Events

Reuse-a-Palooza Light: The Mini Edition

Can't believe you just missed our semiannual Reuse-a-Palooza? We can help tide you over until the next one in spring. The following items are accepted at The Plant during OHC as well as during our regular business hours:

For responsible recycling + reuse:

- Gently used packing and shipping materials for reuse: brown kraft paper, bubble wrap, inflated air pillows

- Spent small-format alkaline, lithium, and rechargeable batteries for responsible recycling, described here. Please see "Rechargeable" and "Primary (Single-Use)" batteries and click the "Learn More" buttons for full details.

- Plastic PakTech beer carriers for reuse by SomosMonos Cervecería; please remove any stickers.

- CLEAN styrofoam (#6) from shipping uses only, for reuse; no food packaging accepted.

To support our community:

- Seasonal clothing to be redistributed to families in need by Cradles to Crayons. Please leave items inside at the drop box.

- Fresh, unexpired food for our Love Fridge, right outside The Plant — just bring a thing from your pantry to share! Hygiene supplies such as soap, shampoo, toothpaste, etc. are welcome as well.

Family Day: Proud to Be Me

Create a colorful self-portrait collage with guidance from exhibiting guest artist Nina Chanel Abney.

Ikebana - Japanese Flower Arranging

Watch and learn about Ikebana, Japanese Flower Arranging, from The Ohara School of Ikebana Chicago Chapter instructor and lecturer Ms. Yuko Inoue Darcy. She will share her knowledge and expertise while creating her arrangement. Join in the flower selection process, learn floral symbolism, and how to follow the process for making an arrangement in the Ohara School style.

Seth Boustead Solo Piano Repertoire

Seth Boustead performs solo piano repertoire approximately every 20 minutes

CAC Docent-led Trolley Tours

CAC Docents will be providing short trolley tours of the grounds departing approximately every 15-20 minutes.

Succulent Planting

Visitors can participate in a free therapeutic horticulture activity, available while supplies last.

Let's Visit Motor Row and Bronzeville

This tour highlights the Bronzeville Black Metropolis National Heritage Area and Motor Row, including the former Illinois Automobile Club at 2400 St. Michigan Ave., which previously served as the headquarters of the Chicago Defender. The tour also features Quinn Chapel AME, the oldest Black congregation in Chicago and a stop on the Underground Railroad.

Computer Repair Consultation with Elsbeth Klotz

Don't throw that old computer or tablet away! Bring it to Elsbeth for a consultation and refurbishment. Make sure to backup all of your data. Occurring throughout the day.

River Science Chats

Chats and short presentations by some of our ecologists, followed by a Q and A.

Leave Your Mark

Leave Your Mark invites Open House Chicago visitors to become part of the creative experience at 345 Art Gallery. Guests will have the opportunity to express themselves through an interactive spray-paint art activation, adding their own creative mark to a collaborative art piece. Visitors can also participate in our Love Lock experience, writing a personal message, wish, or reflection on a lock and attaching it to a heart-shaped installation inspired by the iconic love locks of Paris. Together, these activities celebrate art, creativity, connection, and community, allowing every visitor to leave behind a small piece of their story at 345 Art Gallery.

Papercutting live demonstration with Lucy P. Liu

Meet papercutting artist Lucy P. Liu in person. Learn traditional Chinese papercutting works that inspired by culture, family, faith, nature, or personal story.

Annual Harvest Fest

Growing Home Inc.’s HarvestFest is a vibrant, family-friendly autumn celebration hosted directly on their urban farms in Greater Englewood. The free community event marks the end of the growing season with a robust local vendor market, live music, pumpkin decorating, free organic produce giveaways, and children's activities

Chicago International Film Festival Shorts

A curated screening of short films featuring Chicago talent, presented in partnership with the Chicago International Film Festival. The screening will be followed by a talkback with participating directors.

Ikebana - Japanese Flower Arranging

Watch and learn about Ikebana, Japanese Flower Arranging, from The Ohara School of Ikebana Chicago Chapter instructor and lecturer Ms. Yuko Inoue Darcy. She will share her knowledge and expertise while creating her arrangement. Join in the flower selection process, learn floral symbolism, and how to follow the process for making an arrangement in the Ohara School style.

