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SUMMARY:Opening Reception - Kimberly Viviano: Food for Thought
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the exhibition opening reception of “Kimberly Viviano: Food for Thought” at the International Museum of Surgical Science.\n\n\nKimberly Viviano: Food for Thought\nMarch 13\, 2026\n6:00-8:00pm\nDoors at 5:30pm \nFree and open to the public \n\n\n\nKimberly Viviano: Food for Thought\nMarch 13 – April 26\, 2026\n \nDuring her 2025 Artist Residency at the International Museum of Surgical Science\, Chicago-based artist\, design director and educator Kimberly Viviano interrogates how everyday food choices affect our bodies in uncomfortable ways. Drawing on personal experience and research\, her installation investigates the tension between foods labeled “healthy” and how differently individual bodies can respond to them. \nViviano’s solo exhibition takes a concept-driven approach\, spanning 2D and 3D works that challenge viewers to reconsider what they consume—and the hidden consequences baked into everyday convenience. Through bold\, research-driven visual storytelling\, she exposes how overlooked social and environmental conventions overwhelm our bodily systems. Her compelling infographics serve as both revelation and warning\, offering a cautionary tale for individuals prone to kidney stone formation and prompting deeper reflection around eating habits long taken for granted \n \n\n\n\nKimberly Viviano is a cross-disciplinary designer and educator whose work asks viewers to reconsider what they consume and the hidden consequences embedded in everyday convenience. Through research-driven visual storytelling\, Viviano exposes the environmental and social costs we often overlook—revealing systems beneath the surface and inviting deeper reflection around daily habits. \nShe has led numerous environmental wayfinding and public engagement projects\, most notably People Powered\, an initiative that originated in Chicago and went on to serve as a model for cities nationwide. Recognized as a winner of the Metropolis Magazine Next Generation Design Competition\, People Powered evolved into a multi-platform campaign encompassing banners\, billboards\, signage\, train wraps\, and bike-lane and pedestrian-path graphics. The project illuminated society’s reliance on fossil fuels while advocating for sustainable\, human-centered alternatives. People Powered served as a conceptual precursor to Chicago’s Divvy bike program\, helping normalize cycling as a practical\, healthy\, and cost-effective mode of daily transportation while reducing emissions. \nViviano’s creative practice spans graphic design\, artist books\, printmaking\, sculpture\, and installation. Her artist books\, Compromises and Gentrified Board Game\, are held in the permanent collection of the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection at the Flaxman Library. Viviano’s work exhibited internationally in Italy\, China\, and her print Bridge of Sighs is included in Nippon Steel’s permanent collection in Japan. She has several works in Archive’s permanent collection\, and her Parrot print has received recognition from the Scarab Club in Detroit. Recent projects include Eat Ate\, a series of limited-edition stone lithographs\, and Inner Spaces\, a porcelain sculpture series examining the presence of microplastics in waterways\, ecosystems\, and the human body through large scale wall installations. \nViviano holds an MFA in Visual Communication Design from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA in Illustration from Kendall College of Art and Design. She lives and works in Chicago as a designer\, artist and educator of Visual Communication Design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Columbia College Chicago. \nProfessional Bio \nProfessional Work \nLinkedIn Profile  \n \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. \n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
URL:https://imss.org/program/opening-reception-kimberly-viviano-food-for-thought/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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SUMMARY:Kintsugi Workshop: Repair and Reconnect
DESCRIPTION:Discover the art and philosophy of Kintsugi — the Japanese practice of repairing broken pottery with gold — in this all-level\, hands-on work\n\n\nKintsugi Workshop: Repair and Reconnect with Mami Takahashi\nMarch 15\, 2026\n10:30am – 1:30pm\n \n“Kintsugi teaches us that scars are part of the story — not something to hide\, but something to honor. As we repair\, we reflect. As we mend\, we transform.” \nIn this 3-hour session\, students will learn and apply the modern Kintsugi method using food-safe adhesive\, epoxy putty\, and golden finish. The technique is safe for beginners and designed to make the centuries-old practice accessible in a single-day format. Rather than erasing damage\, Kintsugi highlights each crack as part of an object’s unique story — inviting us to reflect on beauty\, imperfection\, and transformation. \nFor beginner students\, a broken porcelain or ceramic plate will be provided\, allowing them to experience the full repair process from start to finish.For returning students\, or those with previous experience\, you’re welcome to bring your own broken ceramic objects (must be clean) or choose from more complex forms provided by the instructor. \nThis workshop offers a supportive\, meditative space for reflection and creativity. All materials are provided\, and finger covers are available to use\, though handling epoxy can sometimes leave a light residue for a day or two. \n \n \n“Kintsugi is based on the philosophy that breakage and repair are something to celebrate – embracing flaws and imperfections creates a stronger and more beautiful piece of art. Using this as a metaphor for healing ourselves teaches us an important lesson: Sometimes in the process of repairing what feels broken\, we become more unique\, beautiful\, and resilient. Kintsugi can be a way to reframe personal challenges. Reminding us that we’re not victims of our circumstances. Showing us that we can come out on the other side stronger.” — Here is a quote about Kintsugi from Linda Muller\, a certified life coach. \n \n\n\n\nAbout Mami Takahashi: \nMami Takahashi is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist and a scholar working in multiple cities including Chicago and Tokyo. She earned her MFA in Contemporary Studio Practice from Portland State University in 2013 and a BFA in Japanese Painting from Joshibi University of Art and Design in Japan. \nWith ongoing artistic research\, practice\, and teaching\, Takahashi explores different approaches to actualize Japanese aesthetics to enhance cultural perspectives in many U.S. communities. Takahashi also aims to connect Japan and communities in Chicago by teaching traditional and modern art-making techniques.
URL:https://imss.org/program/kintsugi-workshop-repair-and-reconnect-5/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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SUMMARY:Sounding/BODY: The Seventh Gate with Elly Kace
DESCRIPTION:Bring your pillow\, blanket\, and most comfortable socks to cozy up among the marble statues to approach ‘the seventh gate’ with Elly Kace!\n\n\nThe Seventh Gate with Elly Kace (feat. Carl Hauck)\nMarch 18\, 2026\n7:00-9:00pm\nDoors at 6:30pm \nTickets: \n$10 Student – use code STUDENT at checkout \n(Valid Student ID will be requested at the door) \n$10 IMSS Members Presale – use code IMSSMEMBER at checkout \n(Valid IMSS Membership card will be requested at door) \n$15 GA Presale \n– \n$15 Student & IMSS Members (With valid ID & Membership Card) at Door \n$20 GA at Door \n\n\nBring your pillow\, blanket\, and most comfortable socks to cozy up among the marble statues to approach ‘the seventh gate’\, Elly Kace’s latest musical offering. \nKace’s five piece ensemble from Brooklyn -featuring crystal singing bowls\, synthesizers\, guitar\, drums\, piano and bass – will weave catharsis and regulation through the air in ceremony\, cultivating space for participants to feel\, release and just be\, as the music washes over it all. Fully composed songs from the record will be shared\, sprinkled with channeled/improvised soundbath portions\, unique to the moment and collection of people at the gathering. Participants are welcome to lie on the floor\, nap\, snuggle\, dance and sing along – this is a radically accepting space. \nThe evening will begin with tender music from local folk musician Carl Hauck to open our hearts and prepare the space for the soundbath.Following the performance there will be a short community gathering to integrate the experience. \nLine-Up: \n7:00 pm Carl Hauck7:45 pm Elly Kace8:30 pm Tea and community \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events. \n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. \n\n\n\nElly Kace (she/her/they) is a queer sound healing mystic and indie artist living in Brooklyn\, NY. Their baroque-pop portals incorporate earthy vocals\, sparkling sound worlds and sound medicine to conjure a new paradigm of radical self love. As a lyric soprano\, she has sung around the world at venues such as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center – but lately you can find her channeling sound meditation performances of her pop songs to audiences in NYC and beyond.  \n\n\n\nCarl Hauck is a singer-songwriter from Chicago whose latest record\, Death Farm\, is both poignant and playful—a sketchbook of Americana in decline. Mystic Sons describes it as “a rare work of folk-rock poetry that embraces imperfection while carving out something wholly luminous.” Hauck has released several solo albums and contributed to tribute compilations for both Sufjan Stevens and The Postal Service; he is also a member of the art rock band Sunjacket.
URL:https://imss.org/program/performance-the-seventh-gate-with-elly-kace/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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SUMMARY:Coma: What It Is\, Why It Happens\, and What Can Be Done
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lecture by Dr. Benjamin Meyer on World Coma Day addressing consciousness\, coma\, and the brain.\n\n\nLecture:\nComa: What It Is\, Why It Happens\, and What Can Be DoneDr. Benjamin Meyer\n11:00am-1:00pm\nCheck-In at 10:30am \nFree with RSVP\n \n\n\nWorld Coma Day is March 22. Come be part of this day of awareness\, education\, and advocacy with a session from 11 AM – 1 PM at the International Museum of Surgical Science. Dr. Ben Meyer from the University of Chicago will talk about “Coma: What it is\, why it happens\, and what can be done.” Learn about consciousness\, coma\, and the brain from members from the Curing Coma Campaign and the Neurocritical Care Society. \n\n\n\nBenjamin Meyer is a neurologist and a neuro-intensivist in training. He cares for patients with coma and is involved in clinical research understanding coma. He is particularly interested in how intentional communication with patients and families impacts perception of disease and what is possible for patients with neurological illness.
