casa Michoacan/FEDECMI Join Roots and Routes, Casa Michoacan, Artists Hector Duarte and Alfonso "Piloto" Nieves, Chicago Park District and Filed Museum for a family-friendly event featuring a traditional altar, music, activity tables, face painting and more. Experience a traditional Dia de los Muertos while enjoying nature in Chicago.

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Host Organization: Bronzeville Historical Society Journey Chicago will conclude with a celebration of the official opening of Bronzeville Historical Society's new permanent home in the historic Parkway Ballroom building! From 12pm-1pm, members of the press are invited to tour the space and view the groundbreaking exhibit "ReIMAGINE Aunt Jemima," which honors Nancy Green and all the women who portrayed the iconic brand across the years.

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