Let's Visit Motor Row and Bronzeville

This tour highlights the Bronzeville Black Metropolis National Heritage Area and Motor Row, including the former Illinois Automobile Club at 2400 St. Michigan Ave., which previously served as the headquarters of the Chicago Defender. The tour also features Quinn Chapel AME, the oldest Black congregation in Chicago and a stop on the Underground Railroad.

Collage with Isissia Drake and Kahari Blackburn

Collage making using upcycled materials from the club. Participants can either make a button or collage onto a large collective work. Limit to 14 people.

Introduction to Zen Buddhism: Practices and Aesthetics

The temple will offer a 30-minute Introduction to Zen Buddhism lecture and Q&A in the Buddha Hall for OHC participants. This experience will include an introduction to Zen meditation, a description of temple statues and art, a demonstration of temple ritual instruments, and a Q&A session.

Harp in the Chapel w/ LeAnne Bennion

This event invites guests to relax and enjoy live harp music performed by LeAnne Bennion in Graceland’s pedestrian plaza.

Rosenwald and Rising: Community History, and the Future of Homan Square

The event will feature the Rosenwald Campaign video and offer an opportunity to meet and greet elected officials, community stakeholders, and local historian Blanche Killingsworth.

Performance by Whitney Johnson, Macie Stewart, and Lia Kohl

Whitney Johnson, Macie Stewart, and Lia Kohl, who are musicians and sound artists in Chicago, will perform at the mausoleum in relation to the sound installation set up by Whitney Johnson inspired by the history and landscape of the cemetery.

Hanna DiLorenzo: "Behind Closed Doors"

As part of Brendan Fernandes' "In the Round" residency at the Driehaus Museum, Hanna DiLorenzo will present "Behind Closed Doors", a performance that examines how shared family trauma fractures into conflicting truths and seeks reconciliation through embodied empathy and collective understanding. The performance will take place from 1:00 to 2:00 pm on 10/17. Guests are encouraged to stay for as little or as long as they would like! This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Classical Music Concert

Experience the music that fills Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago during a special performance presented by Classical Music Chicago. At 1 p.m., French horn player Ryan Williamson and pianist Umi Garrett will perform a 20-minute selection of classical works, offering a taste of the free Dame Myra Hess Concerts presented weekly at the church. 

Crystal City: America’s Last WWII Concentration Camp

Join the Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) and the Crystal City Pilgrimage Committee (CCPC) for the official opening program of the national traveling exhibition: Crystal City: America’s Last WWII Concentration Camp.

Unlike standard War Relocation Authority camps, the Department of Justice internment camp at Crystal City, Texas, held Japanese, German, and Italian nationals alongside thousands of Japanese, German, and Italian Latin Americans who were extrajudicially renditioned from Central and South America for wartime hostage exchanges.

This opening program brings together camp survivors and descendants - including Bekki and Brian Shibayama (children of Japanese Peruvian incarceration survivor and activist Isamu "Art" Shibayama) - to share powerful family narratives and local connections to postwar resettlement in Chicago. RSVP required - seating is limited.

Book Talk: CASL’s History Through Architecture

Author Susan Blumberg-Kason discusses CASL’s architectural history and its influence on other Chinatown landmarks, featuring the work of architects Brian Lee, Ernie Wong, and Jeanne Gang. Blumberg-Kason is the author of When Friends Come From Afar: The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicago’s Chinese American Service League (University of Illinois Press, 2024), which traces CASL’s evolution from its founding by Bernie Wong to its role today connecting Chinatown residents to daycare, immigration services, culinary education, and more. Copies available for purchase and signing. Proceeds from the book sale support CASL’s Pine Tree Senior Council.

Becoming Words: Artist-Led Tour

Join Hekiun Oda and Bahman Panahi for a tour exploring how Shodō and Nastaliq transform writing into movement, sound, abstraction, and shared experience.

