My Chinatown
Driven by the personal stories of the people who made Chinatown their home and keep its traditions alive, My Chinatown provides visitors an insider’s look at this unique and vibrant Chicago neighbourhood.
My Chinatown is a multimedia experience that features real people and real places, revealing a side of Chinatown most visitors do not see. Artifacts on loan from the community will highlight the neighborhood’s past – however the primary collection pieces will be the voices of people who live and work there.
Each performance is intercut with an intermission, rotating between highlighted artifacts on stage, personal recordings on video, and sounds of the neighborhood that help to immerse visitors into the community. Stories from people of all ages and professions will be shared, from herbalists dispensing age-old remedies to immigrants remembering what it was like when they first came to Chicago.
One of Chicago’s most recognisable neighborhoods will tell its most unfamiliar stories.
My Chinatown is held at the Chicago History Museum and has been extended through December 2011.
