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Disability Justice Grounded Birthwork: Virtual Series

Zoom

Disability Justice Grounded Birthwork - Starting Friday March 20th, 2026, 12 - 2:30pm CST via Zoom is a: 12 week series (10 weeks of content; 2 weeks of community building) […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • English Captioning
  • Live captioned by CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) services
  • Virtual
  • Virtual Event

A Seat at the Table: Accessibility at Film Festivals Webinar Series

Zoom

Film Festival Alliance invites you to join a new webinar series exploring the experience of disabled patrons at film festivals, and the real impact that good (and bad) accessibility can […]

  • Captioning
  • English Captioning
  • Free Event
  • Open Captions
  • Virtual
  • Virtual Event

Archiving Disability: Preserving, Recovering, and Centering Disability Art & Culture – Hybrid Event

Experimental Station 6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago

Join us for an artist-led conversation around disability, art, and the archive with Bri Noonan, Reveca Torres, and Tempestt Hazel. Working in different ways to engage with, investigate, and create archives, these three artists will discuss the issues and opportunities they encounter in their practices. We’ll focus especially on what it means to engage with […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program
  • Low Lighting
  • Masks Highly Recommended
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Setting The Table: The Guest Arrivals with the Film Festival Alliance

Zoom

Join us for part two of our webinar series covering Film Festival Accessibility. Our guests have officially arrived! The best way to make them feel welcomed is by thinking ahead and anticipating their needs before they even come through the door. In this session we will cover physical access to your screening space, as well […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • Virtual
  • Virtual Event

Blue Hour at Haymarket House ft. Hussain Ahmed + Ali Black

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 September featured readers are Hussain Ahmed and Ali Black. Each event takes place at Haymarket House (800 W. Buena) and includes a brief open mic followed by two featured poets. Pre-registration is free and recommended. The open mic includes […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program
  • In Person
  • Masks Highly Recommended
  • Pay What You Can
  • Wheelchair Accessible