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Chicago Air and Water Show at North Avenue Beach

North Avenue Beach 1600 North Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago

The Chicago Air and Water Show presented by the City of Chicago is the largest FREE show of its kind in the United States. The show can be viewed along […]

  • Audio Description
  • Free Event
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Millennium Park Film Series: Wonka at Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Millennium Park 201 E. Randolph St, Chicago

This summer, DCASE is pleased to present the Millennium Park Summer Film Series, presented by Pluto TV, on Tuesdays from July 16 through August 20. Films start at 6:30pm (with […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • Open Captions
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Going Places: Chicago Short Films at Chicago Cultural Center

Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St., Chicago

Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer. These shorts, all featured at past Festivals, display the brilliance and variety of our city’s incredible filmmakers. They explore a friendship in crisis (A Real One), the sisterhood bonds (Video Funeral), the inherent […]

  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Large Print Programs
  • Open Captions
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Chicago Performs | Lykanthea, Some Viscera at Edlis Neeson Theater

Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago

Lykanthea is a multidisciplinary collective led by artist Lakshmi Ramgopal, whose performances and installations use pop idioms to experiment with traditional South Asian art forms. Her latest work, Some Viscera, is a collection of song and movement accompanied by immersive stage design that explores childhood, kinship, and memory in the contemporary Indian-American diaspora. The project […]

  • Captioning
  • Masks Required
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Primary Trust at the Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

An open-hearted, “utterly absorbing, very funny, darn near perfect play” (The Daily Beast) about leaving your comfort zone to find fulfillment. Meet Kenneth, a 38-year-old longtime bookstore worker, who is perfectly content with his after-work routine: a mai tai (or two) at the local tiki bar. But when his employer decides to close the store, […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Low Lighting
  • Open Captions
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Touch Tour