URL:https://imss.org/program/coma-what-it-is-why-it-happens-and-what-can-be-done/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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SUMMARY:Show & Tell for Grown-Ups!: Women In Historical Medicine
DESCRIPTION:Let’s have fun & learn something together!\n\n\nShow & Tell for Grown-Ups! Women In Historical Medicine\nMarch 27\, 2026\nDoors at 6:30pm – come early\, explore the Museum!\nShow at 7:00pm\n \nShow & Tell for Grown-Ups is a show for sharing niche curiosities. Our goal is to redefine what a night out with friends can mean. Let’s have fun & learn something together! Audiences has been asking for it and now we’re so honored & excited to partner with The International Museum of Surgical Science. We’re bringing this Show & Tell edutainment platform to this engaging museum so we can connect with more brilliant people wanting to share their knowledge with others. \nSign Up to Share! You don’t need a PHD to teach us at Show & Tell for Grown-Ups! Presenters can signup online for a 5-minute slot to share something their passionate about. Then we open Q&A with the audience. It’s a night of learning\, laughing\, and meeting other passionate people. We can’t wait to meet you! Do you have a passion for historical medical practices that you want to share with an inclusive and engaged audience? Signup to share at Show & Tell for Grown-Ups! \nPresenter signup: https://wkf.ms/4o6HOD8 \nWhat to learn more about Show & Tell for Grown-Ups? Check out their website www.tellmewhyshow.com or on instagram @tellmewhyitscool_show .
URL:https://imss.org/program/show-tell-for-grown-ups-women-in-historical-medicine-2/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Mami Takahashi in Conversation with Zachary Cahill
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation between exhibiting artist Mami Takahashi and Zachary Cahill from the Gray Center of Arts and Inquiry\n\n\nArtist Talk:\nMami Takahashi in Conversation with Zachary Cahill\n2:00pm-3:30pm\nCheck-In at 1:30pm \nFree with RSVP\n \n\n\nJoin us at the International Museum of Surgical Science for a conversation between exhibiting artist Mami Takahashi and Director of Programs and Fellowships at the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry\, Zachary Cahill.  \nThis talk is a part of Mami Takahashi’s exhibit Soft Evidence\, opening at the IMSS on March 6th. \n\n\n\nMami Takahashi is a multidisciplinary artist from Tokyo who is currently a resident of Chicago. Using poetry\, performance\, visual art formats\, and urban intervention\, her practice explores the complexities of being an immigrant woman living in the US. Previous exhibitions and performances have taken place at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art; San Francisco Art Institute; The International Museum of Surgical Science; The International Museum of Art; Southern Alberta Art Gallery\, Canada; Gwangju Folk Art Museum\, Korea; Instituto Municipal del Arte la Cultura\, Mexico and Toriizaka Art Gallery\, Tokyo\, among other venues. She holds an MFA from Portland State University and a BFA from the Joshibi University of Art in Japan. Takahashi is a recipient of the Ford Family Award for the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art residency. \n\n\n\nZachary Cahill is an interdisciplinary artist who has lived in Chicago since 2005. In recent years his work has taken a decisive turn from parafictional nation building towards the genres of fantasy and fairytales. His artwork has been featured in solo exhibitions at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art\, Berlin; Regina Rex\, New York; The Smart Museum of Art\, Chicago; and Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago\, and he was included in the 8 th Berlin Biennale. Cahill has published a novel\, two books of poetry\, and self-published a graphic novel. He is Director of Programs and Fellowships at the University of Chicago’s Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry\, where he is also the founding editor-in-chief of the journal Portable Gray\, an arts and ideas magazine put out twice a year by the University of Chicago Press. A monograph on Cahill’s art\, Zachary Cahill’s Composite Art: A Study of the Poetic Illuminations\, by Dr. Jacob Henry Leveton is forthcoming from Mousse. \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events. \n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. \n\n\nAbout Soft Evidence (March 6 – May 31\, 2026):  \nSoft Evidence is a solo exhibition by Mami Takahashi that brings together video\, textile-based installation\, performance documentation\, and collaborative works to explore how women’s bodies communicate\, resist legibility\, and carry memory within everyday life. Rooted in attentiveness rather than spectacle\, the exhibition considers the body as both a site of expression and a surface onto which social expectations\, histories\, and perceptions are projected. \nDeveloped in collaboration with women-identifying participants living in different U.S. cities\, the exhibition draws from informal\, everyday actions rather than scripted narratives. Participants were invited to record short videos of their bodies—partial views\, gestures\, and routine movements—capturing how they inhabit space in ways that are both visible and vulnerable. These works appear alongside Takahashi’s own performance-based videos\, forming a layered conversation between individual experience and collective presence. \nIn the front gallery\, the collaborative videos are shown together with two earlier works by the artist\, Writing Myself and Cage Mentality. In Writing Myself\, Takahashi writes in Japanese on clear film until her body is gradually obscured\, creating a visual tension between self-expression and erasure. Cage Mentality documents a durational performance in which she constructs a restrictive structure around her body using string\, revealing both the comfort and constraint of enclosure. These works frame the body as a communicative tool that is never fully under one’s control\, shaped by repetition\, discipline\, and external interpretation. \nTextile-based installations composed of inherited household fabrics and kimono materials extend these concerns into the domestic sphere. Accumulated through generations of women in the artist’s family\, the fabrics embody care\, labor\, and quiet persistence. Layered\, folded\, and woven into the exhibition space\, they function as material traces of lived experience—objects that hold memory without explanation. \nMoving from the galleries into transitional space\, a subtle auditory element introduces another register of presence through layered voices gathered over time. Rather than operating as testimony\, these fragments exist as ambient traces\, emphasizing proximity and attention rather than narrative clarity. \nThe exhibition concludes with documentation of Who Knows (2024)\, a performance by Spiral Body previously presented at the International Museum of Surgical Science. In this work\, Takahashi’s body shifts between audience member\, performer\, and concealment\, reinforcing her ongoing inquiry into visibility\, displacement\, and relational identity within public space. \nAcross its varied forms\, Soft Evidence proposes that meaning often emerges through restraint—through what is partially hidden\, quietly repeated\, or left unresolved. The exhibition invites viewers to slow down and consider how bodies hold knowledge not through declaration\, but through presence\, endurance\, and care.
URL:https://imss.org/program/artist-talk-mami-takahashi-in-conversation-with-zachary-cahill/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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SUMMARY:Aging Gracefully in the Era of Too Much
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening lecture by Dr. Florence Mussat\, speaking on how aesthetic surgery has shifted from restoration toward alteration.\n\n\nLecture:\nAging Gracefully in the Era of Too MuchFlorence Mussat\, MD\, SC\n6:00pm-8:00pm\nDoors at 5:45pm \nFree with RSVP\n \n\n\nSocial media and influencer culture have shifted Plastic Surgery from a reactive fix for aging into a proactive perpetual youth maintenance strategy. \nThe digital age of aesthetics has brought democratization of surgical and non-surgical information\, the normalization of cosmetic procedures\, and questionable anti-aging treatments ( blood-filtering to remove toxins )Ubiquitous filters available on cell phones\, platforms like Insta\, TikTok have created a phenomenon known as ” Snapchat dysmorphia ” . Patients seek surgery to match their digitally altered\, flawless reflections.This can fuel unrealistic beauty standards\, body dysmorphic disorder\, anxiety and depression. \nSocial media have caused rapid cycling of different trends ( “BBL”\, “Kylie Jenner lips” ) which can leave patients with permanent surgical changes that may no longer align with current aesthetics.  \nNevertheless\, we cannot stop aging.What can we do to navigate all this\, and age gracefully? \n\n\n\nDr. Florence Mussat is a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon practicing in downtown Chicago. Born and raised in Paris\, she earned her medical degree with honors from the University René Descartes (Paris V) School of Medicine in 1984\, where early exposure to leading plastic surgeons shaped her interest in aesthetic and reconstructive surgery. She completed her plastic surgery training at the Univeristy of Illinois under the mentorship of DR. Mimis Cohen. \nWith more than four decades of clinical experience\, Dr. Mussat maintains a private practice devoted to facial and body aesthetic surgery and nonsurgical rejuvenation\, emphasizing careful technique and natural-appearing results. She is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and affiliated with Presence Saint Joseph Hospital in Chicago. She is an active member of Face the Future Foundation assists children with facial differences obtaining the needed care for families without resources. \nFluent in both French and English\, she maintains strong professional and cultural ties between France and the United States and frequently travels between the two countries\, bringing a European perspective on proportion\, restraint\, and aging to her American practice. \nThis lecture will be given both in French and in English.
