Join Educational Events in Evanston, IL providing educational opportunities for your community. These events offer learning experiences that honor cultural heritage while helping members of the community develop new skills and knowledge.
Meet with over 40 colleges Get Accepted on the Spot & Scholarships Tuesday Sept. 15th 2026 at Columbia College Chicago 4:30pm-7:30pm
Join us for our 2nd Annual Latino College Expo Tuesday September 15th at Columbia College Chicago Columbia College Chicago754 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL from 4:30pm - 7:30pm!
Meet with over 40 colleges. You can possibly get Accepted on the Spot! Possible scholarships on the spot! Find out about Financial Aid-DACA, Dream Act, 411 for Student Athletes, Booming Careers, How to Start a Business and more!
All are Welcome-High School, College Transfer, Adult Learners, Families. Se habla español
¡Acompáñanos en nuestra 2.ª Expo Universitaria Latina Anual el martes 15 de septiembre en Columbia College Chicago (600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL), de 4:30 p. m. a 7:30 p. m.!
Conoce a representantes de más de 40 universidades. ¡Podrías recibir una carta de aceptación y hasta becas al instante! Infórmate sobre ayuda financiera (DACA, Dream Act), información clave para estudiantes atletas, carreras con gran proyección, cómo iniciar un negocio ¡y mucho más!
Todos son bienvenidos: estudiantes de secundaria, estudiantes universitarios que buscan transferirse, adultos que desean continuar sus estudios y familias.
Tuesday, 15, 16.30 -
Tuesday, 15, 19.30
Chicago,
IL
_$25
The annual Christian Century lecture and reception with speaker Randall Balmer
The push to anoint the United States as a “Christian nation” distorts history and ignores America’s best idea for ensuring a vibrant and healthy religious culture: the First Amendment. Current attempts to level the historic wall of separation between church and state not only threaten the nation’s political stability but also compromise the “free marketplace” of religion guaranteed by the First Amendment.
Dr. Randall Balmer, who has authored more than a dozen books on America’s religious history, holds the John Phillips Chair in Religion at Dartmouth College.
Lecture and reception with wine and dessert bar.
Thursday, 01, 19.00 -
Thursday, 01, 21.00
Chicago,
IL
_$25
CHOOSE RIGHT! – A Conference for Singles Join us for an inspiring and life-changing weekend designed specifically for Christian singles.
CHOOSE RIGHT!
A Conference for Singles
Join us for an inspiring and life-changing weekend designed specifically for Christian singles who desire to make wise, God-centered decisions in every area of life.
Through powerful teaching, engaging panel discussions, practical financial wisdom, and meaningful fellowship opportunities, you’ll gain biblical insight for your spiritual walk, relationships, purpose, and future.
Featuring dynamic speakers, interactive sessions, and this conference will encourage, equip, and empower you to confidently choose God’s best for your life.
NEW SCHEDULE:
Friday, August 7 • 7:00 PM
Guest Speaker: Rev. Dr. Mark Taylor Spoken Word: Ms. Keyuana Jointer
Saturday, August 8 • 9:30 AM
Meet & Greet Breakfast – Come connect, laugh, and build new friendships!
Saturday, August 8 • 11:00 AM Financial Session Presented by Financial Advisor Ms. Penny Gomez
Sunday, August 9 • 9:30 AM
Rev. Dr. Mark Taylor returns with a powerful closing message you won’t want to miss!
Come expecting connection, growth, encouragement, and direction as you discover how to CHOOSE RIGHT!
Register today and reserve your seat!
