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SUMMARY:Chicago Irish Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss the 24th annual festival of the best independent films created by Irish filmmakers celebrating diversity and creativity through short\, documentary and feature films. \nThe Chicago Irish Film Festival proudly presents our Opening Night feature “The Sparrow” at Theater on the Lake on March 2\, starting at 6:30pm. Enjoy other films at AMC New City from March 2-5 with director chats\, and virtual tickets available from March 6-16\, 2023. \nAll virtual films will have subtitle options. In-person captioning will not be available\, however  is available depending on the theater. \nEvent Calendar \n \n 
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/chicago-irish-film-festival/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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SUMMARY:Celebrating the Poets of Forms & Features (Online) with the Poetry Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading and celebration of the diverse voices\, rich experiences\, and powerful words of poets from around the country\, and the world. Poets working in the online poetry workshop and discussion\, Forms & Features\, will share work created in this online creative community. \nPoetry Foundation’s events are completely free of charge and open to the public. This event will include CART captioning and ASL interpretation. For more information about accessibility at the Poetry Foundation\, please visit our Accessibility Guide. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrating-the-poets-of-forms-features-online-tickets-525887893847
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/celebrating-the-poets-of-forms-features-online-with-the-poetry-foundation/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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SUMMARY:Boulevard of Bold Dreams at TimeLine Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Set on the night in 1940 that Hattie McDaniel made history at the Oscars\, a story of dreamers striving to overcome considerable obstacles and fighting for recognition amidst the racism and inequity of Hollywood.\nIT IS FEBRUARY 29\, 1940\, the night of the Academy Awards in Hollywood\, California. Bartender Arthur Brooks\, an ambitious Black man from rural Alabama\, dreams of becoming a movie director. His best friend\, Dottie Hudson\, is a maid at the Ambassador Hotel who finds herself to be a cynic of all dreams. But when the actress Hattie McDaniel stops in at the bar and decides not to attend the biggest event in show business\, Arthur and Dottie must do everything in their power to convince her to go and claim her historic win—all while confronting their dark past and making their own dreams come to life. \nThis play about race\, class\, gender\, and the ever-changing landscape of Hollywood has previously had public readings at The Echo Theatre Company (featuring TimeLine Company Member Mildred Marie Langford) and Morgan-Wixson Theatre’s New Works Festival. TimeLine’s production will be its world premiere. \nBoulevard of Bold Dreams runs February 9 – March 19\, 2023 (previews 2/1 – 2/8) \nThis event includes audio description. \nHome
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/boulevard-of-bold-dreams-at-timeline-theatre-2/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Event
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SUMMARY:Carmen
DESCRIPTION:The immortal tale of the restless\, free-spirited heroine (Carmen) and Don José\, the soldier who’s drawn to her in a truly “fatal attraction.” \nhttps://www.lyricopera.org/shows/upcoming/2022-23/carmen/
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/carmen/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230319T140000
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SUMMARY:Everyone At Play
DESCRIPTION: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 to invite families with children with special needs to the Museum to explore the exhibits while closed to the general public. These FREE events\, titled Everyone at Play\, usually occur on specified afternoons. This provides opportunities for calm\, creative\, and collaborative play. \nhttps://www.kohlchildrensmuseum.org/outreach-programs/eap/
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/everyone-at-play-6/2023-03-19/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230323T190000
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SUMMARY:Copper Canyon 50th Anniversary Reading at Poetry Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Chicago celebration of Copper Canyon Press’s 50th Anniversary with readings by Copper Canyon authors Chris Abani\, Tishani Doshi\, Alison C. Rollins\, Arthur Sze\, and Javier Zamora. \nThis is a hybrid event\, which will be offered in-person and via livestream. \nChris Abani is a novelist\, poet\, essayist\, screenwriter and playwright. Born in Nigeria to an Igbo father and English mother\, he grew up in Afikpo\, Nigeria\, received a BA in English from Imo State University\, Nigeria\, an MA in English\, Gender and Culture from Birkbeck College\, University of London\, and a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California. He has resided in the United States since 2001. \nTishani Doshi publishes poetry\, essays and fiction. Recent books include the poetry collection Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods\, shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award\, and a novel\, Small Days and Nights\, shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize and a New York Times Bestsellers Editor’s Choice. For fifteen years Tishani worked as a dancer with the Chandralekha group in Madras\, India. A God at the Door\, her fourth full-length collection\, is published by Copper Canyon Press and was shortlisted for the 2021 Forward Poetry Prize. \nAlison C. Rollins was named a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow in 2019. