Category: Events
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CIRCA Pintig is proud to share the third annual Chicago Filipino American
Theatre Festival, performing at the historic Rizal Center. This year’s festival theme is PASABOG–a common Filipino slang term to express how showstopping, brilliant, or extra someone or something is. Our selected plays are spectacular, explosive, and revelatory about the Filipino diaspora and the cultural themes that center the Filipino and Filipino American experience. This year’s…
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Help Us Build Kusina ng Bayan: The Community’s Kitchen
Chicago’s Filipinx/a/o community has faced significant challenges this year, from rising costs and economic uncertainty to reduced access to essential services and growing pressures on immigrant communities. This past summer, much of Rizal Center’s time, resources, and fundraising has focused on necessary improvements to make our building safer, more accessible, and better prepared to serve…
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Pamana Children’s Library-From the Author’s Desk
This August at Pamana Library Corner, we are pleased to feature The Twin Mermaids of the Island Moon by Filipina author Marilou Urbi. Rooted in Filipino values of family, kindness, and community, this beautifully written story introduces young readers to a magical world where emotions, courage, and compassion are just as important as adventure. Inspired…
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Together We Belong: Circa Pintig at Rizal Center
This summer and fall, Rizal Center continues to be a vibrant home for Filipino American arts, culture, and community gathering through Circa Pintig’s ongoing work. From storytelling workshops to new theater festivals, Circa Pintig is helping activate the space as a creative hub where artists, elders, youth, families, and community members can come together through…
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Stay in the Loop: More Events & Updates
Build Your Professional Network, Build Your Future: “Network Like You Want Dinner Tonight!” at Rizal Center Asian Student Achievement and Rizal Center are excited to invite college students, young professionals, and anyone looking to build their networking skills to “Network Like You Want Dinner Tonight!” networking event on Saturday, June 6, 2026, from 4:00 PM…
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RIZAL COMMUNITY CENTER TO UNVEIL NEW FILIPINO AMERICAN MURAL IN CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY, ART, AND RENEWAL
Chicago, IL — On Saturday, June 13, the Rizal Community Center will host a public Mural Dedication and Community Arts Celebration from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., highlighting a new large-scale Filipino American mural led by artist Michael Del Valle and created in collaboration with members of Sinag: Filipino American Artists of Greater Chicago. The…