Save The Date

June 12 – Filipino American leaders will denounce the Chinese Government occupation of Philippine maritime territory and the threats of war to mark Philippine Independence Day

June 17, 2017 – Saturday – Gala Night Dinner / Dance & Coronation of Beauty Queens at the Marriott O’Hare Grand Ballroom, 8535 W. Higgins Rd., Chicago, IL 60631, Free Parking;

July 8,  10AM – 1PM, Amerasians Without Borders Film (John Haines), America’s Forgotten Children, Rizal Communty, Center, 1332 W. Irving Park Rd, Chicago

Jul. 17, 2017,  TIM Demo at Stage 18-5:00pm – 7:00am @Stage 18, 2558 W 16th Street, Chicago, Illinois

July 20 – American supporters of human rights and the rule of law in the Philippines are mobilizing for the hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. House of Representatives.

July 21 through Sept 3, 2017- Cirque du Soleil opens tonight in Chicago its delightfully imaginative and visually stunning production LUZIA, a waking dream of Mexico. , United Center parking lot to escape to an imaginary Mexico – a sumptuous and vibrant world suspended between dreams and reality.

July 23, 2017- Filipino Community Pilgrimage at the 11AM Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii, Chicago, IL.

July 23- 4PM, Archdiocese of Chicago to Host First Asian Community Mass on Sunday

July 25, 2017- The NAACP hosts a reception at its 108th National Convention in Baltimore, MD to announce the launch of the its Next Generation (NextGen) at the Hyatt Regency Hotel’s Pisces Room.

July 27, 2017 from 5:30-8:00pm –  The Jewish Coalition Against Sex Trafficking (JCAST) will host a discussion led by prominent Chicago area creative activist Rae Luskin.

July 29, 2017, The Field Museum will open its newest exhibition, Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation.

July 29, 2017- BICOL 2017 Annual Picnic – Lake Opeka, Des Plaines, IL.

July 29, 2017 – Health Care Advocates Mobilize in Chicago, Host Rally As Part of “Our Lives on the Line” Nationwide Day of Action to Continue the Fight to Protect Health Care

July 29, 2017 – Protest For LGBT Inclusion @ Apostolic Church of God, Apostolic Church of God, 6320 South Dorchester Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

Aug 1 – 19, 2017 – Grant Park Music Festival’s 2017 season.

Aug 2, 2017-  3rd annual Brookfield Zoo Blood Drive, 9am to 4pm.,Brookfield Zoo’s Discovery Center, 3300 Gold Road

Aug. 4-6, 2017 – Jehovah;s Witness Convention, Turnersville Assembly Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses

300 Sovereign Rd, Blackwood, NJ 08012,

Aug. 7, 2017 – 2017 ASEAN Day, Federal Plaza, Chicago, IL.

Aug 8 at noon – Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Chicago Picasso at Everyone’s Picasso – a restaging event of the 1967 unveiling at Daley Plaza.

Aug 12 at 6PM- Dress in white from head to toe, add a white tablecloth and picnic basket, then grab your friends and head to Millennium Park’s Great Lawn for the Grant Park Music Festival’s Pastoral Picnic in White.

Aug 12 or 13 from 3:00pm to 6:00pm Nena Cosmetics Workshop The Summer Makeup Workshop will be held at Seafood City event room, fee is $29 only. (inclusive of some snacks and $25 redeemable for products).

Aug 12, 2017 – ComEd’s  Icebox Derby Build Days at the Daley Plaza.

Aug 13, 2017 – World Roller Derby Week

Aug 18, 2017- NAAAP’s Annual Career Fair, Swissotel Chicago, 12  to 6PM.

Aug 18, 2017 -12:30PM-1:30PM – Poetry Foundation, 61 W. Superior St., Free Admission – All experience levels are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. We read and discuss The Second Four Books of Poems by W.S. Merwin.

Aug. 23, 2017 – The Chinese Mutual Aid Association (CMAA) for the 2017 Red Party! Inaugural Asian American Men’s Fashion Show, River North’s very own East Bank Club.

Sept 09, 2017- Twist Out Cancer will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, September 9, 2017 at Revel Fulton Market, located at 1215 W. Fulton Market

September 13, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM, Poetry Foundation, 61 West Superior Street, Free Admission.  We read and discuss Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar.

Sept 17, 2017-The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s at the North Central College Residence Hall/Recreation Center in Naperville

Sept. 23, 2017-The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s will take place at Busse Woods in Elk Grove Village

Sept. 23, 2017 – Share Healthy Recipe to Win Chicago Gourmet Tickets, Millennium Park

Sept. 24, 2017-The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Montrose Harbor in Chicago.

Oct. 1, 2017 – Morton Arboretum’s month-long Fall Color Festival kicks off with theFall Color 5K Run & Walk.

Oct. 7, 2017- The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s will take place at Independence Grove in Libertyville.

Oct 7-29, 2017-Theatre Hikes at Morton Arboretum

Oct. 8- 2017- The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s will take place at Lippold Park in Crystal Lake.

Oct. 11-15, 2017 – Morton Arboretum’s seventh-annual Glass Pumpkin Patch,

Oct. 13-15, 2017 – UCHICAGO’S LOGAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS LAUNCHES YEAR-ROUND BLUES MUSIC INITIATIVE; TO KICK OFF WITH FIRST LOGAN CENTER BLUESFEST, NEW ANNUAL PUBLIC CELEBRATION FEATURING CONCERTS, WORKSHOPS, FILM, FOOD & CONVERSATION

Oct. 14, 2017 – Chicago Filipino Asian American Hall of Fame 23rd annual gala event honoring most outstanding Filipino.Filipino Americans/Asians & Friends, Hyatt Regency O’Hare

Oct. 15, 2017 – The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians’ Four Winds® Casinos’ the Silver Creek Rockin’ Brew Fest at Four Winds New Buffalo®.

Oct. 21, 2017 – Morton Arboretum’s Cider & Ale Festival

Oct. 26, 2017 – Champions Of Magic tour. 7:30pm, Genesee Theatre.

Oct. 26-27, 2017 – Morton Arboretum’s Mystery Dinner

Oct. 29, 2017 – Halloween spirit with the costumed characters of BOO Breakfast at Morton Arboretum

Nov. 5, 2017-  Tampa for Florida’s premier destination celebration of Hispanic music, culture and food! Tampa’s HOTTEST Festival Returns to Al Lopez Park!

Dec 8, 2017 – Chinese American Service League’s Winter Social;