URL:https://imss.org/program/aging-gracefully-in-the-era-of-too-much/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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SUMMARY:Kintsugi Workshop: Repair and Reconnect
DESCRIPTION:Discover the art and philosophy of Kintsugi — the Japanese practice of repairing broken pottery with gold — in this all-level\, hands-on work\n\n\nKintsugi Workshop: Repair and Reconnect with Mami Takahashi\nApril 4\, 2026\n10:30am – 1:30pm\n \n“Kintsugi teaches us that scars are part of the story — not something to hide\, but something to honor. As we repair\, we reflect. As we mend\, we transform.” \nIn this 3-hour session\, students will learn and apply the modern Kintsugi method using food-safe adhesive\, epoxy putty\, and golden finish. The technique is safe for beginners and designed to make the centuries-old practice accessible in a single-day format. Rather than erasing damage\, Kintsugi highlights each crack as part of an object’s unique story — inviting us to reflect on beauty\, imperfection\, and transformation. \nFor beginner students\, a broken porcelain or ceramic plate will be provided\, allowing them to experience the full repair process from start to finish.For returning students\, or those with previous experience\, you’re welcome to bring your own broken ceramic objects (must be clean) or choose from more complex forms provided by the instructor. \nThis workshop offers a supportive\, meditative space for reflection and creativity. All materials are provided\, and finger covers are available to use\, though handling epoxy can sometimes leave a light residue for a day or two. \n \n \n“Kintsugi is based on the philosophy that breakage and repair are something to celebrate – embracing flaws and imperfections creates a stronger and more beautiful piece of art. Using this as a metaphor for healing ourselves teaches us an important lesson: Sometimes in the process of repairing what feels broken\, we become more unique\, beautiful\, and resilient. Kintsugi can be a way to reframe personal challenges. Reminding us that we’re not victims of our circumstances. Showing us that we can come out on the other side stronger.” — Here is a quote about Kintsugi from Linda Muller\, a certified life coach. \n \n\n\n\nAbout Mami Takahashi: \nMami Takahashi is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist and a scholar working in multiple cities including Chicago and Tokyo. She earned her MFA in Contemporary Studio Practice from Portland State University in 2013 and a BFA in Japanese Painting from Joshibi University of Art and Design in Japan. \nWith ongoing artistic research\, practice\, and teaching\, Takahashi explores different approaches to actualize Japanese aesthetics to enhance cultural perspectives in many U.S. communities. Takahashi also aims to connect Japan and communities in Chicago by teaching traditional and modern art-making techniques.
URL:https://imss.org/program/kintsugi-workshop-repair-and-reconnect-6/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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SUMMARY:Spiral Body: Body Deploys
DESCRIPTION:Body Deploys is a live sound performance by Spiral Body that explores proximity\, language\, and the unstable movement of voice through space.\n\n\nBody Deploys\nApril 8\, 2026\n7:00-9:00pm\nDoors at 6:30pm \nTickets: \nFree with RSVP \n\n\nBody Deploys is a live sound performance by Spiral Body that explores proximity\, language\, and the unstable movement of voice through space. Combining live poetry\, multiple cassette tape players\, field and sourced recordings\, and sculptural sound objects\, the work unfolds as a shifting field of listening. \nPoems written\, recited\, and recorded by Mami Takahashi circulate through several cassette players simultaneously\, creating overlapping layers of voice that drift\, echo\, and misalign. The performers move between visibility and partial concealment\, activating sound as both atmosphere and structure. Rather than presenting narrative testimony\, the performance deploys fragments — spoken phrases\, repetition\, breath — as compositional material. \nIn Body Deploys\, the body is not fixed at center stage. It disperses\, reappears\, and relocates within sound. Listening becomes spatial\, contingent on where one stands and how one attends. \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events. \n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. \n\n\n\nMami Takahashi is a multidisciplinary artist from Tokyo who is currently a resident of Chicago. Using poetry\, performance\, visual art formats\, and urban intervention\, her practice explores the complexities of being an immigrant woman living in the US. Previous exhibitions and performances have taken place at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art; San Francisco Art Institute; The International Museum of Surgical Science; The International Museum of Art; Southern Alberta Art Gallery\, Canada; Gwangju Folk Art Museum\, Korea; Instituto Municipal del Arte la Cultura\, Mexico and Toriizaka Art Gallery\, Tokyo\, among other venues. She holds an MFA from Portland State University and a BFA from the Joshibi University of Art in Japan. Takahashi is a recipient of the Ford Family Award for the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art residency. \n\n\n\nAdrian McBride is a musician and sound artist currently based in Portland\, Oregon USA. McBride received BFA in Integrated Arts and Creative Writing from Bard College\, and has been performed in the U.S and internationally\, including at the Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis\, Missouri\, U.S.A; Portland Institute for Contemporary Art\, Portland Oregon\, U.S.A.; Monkey Town\, Brooklyn NY\, U.S.A; Flux Factory: Queens NY\, U.S.A; Gallery gelegenheiten and Zvi HECKER\, Berlin\, Germany; Jardins Synthétiques Festival\, Toulouse\, France.
URL:https://imss.org/program/spiral-body-body-deploys/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260410T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260410T200000
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception - Jennifer Yorke: Employee of the Month
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the exhibition opening reception of “Employee of the Month” by Artist Jennifer Yorke at the IMSS\n\n\nJennifer Yorke: Employee of the Month\nOpening Reception\nApril 10\, 2026\n6:00-8:00pm\nDoors at 5:30pm \nFree and open to the public \n\n\n\nEmployee of the Month\nby Artist Jennifer Yorke \nApril 10 – July 5\, 2026\n \nAbout the Exhibit: \nComplete with commemorative plaques and gold bling\, Employee of the Month is a humorous yet thought-provoking send-up of the “Presidential Walk of Fame.” Greatly impressed by a Hilton Hotel’s “Wall of Fame” honoring employees\, President Trump created a similar wall of portraits and wrote many of the accompanying texts describing himself (twice) and his predecessors. This “Presidential Walk of Fame” was installed in late 2025 in the West Colonnade at the White House. \nEmployee of the Month is a site-specific installation which responds directly to both the physical and intellectual space encompassed by the International Museum of Surgical Science (IMSS)\, and the current political climate. \nOver the course of her year as an artist-in-residence\, Jennifer Yorke heard louder and louder echoes of the texts she researched from the IMSS library in Trump administration statements on health and gender. Yorke captures these echoes in pairings from historical texts in the IMSS collection with excerpts from current government documents. Her primary texts are Dr. Charles Meigs’ 1845 English translation of Dr. Marc Colombat de l’Isère’s influential A Treatise on the Diseases and Special Hygiene of Females; and the corrected version of Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: Review of Evidence and Best Practices\, published by the Department of Health and Human Services on November 19\, 2025. Both texts pathologize any deviation from rigidly-defined gender norms; insist on the inherent authority of the doctor over the patient; and question the veracity of patient testimony and lived experience. By placing contemporary texts alongside striking parallels written in the flowery prose of the past\, Yorke reveals both the historical roots and the absurdity of these notions. Yorke will add to the installation as additional resonances between 19th Century medical presumptions and 21st Century policy statements reverberate over the duration of the exhibition. \nYorke’s Employee of the Month is an avatar of MAGA womanhood\, complete with the inflated Mar-a-Lago face of both numerous administration officials and blow-up sex dolls. Named the “Secretary of Truth\,” she is an incarnation of the black-and-white portraits included in “Presidential Walk of Fame\,” most (in)famously an image of an autopen representing President Biden. Through the mouthpiece of her Employee of the Month\, Yorke urges the viewer to consider womanhood\, performative gender\, and constructed personal appearance as deep concepts meriting reflection\, particularly when they evoke paths to power for some\, but calls for the denial of personal identity for others. \nThis project would not be possible without the support of the International Museum of Surgical Science and Director of Operations Michelle Rinard\, for which artist conveys her immense gratitude. \n\n\n\nAbout the Artist:\nJennifer Yorke examines the uneasy relationship between consumption\, identity\, the physical body and the natural world through installations\, collages\, drawings\, prints\, photographs and artist’s books. Her work is held in more than twenty public collections\, including those of the Auckland Gallery of Art; the Art Gallery of New South Wales; the Center for the Book Arts and the in New York City; the Huntsville Museum of Art; the Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum\, and other institutions. Yorke has been a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome\, and been honored with over twenty artist’s residencies. Yorke earned an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago\, which she attended through a Graduate Trustee Fellowship in the Department of Printmedia. She holds a BA cum laude from Carleton College\, where she earned Distinction in her Studio Art major. To date\, Yorke’s work has been the subject of ten solo exhibitions\, and included in over a hundred group exhibitions. She lives with her husband Rob and dog Phoebe in Chicago. \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. \n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
URL:https://imss.org/program/opening-reception-jennifer-yorke-employee-of-the-month/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260419T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260419T153000
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk - Kimberly Viviano: Food for Thought
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a presentation by Kimberly Viviano\, artist of “Food for Thought” at the International Museum of Surgical Science.\n\n\nArtist Talk – Kimberly Viviano: Food for Thought\nApril 19\, 2026\n2:00-3:30pm\nDoors at 1:30pm \nJoin us for an artist talk featuring Kimberly Viviano\, artist of the exhibit “Food for Thought\,” on view through April 25th at the IMSS. Free and open to the public \n\n\n\nKimberly Viviano: Food for Thought\nMarch 13 – April 26\, 2026\n \nDuring her 2025 Artist Residency at the International Museum of Surgical Science\, Chicago-based artist\, design director and educator Kimberly Viviano interrogates how everyday food choices affect our bodies in uncomfortable ways. Drawing on personal experience and research\, her installation investigates the tension between foods labeled “healthy” and how differently individual bodies can respond to them. \nViviano’s solo exhibition takes a concept-driven approach\, spanning 2D and 3D works that challenge viewers to reconsider what they consume—and the hidden consequences baked into everyday convenience. Through bold\, research-driven visual storytelling\, she exposes how overlooked social and environmental conventions overwhelm our bodily systems. Her compelling infographics serve as both revelation and warning\, offering a cautionary tale for individuals prone to kidney stone formation and prompting deeper reflection around eating habits long taken for granted \n \n\n\n\nKimberly Viviano is a cross-disciplinary designer and educator whose work asks viewers to reconsider what they consume and the hidden consequences embedded in everyday convenience. Through research-driven visual storytelling\, Viviano exposes the environmental and social costs we often overlook—revealing systems beneath the surface and inviting deeper reflection around daily habits. \nShe has led numerous environmental wayfinding and public engagement projects\, most notably People Powered\, an initiative that originated in Chicago and went on to serve as a model for cities nationwide. Recognized as a winner of the Metropolis Magazine Next Generation Design Competition\, People Powered evolved into a multi-platform campaign encompassing banners\, billboards\, signage\, train wraps\, and bike-lane and pedestrian-path graphics. The project illuminated society’s reliance on fossil fuels while advocating for sustainable\, human-centered alternatives. People Powered served as a conceptual precursor to Chicago’s Divvy bike program\, helping normalize cycling as a practical\, healthy\, and cost-effective mode of daily transportation while reducing emissions. \nViviano’s creative practice spans graphic design\, artist books\, printmaking\, sculpture\, and installation. Her artist books\, Compromises and Gentrified Board Game\, are held in the permanent collection of the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection at the Flaxman Library. Viviano’s work exhibited internationally in Italy\, China\, and her print Bridge of Sighs is included in Nippon Steel’s permanent collection in Japan. She has several works in Archive’s permanent collection\, and her Parrot print has received recognition from the Scarab Club in Detroit. Recent projects include Eat Ate\, a series of limited-edition stone lithographs\, and Inner Spaces\, a porcelain sculpture series examining the presence of microplastics in waterways\, ecosystems\, and the human body through large scale wall installations. \nViviano holds an MFA in Visual Communication Design from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA in Illustration from Kendall College of Art and Design. She lives and works in Chicago as a designer\, artist and educator of Visual Communication Design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Columbia College Chicago. \nProfessional Bio \nProfessional Work \nLinkedIn Profile  \n \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. \n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
URL:https://imss.org/program/artist-talk-kimberly-viviano-food-for-thought/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260430T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260430T200000
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SUMMARY:IMSS Historic Home Tour
DESCRIPTION:✨ History\, architecture\, and curiosity – join us for an evening in the Museum to learn about our historic Chicago home!\n\n\nStep inside the historic Eleanor Countiss House for a rare\, after-hours experience at the International Museum of Surgical Science. Built in 1917\, the Eleanor Countiss House at 1524 N. Lakeshore Drive was once the private residence of its namesake\, who lived in the home until her passing in 1931. Today\, the mansion is home to the Museum\, and these special after-hours tours invite guests to step back in time and explore its richly detailed architecture\, extensive history\, and the layered stories held within its walls. \nExplore elegant architecture\, hear the stories of its original residents\, and view highlights from the Museum’s medical collection. \nA complimentary reception follows the tour and lite fare will be served \nTours last one hour and include four flights of stairs. For accessibility accommodations\, please contact us in advance – see FAQ below for contact information.
