Tag: Rizal Center
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Weekend 1 of the Chicago Filipino American Theatre Festival
CIRCA Pintig is proud to share the third annual Chicago Filipino American Theatre Festival, performing at the historic Rizal Center. Our selected plays are spectacular, explosive, and revelatory about the Filipino diaspora and the cultural themes that focus on the Filipino and Filipino American experience. This year’s festival theme is PASABOG – a common Filipino slang…
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Wednesday Bingo & Coffee Talk
Enjoy playing Bingo while making social connections. For more information, call 773-360-8597 or email info@rizalcenter.org.
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Featuring: Dr. Peter Stover
Dr. Peter S.T. Stover is an educator, artist, ethnographer, and transformational leader and coach. Half-Filipino, born in Tacloban City, Philippines, and raised in small towns across Michigan and Colorado, he harnesses human potential through creative, collaborative, experiential learning that fosters mutual growth of both teacher and student. Driven to address the world’s numerous contemporary crises,…
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Featuring: Indigo Field
Indigo Field is a rising sophomore at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus on fibers and material studies, as well as fashion. Based in Chicagoland, her work explores the Filipino-American diaspora experience through a feminine perspective, using materials like lace, rhinestones, and found…
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Featuring: Dr. Peter Stover
Dr. Peter S.T. Stover is an educator, artist, ethnographer, and transformational leader and coach. Half-Filipino, born in Tacloban City, Philippines, and raised in small towns across Michigan and Colorado, he harnesses human potential through creative, collaborative, experiential learning that fosters mutual growth of both teacher and student. Driven to address the world’s numerous contemporary crises,…
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Featuring: Jantzen Loza
Jantzen Loza is a Filipino-American creative professional based in Evanston, IL, who specializes in digital design and photography. In 2008, he traveled to the Philippines to meet his biological father, Ramon “Mohn” Loza, for the first time as an adult. During his visit, he was invited to join his father on an overnight shift at…
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Featuring: Jane Remigio
Jane Remigio is an artist creating work with bold colors and traditional art techniques. Her pieces are displays of her appreciation for every element in her life, ranging from simple pleasures to intense catharsis. If Jane is not in the studio, she is studying the human figure, vending in markets, or painting in live art…
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Featuring: Chris Gallevo
Chris Gallevo is a Filipino-American from the Northwest side of Chicago. His influences come from his love of pop culture and music. A child of the 80s raised on Saturday morning cartoons, Disney animation, comic books, and anime he frequently references popular characters and motifs in his work. He incorporates themes of humor, excitement, and…
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Community Mental Health & Wellness Fair
On Saturday, June 27, Rizal Community Center will bring together mental health and wellness professionals from around Chicago to celebrate culture, care and community. Entrance is free and the event is from10 am – 5:30 pm. Community Resources on Mental Health, Women’s Health, Parenting, Nutrition, Housing, Computer Literacy, Immigration, Health & Wellness programs, Adult &…
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Featuring: Arianna Unabia Aquino
Arianna Unabia Aquino is a Filipina-American printmaker and illustrator from Chicago, Illinois. She specializes in risograph printmaking, as well as colorful and contemplative narrative work through her comics and zines. You can follow Arianna through her IG @ariannaua. Arianna is a member of Sinag, an art collective of Filipino-American artists in Chicago and Greater Chicago. You…