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Chicago Poet Laureate Celebration with The Poetry Foundation

Join us for the kickoff to our Fall 2023 season with a celebration of Chicago’s Poet Laureate, avery r. young, at Harold Washington Library. He will perform alongside other poet […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Hybrid Program

Summer Screenings: Nowhere Special (UK) at Chicago Cultural Center

DIRECTED BY Uberto Pasolini SYNOPSIS Thirty-five-year-old window cleaner and single father John has dedicated his life to raising his son. Given only a few months to live, he traverses Belfast, […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Large Print Programs
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Summer Screenings: Nowhere Special (UK) at Chicago Cultural Center

SYNOPSIS Thirty-five-year-old window cleaner and single father John has dedicated his life to raising his son. Given only a few months to live, he traverses Belfast, visiting homes of the […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Large Print Programs
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Blue Hour at Haymarket House

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 […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Keep Stepping Screening (Australia) at Chicago Cultural Center

SYNOPSIS In Sydney, Gabi and Patricia train to compete in Destructive Steps, Australia’s largest street dance competition. Both are pushing themselves mentally and physically in hopes that winning the contest […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Large Print Programs
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Sensory-Friendly Day at Farm-in-the-Zoo at Lincoln Park Zoo

On Sunday, July 30 from 10am to 3pm, Lincoln Park Zoo will host Sensory-Friendly Day at Farm-in-the-Zoo. Modifications include limited capacity. This is a free event, but it does require advanced registration. Sensory-Friendly Day at Farm-in-the-Zoo is a free program for all people who benefit from visiting the zoo without crowds and other sensitive environmental […]

  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Marie and Rosetta at Northlight Theatre

Hailed as the “Godmother of Rock ‘n Roll,” Sister Rosetta Tharpe influenced rock icons from Elvis Presley to Jimi Hendrix. Bringing fierce guitar playing and sizzling swing to gospel music, Rosetta was a trailblazer, a young Black woman singing at church in the morning and the Cotton Club at night. This play with music chronicles […]

  • Audio Description
  • Captioning
  • Touch Tour

Marie and Rosetta at Northlight Theatre

Hailed as the “Godmother of Rock ‘n Roll,” Sister Rosetta Tharpe influenced rock icons from Elvis Presley to Jimi Hendrix. Bringing fierce guitar playing and sizzling swing to gospel music, Rosetta was a trailblazer, a young Black woman singing at church in the morning and the Cotton Club at night. This play with music chronicles […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning

Marie and Rosetta at Northlight Theatre

Hailed as the “Godmother of Rock ‘n Roll,” Sister Rosetta Tharpe influenced rock icons from Elvis Presley to Jimi Hendrix. Bringing fierce guitar playing and sizzling swing to gospel music, Rosetta was a trailblazer, a young Black woman singing at church in the morning and the Cotton Club at night. This play with music chronicles […]

  • Sensory Friendly

Poetry @ The Green at 320: July 2023

Poetry @ The Green at 320 continues for the summer season this July! 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 Monday nights in July […]

  • Free Event
  • Wheelchair Accessible