URL:https://imss.org/program/imss-historic-home-tour/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260502T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260502T133000
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SUMMARY:Kintsugi Workshop: Repair and Reconnect
DESCRIPTION:Discover the art and philosophy of Kintsugi — the Japanese practice of repairing broken pottery with gold — in this all-level\, hands-on work\n\n\nKintsugi Workshop: Repair and Reconnect with Mami Takahashi\nMay 2\, 2026\n10:30am – 1:30pm\n \n“Kintsugi teaches us that scars are part of the story — not something to hide\, but something to honor. As we repair\, we reflect. As we mend\, we transform.” \nIn this 3-hour session\, students will learn and apply the modern Kintsugi method using food-safe adhesive\, epoxy putty\, and golden finish. The technique is safe for beginners and designed to make the centuries-old practice accessible in a single-day format. Rather than erasing damage\, Kintsugi highlights each crack as part of an object’s unique story — inviting us to reflect on beauty\, imperfection\, and transformation. \nFor beginner students\, a broken porcelain or ceramic plate will be provided\, allowing them to experience the full repair process from start to finish.For returning students\, or those with previous experience\, you’re welcome to bring your own broken ceramic objects (must be clean) or choose from more complex forms provided by the instructor. \nThis workshop offers a supportive\, meditative space for reflection and creativity. All materials are provided\, and finger covers are available to use\, though handling epoxy can sometimes leave a light residue for a day or two. \n \n \n“Kintsugi is based on the philosophy that breakage and repair are something to celebrate – embracing flaws and imperfections creates a stronger and more beautiful piece of art. Using this as a metaphor for healing ourselves teaches us an important lesson: Sometimes in the process of repairing what feels broken\, we become more unique\, beautiful\, and resilient. Kintsugi can be a way to reframe personal challenges. Reminding us that we’re not victims of our circumstances. Showing us that we can come out on the other side stronger.” — Here is a quote about Kintsugi from Linda Muller\, a certified life coach. \n \n\n\n\nAbout Mami Takahashi: \nMami Takahashi is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist and a scholar working in multiple cities including Chicago and Tokyo. She earned her MFA in Contemporary Studio Practice from Portland State University in 2013 and a BFA in Japanese Painting from Joshibi University of Art and Design in Japan. \nWith ongoing artistic research\, practice\, and teaching\, Takahashi explores different approaches to actualize Japanese aesthetics to enhance cultural perspectives in many U.S. communities. Takahashi also aims to connect Japan and communities in Chicago by teaching traditional and modern art-making techniques.
URL:https://imss.org/program/kintsugi-workshop-repair-and-reconnect-7/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260502T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260502T160000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035647
CREATED:20260402T182452Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T022335Z
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk - Jennifer Yorke: Employee of the Month
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an artist talk featuring Jennifer Yorke\, artist behind  “Employee of the Month” by Artist on view at the IMSS\n\n\nJennifer Yorke: Employee of the Month\nArtist Talk\nMay 2\, 2026\n2:00-4:00pm\nDoors at 1:30pm \nJoin us for an artist talk featuring Jennifer Yorke\, artist of the exhibit “Employee of the Month\,” on view through July 5th at the IMSS. Free and open to the public \n\n\n\nEmployee of the Month\nby Artist Jennifer Yorke \nApril 10 – July 5\, 2026\n \nAbout the Exhibit: \nComplete with commemorative plaques and gold bling\, Employee of the Month is a humorous yet thought-provoking send-up of the “Presidential Walk of Fame.” Greatly impressed by a Hilton Hotel’s “Wall of Fame” honoring employees\, President Trump created a similar wall of portraits and wrote many of the accompanying texts describing himself (twice) and his predecessors. This “Presidential Walk of Fame” was installed in late 2025 in the West Colonnade at the White House. \nEmployee of the Month is a site-specific installation which responds directly to both the physical and intellectual space encompassed by the International Museum of Surgical Science (IMSS)\, and the current political climate. \nOver the course of her year as an artist-in-residence\, Jennifer Yorke heard louder and louder echoes of the texts she researched from the IMSS library in Trump administration statements on health and gender. Yorke captures these echoes in pairings from historical texts in the IMSS collection with excerpts from current government documents. Her primary texts are Dr. Charles Meigs’ 1845 English translation of Dr. Marc Colombat de l’Isère’s influential A Treatise on the Diseases and Special Hygiene of Females; and the corrected version of Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: Review of Evidence and Best Practices\, published by the Department of Health and Human Services on November 19\, 2025. Both texts pathologize any deviation from rigidly-defined gender norms; insist on the inherent authority of the doctor over the patient; and question the veracity of patient testimony and lived experience. By placing contemporary texts alongside striking parallels written in the flowery prose of the past\, Yorke reveals both the historical roots and the absurdity of these notions. Yorke will add to the installation as additional resonances between 19th Century medical presumptions and 21st Century policy statements reverberate over the duration of the exhibition. \nYorke’s Employee of the Month is an avatar of MAGA womanhood\, complete with the inflated Mar-a-Lago face of both numerous administration officials and blow-up sex dolls. Named the “Secretary of Truth\,” she is an incarnation of the black-and-white portraits included in “Presidential Walk of Fame\,” most (in)famously an image of an autopen representing President Biden. Through the mouthpiece of her Employee of the Month\, Yorke urges the viewer to consider womanhood\, performative gender\, and constructed personal appearance as deep concepts meriting reflection\, particularly when they evoke paths to power for some\, but calls for the denial of personal identity for others. \nThis project would not be possible without the support of the International Museum of Surgical Science and Director of Operations Michelle Rinard\, for which artist conveys her immense gratitude. \n\n\n\nAbout the Artist:\nJennifer Yorke examines the uneasy relationship between consumption\, identity\, the physical body and the natural world through installations\, collages\, drawings\, prints\, photographs and artist’s books. Her work is held in more than twenty public collections\, including those of the Auckland Gallery of Art; the Art Gallery of New South Wales; the Center for the Book Arts and the in New York City; the Huntsville Museum of Art; the Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum\, and other institutions. Yorke has been a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome\, and been honored with over twenty artist’s residencies. Yorke earned an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago\, which she attended through a Graduate Trustee Fellowship in the Department of Printmedia. She holds a BA cum laude from Carleton College\, where she earned Distinction in her Studio Art major. To date\, Yorke’s work has been the subject of ten solo exhibitions\, and included in over a hundred group exhibitions. She lives with her husband Rob and dog Phoebe in Chicago. \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. \n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
URL:https://imss.org/program/artist-talk-jennifer-yorke-employee-of-the-month/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260506T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260506T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035647
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SUMMARY:Lost Art of Nursing: Nurses Day
DESCRIPTION:Soft opening of a collection of nursing artifacts donated by Melodie Chenevert\, RN\, NM\, MA.\n\n\n\n1524 N. Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL 60610 \n \n5:00 – 9:00 PM CST \nDoors open at 5:00 pm \nMeet & greet with light refreshments 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm \nThe program begins at 6:00 pm \nThe museum is open until 9:00 pm \n \nJoin us for this special Nurses Day program in collaboration with the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) Chicago Chapter #317 & Hektoen Nurses and the Humanities. \nSave the Date \nLost Art of Nursing: Nurses Day \nA Soft opening of a collection of nursing artifacts donated by Melodie Chenevert\, RN\, NM\, MA. \nMay 6\, 2026 \n5-9PM \nLight refreshments will be served. \nFEATURING \nA Special Guest Speaker\, Harpist Janelle Lake\, Hidden Quizzes/Prizes\, and more! We hope to see you there! \nThis event is free and open to the public.  \n \n*** \nFor parking and directions\, please visit: https://imss.org/plan-your-visit/ \nElevator and wheelchair-accessible entrances are available. \n\n\n\nSponsored by the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) Chapter #317 & Hektoen Nurse and Humanities
URL:https://imss.org/program/lost-art-of-nursing-nurses-day/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260514T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260514T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035647
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SUMMARY:Sounding/BODY: BODY MATTER
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the IMSS for an evening of music by Ti McCormack\, performed by Ben Roidl-Ward (bassoon) and Ty Bouque (baritone).\n\n\nsounding/BODY Presents: BODY MATTER\nMay 14\, 2026\n7:00-9:00pm\nDoors at 6:30pm \nTickets: \n$10 Student – use code STUDENT at checkout \n(Valid Student ID will be requested at the door) \n$10 IMSS Members Presale – use code IMSSMEMBER at checkout \n(Valid IMSS Membership card will be requested at door) \n$15 GA Presale \n– \n$15 Student & IMSS Members (With valid ID & Membership Card) at Door \n$20 GA at Door \n\n\nBODY MATTER is a portrait concert of solo works by Ti McCormack\, performed by Ben Roidl-Ward (bassoon) and Ty Bouque (baritone). The program\, which constitutes 50 minutes of music\, features Ti’s 2015 solo bassoon work BODY MATTER followed by their 2024 solo vocal work Seated at the Throat. These works\, both of which significantly reimagine the characters and limitations of what their featured instruments can do\, are the product of a decade of Ti’s work that engages with how bodies can produce\, mould\, and interact with sound. \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events. \n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. \n\n\n\nTimothy McCormack (1984) writes haptic\, viscous music which makes audible the tactile\, physical relationship between a performer and their instrument. Sometimes ecstatic\, sometimes hermetic\, their music threads an intimacy between tone and noise to create strangely affecting sonic ecologies which alter one’s perception of time. They also engage with contemporary queer aesthetics: hæmal ancestries\, incurable disease and its histories\, mourning\, listening\, and the erotics of form.McCormack is the recipient of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Composers’ Prize (2018)\, and also won the Impuls International Composition Competition (2019). Their work can be heard on the record labels Kairos\, Another Timbre\, and Huddersfield Contemporary Records. \n\n\n\nTy Bouque sings new music in various solo\, ensemble\, and opera configurations around the world. Elsewhere he writes about opera: its slippery histories\, its sensual bodies\, and signatures of the generic in its late modernity. He is the author of two books\, from Bloomsbury (2026) and Intellect Press (2027). He lives in Chicago. \n\n\n\nRecently named one of 23 artists who are “changing the sound of classical music” by the Washington Post\, Ben Roidl-Ward is the Assistant Professor of Bassoon at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He also holds positions as Principal Bassoonist of the Chicago Sinfonietta and the Illinois Symphony and Co-Principal Bassoonist of Sinfonia Da Camera. Ben’s dedication to working with living composers has led him to serve as the bassoonist of Ensemble Dal Niente and as a Contemporary Leader for the Lucerne Festival (Switzerland)\, and to participate in the premieres of over 150 compositions to date. He has performed with the Chicago Symphony\, the New York Philharmonic\, and the International Contemporary Ensemble\, among others. Ben received his DMA from Northwestern University\, where he studied with David McGill. His previous teachers include Ben Kamins at Rice University\, George Sakakeeny at the Oberlin Conservatory\, and Francine Peterson in the Seattle area.