Friday, 07, 19.00 -
Sunday, 09, 09.30
Chicago,
IL
_$25
Join us for Mussar: A Jewish Spirituality of Ethics with Raw Sarah Mulhern, Rabbi of Silverstein Base Lincoln Park
Join us August 5 for Mussar: A Jewish Spirituality of Ethics
With Rav Sarah Mulhern, Rabbi of Silverstein Base Lincoln Park
7:30 PM–9:00 PM at Base Lincoln Park
We typically think of ethics and spirituality as quite different realms—ethics is about big thorny issues between human beings, and spirituality is about intimate emotional experiences and connection with the Divine. However the Mussar movement, which grew out of the 19th century Lithuanian Jewish community drawing on much older insights and texts, sees ethical self-improvement and directed character work as both a religious imperative and a spiritual practice. How can spiritual practice help you be a better person in everyday moments? How can pushing yourself ethically nurture your soul? Join us for this session where we will meet some of the core ideas and practices of Mussar, offering a different way to consider the relationship between spirituality and ethics and leaving you with practical tools to implement in your own journey towards a sacred life.
ASL interpreter will be present. All are welcome to attend at no cost. Light dinner provided.
Silverstein Base Lincoln Park is accessed by two flights of stairs. If this is not accessible to you, a livestream is available. Please email [email protected] for info.
In partnership with Mishkan, BASE Lincoln Park, Ashe Emet Synagogue, and SketchPad.
Rav Sarah Mulhern is a rabbi, educator, and community builder who serves as the Rabbi of Silverstein Base Lincoln Park, where she welcomes young adults and college students from across Chicago into her home for Jewish life and community. A nationally regarded Torah educator, she teaches widely on Jewish ethics, gender, and practice. She was ordained by Hebrew College, where she also earned a Master’s in Jewish Education, and received private rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Daniel Landes (Yashrut). Rav Sarah passionately believes that Torah matters and that Judaism can enrich human life and better society.
Save the dates for our the upcoming classes in our Spirituality Series:
October 13: Accessing Prayer One Word at a Time
December 10: Shalom Aleichem: Jewish Connection to Angels
Wednesday, 05, 19.30 -
Wednesday, 05, 21.00
Chicago,
IL
_$25
Turn your smartphone into a filmmaking tool with Chicago filmmaker Coquie Hughes in this hands-on cinematic storytelling workshop.
Included with Festival & Day Passes!
Saturday, July 25 | 11:30 AM
Learn the basics of smartphone filmmaking, including storytelling, cinematography, editing, and sound.
*Workshop-only attendees are welcome to attend with a suggested donation.*
Saturday, 25, 11.30 -
Saturday, 25, 12.30
Chicago,
IL
_$25
Get ready to dive into cool engineering projects and make new friends this summer at a fun hands-on camp!
Join the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) – Chicago Professionals Chapter for our Engineering Explorers Summer Camp! This week-long program provides students with a hands-on introduction to engineering through interactive, project-based learning. Participants will work in teams to design, build, test, and refine projects while being guided by STEM professionals and volunteers.
Designed for 3rd–8th grade students, the camp runs daily from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, with lunch provided. The week will conclude with a final showcase where students present their projects. Space is limited—register today!
*** Registration for this session ends July 6, 2026 or once all spots are filled, whichever occurs first. ***
NSBE Mission: "To increase the number of culturally responsible Black Engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positively impact the community."
NSBE-Chicago is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. For donations to support our STEM Programs, please add ticket type "Support NSBE-Chicago STEM Programs" to your order.
Monday, 20, 09.00 -
Friday, 24, 14.00
Chicago,
IL
_$25
Come chat in Spanish and practice your language with us in person—everyone is welcome!
Spanish Conversation
Want to practice your Spanish? This meet-up is for you! An in-person space where all levels are welcome to chat, share, and improve their Spanish in a fun and relaxed way. It doesn't matter if you're a beginner or already speak quite a bit; the important thing here is to converse and have a good time. Join us and practice with friends!
Wednesday, 01, 18.00 -
Wednesday, 01, 19.00
Chicago,
IL
_$25
Join KMTS for "From 'Byzantine Intrigues' to Civil Byzantium: The Making of Byzantium in Contemporary Turkey" with Koray Durak on April 20.
Join the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program for "From 'Byzantine Intrigues' to Civil Byzantium: The Making of Byzantium in Contemporary Turkey" with Koray Durak, Boğaziçi University, on Monday, April 20 at 12:30pm in Kresge Hall, Room 1515.
