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    • 10/15/2024
    • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • IWA Member, Gaby Martin's Home. Address sent upon registration
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    • 10/16/2024
    • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • Zoom
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    • 10/16/2024
    • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
    • Aster Hall Bar & Study, 900 N. Michigan Ave, 6th Floor
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    Join IWA members for an evening meet & greet!


    We will be at Aster Hall Bar & Study from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. - come for as little or as long as you like!


    Please contact Ria Rörich or Dell Harmsen with any questions.

    • 10/17/2024
    • 1:30 PM
    • Hybrid: Zoom & IWA Office, 17 N State St, Suite 1760
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    Thursday, October 17, 2024


    Time: 1:30 p.m. Social, 2:00 p.m. Program

    1:50 p.m. Zoom Opens

    Location: Zoom & IWA Office; 17 N State Street, Suite 1760


    Mark Bacharach, from Leo Bachrach Jewelers in Chicago, will give us a presentation about the diamond and jewelry industries. He will describe how and where diamonds are mined, processed, refined and ultimately turned into the jewels that are sold in shops. Lab Grown diamonds will also be discussed.


    He will also discuss illegal diamond crimes and how to recognize whether a diamond is real or fake. In addition, famous diamonds that were owned by well- known people will be mentioned.


    Mr. Bacharach will talk about the jeweler training his father received in Germany, and contrast that with how people are trained to become jewelers in America.


    Contact: Heather Refetoff



    • 10/21/2024
    • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    • Zoom only (link provided in registration email)
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    Book: Kunstlers in Paradise
    Author: Catherine Schine

    Discussion Leader: Diana Karis
    Literature Discussion Chairs: Barbara Herzog and Teresa Kennedy






    • 10/21/2024
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • IWA Office, 17 N State St, Suite 1760, Chicago
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    This monthly event is for all interested Bridge players, and includes members who play Basic Social Bridge as well as Intermediate/Advanced Bridge players. (Please be aware that you need a basic knowledge of Bridge in order to participate).

    • 10/22/2024
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • IWA Office, 17 N State St, Suite 1760
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    Join your IWA friends in a fun and friendly game of Mah Jongg! There is nothing more exciting than when, with your heart racing, your adrenaline pumping, your palms sweating, and you call " Mah Jongg"!


    ALL LEVELS ARE WELCOME! A refresher lesson will be given at the beginning of each meeting.



    • 10/24/2024
    • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
    • Zoom
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    • 10/24/2024
    • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
    • IWA Office: 17 N State St, Suite 1760
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    • 10/28/2024
    • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
    • IWA Office, 17 N State St, Suite 1760
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    • 10/29/2024
    • 10:00 AM
    • Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60640
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    Guided Tour of the Exhibit “Radically Marimekko” – a Finnish textile,

    clothing and home furnishing company.

    Curated by the American Swedish Historical Museum

    Date: Tuesday, October 29

    Time: 10 a.m.

    Location: Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60640


    Cost: $4.00 per person to be paid at museum

    *Bring Cash


    The Swedish Honorary Consul and Executive Director of the Swedish American Museum Karin Abercrombie invites IWA members to attend a guided tour of the Marimekko temporary exhibit. 


    After the tour, members may visit the museum’s permanent exhibit of the Swedish immigrant’s journey to Chicago.

    Lunch is available for purchase at the museum café.

    Main Gallery: Radically Marimekko

    Marimekko made important contributions to fashion in the 1960s. It is particularly noted for its brightly colored printed fabrics and simple styles. For over 70 years, Marimekko has infused art into everyday patterns. Led by Finnish women designers and innovators, Marimekko has blurred the lines between fine and decorative arts. Its colorful fabrics and openness to experimentation brought together the textile traditions of Finland with innovative and bold designs based on the changing tastes and aesthetics of the contemporary art world. Radically Marimekko traces the brand’s path from industrial art house to its present-day status as a

    fashion icon.


    Maximum 40 members and one guest each

    Transport: Street Parking available on side streets and Clark Street

    Questions: Katarina Andersson



    • 10/30/2024
    • 11:00 AM
    • Zoom (Link provided in registration email)
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    Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2024

    Time: 11:00 a.m.