URL:https://imss.org/program/sounding-body-body-matter/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260515T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260515T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035647
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SUMMARY:Exhibit Opening: Unheard Voices of Care: Filipino Nurses in America
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the opening of a new exhibit at the IMSS honoring the stories of Filipino nurses in America.\n\n\nUnheard Voices of Care: Filipino Nurses in America\nOpening Reception\nMay 15\, 2026\n6:00-8:00pm\nDoors at 5:45pm \nFree and open to the public \n\n\nAbout the Exhibit: \nWith the Philippines funneling more workers into the U.S. healthcare system than any other country\, a new museum exhibit is set to both define and deconstruct an emerging stereotype: the Filipino nurse. \nThe tangled history of colonialism\, misogyny and racism powering this unique migration story plays out in “Unheard Voices of Care: Filipino Nurses in America\,” a new exhibit set to run from May 15 to August 2\, 2026\, at the International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Windy City’s Gold Coast neighborhood. It will feature hospital uniforms\, medical equipment\, awards\, immigration documentation\, photographs and personal mementos\, as well as a full schedule of lectures\, panels and dramatic presentations designed to bring the collection to life. \n“The history of Filipinos in health care here in the U.S. dates back over a century\,” said Merle Salazar\, a board member of the Filipino American National Historical Society Greater Chicago Chapter (FANHSC)\, which created the exhibit. “They helped shape the profession with their knowledge and cultural instincts\, making nursing what it is today. This is an important exhibit that we hope will engage many within the Filipino-American community and beyond.” \nTelling the stories of young women coming to America alone in the 1940s until present day\, the exhibit artifacts displayed will range from university yearbooks and journals to combs and ballgowns brought and worn decades ago. Other items reference Richard Speck and the Filipino student nurses killed in the nation’s first mass murder. \nTo dramatize the exhibit\, CIRCA Pintig\, Chicago’s premiere\, Filipino theater company\, will host multiple panels and live readings. Guest artists include poet and author\, Dwight Okita; playwright and educator\, Giovanni Ortega; composer and playwright\, Foline Roos; and writer and creative producer\, R.J. Silva. \nThe exhibit itself expands upon a smaller version recently on display at the Harold Washington Library in downtown Chicago. The creator of the initial display\, Angel Abcede\, is the author of “House of Nurses: An American Journey\,” which recounts the experiences of his mother and aunts coming to the United States and their lives as nurses from the Philippines. \n\n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.\n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
URL:https://imss.org/program/exhibit-opening-unheard-voices-of-care-filipino-nurses-in-america/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260516T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260516T150000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035647
CREATED:20260418T022418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T022418Z
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SUMMARY:Unheard Voices of Care Lecture Series: Stories From the Past
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lecture and panel discussion explore the lives and stories of Filipino nurses in the US.\n\n\nUnheard Voices of Care Lecture Series: Stories From the Past\nMay 16\, 2026\n1:00-3:00pm\nDoors at 12:30pm \nFree and open to the public \n\n\nAbout the Lecture: \nSpeakers will tell stories from their experiences as nurses\, with the springboard being the tale of three sisters from a single Filipino family becoming nurses in America. Lecture host Angel Abcede will share excerpts from his book\, “House of Nurses: An American Journey\,” and put the memories in context of the evolving healthcare system in the U.S. as well as dynamic cultural and historic events unfolding in parallel. Retired nurse Merle Salazar will retell her own immigration story and what her life has been like in regard to local history\, while CIRCA-Pintig founder Ginger Leopoldo will offer readings of artistic pieces involving Filipino nurses. Other special guests will tell their stories through panel discussions. \n\n\n\n\nAngel Abcede graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism. He spent most of his professional career as a reporter for a business magazine targeting owners and operators of convenience stores. As a reporter\, he examined trends in packaged goods\, foodservice and fuel. He has won several business press awards for his journalistic achievements. In 2025\, he published a novel about his mother and aunties who were all Filipino nurses. \n\n\nGinger Leopoldo is an accomplished educator\, actor\, director\, and community organizer. As a proud founding member of the Pintig Cultural Group and the founding Artistic Director of the Center for Immigrant Resources and Community Arts (CIRCA)\, she has dedicated her career to enriching the arts community. Ginger’s extensive work includes performing\, directing\, producing\, and facilitating theatre productions and workshops for audiences of all ages. \nShe has been instrumental in developing a youth heritage curriculum that utilizes an integrated theatre arts workshop methodology and actively facilitates Activism & Art workshops for college students. Ginger earned her B.A. and M.A. in Theater from the University of Illinois at Chicago. \n\n\nMerle Salazar attended her first FANHS conference in Seattle in 2012 with Estrella Alamar\, marking the beginning of her journey with the organization. Since then\, she has consistently participated in the biennial conferences\, deepening her involvement with the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS). \n \nIn 2014\, Merle became a volunteer and subsequently a member of FANHS. She is currently one of the board members\, actively contributing to the organization and the community. Her dedication to preserving and promoting Filipino heritage is evident through her engagement and leadership within FANHS. \n \nProfessionally\, she was a surgical nurse working in recovery rooms for many years. The last 10 years before her retirement\, she worked as a nurse auditor at the Adventist Hospitals of the Midwest. When she first arrived in the United States\, she worked at Georgia Baptist Hospital in Atlanta. When she moved to Chicago\, she worked at St. Joseph Hospital\, Michael Reese and eventually at hospitals in Hinsdale and La Grange\, Illinois. \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.\n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
URL:https://imss.org/program/unheard-voices-of-care-lecture-series-stories-from-the-past-2/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260521T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260521T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035647
CREATED:20260418T022343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T022343Z
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SUMMARY:Unheard Voices of Care Lecture Series: Ghosts and Monsters
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lecture reflecting on stories of immigration through the lens of real and imagined ghost stories.\n\n\nUnheard Voices of Care Lecture Series: Ghosts and Monsters\nMay 21\, 2026\n6:00-8:00pm\nDoors at 5:45pm \nFree and open to the public \n\n\nAbout the Lecture:\nGuest speakers will explore the real and imaginary ghosts that were part of the larger immigration story\, where young nurses had cause to fear for their safety in this new land. One of the bigger horror stories to make headlines was the massacre of eight student nurses on Chicago’s south side in 1966. Speakers will examine the Richard Speck incident and provide artistic impressions of the dark side of urban life for young women in the 50s\, 60s and 70s. Poet Dwight Okita will read from his new memoir\, set to publish in 2027\, and other artistic work based on his life in Chicago during those times. \n\n\n\n\nAngel Abcede graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism. He spent most of his professional career as a reporter for a business magazine targeting owners and operators of convenience stores. As a reporter\, he examined trends in packaged goods\, foodservice and fuel. He has won several business press awards for his journalistic achievements. In 2025\, he published a novel about his mother and aunties who were all Filipino nurses. \n\n\nGinger Leopoldo is an accomplished educator\, actor\, director\, and community organizer. As a proud founding member of the Pintig Cultural Group and the founding Artistic Director of the Center for Immigrant Resources and Community Arts (CIRCA)\, she has dedicated her career to enriching the arts community. Ginger’s extensive work includes performing\, directing\, producing\, and facilitating theatre productions and workshops for audiences of all ages. \nShe has been instrumental in developing a youth heritage curriculum that utilizes an integrated theatre arts workshop methodology and actively facilitates Activism & Art workshops for college students. Ginger earned her B.A. and M.A. in Theater from the University of Illinois at Chicago. \n\n\n\nDwight Okita is a memoirist\, poet and novelist. He started writing poems in first grade because he couldn’t write compositions. His most reprinted poem\, “In Response to Executive Order 9066\,” is about the Japanese American internment camps. His new memoir\, The Invention of Fireflies: A Memoir of the Magical & the Monstrous\, is due out April 2027 from Tia Chucha Press. Dwight’s sci-fi novel\, The Prospect of My Arrival\, was a top three finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards. Born and raised in Chicago\, Dwight is active in the SGI Buddhist community advocating for peace and culture\, and is a professional cuddler in a touch-starved world. He also works part-time as a caregiver for seniors with dementia. Dwight embraces his identities as a gay man\, a Japanese American\, and as a neurodivergent human. A compulsive drinker of iced coffee and occasional slumber party host\, you can visit him at http://www.dwightokita.com. \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.\n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
URL:https://imss.org/program/unheard-voices-of-care-lecture-series-ghosts-and-monsters/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260522T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260522T140000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035647
