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BLACK GIRL FROM A WHITE SUBURB: Audio Described Performance + Touch Tour at American Blues Theater

American Blues Theater 5627 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago

WORLD PREMIERE SEPTEMBER 4 – OCTOBER 4, 2026 BLACK GIRL FROM A WHITE SUBURB written & performed by artistic affiliate Tania Richard directed by J. Nicole Brooks Adapted from her memoir, Black Girl from a White Suburb: Finding My Light, Using My Voice. Signed copies will be available for purchase at the box office. Tour-de-force […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Audio Description
  • Digital Documents Available
  • Touch Tour

Barefoot in the Park – ASL Performance at Theatre of Western Springs

Theatre of Western Springs 4384 Hampton Ave, Western Springs

Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon will be performing at the Theatre of Western Springs. Use code MOTOASL to get $5 off! A young newlywed couple settles into their first home together; a tiny, quirky apartment in New York City with eccentric neighbors and a growing list of problems. With the honeymoon phase of […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Proud and Loud: Disability Art and Music at Garfield Park

Garfield Park 100 N. Central Park Ave, Chicago

Proud and Loud: Disability Art and Music Showcase is a new, multi-arts experience for EVERYONE that affirms that the opposite of “oppression” is “expression”! Come to help make a community mural and enjoy performances by dancers Ladonna Freidheim, Hana Javed, Robby Lee Williams, Alexis Smith, musician Victoria Boateng, performance artists Rachel Singer and Cherlnell Lane. […]

  • All ages
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Super Saturday: Knitting for Dogs-An ASL Story and Craft at Indian Trails Library

Indian Trails Public Library District, Wheeling, IL 355 Schoenbeck Road, Wheeling

Ages 5 and older with a caregiver. Join us for a special film screening of the American Sign Language (ASL) adapted picture book by Laurel Molk, followed by a live discussion and a craft. TR Dress to get messy. Sally Is Sarah Productions is the team behind the film. Crom Saunders plays the character of […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Wheelchair Accessible

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

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

Finding Our Way Into the Unknown at Dovetail Studios

Dovetail Studios 2853 W Montrose Ave, Chicago

Finding Our Way Into the Unknown Friday, August 21st at 7:30 pm Saturday, August 22nd at 3:00 pm 2853 W Montrose Ave, Chicago, IL 60618 Black box opens 30 minutes before showtime. Estimated Run time: 70 minutes Masks are suggested for the audience and will be available at the event. Tickets are required and run […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • In Person
  • Masks Highly Recommended
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible

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

The Beverly Theatre Guild Presents “The Lifespan of a Fact” at the Baer Theatre

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

The Lifespan of a Fact This sharp media satire explores the boundaries between fact and fiction. The Beverly Theatre Guild (BTG) is thrilled to present this timely exploration of journalistic integrity The Lifespan of a Fact on August 14-16, 2026. In this fun sparring of creativity versus honesty, fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker Jim Fingal faces off […]

  • ASL Interpreted

Octet: Open Captioned Performance at the Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

Open-Captioned Performance Friday, July 24 at 7:30pm Raven Theatre’s “astonishing” (Chicago Tribune) a cappella musical—hailed as “one of the most engrossing pieces of theater this year” (Chicago Reader)—comes to The Goodman for a limited run. In an anonymous meeting room on the North Side of Chicago, a group of people —always eight—gather to sing. Best […]

  • Open Captions

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 have on that experience. This series is free and open to all, though registration is required. Structured around the theme of a dinner party, each […]

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

El Tango Cafe at Experimental Station

Experimental Station 6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago

El Tango Cafe is a theatrical production with humor, heart, music, and dance featuring wheelchair user Robby Lee Williams in the lead role, and wheelchair dancer Ladonna Freidheim. Robby was a company member with Tango 21 Dance Theater prior to acquiring a disability. Ever since Tango 21 has been developing adaptive Argentine Tango techniques led […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Pay What You Can
  • Wheelchair Accessible

“Iceboy! The Musical” at the Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

MUSIC BY MARK HOLLMANN LYRICS BY MARK HOLLMANN AND JAY REISS BOOK BY ERIN QUINN PURCELL AND JAY REISS DIRECTED BY MARC BRUNI STARRING MEGAN MULLALLY AND NICK OFFERMAN A musical 40,000 years in the making. Broadway’s brightest star of 1938, Vera Vimm (Megan Mullally/Will & Grace), is at the top of her game. But […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Open Captions