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What the Constitution Means to Me is a “slyly crafted piece of persuasion and a tangible contribution to the change it seeks” (The New York Times) and a “singularly charming, […]
Accessible Juneteenth 2023 Place: the UIC Quad (behind UIC Student Center East); 750 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL Date and Time: Saturday, June 17th, 2023 from 1pm to 5pm (Open […]
Please join us for a communal dialog with award-winning artist Barak adé Soleil and members of the local Black and Brown neurodiverse and disabled community who are part of adé […]
Hooray! Lucy and Charlie just got hitched…and they’re embracing the worst of the American dream. They do what they want. Take what they want. They’re First Generation Asian American Renegades. […]
Poetry @ The Green at 320 continues for the summer season this June! The Chicago Poetry Center and The Green at 320 S. Canal are proud to reintroduce this free, […]
On the opening of his first comprehensive survey exhibition, Gary Simmons: Public Enemy, multidisciplinary artist Gary Simmons is joined by the curators of the show, René Morales, James W. Alsdorf […]
This spring, A.B.L.E. returns to the stage and our classical roots with a multimedia version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, updated for our social-media obsessed times. Our modern adaptation by […]
Ruth E. Carter is one of the most renowned and celebrated costume designers working today having designed more than 40 films over the course of 3 decades and winning Oscars […]
This spring, A.B.L.E. returns to the stage and our classical roots with a multimedia version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, updated for our social-media obsessed times. Our modern adaptation by […]
Children of all abilities can play and explore nature through accessible activities in The Morton Arboretum’s lush 4-acre Children’s Garden during this special Nature Play for All weekend event, organized […]
Children of all abilities can play and explore nature through accessible activities in The Morton Arboretum’s lush 4-acre Children’s Garden during this special Nature Play for All weekend event, organized […]
Curb Appeal Gallery is pleased to announce our second exhibition "Genevieve Ramos: Crip Paint Power". This exhibition debuts new work created as part of Ramos’s Feminist Crip Paint Power, a […]
Lyric Opera is prototyping an innovative new experience for audiences who are D/deaf or hard of hearing called the SoundShirt, built by CuteCircuit. While the orchestra and artists perform on […]
Lyric Opera is prototyping an innovative new experience for audiences who are D/deaf or hard of hearing called the SoundShirt, built by CuteCircuit. While the orchestra and artists perform on […]
Poetry @ The Green at 320 continues for the summer season this June! The Chicago Poetry Center and The Green at 320 S. Canal are proud to reintroduce this free, […]
Tony and Maria are wide-eyed teenagers from two communities in conflict, who fall in love. As their friends and family battle with one another, Tony and Maria long for “a […]
Burning Red: Tribute to Taylor is the premier Taylor Swift tribute act, by Swifties and for Swifties. Burning Red brings the iconic music of Taylor Swift to life with an […]
#1 New York Times bestselling author, voting rights advocate, and history maker Stacey Abrams returns to Chicago with her latest thriller novel, Rogue Justice. Join Chicago Humanities for an evening […]
A poetic journey of a dancer/artist/father questioning the balance of his passions—art, culture, family. From the streets of Brooklyn to Russia’s ballet training studios, Antonio struggles to reconcile multiple ethnic […]
LabE is a series of monthly cohort meetings addressing particular needs of disabled dance artists. During our May meeting we'll pool our knowledge around writing funding applications. Whether you’ve written […]
A poetic journey of a dancer/artist/father questioning the balance of his passions—art, culture, family. From the streets of Brooklyn to Russia’s ballet training studios, Antonio struggles to reconcile multiple ethnic […]
A poetic journey of a dancer/artist/father questioning the balance of his passions—art, culture, family. From the streets of Brooklyn to Russia’s ballet training studios, Antonio struggles to reconcile multiple ethnic […]
Join us in-person for a reading with CM Burroughs, Camille Roy, and Syd Staiti at PO Box Collective, a creative collective and intergenerational social practice center located in Rogers Park, […]
Join us for a roundtable discussion of legendary Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks and her book Blacks with Nora Brooks Blakely, Haki R. Madhubuti, and Kelly Norman Ellis. This is a hybrid event, which will be offered in-person and via livestream. Nora Brooks Blakely, a former teacher, founded Chocolate Chips Theatre Company (1982-2011) and was its […]
Pulitzer Prize Finalist Elif Batuman is one of the biggest names in literature. Her newest work Either/Or continues the story of her first book, following Selin Karadag, a young woman exploring adulthood. Join this decorated author in a conversation about Kierkegaard, literary beauty, and the journey of life. Following the conversation, Chicago composer and multi-instrumentalist […]
James Beard Foundation Award-winning chef, Sarah Grueneberg knows a thing or two about great ingredients. Drawing on her long love affair with Italian cooking and the methods she uses at her renowned restaurant Monteverde, Sarah begs us to feature veggies as the main attraction in her new cookbook, Listen to Your Vegetables: Italian-Inspired Recipes for […]
