Chicago Area  Events Research

How-to: Chicago Area Events Research

Research Chicago-area events and opportunities in the language you tutor.

1. Use Google to find events (concerts, films, lectures) and exhibits (museums, Chicago Cultural Center, UIC campus) related to your tutor/LLA language.

   • Listed below are some places to look for cultural events to get you started, but you don’t need to limit yourself to these.

   • Try to choose an event a couple weeks in the future, so you have time to make, edit, and post your findings before the event happens.

2. Follow the directions for an Instagram post:

   • Go to the Google Drive and make a document for the current semester.

     • Please be sure to name the document clearly! For example: "[Your First & Last Name] [Current Semester] Instagram Post Drafts"

     • Please also use a pageless layout for the document: click file in the top-left corner, then page setup near the bottom of that menu, and click pageless.

   • On the Google Document, create a graphic and a short caption (less than 100 words).

   • Send a LINK to your document to Dr. Weber (edweber@uic.edu) and LCLC staff (lclc@uic.edu) for review.

   • Once your draft is reviewed, make any necessary additions or changes and send the document to Dr. Weber & LCLC again.

   • Once your post is approved, you will post it on the peer tutoring Instagram (@lclc_peer_tutoring).

Where can I look for Chicago-area events?

Some basic places to look for cultural events:

• Alliance Francaise http://www.af-chicago.org/app/homepage.php

• Goethe Institute http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/chi/ver/enindex.htm

• Instituto Cervantes http://chicago.cervantes.es/en/culture_spanish/upcoming_activities_culture_spanish.shtm

• Italian cultural services http://casaitaliachicago.net/

  • http://www.iicchicago.esteri.it/IIC_Chicago/Menu/Gli_Eventi/

• French cultural services http://frenchculture.org/visual-and-performing-arts/events/sur-papier-paper

• The Chicago Reader: http://www.chicagoreader.com/

• Eventbrite

• Siskel Film Center: http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/

• Music Box Theatre: http://www.musicboxtheatre.com

• Do312: http://do312.com

French events:

• Alliance Française de Chicago: http://www.af-chicago.org/app/Calendar.php

• French Culture: http://frenchculture.org/events 

• https://www.facebook.com/FrenchAtUIC/

• Quebec Government Office in Chicago: https://www.international.gouv.qc.ca/en/chicago 

German events:

• http://www.dankhaus.com/

• http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/chi/ver/enindex.htm

Italian events:

• http://www.iicchicago.esteri.it/IIC_Chicago/Menu/Gli_Eventi/Calendario/

• http://casaitaliachicago.net/

• http://www.eventbrite.com/org/1422722831

• http://www.sentieri.com/events/

Spanish events:

• Instituto Cervantes of Chicago: http://chicago.cervantes.es/en/default.shtm

• http://www.spainculture.us/city/chicago/ 

• Consulado General de México en Chicago: https://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/chicago/

• http://www.consulado.pe/es/Chicago/Paginas/Inicio.aspx

• Pilsen Arts Community House: https://www.pilsenartscommunityhouse.org/

• National Museum of Mexican Art: https://nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/ 

• https://prcc-chgo.org/

• http://dominicanrepublic-consulategeneral-chicago.com/en/

• http://contratiempo.net/