04/07/2026

4/10/26 - Our Streets & Our Stories NPHM Tour + DEI Happy Hour!

Art After Hours at the National Public Housing Museum

Experience a guided look at the National Public Housing Museum with APA-IL's DEI Committee! Join us for a tour of the museum and then a casual social hour at the Vintage Lounge. Come for both or drop in when you can!

National Housing Museum Tour (5:00 - 7:00 p.m.)
Please be sure to register for the FREE tour. 

Join the Museum to celebrate the addition of new stories and outdoor interactive audio stations that share neighborhood voices from the museum’s oral history archive.Listen in the Alphawood Sculpture Garden, as several generations of Jane Addams Homes, Robert Brooks Homes, Loomis Courts, and Grace Abbott Homes (ABLA) residents share their memories of Edgar Miller’s Animal Court.

Then, learn about the changing neighborhood while walking down Taylor Street, listening to stories that share personal and community histories of displacement, resistance and renewal.

Plus, as part of EXPO Art Week enjoy a reception and explore art installations inside and outside of the museum by Amanda Williams and Olalekan Jeyifous, Tonika Lewis Johnson, Andrea Carlson, Marisa Morán Jahn, William Estrada, and Dorothy Burge.

APA-IL's DEI Committee Happy Hour (7:00 - 8:00 p.m.)
No RSVP is required for the casual happy hour from 7-8 pm at Vintage Lounge, 1449 W. Taylor St. Chicago, IL. 

Questions?
Please contact dei_chair@ilapa.org.