“Byzantium” is imagined, circulated, and contested in contemporary Turkey through the interaction of state-managed memory politics, popular culture, and civil and academic initiatives. Approaching Byzantium as a cultural object—whose meanings are constantly produced and reproduced in public discourse, from school textbooks and political rhetoric to museums, exhibitions, the cultural industries (film and television), and digital media—reveals a field of diverse and often competing representations. These representations are shaped by unequal access to cultural authority, shifting ideological agendas, and logics of the media through which Byzantium is represented, in a country that is heir to Constantinople/Istanbul, the former imperial capital.
Combining discourse analysis with an institutional history of Byzantine studies in Turkey, and using the state/civil society divide as a heuristic tool, I argue that modern state ideology has alternately constrained, instrumentalized, or ignoredByzantium, while more plural academic and civic environments have enabled alternative interpretations and new communities of interest to emerge. In this sense, the perception of Byzantium in modern Turkey is not merely a matter of historical knowledge; it is also a mirror of Turkey’s own political and social transformations.
KORAY DURAK is an associate professor in the Department of History at Boğaziçi University (Istanbul) and also the vice-director of the Byzantine Studies Research Center at the same institution. He has been teaching courses on the history of the medieval Mediterranean region, Byzantine history, and Byzantine medicine since 2008. His main areas of research interest include Byzantine-Islamic relations (with a particular focus on their economic dimensions), the commercial history of Byzantine Constantinople, and Byzantine pharmacology. His publications in these fields include “The Commercial History of Trebizond and the Region of Pontos from the Seventh to the Eleventh Centuries: An International Emporium,” (Mediterranean Historical Review, 2021), and “Commercial Constantinople,” in Cambridge Companion to Constantinople (Cambridge University Press, 2022). He has also co-edited several collected volumes, including Mobility and Materiality in Byzantine-Islamic Relations, 7th-12th Centuries (Routledge).
In addition to these research areas, Durak has developed a sustained and widely recognized scholarly engagement with the history of Byzantine studies in modern Turkey, publishing on both the institutional formation of the field and Byzantium’s changing place in public discourse and popular culture. He curated the exhibition “Odyssey of Byzantine Studies in Turkey” at ANAMED (Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations) in Istanbul in 2024, accompanied by the homonymous book he authored. He also co-organized the workshop Rethinking Byzantine Studies in Turkey: Concepts, Terms, and Methods I, held at the Pera Museum in Istanbul in December 2024.
Monday, 20, 12.30 -
Monday, 20, 14.00
Evanston,
IL
_$25
A FREE 2-day Chicago symposium celebrating Katherine Dunham & the Diaspora through a keynote address, performances, panels & workshops!!
Old Town School of Folk Music is hosting its 3rd annual Black History Future Folk Symposium. Produced by our Community Ventures Department, each year this symposium draws inspiration from the definition of folk music provided by Folk Alliance International: “Folk is the music of the people, reflective of any community where they are from.” The theme for 2026 is Katherine Dunham and the African Diaspora.
Focusing on the prolific Chicago legacy of Katherine Dunham, this free two-day Symposium will invite participants of all ages to participate in open, accessible, and rigorous discussions about the intersections of Black history, liberated futures, and folk practices. Through presentations, panel discussions, participatory workshops, and performances, 2026’s Symposium will cultivate fertile ground for deep theoretical and embodied understandings of afro-diasporic dance and music.
SCHEDULE
Friday, April 17, 2026 • 6:00 - 8:30 PM
📍 Old Town School Lincoln Square Campus – Myron R. Szold Concert Hall | 4545 N Lincoln Ave. Chicago, IL 60625
6:00–7:15 PM • Opening Keynote Speaker: Heather Beal
7:30–8:30 PM • Dunham from Haiti to New Orleans Opening Performance: Featuring Tamboula & the Windy City Ramblers with choreography by Stacy “Jukeboxx” Letrice & Daniel Desir
Friday, 17, 18.00 -
Friday, 17, 20.30
Chicago,
IL
_$25
✈️ CHI bound! Join us at Da Book Joint for a Dear Black Writers screening and networking.
