Celebrate our new space with us!
The Goethe-Institut Chicago first opened in Chicago in 1978. Over 45 years and a few moves later, we have settled into our new space at 150 N Michigan Ave on the 4th floor.
Doors open at 5PM, followed at 5:15PM by brief remarks by
Klaus Krischok, Regional Director of the Goethe-Institut USA and
Dr. Leonhard Emmerling, Director of the Goethe-Institut Chicago.
Celebrate with us anytime between 5-8PM as we open our new space to the public with live music by
Honestly Same, refreshments, German trivia, and personalized, on-demand typewriter poetry, courtesy of the
Traveling Typist.
FREE RSVP
Please bring a photo ID for check-in at the lobby.
Schedule
5PM: Doors open
5:15PM: Opening remarks
5:30PM: Trivia in the lounge
5:50PM: Live music by Honestly Same
6:40PM: Trivia in the lounge
All evening: On-demand personalized poetry by the Traveling Typist
ARTIST BIOS
Honestly Same is an amplified acoustic and synthetic quintet that improvises patient and contemplative music. The sound worlds breathe, loop, iterate, layer.
Honestly Same finds inspiration in insect and frog calls, resonant harmonies, and the blue light of a neighbor's TV. The group is made up of
Zachary Good,
Lia Kohl,
Mabel Kwan, Zach Moore, and
Sam Scranton.
Kay “Kro” Kroger is a full-time on-demand typewriter poet. Kro teaches creative (type)writing classes and are poet-in-residence at the WNDR Museum. They have a linguistics MA (2016) and are an MFA student (2025). Kro’s new poetry chapbook
Tales From the Abandoned Greenhouse (Bottlecap Press) was released this year. Their interactive poetry/essay/activity collection,
Prayer Wheel, was self-published in 2022 with grant support from the Illinois Arts Council. Their work has appeared in
Outpatient Press, The Prairie Light Review, and
Crook & Folly.
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