Week of Events
Spanish Language Club / Club del idioma español
Spanish Language Club / Club del idioma español
The club focuses on Spanish pronunciation and grammar. Join us for activities highlighting the culture and history of Spanish speaking countries. Open to teens and adults.
After School Arts & Crafts
After School Arts & Crafts
Come join us for an after school program where we explore our creative side with arts and crafts. For ages 5-10.
Westside Stories: A Performance by the Homan Square Story Elders
Westside Stories: A Performance by the Homan Square Story Elders
Storytelling is going on all over Chicago and the nation and now it comes to the Westside. The Homan Square Story Elders are part of the Goodman Theater's GeNarrations writing workshops. They tell stories of the Westside and their family's migration from Mississippi roots to Lawndale. Stories of family gatherings, church and work. Conflicts and reconciliation. Their stories are […]
Books & Brews: Red Clocks
Books & Brews: Red Clocks
Join us at Roots Pizza for our monthly Books & Brews book discussion, a book club that meets at a bar/restaurant. This month we'll discuss Red Clocks by Leni Zumas, a fictional novel in the vein of Margaret Atwood about five women in a post-reproductive rights America. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the West […]
Film Screening: Ella es el Matador (She is the Matador)
Film Screening: Ella es el Matador (She is the Matador)
“For Spaniards — and for the world — nothing has expressed their country's traditionally rigid gender roles more powerfully than the image of the male matador. So sacred was the bullfighter's masculinity to Spanish identity that a 1908 law barred women from the sport. Ella Es el Matador reveals the surprising history of the women who […]