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in American Poetry Review\, Iowa Review\, The New York Times Magazine\, and elsewhere. A Cave Canem and Callaloo fellow\, she was a 2016 recipient of the Poetry Foundation’s Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship. In 2018\, she was a recipient of the Rona Jaffe Writers’ Award\, and in 2020\, the winner of a Pushcart Prize. Her debut poetry collection\, Library of Small Catastrophes was a 2020 Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award nominee. \nArthur Sze has published eleven books of poetry\, including The Glass Constellation: New and Collected Poems; Sight Lines\, which won the 2019 National Book Award for Poetry; and Compass Rose\, a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Sze is the recipient of many honors\, including a 2022 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for Lifetime Achievement from the Poetry Foundation\, a Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America\, the Jackson Poetry Prize from Poets & Writers\, a Lannan Literary Award\, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is a professor emeritus at the Institute of American Indian Arts. \nJavier Zamora was born in La Herradura\, El Salvador in 1990. In his debut New York Times bestselling memoir\, Solito\, Javier retells his nine-week odyssey across Guatemala\, Mexico\, and eventually through the Sonoran Desert. Zamora was a 2018-2019 Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University and holds fellowships from CantoMundo\, Colgate University (Olive B. O’Connor)\, MacDowell\, Macondo\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, Poetry Foundation (Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg)\, Stanford University (Stegner)\, and Yaddo. He is the recipient of a 2017 Lannan Literary Fellowship\, the 2017 Narrative Prize\, and the 2016 Barnes & Noble Writer for Writers Award for his work in the Undocupoets Campaign. Javier lives in Tucson\, AZ. \nIn-Person Attendance\nAll guests over the age of two must wear a mask inside the Poetry Foundation building. Guests over the age of five must show proof of vaccination and booster up to the level to which they are eligible for their age group. Guests over the age of 18 must show ID alongside their proof of vaccination. If you cannot meet these requirements\, you will not be granted entry to the event. Please note that some performers may choose to perform without a mask. Guests are encouraged to register in advance. \nLivestream Attendance\nThe livestream link will be shared with registered guests on the day of the event. In order to receive the livestream details\, please register in advance here. \nPoetry Foundation’s events are completely free of charge and open to the public. This event will include CART captioning and ASL interpretation. For more information about accessibility at the Poetry Foundation\, please visit our Accessibility Guide. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/visit/accessibility \nAccessibility: ASL interpreter\, live captions\, \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/copper-canyon-50th-anniversary-reading-tickets-519975008247
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/copper-canyon-50th-anniversary-reading-at-poetry-foundation/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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SUMMARY:Villette at Lookingglass Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Charlotte Brontë’s undiscovered gem\, Villette\, offers a hero unlike any you’ve encountered before. \nSuddenly without family\, friends\, or funds\, Lucy travels alone to an unfamiliar land\, determined to carve a path for herself. An eclectic carousel of characters (and one mysterious ghost!) soon draws Lucy into a complicated maze of multiple doorways leading towards fulfillment or peril – which door should she choose? \nFrom the author of the captivating classic Jane Eyre\, Charlotte Brontë’s Villette finds brash\, honest life in this adaptation by Lookingglass Artistic Associate Sara Gmitter (In the Garden) and directed by Lookingglass Ensemble Member Tracy Walsh (The Old Curiosity Shop). \nAccessibility: captioning \nhttps://lookingglasstheatre.org/event/villette-2022/
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/villette-at-lookingglass-theatre/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230324T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230324T223000
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SUMMARY:DESCRIBE THE NIGHT at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
DESCRIPTION:Truth is lie; lie is truth. 1920: Jewish writer Isaac Babel begins a journal while serving in war. Ninety years later\, this same journal is found in the wreckage of a suspicious plane crash. What did Babel write\, and why does it matter? Ensemble member Rajiv Joseph’s epic thriller ricochets through place and time following the unlikely lives of seven individuals – soldiers and poets\, KGB agents and babushkas – as they unearth mysteries buried by decades of history\, fiction and blood. \nWritten by ensemble member Rajiv Joseph\nDirected by ensemble member Austin Pendleton \nAccessibility: ASL Interpreted \nhttps://cart.steppenwolf.org/17766/17860
