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Field Museum celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month with special programming

May 3, 2023 / 8:48 AM CDT / CBS Chicago

Field Museum Hosting events for Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

CHICAGO (CBS) -- May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and the Field Museum has an entire month of special programming to celebrate.

The lineup starts today with a presentation on new fossil discoveries in China.

Everything culminates with the opening of a new exhibit later this month - Chicago's Legacy Hula.

It will honor master teachers of hula who came to Chicago from Hawaii.

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Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Jeramie began working with CBS Chicago as an intern in 2017 and returned as a full-time Web Producer in 2021. He has previously written for the Austin Weekly Newspaper, OakPark.com and Sportskeeda.