A native of Park Ridge, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton’s middle-class upbringing taught her the value of hard work, determination, and the importance of public service. Now, she’s returning this spring to talk about how Chicago provided the foundation upon which she built her life and career. Join her for a far-reaching, intimate conversation about her […]
Poetry @ The Green returns for the summer season this May! The Chicago Poetry Center and The Green at 320 S. Canal are proud to reintroduce this free, weekly reading and open mic series co-curated by CPC’s Poets in Residence Tarnynon Onumonu and Timothy David Rey. Join us on certain Monday nights in May at […]
Youtube star, author, transgender activist and advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community, Gigi Gorgeous, and American drag performer, actor, make-up artist, and the first transgender male to compete on RuPaul’s Drag Race, Gottmik are ready for real talk about their transition journeys. Join these two queer icons as they discuss their newest book, The T Guide: […]
Kohl Children’s Museum was specifically designed to be inclusive of all children and adults regardless of ability. The Museum’s 17 exhibits and 2 acres of outdoor explorations are designed for play with a purpose and encourage linguistic, cognitive, motor, and social skills for children ages birth through 8. The Museum works collaboratively with community organizations […]
A poetic journey of a dancer/artist/father questioning the balance of his passions—art, culture, family. From the streets of Brooklyn to Russia’s ballet training studios, Antonio struggles to reconcile multiple ethnic identities. He wrestles with the legacy of stereotypes of masculinity while discovering the beauty of becoming a father. Powerful poetry is intermixed with original movement, […]
Join us anytime throughout the day for accessible dance events! Have fun while earning how to be more inclusive in your practice. We'll be moving together, enjoying a showcase of works in progress, watching a short film, engaging and building community that includes dancers with disabilities. FREE events with adjacent free parking and CTA nearby. […]
Join LYNX Project for the most-anticipated event of their 2022-23 season: the World Premieres of the 2022-23 Amplify Series. The Amplify Series commissions classical composers to set texts by autistic poets, who are primarily nonspeaking, to music. LYNX has commissioned over 40 writers and composers, generating over four hours of new music. The Amplify Series […]
Does a job, a home, and a killer wardrobe make you a true adult? Andrew Rannells isn’t so sure. If he’s so successful in his forties, then why does he still feel like an anxious twenty-something? Were the triumphs of his life actually failures? And were his failures his real triumphs? At Chicago Humanities, the […]
The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free, public monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop. Blue Hour is in-person for this season! Each event takes place at Haymarket House (800 W. Buena) on the third Wednesday of the month and includes a brief lottery-style open mic and two featured readers from Chicago […]
Poetry @ The Green returns for the summer season this May! The Chicago Poetry Center and The Green at 320 S. Canal are proud to reintroduce this free, weekly reading and open mic series co-curated by CPC’s Poets in Residence Tarnynon Onumonu and Timothy David Rey. Join us on certain Monday nights in May at […]
Limited capacity. Advanced registration is required. Masking is required for this performance. Using the pain scale as a primary source material, Scale places medicalized methods of quantifying pain in conversation […]
On Sunday, May 14 from 8-10am, Lincoln Park Zoo is offering Sensory-Friendly Morning hours for guests with disabilities, chronicle illness, or Deaf to experience the zoo grounds and animal buildings […]
New York Times bestselling author, beloved TV host, and executive producer of The Real Housewives, Andy Cohen is the busiest man in show business. Now, he’s taking on the most […]
There’s no better biographer working right now than Chicago’s own Jonathan Eig. He has helped us understand some of the most monumental lives of our times, such as Jackie Robinson, […]
Monique and her daughter Sam are on the run. From what, they will not say. Showing up on their family’s doorstep in Brooklyn, the surprise visit raises more questions than […]
In his new book Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything, Kaku attests that this technological breakthrough could allow humanity to do everything from create nuclear fusion […]
A young violinist and her song collector boyfriend flee the confines of their Brooklyn apartment to the mountains of North Carolina, where the Appalachian music of Mira’s childhood is just […]
Alonzo King LINES Ballet returns to the Harris stage for the first time since 2015. The celebrated contemporary ballet company, whose mission is to nurture artistry and the development of […]
Longtime New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik investigates a foundational human question: How do we learn—and master—a new skill? In his newest book, The Real Work, Gopnik apprenticed as an artist, […]
On May 6, Barak adé Soleil premieres a new work, SHIFT, that amplifies the presence of Black neurodiverse and disabled bodies by occupying the museum’s spaces both digitally and physically. […]
Real Life by Brandon Taylor (National Book Foundation's 2023 Science + Literature Selected Title) asks what it means for a queer Black man to pursue a career in academia and […]