Live Entertainment and Performance

Join the Haitian American Museum of Chicago for a performance by Rafo International Combo. Recipient of the Chicago Reggae Music Award and International Reggae Music Award, Rafo International Combo is a Caribbean, soul-singing group with roots in Haitian music. They blend rhythms and beats from different cultures, including kompa, reggae, calypso, salsa, bossa nova, tango, cumbia, mambo, disco and jazz.

OUT IN COLOR: An Intuit Art Museum Activation with playOUT!

Explore the newly renovated Intuit Art Museum while listening to performances from the classical musicians of playOUT!

In response to Karla Wong: Journeys of Being, playOUT! will perform works by LGBTQ+ composers, with a particular focus on award-winning transgender Mexican American composer Mari Esabel Valverde. The performances, which will take place throughout the Museum, will include several of Valverde’s works for solo piano, performed by pianist Nicholas Guetterman, as well as her string quintet David: A Prison of Gender, performed by cellist David Sands and playOUT!‘s string quartet.

playOUT! is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to amplifying LGBTQ+ artistry in classical music through performance, commissioned works, and community partnerships. Through innovative programming, playOUT! celebrates LGBTQ+ composers and performers while creating opportunities for community engagement and artistic collaboration.

Intuit Art Museum (IAM) champions the diverse voices of self-taught art, welcoming both new and familiar audiences. Located in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood, Intuit is a premier museum of self-taught art. IAM collects and exhibits work by artists who often work outside the mainstream due to societal, economic or geographic barriers that have prevented them from pursuing formal training in the arts. Yet, they have developed a sustained artistic practice. The Museum’s mission is grounded in the ethos that the instinct to create is universal, and the arts must embrace, represent and be accessible to all.

Image credit: Karla Wong (Mexican, b. 1974). The Catrina Comes to Chicago (La catrina llega Chicago) (Detail), 2026. Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in. Collection of the artist

Performance & Talk: Reginald Robinson

At each half hour, pianist and composer, Reginald Robinson, will be performing classic as well as original ragtime compositions. Following each performance, Reginald will be discussing each piece, their role in the evolution of Black music, and their connection to The Forum and other iconic Bronzeville halls. Urban Juncture President, Bernard Loyd will join in conversation to introduce The Forum and describe its history and path to reopening.

Carbon Neutral Design Tour with Amber Ginsburg and Lead Architect Charlie Vinz

Come learn the ins and outs of the solar positive retrofit transforming this 14,000 sq ft building into an energy provider on the block. Limit to 30 people.

Succulent Planting

Visitors can participate in a free therapeutic horticulture activity, available while supplies last.

PineTree Calligraphy & Dance Performance

Enjoy traditional calligraphy demonstrations and dance performances from our PineTree Senior Council members.

South Shore Drill Team Performance

GCYC hosts practices and performances for the South Shore Drill Team. We are coordinating with the Drill Team to arrange a performance for October 17th.

Chat with the Architects: Women and Public Housing Architecture

Meet Terran Wilson (AIA), Principal at LBBA, and Mejay Gula (AIA, NOMA), Architect and Studio Director at site design group ltd., for a chat about their work and the project to remake the last remaining building of the Jane Addams Homes into the National Public Housing Museum. In conversation with Lisa Yun Lee, Executive Director and Chief Curator at the Museum, the wide-ranging chat will also touch on women in architecture and the stories of women architects, planners, and designers who were instrumental in shaping public housing, such as Mary Long Rogers, landscape architect for Jane Addams Homes, and Beverly Lorraine Green, the first African American woman to be licensed as an architect in the United States.

The Cut Picture: Contemporary Papercutting Demonstration

Join Chicago papercut artist Yang Pulongbarit Cuevo for a contemporary papercutting demonstration with precision knife. Discover how intricate single-sheet and layered papercuts are made, ask questions, and explore the techniques behind the works on view.