Black Writers Weekend Pop-Up is an intimate creative gathering designed to celebrate and connect Black storytellers across disciplines. This special event features an exclusive screening of Dear Black Writers, a dynamic artist panel with creatives from books, film, and media, and a curated creative mixer for meaningful networking. The pop-up creates space for conversation, collaboration, and community—bringing writers and creatives together to share insights, exchange ideas, and build lasting connections in a supportive, inspiring environment.
Saturday, 23, 17.00 -
Saturday, 23, 21.00
Chicago,
IL
_$25
Meet with over 40 colleges Get Accepted on the Spot & Scholarships Tuesday Sept. 15th 2026 at Columbia College Chicago 4:30pm-7:30pm
Join us for our 2nd Annual Latino College Expo Tuesday September 15th at Columbia College Chicago Columbia College Chicago754 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL from 4:30pm - 7:30pm!
Meet with over 40 colleges. You can possibly get Accepted on the Spot! Possible scholarships on the spot! Find out about Financial Aid-DACA, Dream Act, 411 for Student Athletes, Booming Careers, How to Start a Business and more!
All are Welcome-High School, College Transfer, Adult Learners, Families. Se habla español
¡Acompáñanos en nuestra 2.ª Expo Universitaria Latina Anual el martes 15 de septiembre en Columbia College Chicago (600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL), de 4:30 p. m. a 7:30 p. m.!
Conoce a representantes de más de 40 universidades. ¡Podrías recibir una carta de aceptación y hasta becas al instante! Infórmate sobre ayuda financiera (DACA, Dream Act), información clave para estudiantes atletas, carreras con gran proyección, cómo iniciar un negocio ¡y mucho más!
Todos son bienvenidos: estudiantes de secundaria, estudiantes universitarios que buscan transferirse, adultos que desean continuar sus estudios y familias.
Saturday, 23, 17.00 - Saturday, 23, 21.00
Chicago, IL
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The annual Christian Century lecture and reception with speaker Randall Balmer
The push to anoint the United States as a “Christian nation” distorts history and ignores America’s best idea for ensuring a vibrant and healthy religious culture: the First Amendment. Current attempts to level the historic wall of separation between church and state not only threaten the nation’s political stability but also compromise the “free marketplace” of religion guaranteed by the First Amendment.
Dr. Randall Balmer, who has authored more than a dozen books on America’s religious history, holds the John Phillips Chair in Religion at Dartmouth College.
Lecture and reception with wine and dessert bar.
Saturday, 23, 17.00 - Saturday, 23, 21.00
Chicago, IL
55.20
CHOOSE RIGHT! – A Conference for Singles Join us for an inspiring and life-changing weekend designed specifically for Christian singles.
CHOOSE RIGHT!
A Conference for Singles
Join us for an inspiring and life-changing weekend designed specifically for Christian singles who desire to make wise, God-centered decisions in every area of life.
Through powerful teaching, engaging panel discussions, practical financial wisdom, and meaningful fellowship opportunities, you’ll gain biblical insight for your spiritual walk, relationships, purpose, and future.
Featuring dynamic speakers, interactive sessions, and this conference will encourage, equip, and empower you to confidently choose God’s best for your life.
NEW SCHEDULE:
Friday, August 7 • 7:00 PM
Guest Speaker: Rev. Dr. Mark Taylor Spoken Word: Ms. Keyuana Jointer
Saturday, August 8 • 9:30 AM
Meet & Greet Breakfast – Come connect, laugh, and build new friendships!
Saturday, August 8 • 11:00 AM Financial Session Presented by Financial Advisor Ms. Penny Gomez
Sunday, August 9 • 9:30 AM
Rev. Dr. Mark Taylor returns with a powerful closing message you won’t want to miss!
Come expecting connection, growth, encouragement, and direction as you discover how to CHOOSE RIGHT!
Register today and reserve your seat!
Saturday, 23, 17.00 - Saturday, 23, 21.00
Chicago, IL
55.20