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/describe-the-night-at-steppenwolf-theatre-company/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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SUMMARY:"My Girl Story" Virtual Film Screening and Discussion at Access Living
DESCRIPTION:To commemorate Women’s History Month\, the Arts & Culture Project at Access Living is partnering to host a virtual film screening and panel discussion of the My Girl Story documentary on Saturday\, March 25 from 12-2pm. \nThis event will explore the importance of mental health care among Black girls and resources available to them and their families.\nMy Girl follows the lives of two Black girls from Detroit\, Monay and Shokana\, who are fighting to become the girls they want to be. The documentary aims to give context to what Black girls across the country are experiencing today and to challenge the institutional and systemic barriers that prevent black girls especially those with disabilities from achieving their potential.\nRegister via Eventbrite to get the Zoom link: \nAccess Information: \nLive CART captioning and ASL will be provided during the panel discussion. \nPartners:\nMy Girl Story\nChicagoland Disabled People of Color Coalition\nAccess Living\nEmpowered Fe Fe’s \nSponsor Information: This event is brought to you by the Arts and Culture Project at Access Living\, an independent living center for people with disabilities\, Bodies of Work: Network of Disability Art and Culture\, Shirley Ryan Abilities Lab\, and the Disability Culture Activism Lab (DCAL)\, a teaching lab housed under the department of art therapy and counseling at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. \nBodies of Work is a part of the Department of Disability and Human Development within the College of Applied Health Sciences at University of Illinois-Chicago. The contents of this film were developed under a grant from the National Institute on Disability\, Independent Living\, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant number 90RTCP0005). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL)\, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this film do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR\, ACL\, or HHS\, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. \nThis program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/my-girl-story-film-screening-and-discussion-tickets-539655914367?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/my-girl-story-virtual-film-screening-and-discussion-at-access-living/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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SUMMARY:A House Called Tomorrow: Copper Canyon at 50 at the Poetry Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation continuing the Poetry Foundation’s celebration of Copper Canyon Press’s 50th anniversary. Executive editor Michael Wiegers will moderate a discussion of Copper Canyon’s legacy and future in the poetry world with panelists Arthur Sze\, Chris Abani\, Tishani Doshi\, and Alison C. Rollins. \nThis is a hybrid event\, which will be offered in-person and via livestream. Copies of A House Called Tomorrow\, Copper Canyon’s special 50th anniversary anthology\, will be available for sale. \nChris Abani is a novelist\, poet\, essayist\, screenwriter and playwright. Born in Nigeria to an Igbo father and English mother\, he grew up in Afikpo\, Nigeria\, received a BA in English from Imo State University\, Nigeria\, an MA in English\, Gender and Culture from Birkbeck College\, University of London and a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California. He has resided in the United States since 2001. \nTishani Doshi publishes poetry\, essays and fiction. Recent books include the poetry collection Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods\, shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award\, and a novel\, Small Days and Nights\, shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize and a New York Times Bestsellers Editor’s Choice. For fifteen years Tishani worked as a dancer with the Chandralekha group in Madras\, India. A God at the Door\, her fourth full-length collection\, is published by Copper Canyon Press\, and was shortlisted for the 2021 Forward Poetry Prize. \nAlison C. Rollins was named a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow in 2019. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in American Poetry Review\, Iowa Review\, The New York Times Magazine\, and elsewhere. A Cave Canem and Callaloo fellow\, she was a 2016 recipient of the Poetry Foundation’s Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship. In 2018\, she was a recipient of the Rona Jaffe Writers’ Award and in 2020\, the winner of a Pushcart Prize. Her debut poetry collection\, Library of Small Catastrophes was a 2020 Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award nominee. \nArthur Sze has published eleven books of poetry\, including The Glass Constellation: New and Collected Poems; Sight Lines\, which won the 2019 National Book Award for Poetry; and Compass Rose\, a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Sze is the recipient of many honors\, including a 2022 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for Lifetime Achievement from the Poetry Foundation\, a Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America\, the Jackson Poetry Prize from Poets & Writers\, a Lannan Literary Award\, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is a professor emeritus at the Institute of American Indian Arts. \nMichael Wiegers has been editing poetry at Copper