    Location: Zoom


    About the Program:

    Between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, a group of profusely illustrated books documented elite dining across Europe. They contain instructions for how to carve meats, fishes, and fruits with theatrical flourish; how to pleat and fold linen napkins into elaborate sculptural forms; maps depicting tablescapes of dishes and decorations; choreographies for servants; etiquette for dinners; dietary and health advice; banqueting recipes; and even magic tricks. Together with objects such as knives, forks, and folded linen centerpieces, these books enable us to imagine the dynamic culture of the early modern table.


    The emergence and diffusion of illustrated carving and napkin folding manuals demonstrates a lively market for food knowledge that crossed geographic and cultural boundaries. Illustrations first published in Italy were incorporated into countless volumes addressed to trincianti (carvers) and scalchi (stewards), who were responsible for setting the table. Physical evidence tells us that these books enjoyed a broad readership of kitchen staff, patrons, and eventually historians, librarians, and book collectors, who preserved them from the ravages of time. This talk will revisit themes and objects featured in an exhibition that took place at Bard Graduate Center earlier this year called Staging the Table in Europe 1500 - 1800.


    About the Presenter:

    Deborah L. Krohn, Professor and Chair of Academic Programs at Bard Graduate Center, Head of Focus Project exhibitions. 

    Professor Krohn received an A.B. cum laude in Art History/European Cultural Studies, and a M.F.A. in European Art from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in History of Art from Harvard University.


    Questions: Ying Hirsh


                          

    • 11/04/2024
    • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
    • 2nd Floor, 900 N Michigan Ave
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    Join us for an in-person Morning Meet and Greet!


    Enjoy a morning of coffee and conversation with IWA members.


    Stop by for as little or as long as you'd like between 10:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. 


    All IWA members and potential new members are welcome!


    Director for Membership: Ria Rörich

    Director for Member Engagement: Dell Harmsen


    • 11/05/2024
    • 10:30 AM
    • IWA Office, 17 N State St, Suite 1760
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    Date: Tuesday, November 5th

    Time: 10:30 am Social Time; 11:00 am Program in French

    Location: IWA Office, 17 N State St, Suite 1760

    Dr. Peter Conroy, Professor Emeritus of French Language and Literature will lead the discussion of this wonderful film. “Gigi”, directed by Vincent Minnelli, is one of the most ravishingly beautiful films ever produced. Inspired by the novella by Colette, it won the Academy Award for best picture of 1959.  Minnelli spared no expense for the perfect costumes and sets. Shot on location in Paris the scenes are gorgeous. The star studded cast, Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, and Maurice Chevalier, do justice to the beautiful score.

    To enhance your understanding of the discussion, please view the film beforehand. If you view the film on a DVD, you can choose to listen to it in French.


    RSVP by November 3rd, to Nadej Mercier, nadej@letien.net, 773-399-8836 or register on the IWA website (www.iwachicago.org)

    • 11/06/2024
    • 840 N Wabash Ave., Chicago IL 60611

    Save The Date!

    Wednesday, November 6

    Location: 840 N Wabash Ave., Chicago IL 60611

    Bistronomic earned the “Best New Restaurant” by Chicago magazine and the Chicago Tribune, plus two James Beard Foundation Award nominations for “Best Chef Great Lakes” and the “Best New Restaurant” category. It also has won the Michelin’s Bib Gourmand recognition three times!

    More details to come!

    • 11/12/2024
    • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
    • Zoom (Link Provided in Registration Email)
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    • 11/13/2024
    • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • 400 N Wolcott Ave
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    Date: Wednesday, November 13

    Time: Arrive at 9:45 a.m. Tour starts promptly at 10 a.m.

    Location: The Conservation Center, 400 N. Wolcott, Chicago, IL 60622

    Maximum 30 members only

    Contact: Liza Antelo and Susan Hanes (susanhanes@mac.com)


    The Conservation Center is the largest and most comprehensive private art conservation laboratory in the country. With 40 years of experience, The Center is a leader in the field of art restoration, evolving new treatments and methods to adapt to the rapidly changing art world. The Center has cared for fine art from some of the country’s most prestigious private collections, museums, galleries, insurance companies, and corporations. Their conservators are expertly trained in the restoration treatment of paintings, works of art on paper, photographs, textiles, murals, antique and fine furniture, rare books, frames and gilding, objects, and sculpture.  