Bomba Dance Workshop

Learn the basic steps of Bomba from local practitioners, Melissa Duprey and Los Pleneros de Don Segundo. The event ends with a "Mini Bombazo" where participants will interact with the lead improvising drum (primo). Photo credit: Herminio Rodríguez

Imole Grove: Dance Performance & Design Dialogue

Experience meditative movement and join a conversation exploring the design and vision behind Imole Grove.

Live Jazz with Dee Alexander

Join us upstairs for acoustic live Jazz with Dee Alexander and three of her band members. Limit to 90 people.

Live Painting to Jazz with Arthur Wright

Enjoy a live-contour drawing demonstration with Arthur Wright, inspired by Dee Alexander's jazz performance. The first 35 people will be invited into Arthur's practice for viewing.

A Taste of Afrodjia Social Club

Get a preview of the sounds of **Afrodjia Social Club** with a freeform DJ set by **Sadie Woods**, weaving together Afro-Latin jazz-funk, boogaloo, tropical bass, deep house, disco, and global dance rhythms. Spanning musical traditions and genres, this mix offers a glimpse into the diverse influences and curatorial approach shaping the musical direction of the project to be presented in its full format on October 24th at SRBCC. Our second hand vinyl store by Sonando el Hueso will be open throughout the day. Photo credit: Matthew Ginger

Sanctuary of Breath: The Architecture of Black Sound

Join artist Eva Supreme for an immersive listening session, acoustic performance, and artist conversation.

Introduction to Zen Buddhism: Practices and Aesthetics

The temple will offer a 30-minute Introduction to Zen Buddhism lecture and Q&A in the Buddha Hall for OHC participants. This experience will include an introduction to Zen meditation, a description of temple statues and art, a demonstration of temple ritual instruments, and a Q&A session.

Evensong Dance Party: A First Church Fête

An evening of house music, dancing, and gathering featuring Sonic Resonance, a collective of Midwest sound artists and DJs.

Reuse-a-Palooza Light: The Mini Edition

Can't believe you just missed our semiannual Reuse-a-Palooza? We can help tide you over until the next one in spring. The following items are accepted at The Plant during OHC as well as during our regular business hours:

For responsible recycling + reuse:

- Gently used packing and shipping materials for reuse: brown kraft paper, bubble wrap, inflated air pillows

- Spent small-format alkaline, lithium, and rechargeable batteries for responsible recycling, described here. Please see "Rechargeable" and "Primary (Single-Use)" batteries and click the "Learn More" buttons for full details.

- Plastic PakTech beer carriers for reuse by SomosMonos Cervecería; please remove any stickers.

- CLEAN styrofoam (#6) from shipping uses only, for reuse; no food packaging accepted.

To support our community:

- Seasonal clothing to be redistributed to families in need by Cradles to Crayons. Please leave items inside at the drop box.

- Fresh, unexpired food for our Love Fridge, right outside The Plant — just bring a thing from your pantry to share! Hygiene supplies such as soap, shampoo, toothpaste, etc. are welcome as well.

River Science Chats

Chats and short presentations by some of our ecologists, followed by a Q and A.

Book Talk: CASL’s History Through Architecture

Author Susan Blumberg-Kason discusses CASL’s architectural history and its influence on other Chinatown landmarks, featuring the work of architects Brian Lee, Ernie Wong, and Jeanne Gang. Blumberg-Kason is the author of When Friends Come From Afar: The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicago’s Chinese American Service League (University of Illinois Press, 2024), which traces CASL’s evolution from its founding by Bernie Wong to its role today connecting Chinatown residents to daycare, immigration services, culinary education, and more. Copies available for purchase and signing. Proceeds from the book sale support CASL’s Pine Tree Senior Council.

Healing with Yoga

This beginner-friendly yoga series features a heart-centered, healing slow flow. Each session culminates with contemplative viewing of selected artworks from the exhibition _How Do We Heal?_ Led by certified yoga instructor Rhya Moffitt. In collaboration with Arts + Public Life and Spiritual Life.

Tea Ceremony

On Sunday, October 18th at 11:00 AM, discover harmony and hospitality of Japan as you observe a demonstration of traditional tea ceremony, Chado, or Way of Tea. Afterward, guests are invited to enjoy matcha and seasonal Japanese sweets (wagashi). Available while supplies last.

