Exhibit Opening: Baby Loss Journey Exhibit

Trickster Cultural Center 190 S Roselle Rd, Schaumburg, IL, United States
Host Organizations: Trickster Cultural Center Telling the stories of the families that have experienced baby loss in their lives, this exhibit is designed by Jen Debouver a Native American Veteran Army, who herself lost 2 babies, then had her "Rainbow baby" Nina her healthy and happy little girl. This powerful exhibit features 21 multi-cultural stories and photos.

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FREE

68th Annual Chicago Powwow

Schiller Woods W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL, United States
Host Organization: American Indian Center A 3-day cultural event that articulates living Native cultures and inter-generational art practices via intertribal powwow songs and dances augmented with contemporary music performances. This event is the largest form of American Indian artistic and cultural exchange in the State of Illinois, providing a platform for self-representation through traditional Native art forms (visual and performing) which has become an indispensable and defining cultural endeavor in Native Chicago.

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“Wuhan Wuhan” Film Screening

Chinese American Museum of Chicago 238 W 23rd St, Chicago IL 60616, Chicago, IL, United States
Host Organization: Chinese American Museum of Chicago WUHAN WUHAN is an observational documentary unfolding during February and March of 2020 at the height of the pandemic in Wuhan city, where the coronavirus began. With unprecedented access at the peak of the pandemic lockdown, WUHAN WUHAN goes beyond the statistics and salacious headlines and puts a human experience into the early days of the mysterious virus as Chinese citizens and frontline healthcare workers grappled with an invisible, deadly killer.

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Waterways: Our Ties to Water and One Another Art Show

West Loop Dot Gallery 1015 West Fulton Market, Chicago, IL, United States
Host Organizations: Muslim American Leadership Alliance & ATAYAL Join us for a unique gallery experience highlighting how water can serve as a conduit bringing diverse people together through a cultural lens and open dialogue about the importance of environmental conservation locally in Chicago and globally. The program is a collaboration with ATAYAL, Muslim American Leadership Alliance, & several artists including Cesar Conde and Shawn Michael Warren.

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FREE

Mobile Museum of Tolerance Open House

Trickster Cultural Center 190 S Roselle Rd, Schaumburg, IL, United States
Host Organization: Trickster Cultural Center Co-host: Mobile Museum of Tolerance Join us for a special Indigenous Peoples' Day honoring the Native Community and celebrating the opening of the Mobile Museum of Tolerance. The MMOT is a project of the Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum, and it utilizes innovative technology and interactive lessons to bring its message of tolerance directly to Illinois schools and communities.

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FREE

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Presentation

Online via Zoom
Host Organization: Mitchell Museum of the American Indian Indigenous Peoples' Day is a worldwide movement that recognizes the history and contributions of Indigenous Peoples throughout the Americas. This year, we will honor those who never returned home from Indian Boarding Schools.

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FREE

What’s Cooking: Continuity and Change in What We Eat

Trickster Cultural Center 190 S Roselle Rd, Schaumburg, IL, United States
Host Organizations: Chicago Japanese American Historical Society and Trickster Cultural Center Join the Chicago Japanese American Historical Society and the Trickster Cultural Center in a collaborative presentation, food sampling and community dialogue as we explore two popular rice dishes--a Native American wild rice casserole and Japanese American Spam musubi. Come and taste!

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FREE

Autumn Ballad with Daegeum, a Bamboo Flute from Korea

Korean Cultural Center of Chicago 9930 Capitol Dr., Wheeling, IL, United States
Host Organization: Korean Cultural Center of Chicago Partner Organization: Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago Experience a rare opportunity to listen to the sound of a Daegeum, a traditional Korean bamboo flute, played by an artist-in-residence at the Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago, along with other woodwind accompaniments. Participants will listen to both traditional 16th century Korean music and Western-influenced pieces composed for Daegeum.

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$10

Calaveritas de Azúcar / Sugar Skulls Workshop

Casa Michoacán 1638 S Blue Island Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
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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$10

Indo-American Museum Opening Reception and Artist Talk

The National Indo-American Museum 815 S, Main Street, Lombard, IL, United States
Host Organization: National Indo American Museum Program #1: Unraveling the Skeins to View the Obscured A visual artist’s journey from concept to realization Join Sarika Goulatia for a fascinating conversation about the creative process that transforms her Indian-American experience into art where the viewer often becomes part of the work. Sometimes forgotten, sometimes remembered: the tribulations and afflictions never erased...

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FREE

We Walk in Lawndale: A Celebration of Black Community

Douglas Boulevard and Central Park Avenue W Douglas Blvd & Central Park Av, Chicago, IL, United States
Host Organization:  Haitian American Museum of Chicago Partner Organizations: Crossing Borders Music, Lawndale Pop-Up Spot Stroll through a a mini cultural fair that features the Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC), Crossing Borders Music and the Lawndale Pop-Up Spot. This event features selected works from HAMOC’s traveling exhibit “We Walk”, that celebrates Black history and culture, music commissioned by Crossing Borders Music of Haitian and Black composers and a workshop with a local Lawndale artist led by the Lawndale Pop-Up Spot.

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FREE