    Founded in 1983, The Center grew from a handful of painting conservators to 30 staff members with a wide range of specializations. In 2012, The Conservation Center moved from Chicago’s River North neighborhood to its new home in the Kinzie Industrial Corridor in West Town. With the help of Studio Gang Architects, the center revitalized a late 19th-century warehouse, previously used to store gold, into a state-of-the-art conservation restoration laboratory.


    • 11/14/2024
    • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
    • Zoom (Link Provided in Registration Email)
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    • 11/18/2024
    • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    • Zoom only (link provided in registration email)
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    Book: Tom Lake
    Author: Ann Patchett

    Discussion Leader: Doreen Feitelberg

    Literature Discussion Chairs: Barbara Herzog and Teresa Kennedy




    • 11/18/2024
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • IWA Office, 17 N State St, Suite 1760, Chicago
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    This monthly event is for all interested Bridge players, and includes members who play Basic Social Bridge as well as Intermediate/Advanced Bridge players. (Please be aware that you need a basic knowledge of Bridge in order to participate).

    • 11/19/2024
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • IWA Office, 17 N State St, Suite 1760
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    Join your IWA friends in a fun and friendly game of Mah Jongg! There is nothing more exciting than when, with your heart racing, your adrenaline pumping, your palms sweating, and you call "Mah Jongg"!


    ALL LEVELS ARE WELCOME! A refresher lesson will be given at the beginning of each meeting.



    • 11/20/2024
    • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
    • Aster Hall Bar & Study, 900 N. Michigan Ave, 6th Floor
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    Join IWA members for an evening meet & greet!


    We will be at Aster Hall Bar & Study from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. - come for as little or as long as you like!


    Please contact Ria Rörich or Dell Harmsen with any questions.

    • 11/21/2024


    Save the Date!

    November 21, 2024

    Program by Consul General of Argentina


    More details to come

    • 11/28/2024


    The IWA office will be closed in observance of Thanksgiving. 


    We hope you have a safe and happy holiday!

    • 12/02/2024
    • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
    • 2nd Floor, 900 N Michigan Ave
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    Join us for an in-person Morning Meet and Greet!


    Enjoy a morning of coffee and conversation with IWA members.


    Stop by for as little or as long as you'd like between 10:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. 


    All IWA members and potential new members are welcome!


    Director for Membership: Ria Rörich

    Director for Member Engagement: Dell Harmsen


    • 12/04/2024

    Visit to Primitive Gallery

    Wednesday, December 4, 2024


    Details to follow!

    • 12/09/2024
    • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    • Zoom only (link provided in registration email)
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    Book: Forbidden Notebook

    Author: Alba de Cespedes

    Discussion Leader: Barbara Herzog

    Literature Discussion Chairs: Barbara Herzog and Teresa Kennedy




    • 12/10/2024
    • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • IWA Office: 17 N State St, Suite 1760
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    • 12/16/2024
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • IWA Office, 17 N State St, Suite 1760, Chicago
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    This monthly event is for all interested Bridge players, and includes members who play Basic Social Bridge as well as Intermediate/Advanced Bridge players. (Please be aware that you need a basic knowledge of Bridge in order to participate).

    • 12/18/2024
    • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
    • Aster Hall Bar & Study, 900 N. Michigan Ave, 6th Floor
    Register



    Join IWA members for an evening meet & greet!


    We will be at Aster Hall Bar & Study from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. - come for as little or as long as you like!


    Please contact Ria Rörich or Dell Harmsen with any questions.

    • 12/25/2024


    The IWA office will be closed in observance of Christmas Day. 


    We hope you have a safe and happy holiday!

    • 01/01/2025


    The IWA office will be closed in observance of New Year's Day. 


    We hope you have a safe and happy holiday!

    • 01/14/2025
    • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
    • Zoom (Link Provided in Registration Email)
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    • 01/20/2025


    The IWA office will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. 


    We hope you have a safe and happy holiday!

    • 01/23/2025
    • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
    • Zoom
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    • 02/11/2025
    • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • IWA Office: 17 N State St, Suite 1760
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    • 02/27/2025
    • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
    • Zoom
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    • 03/11/2025
    • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
    • Zoom (Link Provided in Registration Email)
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