CREATED:20260418T022420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T022420Z
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SUMMARY:Unheard Voices of Care Lecture Series: Stories From the Past
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lecture and panel discussion explore the lives and stories of Filipino nurses in the US.\n\n\nUnheard Voices of Care Lecture Series: Stories From the Past\nMay 22\, 2026\n12:00-2:00pm\nDoors at 11:30am \nFree and open to the public \n\n\nAbout the Lecture: \nSpeakers will tell stories from their experiences as nurses\, with the springboard being the tale of three sisters from a single Filipino family becoming nurses in America. Lecture host Angel Abcede will share excerpts from his book\, “House of Nurses: An American Journey\,” and put the memories in context of the evolving healthcare system in the U.S. as well as dynamic cultural and historic events unfolding in parallel. Retired nurse Merle Salazar will retell her own immigration story and what her life has been like in regard to local history\, while CIRCA-Pintig founder Ginger Leopoldo will offer readings of artistic pieces involving Filipino nurses. Other special guests will tell their stories through panel discussions. \n\n\n\n\nAngel Abcede graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism. He spent most of his professional career as a reporter for a business magazine targeting owners and operators of convenience stores. As a reporter\, he examined trends in packaged goods\, foodservice and fuel. He has won several business press awards for his journalistic achievements. In 2025\, he published a novel about his mother and aunties who were all Filipino nurses. \n\n\nGinger Leopoldo is an accomplished educator\, actor\, director\, and community organizer. As a proud founding member of the Pintig Cultural Group and the founding Artistic Director of the Center for Immigrant Resources and Community Arts (CIRCA)\, she has dedicated her career to enriching the arts community. Ginger’s extensive work includes performing\, directing\, producing\, and facilitating theatre productions and workshops for audiences of all ages. \nShe has been instrumental in developing a youth heritage curriculum that utilizes an integrated theatre arts workshop methodology and actively facilitates Activism & Art workshops for college students. Ginger earned her B.A. and M.A. in Theater from the University of Illinois at Chicago. \n\n\nMerle Salazar attended her first FANHS conference in Seattle in 2012 with Estrella Alamar\, marking the beginning of her journey with the organization. Since then\, she has consistently participated in the biennial conferences\, deepening her involvement with the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS). \n \nIn 2014\, Merle became a volunteer and subsequently a member of FANHS. She is currently one of the board members\, actively contributing to the organization and the community. Her dedication to preserving and promoting Filipino heritage is evident through her engagement and leadership within FANHS. \n \nProfessionally\, she was a surgical nurse working in recovery rooms for many years. The last 10 years before her retirement\, she worked as a nurse auditor at the Adventist Hospitals of the Midwest. When she first arrived in the United States\, she worked at Georgia Baptist Hospital in Atlanta. When she moved to Chicago\, she worked at St. Joseph Hospital\, Michael Reese and eventually at hospitals in Hinsdale and La Grange\, Illinois. \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.\n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
URL:https://imss.org/program/unheard-voices-of-care-lecture-series-stories-from-the-past-3/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260523T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260523T130000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035647
CREATED:20260402T182456Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T022347Z
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SUMMARY:Germ Party!
DESCRIPTION:Teach your kids about the importance of washing hands and maintaining healthy hygiene with glow-in-the-dark fun!\n\n\nGerm Party!\n12:00pm – 1:00pm\nCheck-In: 11:30am  \n \n$10 – 1 Child + 1 Adult \n$30 – 3 kids + up to 2 Adults \n \nTeach your kids about the importance of washing hands and maintaining healthy hygiene with glow-in-the-dark fun! With cold and flu season seemingly never-ending and a new cold every week\, the IMSS comes in with a party that brings germ theory to life. Featuring balloons\, music and dancing\, and the secret sauce; glow-in-the-dark powder that represents the spread of your (least) favorite microorganism! While you and your kids are dancing away\, glow germ is spreading. As the sun goes down\, the blacklights go up! – revealing how contagious those moves and germs can be! (For ages 6-12) \n \nAfter the activity\, stick around to explore the Museum guided by our Spooky Science Scavenger Hunt!
URL:https://imss.org/program/germ-party/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260528T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260528T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035647
CREATED:20260418T022423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T022423Z
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SUMMARY:Unheard Voices of Care Lecture Series: Filipino Nurses and the Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lecture reflecting on the experiences of Filipino nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\n\nUnheard Voices of Care Lecture Series: Filipino Nurses and the Pandemic\nMay 28\, 2026\n6:00-8:00pm\nDoors at 5:45pm \nFree and open to the public \n\n\nAbout the Lecture:\nA Chicago registered nurse\, Bryan Ranchero\, will speak to what happened in city hospitals and care facilities during the COVID crisis of 2020-2022\, and how Filipino nurses took on the brunt of the suffering simply because of their greater numbers. \n\n\n\n\nBryan Ranchero is a registered nurse who has worked with the Cook County Health Department and in Cook County Clinics. He has handled programs involving high-risk infants and continuing education and accreditation. \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.\n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
URL:https://imss.org/program/unheard-voices-of-care-lecture-series-filipino-nurses-and-the-pandemic/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260529T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260529T140000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035647
CREATED:20260418T022351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T022351Z
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SUMMARY:Unheard Voices of Care Lecture Series: Stories From the Past
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lecture and panel discussion explore the lives and stories of Filipino nurses in the US.\n\n\nUnheard Voices of Care Lecture Series: Stories From the Past\nMay 29\, 2026\n12:00-2:00pm\nDoors at 11:30am \nFree and open to the public \n\n\nAbout the Lecture: \nSpeakers will tell stories from their experiences as nurses\, with the springboard being the tale of three sisters from a single Filipino family becoming nurses in America. Lecture host Angel Abcede will share excerpts from his book\, “House of Nurses: An American Journey\,” and put the memories in context of the evolving healthcare system in the U.S. as well as dynamic cultural and historic events unfolding in parallel. Retired nurse Merle Salazar will retell her own immigration story and what her life has been like in regard to local history\, while CIRCA-Pintig founder Ginger Leopoldo will offer readings of artistic pieces involving Filipino nurses. Other special guests will tell their stories through panel discussions. \n\n\n\n\nAngel Abcede graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism. He spent most of his professional career as a reporter for a business magazine targeting owners and operators of convenience stores. As a reporter\, he examined trends in packaged goods\, foodservice and fuel. He has won several business press awards for his journalistic achievements. In 2025\, he published a novel about his mother and aunties who were all Filipino nurses. \n\n\nGinger Leopoldo is an accomplished educator\, actor\, director\, and community organizer. As a proud founding member of the Pintig Cultural Group and the founding Artistic Director of the Center for Immigrant Resources and Community Arts (CIRCA)\, she has dedicated her career to enriching the arts community. Ginger’s extensive work includes performing\, directing\, producing\, and facilitating theatre productions and workshops for audiences of all ages. \nShe has been instrumental in developing a youth heritage curriculum that utilizes an integrated theatre arts workshop methodology and actively facilitates Activism & Art workshops for college students. Ginger earned her B.A. and M.A. in Theater from the University of Illinois at Chicago. \n\n\nMerle Salazar attended her first FANHS conference in Seattle in 2012 with Estrella Alamar\, marking the beginning of her journey with the organization. Since then\, she has consistently participated in the biennial conferences\, deepening her involvement with the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS). \n \nIn 2014\, Merle became a volunteer and subsequently a member of FANHS. She is currently one of the board members\, actively contributing to the organization and the community. Her dedication to preserving and promoting Filipino heritage is evident through her engagement and leadership within FANHS. \n \nProfessionally\, she was a surgical nurse working in recovery rooms for many years. The last 10 years before her retirement\, she worked as a nurse auditor at the Adventist Hospitals of the Midwest. When she first arrived in the United States\, she worked at Georgia Baptist Hospital in Atlanta. When she moved to Chicago\, she worked at St. Joseph Hospital\, Michael Reese and eventually at hospitals in Hinsdale and La Grange\, Illinois. \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.\n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
URL:https://imss.org/program/unheard-voices-of-care-lecture-series-stories-from-the-past/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260530T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260530T123000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035647
CREATED:20260305T161230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T022353Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Japanese Papermaking
DESCRIPTION:Explore the artistry of traditional Japanese paper-making with Human Body Watermarks\, led by artist Mami Takahashi.\n\n\nJapanese Papermaking Workshop for Beginnerswith Mami Takahashi \nMay 30\, 2026\n10:30am – 12:30pm\n \nParticipants will make traditional Japanese paper\, called Washi\, with human body-themed watermarks at this paper-making workshop. Washi is typically made from Japanese Mulberry or Mitsumata wood bark. These barks are used daily in Japan\, and they include architectural elements like Shoji screens and folding fans. \nAll levels are welcome to enjoy this workshop! \n \n\n\n\nAbout Mami Takahashi: \nMami Takahashi is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist and a scholar working in multiple cities including Chicago and Tokyo. She earned her MFA in Contemporary Studio Practice from Portland State University in 2013 and a BFA in Japanese Painting from Joshibi University of Art and Design in Japan. \nWith ongoing artistic research\, practice\, and teaching\, Takahashi explores different approaches to actualize Japanese aesthetics to enhance cultural perspectives in many U.S. communities. Takahashi also aims to connect Japan and communities in Chicago by teaching traditional and modern art-making techniques.