Community Mural Painting Day: Ireland and the Making of America

During Open House Chicago weekend, pick up a brush and become part of a lasting piece of art at the Irish American Heritage Center! Join us for a special Community Mural Painting Day celebrating the 250th birthday of the United States through the theme “Ireland and the Making of America.”

Led by professional Chicago artist, Ken Klopack, this guided, hands-on painting experience will bring the community together to create a large-scale mural honoring the Irish men and women whose stories, culture, labor, and contributions helped shape the United States. Participants will have the opportunity to paint a portion of the mural and quite literally leave their mark on a piece that will remain on display at the IAHC for years to come.

Participation is completely FREE, and no previous painting experience is necessary. Participants must be 12 years of age or older.

To make sure everyone has plenty of room to paint and an opportunity to meaningfully contribute, participation will be divided into three one-hour time slots: 11:00 AM–12:00 PM, 12:00–1:00 PM, and 1:00–2:00 PM, with 20 advance registration spaces available per hour.

If spaces remain available on the day of the event, visitors will be welcome to sign up in person. However, advance registration is strongly recommended to guarantee your opportunity to participate, as each time slot is limited.

Once completed, the mural will become a lasting piece of community-created artwork at the Irish American Heritage Center, commemorating both America’s 250th anniversary and the enduring connection between Ireland, Irish America, Chicago, and the story of the United States.

This special artistic activation was selected for support during Open House Chicago for its close alignment with the festival’s art-focused initiative and its mission to connect audiences with the cultural and civic life of Chicago as part of the America250 celebration.

Let's Visit Motor Row and Bronzeville

This tour highlights the Bronzeville Black Metropolis National Heritage Area and Motor Row, including the former Illinois Automobile Club at 2400 St. Michigan Ave., which previously served as the headquarters of the Chicago Defender. The tour also features Quinn Chapel AME, the oldest Black congregation in Chicago and a stop on the Underground Railroad.

Weekly Sunday Worship Service

Visitors are welcome to observe the service. We kindly ask that all other activities in and around the Sanctuary remain quiet during worship.

Computer Repair Consultation with Elsbeth Klotz

Don't throw that old computer or tablet away! Bring it to Elsbeth for a consultation and refurbishment. Make sure to backup all of your data. Occurring throughout the day.

CAC Docent-led Trolley Tours

CAC Docents will be providing short trolley tours of the grounds departing approximately every 15-20 minutes.

Liquid Nitrogen Show

What’s cooler than ice cold? Liquid nitrogen! Join our facilitators daily to explore the super cooling effects of liquid nitrogen. See how air, water and one of your least favorite vegetables interact with subfreezing temperatures while learning some fascinating science.

PineTree Calligraphy & Dance Performance

Enjoy traditional calligraphy demonstrations and dance performances from our PineTree Senior Council members.

Natasha and Marina Stojanofsky Piano Performance

Pianists Natasha and Marina Stojanofsky perform solos and duos by Chicago composers every 20 minutes.

Let's Visit Motor Row and Bronzeville

This tour highlights the Bronzeville Black Metropolis National Heritage Area and Motor Row, including the former Illinois Automobile Club at 2400 St. Michigan Ave., which previously served as the headquarters of the Chicago Defender. The tour also features Quinn Chapel AME, the oldest Black congregation in Chicago and a stop on the Underground Railroad.

Woodshop with Miriam Stevens

Join Miriam in the woodshop to make beehives for our important pollinator friends. Limit to 12 people.

