October

October 8-9, 2004
Ballet Folklorico de la Universidad Veracruzana
At the Harris Theater in Millennium Park
Box Office: 312.334.7777
http://www.madtchi.com/

October 15-16, 2004
Asian American Jazz Fest
Hothouse, 31 E. Balbo Drive, Chicago
Call 312. 362.9707
http://www.hothouse.net/

October 29, 2004
Women's Day at Oakton
Des Plaines Campus, TenHoeve Center and other campus locations
http://www.oakton.edu/news/colrel/spevents.htm#womens

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November

November 12 , 2004 - 8:45 am - 3:30 pm
Building Bridges to Asia: Integrating Southeast Asia into Your Curriculum
Holmes Student Center, Northern Illinois University

All college- and university-level educators and administrators are welcome to participate in this free one-day faculty development seminar.

Professor Emeritus Clark Neher will deliver the keynote presentation on geopolitical and current issues in Southeast Asia. Other presentations by NIU and guest faculty will offer practical suggestions on how to integrate Southeast Asia into new or existing courses in science, history, the humanities, the social sciences and professional studies. Also included will be discussions on conducting research in the region.

Established in 1963, NIU's Center for Southeast Asian Studies is the second oldest of its kind in the United States and is designated by U.S. Department of Education as a National Resource Center. It provides leadership, focus and coordination for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University.

Southeast Asia includes the countries of Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Call (815) 753-1595 to register for the seminar prior to the Oct. 22
deadline. Limited teaching awards ($200) will be available.
http://www.niu.edu/cseas/outreach/seaseminar.htm

November 21 , 2004
Men's Day at Oakton
Des Plaines Campus
http://www.oakton.edu/news/colrel/spevents.htm

November 20, 2004 - January 30, 2005
Hero, Hawk and Open Hand: American Indian Art of the Ancient Midwest and South
300 Masterpieces of stone, ceramic, wood, shell, copper, silver and gold created between 2000 B.C. and A.D. 1600
Art Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/herohawk.html

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December

December 2 - 12, 2004
A Raisin in the Sun
Footlik Theater at Oakton Community College, Des Plaines Campus
http://www.oakton.edu/news/colrel/spevents.htm

Through December 12, 2004
Dia de los Muertos: Tribute and Tradition
Annual Day of the Dead exhibition at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago
Call 312.738.1503
http://www.mfacmchicago.org

December 14, 2004
Ghandi Marg
A staged reading of a play inspired by "A Streetcar Named Desire" is set in an Indian community along Devon Avenue on Chicago's north side.
Storefront Theater, Gallery 37 Center for the Arts, 66 E. Randolph, Chicago
Call 312.742.8497

Through March, 2005
Jamming with the Man: Allen Stringfellow, A Retrospective
An exhibition of collages, watercolors and sculptures that focus on themes of religion, dance, gospel and jazz music.
DuSable Museum of African-American History
Call 773-947-0600
http://www.dusablemuseum.org

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April

April 15 - 16, 2005
Doing Gender... Better: Rethinking Our Roles in Family, Work, education and the Media
Third Annual Gender Converence at College of Lake County
Presentation proposals due December 21, 2004
http://yyz.clcillinois.edu/womenscenter/