URL:https://imss.org/program/workshop-japanese-papermaking-6/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260605T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260605T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035647
CREATED:20260418T022355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T022355Z
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SUMMARY:Unheard Voices of Care Lecture Series: Ghosts and Monsters
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lecture reflecting on stories of immigration through the lens of real and imagined ghost stories.\n\n\nUnheard Voices of Care Lecture Series: Ghosts and Monsters\nJune 5\, 2026\n6:00-8:00pm\nDoors at 5:45am \nFree and open to the public \n\n\nAbout the Lecture:\nGuest speakers will explore the real and imaginary ghosts that were part of the larger immigration story\, where young nurses had cause to fear for their safety in this new land. One of the bigger horror stories to make headlines was the massacre of eight student nurses on Chicago’s south side in 1966. Speakers will examine the Richard Speck incident and provide artistic impressions of the dark side of urban life for young women in the 50s\, 60s and 70s. Poet Dwight Okita will read from his new memoir\, set to publish in 2027\, and other artistic work based on his life in Chicago during those times. \n\n\n\n\nAngel Abcede graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism. He spent most of his professional career as a reporter for a business magazine targeting owners and operators of convenience stores. As a reporter\, he examined trends in packaged goods\, foodservice and fuel. He has won several business press awards for his journalistic achievements. In 2025\, he published a novel about his mother and aunties who were all Filipino nurses. \n\n\nGinger Leopoldo is an accomplished educator\, actor\, director\, and community organizer. As a proud founding member of the Pintig Cultural Group and the founding Artistic Director of the Center for Immigrant Resources and Community Arts (CIRCA)\, she has dedicated her career to enriching the arts community. Ginger’s extensive work includes performing\, directing\, producing\, and facilitating theatre productions and workshops for audiences of all ages. \nShe has been instrumental in developing a youth heritage curriculum that utilizes an integrated theatre arts workshop methodology and actively facilitates Activism & Art workshops for college students. Ginger earned her B.A. and M.A. in Theater from the University of Illinois at Chicago. \n\n\n\nDwight Okita is a memoirist\, poet and novelist. He started writing poems in first grade because he couldn’t write compositions. His most reprinted poem\, “In Response to Executive Order 9066\,” is about the Japanese American internment camps. His new memoir\, The Invention of Fireflies: A Memoir of the Magical & the Monstrous\, is due out April 2027 from Tia Chucha Press. Dwight’s sci-fi novel\, The Prospect of My Arrival\, was a top three finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards. Born and raised in Chicago\, Dwight is active in the SGI Buddhist community advocating for peace and culture\, and is a professional cuddler in a touch-starved world. He also works part-time as a caregiver for seniors with dementia. Dwight embraces his identities as a gay man\, a Japanese American\, and as a neurodivergent human. A compulsive drinker of iced coffee and occasional slumber party host\, you can visit him at http://www.dwightokita.com. \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.\n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
URL:https://imss.org/program/unheard-voices-of-care-lecture-series-ghosts-and-monsters-2/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260606T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260606T133000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035647
CREATED:20260305T161235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T022357Z
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SUMMARY:Kintsugi Workshop: Repair and Reconnect
DESCRIPTION:Discover the art and philosophy of Kintsugi — the Japanese practice of repairing broken pottery with gold — in this all-level\, hands-on work\n\n\nKintsugi Workshop: Repair and Reconnect with Mami Takahashi\nJune 6\, 2026\n10:30am – 1:30pm\n \n“Kintsugi teaches us that scars are part of the story — not something to hide\, but something to honor. As we repair\, we reflect. As we mend\, we transform.” \nIn this 3-hour session\, students will learn and apply the modern Kintsugi method using food-safe adhesive\, epoxy putty\, and golden finish. The technique is safe for beginners and designed to make the centuries-old practice accessible in a single-day format. Rather than erasing damage\, Kintsugi highlights each crack as part of an object’s unique story — inviting us to reflect on beauty\, imperfection\, and transformation. \nFor beginner students\, a broken porcelain or ceramic plate will be provided\, allowing them to experience the full repair process from start to finish.For returning students\, or those with previous experience\, you’re welcome to bring your own broken ceramic objects (must be clean) or choose from more complex forms provided by the instructor. \nThis workshop offers a supportive\, meditative space for reflection and creativity. All materials are provided\, and finger covers are available to use\, though handling epoxy can sometimes leave a light residue for a day or two. \n \n \n“Kintsugi is based on the philosophy that breakage and repair are something to celebrate – embracing flaws and imperfections creates a stronger and more beautiful piece of art. Using this as a metaphor for healing ourselves teaches us an important lesson: Sometimes in the process of repairing what feels broken\, we become more unique\, beautiful\, and resilient. Kintsugi can be a way to reframe personal challenges. Reminding us that we’re not victims of our circumstances. Showing us that we can come out on the other side stronger.” — Here is a quote about Kintsugi from Linda Muller\, a certified life coach. \n \n\n\n\nAbout Mami Takahashi: \nMami Takahashi is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist and a scholar working in multiple cities including Chicago and Tokyo. She earned her MFA in Contemporary Studio Practice from Portland State University in 2013 and a BFA in Japanese Painting from Joshibi University of Art and Design in Japan. \nWith ongoing artistic research\, practice\, and teaching\, Takahashi explores different approaches to actualize Japanese aesthetics to enhance cultural perspectives in many U.S. communities. Takahashi also aims to connect Japan and communities in Chicago by teaching traditional and modern art-making techniques.