Body, Border & Collective Care

Artist Panel: Nazafarin Lotfi, Jasmin Cardenas, and Érika Ordosgoitti Moderator: Susan Gzesh How can creative practice restore dignity to the physical body in a world designed to render people invisible? Join artists and cultural workers Jasmin Cardenas, Érika Ordosgoitti, and Nazafarin Lotfi, in a conversation moderated by Susan Gzesh, as they explore the intersection of community arts, sanctuary, and civic action. Moving from the intimate spaces of internal community healing out into the broad public landscape of Chicago, this program examines how art functions not as a passive commodity, but as a vital tool for survival, belonging, and policy change. From homemade meals shared over life stories to street-level theater that humanizes labor, community-anchored art provides a powerful refuge against systemic isolation. In this dynamic panel, featured artists share how their ground-level work across Chicago transforms trauma, absence, and institutional indifference into radical acts of solidarity and civic power. Featured Projects & Bios Érika Ordosgoitti | The Venezuelan Migration Living Archive gathers Venezuelan immigrants over home-cooked meals to record, preserve, and center their life stories. By bringing these genuine testimonies to the public facade of the art center through audiovisual intervention, the project challenges political rhetoric and transforms individual migration journeys into a collective historical testimony. Nazafarin Lotfi | Hamrah Arts Club Founded by artist and activist Nazafarin Lotfi, Hamrah (meaning "fellow traveler" in Farsi) is a creative mentorship program for youth with refugee status. Using art-making to explore belonging and utopian alternatives, the program fosters deep solidarity and a strong network of support among refugee, asylum-seeking, and immigrant youth navigating Chicago. Jasmin Cardenas | WorkersTEATRO An independent Chicago ensemble of working people, WorkersTEATRO collaborates with theater director Jasmin Cardenas and worker organizer Isaura Martinez. By using theater and storytelling to explore lived experiences of workplace discrimination and exploitation, the group uses creative expression as a direct tool for education, liberation, and labor policy change. Moderated by Susan Gzesh, Instructional Professor at the University of Chicago and former Executive Director of the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights. A longtime human rights lawyer, advocate, and educator, Prof. Gzesh integrates visual arts and film into human rights education and has worked for decades on migration policy, cross-border advocacy, and civil rights in Chicago and internationally.

Body, Border & Collective Care

Artist Panel: Nazafarin Lotfi, Jasmin Cardenas, and Érika Ordosgoitti Moderator: Susan Gzesh How can creative practice restore dignity to the physical body in a world designed to render people invisible? Join artists and cultural workers Jasmin Cardenas, Érika Ordosgoitti, and Nazafarin Lotfi, in a conversation moderated by Susan Gzesh, as they explore the intersection of community arts, sanctuary, and civic action. Moving from the intimate spaces of internal community healing out into the broad public landscape of Chicago, this program examines how art functions not as a passive commodity, but as a vital tool for survival, belonging, and policy change. From homemade meals shared over life stories to street-level theater that humanizes labor, community-anchored art provides a powerful refuge against systemic isolation. In this dynamic panel, featured artists share how their ground-level work across Chicago transforms trauma, absence, and institutional indifference into radical acts of solidarity and civic power. Featured Projects & Bios Érika Ordosgoitti | The Venezuelan Migration Living Archive gathers Venezuelan immigrants over home-cooked meals to record, preserve, and center their life stories. By bringing these genuine testimonies to the public facade of the art center through audiovisual intervention, the project challenges political rhetoric and transforms individual migration journeys into a collective historical testimony. Nazafarin Lotfi | Hamrah Arts Club Founded by artist and activist Nazafarin Lotfi, Hamrah (meaning "fellow traveler" in Farsi) is a creative mentorship program for youth with refugee status. Using art-making to explore belonging and utopian alternatives, the program fosters deep solidarity and a strong network of support among refugee, asylum-seeking, and immigrant youth navigating Chicago. Jasmin Cardenas | WorkersTEATRO An independent Chicago ensemble of working people, WorkersTEATRO collaborates with theater director Jasmin Cardenas and worker organizer Isaura Martinez. By using theater and storytelling to explore lived experiences of workplace discrimination and exploitation, the group uses creative expression as a direct tool for education, liberation, and labor policy change. Moderated by Susan Gzesh, Instructional Professor at the University of Chicago and former Executive Director of the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights. A longtime human rights lawyer, advocate, and educator, Prof. Gzesh integrates visual arts and film into human rights education and has worked for decades on migration policy, cross-border advocacy, and civil rights in Chicago and internationally.

