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CineYouth 2026: Check Your Local Listings at FACETS

FACETS 1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago

The Windy City…what more needs to be said? These films sure know! From the underground music scene to local fashion, obscure histories to the history being written right now, and […]

  • Open Captions
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Art/Access Lab: Know Your Rights at Experimental Station

Experimental Station 6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago

Presented in Partnership with Access Living & Cuerpos Justificados Art/Access Labs foster a vibrant disabled artist ecosystem through cross-discipline and cross-impairment professional development activities. Guest Presenter: Chris Ramos, Community Development […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program
  • Masks Required
  • Open Captions
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Wheelchair Accessible

The Beverly Theatre Guild Presents “Shrek: The Musical” at Baer Theater

The Baer Theatre at Morgan Park Academy (2153 W. 111th Street, Chicago 60643) 2153 W. 111TH STREET, Chicago

Date: April 25th at 2:00 PM Summary: "Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek..." Thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on […]

  • ASL Interpreted

New Tools, New Voices: Emerging Filmmakers and AI at FACETS

FACETS 1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago

The filmmaking toolkit is expanding fast—and AI is changing what’s possible at each stage. Join Adobe and the award-winning Sarofsky team to learn how they’re exploring AI daily: where it […]

  • Open Captions
  • Wheelchair Accessible

“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Open-Captioned Performance at The Goodman

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

DIRECTED BY CHUCK SMITH ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND MUSIC DIRECTOR HARRY J. LENNIX “The more music you got in the world, the fuller it is.” Ma Rainey’s band is waiting. It’s […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Open Captions

“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” ASL Performance at The Goodman

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

DIRECTED BY CHUCK SMITH ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND MUSIC DIRECTOR HARRY J. LENNIX “The more music you got in the world, the fuller it is.” Ma Rainey’s band is waiting. It’s […]

  • ASL Interpreted

Inclusive Dance Workshops at Clarendon Community Center Park (Hybrid)

Clarendon Community Center Park 4501 N Clarendon Ave, Chicago

This Inclusive Dance class is a community-led gathering of movers of all kinds. Each session, different facilitators and guest artists lead the group through an exploration of dancemaking tools, dance […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Audio Description
  • Captioning
  • Hybrid Program
  • Masks Highly Recommended
  • Wheelchair Accessible

The Bi Wives Club: A Comedy Showcase

Dorothy 2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago

Celebrate spring with the Bi Wives Club on April 5th! The show features a stacked lineup of Chicago’s funniest comics! Not bi? No problem. Nobody's wife? Even better. The Bi […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • In Person
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Inclusive Dance Workshops at Clarendon Community Center Park (Hybrid)

Clarendon Community Center Park 4501 N Clarendon Ave, Chicago

This Inclusive Dance class is a community-led gathering of movers of all kinds. Each session, different facilitators and guest artists lead the group through an exploration of dancemaking tools, dance […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Audio Description
  • Captioning
  • Hybrid Program
  • Live captioned by CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) services
  • Masks Highly Recommended
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Hands Up! Don’t Go There at NEIU Stage Center

Northeastern Illinois University Stage Center 5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Building F, Chicago

Hands Up! Don’t Go There brings together seasoned performers with and without disabilities to share profound and deeply moving personal stories. The performance explores topics people often avoid—experiences that are […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • In Person
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Two Sisters and a Piano – Subtítulada en Español (Spanish Subtitled) at Writers Theatre

Writers Theatre 325 Tudor Ct, Glencoe

Sinopsis: Atrapadas bajo arresto domiciliario, la novelista María Celia y su hermana Sofía escuchan rumores sobre la partida de los rusos de Cuba en 1991. Mientras esperan noticias del esposo […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Braille Programs
  • Digital Documents Available
  • In Person
  • Large Print Programs
  • Spanish captioning
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Hands Up! Don’t Go There at NEIU Stage Center

Northeastern Illinois University Stage Center 5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Building F, Chicago

Hands Up! Don’t Go There brings together seasoned performers with and without disabilities to share profound and deeply moving personal stories. The performance explores topics people often avoid—experiences that are […]

  • In Person
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Sighted Guide
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Chicago Poetry Center Presents BLUE HOUR at Haymarket House

Haymarket House 800 W. Buena, Chicago

The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop. Our March featured readers are April Gibson and Mira Cameron. Each event takes […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Masks Highly Recommended
  • Wheelchair Accessible