URL:https://imss.org/program/kintsugi-workshop-repair-and-reconnect-8/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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SUMMARY:Unheard Voices of Care Lecture Series: Stories From the Past
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lecture and panel discussion explore the lives and stories of Filipino nurses in the US.\n\n\nUnheard Voices of Care Lecture Series: Stories From the Past\nJune 6\, 2026\n12:00-2:00pm\nDoors at 11:30am \nFree and open to the public \n\n\nAbout the Lecture: \nSpeakers will tell stories from their experiences as nurses\, with the springboard being the tale of three sisters from a single Filipino family becoming nurses in America. Lecture host Angel Abcede will share excerpts from his book\, “House of Nurses: An American Journey\,” and put the memories in context of the evolving healthcare system in the U.S. as well as dynamic cultural and historic events unfolding in parallel. Retired nurse Merle Salazar will retell her own immigration story and what her life has been like in regard to local history\, while CIRCA-Pintig founder Ginger Leopoldo will offer readings of artistic pieces involving Filipino nurses. Other special guests will tell their stories through panel discussions. \n\n\n\n\nAngel Abcede graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism. He spent most of his professional career as a reporter for a business magazine targeting owners and operators of convenience stores. As a reporter\, he examined trends in packaged goods\, foodservice and fuel. He has won several business press awards for his journalistic achievements. In 2025\, he published a novel about his mother and aunties who were all Filipino nurses. \n\n\nGinger Leopoldo is an accomplished educator\, actor\, director\, and community organizer. As a proud founding member of the Pintig Cultural Group and the founding Artistic Director of the Center for Immigrant Resources and Community Arts (CIRCA)\, she has dedicated her career to enriching the arts community. Ginger’s extensive work includes performing\, directing\, producing\, and facilitating theatre productions and workshops for audiences of all ages. \nShe has been instrumental in developing a youth heritage curriculum that utilizes an integrated theatre arts workshop methodology and actively facilitates Activism & Art workshops for college students. Ginger earned her B.A. and M.A. in Theater from the University of Illinois at Chicago. \n\n\nMerle Salazar attended her first FANHS conference in Seattle in 2012 with Estrella Alamar\, marking the beginning of her journey with the organization. Since then\, she has consistently participated in the biennial conferences\, deepening her involvement with the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS). \n \nIn 2014\, Merle became a volunteer and subsequently a member of FANHS. She is currently one of the board members\, actively contributing to the organization and the community. Her dedication to preserving and promoting Filipino heritage is evident through her engagement and leadership within FANHS. \n \nProfessionally\, she was a surgical nurse working in recovery rooms for many years. The last 10 years before her retirement\, she worked as a nurse auditor at the Adventist Hospitals of the Midwest. When she first arrived in the United States\, she worked at Georgia Baptist Hospital in Atlanta. When she moved to Chicago\, she worked at St. Joseph Hospital\, Michael Reese and eventually at hospitals in Hinsdale and La Grange\, Illinois. \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.\n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
URL:https://imss.org/program/unheard-voices-of-care-lecture-series-stories-from-the-past-4/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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SUMMARY:Unheard Voices of Care Lecture Series: Reliving Our Stories
DESCRIPTION:Artists from the regional Filipino theater company\, CIRCA Pintig\, will give readings and provide discussion about dramatic pieces.\n\n\nUnheard Voices of Care Lecture Series: Reliving Our Stories\nJune 12\, 2026\n6:00-8:00pm\nDoors at 5:45pm \nFree and open to the public \n\n\nAbout the Lecture:\nArtists from the regional Filipino theater company\, CIRCA Pintig\, will give readings and provide discussion about dramatic pieces retelling the stories of Filipino nurses in America. Through heartfelt readings and reenacted scenes from established plays\, presenters will bring to life the stories of young nurses forging their own paths in a new country—often alone and often unheard. \n\n\n\nGiovanni Ortega (Dramatist Guild\, SDC\, AEA\, SAG-AFTRA) has been working professionally for over a decade as a proponent of the performing arts as a multidisciplinary artist and educator. Playwright credits: The Butterfly of Chula Vista (San Diego Rep commission); Sama Sama: Solidarity in the Fields\, Criers for Hire and Allos – the Story of Carlos Bulosan (East West Players commissioned production). Criers for Hire has been performed in Chicago\, Sydney and San Francisco. ALLOS has toured Chicago\, Honolulu\, Austria\, Uganda (Kampala Theatre Festival)\, Oregon Shakespeare Festival\, San Francisco and Singapore. Director credits include: Nicky\, a modernized adaptation of Chekhov’s Ivanov\, We Are Nothing Without Hantu Hantu (Hollywood Fringe) Halo Halo (Third Culture Theatre)\, Angel from Manila (Echo Theater)\, Lena Passes (Pasadena Playhouse) Scrimmage (East West Players)\, The Hotel Play (A.D.\, Center Theatre Group/ Playwrights’ Arena)\, La Madre de Todos los Exilios (La Casa Tercer Acto\, Bogotá)\, Cabaret\, Spring Awakening – The Musical\, Urinetown. In Singapore\, Giovanni directed The Body Series\, Evolution\, Kabaret Singapura and worked with Poetry Festival Singapore to create Benches and Palindromes (Theatre) followed by Belonging\, Atlas and Nomads (Films). As a performer\, he starred in San-San Onglatco’s film Zenaida (AFI Film Festival )and Dreams\, A Musical at the Hawaii Theater. Additional credits: President Marcos in Imelda\, The Musical (East West Players)\, Romance of Magno Rubio (Inside the Ford – LA Weekly award nomination)\, Dogeaters\, The Refugee Hotel (Center Theatre Group) and Conjunto. For more information: http://www.giovanniortega.com \n\n\nR.J. Silva is a writer and creative producer. Born and raised in Manila\, he moved to America at 13 years old and has lived in Phoenix\, Orlando\, and Chicago. Starting with CIRCA Pintig in 2013 during his years at Loyola University Chicago\, he graduated with a BA in Theatre and worked in the themed entertainment industry as a producer for Walt Disney Imagineering. Now back in Chicago\, he is the producing associate for CIRCA Pintig\, assisting in planning and productions\, and has performed for CIRCA Pintig in ‘ALLOS: The Story of Carlos Bulosan’ and ‘Daryo’s All-American Diner.’ Outside of CIRCA Pintig\, RJ is a co-founder and producer of The Ampliverse\, a multimedia channel that celebrates pop culture without the toxicity of exclusivity through podcasts and writing. RJ is also a writer for the screen and stage. RJ-Silva.com \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.\n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
URL:https://imss.org/program/unheard-voices-of-care-lecture-series-reliving-our-stories/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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SUMMARY:Unheard Voices of Care Lecture Series: Reliving Our Stories
DESCRIPTION:Artists from the regional Filipino theater company\, CIRCA Pintig\, will give readings and provide discussion about dramatic pieces.\n\n\nUnheard Voices of Care Lecture Series: Reliving Our Stories\nJune 13\, 2026\n1:00-3:00pm\nDoors at 12:30pm \nFree and open to the public \n\n\nAbout the Lecture:\nArtists from the regional Filipino theater company\, CIRCA Pintig\, will give readings and provide discussion about dramatic pieces retelling the stories of Filipino nurses in America. Through heartfelt readings and reenacted scenes from established plays\, presenters will bring to life the stories of young nurses forging their own paths in a new country—often alone and often unheard. \n\n\n\nGiovanni Ortega (Dramatist Guild\, SDC\, AEA\, SAG-AFTRA) has been working professionally for over a decade as a proponent of the performing arts as a multidisciplinary artist and educator. Playwright credits: The Butterfly of Chula Vista (San Diego Rep commission); Sama Sama: Solidarity in the Fields\, Criers for Hire and Allos – the Story of Carlos Bulosan (East West Players commissioned production). Criers for Hire has been performed in Chicago\, Sydney and San Francisco. ALLOS has toured Chicago\, Honolulu\, Austria\, Uganda (Kampala Theatre Festival)\, Oregon Shakespeare Festival\, San Francisco and Singapore. Director credits include: Nicky\, a modernized adaptation of Chekhov’s Ivanov\, We Are Nothing Without Hantu Hantu (Hollywood Fringe) Halo Halo (Third Culture Theatre)\, Angel from Manila (Echo Theater)\, Lena Passes (Pasadena Playhouse) Scrimmage (East West Players)\, The Hotel Play (A.D.\, Center Theatre Group/ Playwrights’ Arena)\, La Madre de Todos los Exilios (La Casa Tercer Acto\, Bogotá)\, Cabaret\, Spring Awakening – The Musical\, Urinetown. In Singapore\, Giovanni directed The Body Series\, Evolution\, Kabaret Singapura and worked with Poetry Festival Singapore to create Benches and Palindromes (Theatre) followed by Belonging\, Atlas and Nomads (Films). As a performer\, he starred in San-San Onglatco’s film Zenaida (AFI Film Festival )and Dreams\, A Musical at the Hawaii Theater. Additional credits: President Marcos in Imelda\, The Musical (East West Players)\, Romance of Magno Rubio (Inside the Ford – LA Weekly award nomination)\, Dogeaters\, The Refugee Hotel (Center Theatre Group) and Conjunto. For more information: http://www.giovanniortega.com \n\n\nR.J. Silva is a writer and creative producer. Born and raised in Manila\, he moved to America at 13 years old and has lived in Phoenix\, Orlando\, and Chicago. Starting with CIRCA Pintig in 2013 during his years at Loyola University Chicago\, he graduated with a BA in Theatre and worked in the themed entertainment industry as a producer for Walt Disney Imagineering. Now back in Chicago\, he is the producing associate for CIRCA Pintig\, assisting in planning and productions\, and has performed for CIRCA Pintig in ‘ALLOS: The Story of Carlos Bulosan’ and ‘Daryo’s All-American Diner.’ Outside of CIRCA Pintig\, RJ is a co-founder and producer of The Ampliverse\, a multimedia channel that celebrates pop culture without the toxicity of exclusivity through podcasts and writing. RJ is also a writer for the screen and stage. RJ-Silva.com \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.\n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
URL:https://imss.org/program/unheard-voices-of-care-lecture-series-reliving-our-stories-2/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260624T190000
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SUMMARY:Sounding/BODY: Respire
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the IMSS for an evening of sound and interactive installation by Anabelle Lee Dehm.\n\n\nsounding/BODY Presents: Respire\nAnabelle Lee Dehm\nJune 24\, 2026\n7:00-9:00pm\nDoors at 6:30pm \nTickets: \n$10 Student – use code STUDENT at checkout \n(Valid Student ID will be requested at the door) \n$10 IMSS Members Presale – use code IMSSMEMBER at checkout \n(Valid IMSS Membership card will be requested at door) \n$15 GA Presale \n– \n$15 Student & IMSS Members (With valid ID & Membership Card) at Door \n$20 GA at Door \n\n\nRESPIRE aims to create a communal pulse\, redefining breath\, and aliveness- \nutilizing percussive elements\, instruments\, along with filling the space with inflatables representative of innards\, Dehm invites Chicago musicians and her audience to partake in this action\, and becoming a sounding/BODY. \n\n\n\nThis project is partially supported by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events. \n\n\n\nThe International Museum of Surgical Science acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. \n\n\n\nAnabelle Lee Dehm is a multidisciplinary performance artist from Los Angeles\, currently based in Chicago. The core of her practice is the body\, confronting themes of vulnerability\, intimacy\, humor\, failure\,and darkness. She challenges visual norms through figurative abstraction and stamina. Playful and perverse\, Dehm strives to redefine the beauty in the grotesque.
URL:https://imss.org/program/sounding-body-respire/
LOCATION:International Museum of Surgical Science\, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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