Botanical Cuts: Contemporary Papercutting Demonstration

Join Chicago papercut artist Yang Pulongbarit Cuevo for a contemporary papercutting demonstration with precision knife. Discover how intricate single-sheet and layered papercuts are made, ask questions, and explore the techniques behind the works on view.

Live Blues Music

Join The Muddy Waters MOJO Museum for live music from Kenwood Academy high school students and Bluesman Fernando Jones outside in the MOJO Healing Garden.

Live Entertainment and Performance

Join the Haitian American Museum of Chicago for a performance by Rafo International Combo. Recipient of the Chicago Reggae Music Award and International Reggae Music Award, Rafo International Combo is a Caribbean, soul-singing group with roots in Haitian music. They blend rhythms and beats from different cultures, including kompa, reggae, calypso, salsa, bossa nova, tango, cumbia, mambo, disco and jazz.

Book Binding with Mila Methvin

Using donated material and supplies from the Chicago Creative Reuse Exchange, come make your very own booklet. Limit to 14 people.

Carbon Neutral Design Tour with Amber Ginsburg and Lead Architect Charlie Vinz

Come learn the ins and outs of the solar positive retrofit transforming this 14,000 sq ft building into an energy provider on the block. Limit to 30 people.

Liquid Nitrogen Show

What’s cooler than ice cold? Liquid nitrogen! Join our facilitators daily to explore the super cooling effects of liquid nitrogen. See how air, water and one of your least favorite vegetables interact with subfreezing temperatures while learning some fascinating science.

Music Through the Ages

Experience the sacred choral music that fills St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral during "Music Through the Ages" a special performance by Glorious Choir, conducted by Maestra Bohdana Chepil. At 1:30 p.m., the choir will perform Ukrainian sacred and secular masterworks by Berezovsky, Bortniansky, and Stetsenko, as well as contemporary pieces. The concert will be dedicated in honor and memory of the fallen heroes in the war in Ukraine. Free admission.

Bomba Dance Workshop

Learn the basic steps of Bomba from local practitioners, Melissa Duprey and Los Pleneros de Don Segundo. The event ends with a "Mini Bombazo" where participants will interact with the lead improvising drum (primo). Photo credit: Herminio Rodríguez

Open Studio: Max Li

FPC Events Manager and interdisciplinary artist, Max Li, will be offering tintype demonstrations, studio art displays and conversations.

Knitting Circle with Dorothy Jones, Nef Mart and Anna Marshall

Bring an unfinished project or enjoy the company of the Weekly Handwork Circle. Limit to 15 people.

Adaptive Reuse with Stephan McBride

Join Stephan in the woodshop to create hand painted solar efficiency window screens from recycled Plexi glass. Limit to 12 people.

A Taste of Afrodjia Social Club

Get a preview of the sounds of **Afrodjia Social Club** with a freeform DJ set by **Sadie Woods**, weaving together Afro-Latin jazz-funk, boogaloo, tropical bass, deep house, disco, and global dance rhythms. Spanning musical traditions and genres, this mix offers a glimpse into the diverse influences and curatorial approach shaping the musical direction of the project to be presented in its full format on October 24th at SRBCC. Our second hand vinyl store by Sonando el Hueso will be open throughout the day. Photo credit: Matthew Ginger

Eco Dying with Tatiana Tio

This is a chance to learn how some of our local plants are also fabric dyes. Participants will be able to create a small hand-dyed piece of fabric. All supplies will be provided. Limit to 12 people.

Papercutting live demonstration with Lucy P. Liu

Meet papercutting artist Lucy P. Liu in person. Learn traditional Chinese papercutting works that inspired by culture, family, faith, nature, or personal story

Introduction to Zen Buddhism: Practices and Aesthetics

The temple will offer a 30-minute Introduction to Zen Buddhism lecture and Q&A in the Buddha Hall for OHC participants. This experience will include an introduction to Zen meditation, a description of temple statues and art, a demonstration of temple ritual instruments, and a Q&A session.