Canyon Press for 30 years\, advocating for poets at every stage of their writing lives. He is the editor of A House Called Tomorrow as well as What About This: Collected Poems of Frank Stanford. \nIn-Person Attendance\nAll guests over the age of two must wear a mask inside the Poetry Foundation building. Guests over the age of five must show proof of vaccination and booster up to the level to which they are eligible for their age group. Guests over the age of 18 must show ID alongside their proof of vaccination. If you cannot meet these requirements\, you will not be granted entry to the event. Please note that some performers may choose to perform without a mask. Guests are encouraged to register in advance. \nLivestream Attendance\nThe livestream link will be shared with registered guests on the day of the event. In order to receive the livestream details\, please register in advance here. \nPoetry Foundation’s events are completely free of charge and open to the public. This event will include CART captioning and ASL interpretation. For more information about accessibility at the Poetry Foundation\, please visit our Accessibility Guide. \nIn-Person Attendance\nAll guests over the age of two must wear a mask inside the Poetry Foundation building. Guests over the age of five must show proof of vaccination and booster up to the level to which they are eligible for their age group. Guests over the age of 18 must show ID alongside their proof of vaccination. If you cannot meet these requirements\, you will not be granted entry to the event. Please note that some performers may choose to perform without a mask. Guests are encouraged to register in advance. \nLivestream Attendance\nThe livestream link will be shared with registered guests on the day of the event. In order to receive the livestream details\, please register in advance here. \nPoetry Foundation’s events are completely free of charge and open to the public. This event will include CART captioning and ASL interpretation. For more information about accessibility at the Poetry Foundation\, please visit our Accessibility Guide. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/visit/accessibility \nAccessibility: ASL interpreter\, live captions \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-house-called-tomorrow-copper-canyon-at-50-tickets-519984466537
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/a-house-called-tomorrow-copper-canyon-at-50-at-the-poetry-foundation/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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SUMMARY:Layalina at Goodman Theatre
DESCRIPTION:A surprising new play about how families fall apart—and find each other again—amidst turbulent global and social change. \nIn 2003\, newly-wed Layal and her family prepare to immigrate from Baghdad\, Iraq\, to a Chicago suburb. Seventeen years later\, Layal’s life looks unimaginably different from what she had envisioned two decades prior\, as she and her siblings explore queerness\, face their grief\, and discover what it takes to make home in a new place. Don’t miss this moving\, powerful new play’s world premiere on the Owen Stage—fresh from Goodman’s New Stages and Future Labs programs. \nAudio description and touch tour are available. \nhttps://www.goodmantheatre.org/Layalina
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/layalina-at-goodman-theatre/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230326T170000
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SUMMARY:Proximity
DESCRIPTION:Proximity is a gripping\, powerful trio of new works that confronts head-on some of the greatest challenges affecting us as a society: yearning for connection in a world driven by technology; the devastating impact of gun violence on cities and neighborhoods; and the need to respect and protect our natural resources. As the story zooms in and out from the individual to the community to the cosmic\, we find ourselves in a compelling snapshot of 21st century life\, with all of its complex intersections and commonalities. \nhttps://www.lyricopera.org/shows/upcoming/2022-23/proximity/
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/proximity/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230330T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230330T200000
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SUMMARY:Poetry & Grief: Raquel Salas Rivera & Angel Dominguez at the Poetry Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading with Raquel Salas Rivera and Angel Dominguez as part of the Poetry Coalition’s annual nationwide programming series. The Poetry Coalition’s theme for 2023 is Poetry & Grief\, taking inspiration from these lines in Ed Roberson’s poem “once the magnolia has blossomed:”“and so much lost you’d think / beauty had left a lesson.” \nThis is a hybrid event\, which will be offered in-person and via livestream. \nRaquel Salas Rivera’s honors include the 2023 Sundial Literary Translation Award\, the 2022 Juan Felipe Herrera Award\, a Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Poetry\, the inaugural Ambroggio Prize\, and serving as the 2018-19 Poet Laureate of Philadelphia\, among others. Salas Rivera has published six poetry collections and edited Puerto Rico en mi corazón and the literary journal The Wanderer. Among his translations are The Rust of History and The Book of Conjurations. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Pennsylvania and works as head of the translation team for The Puerto Rican Literature Project. \nAngel Dominguez is a Latinx poet and artist of Yucatec Maya descent\, born in Hollywood and raised in Van Nuys\, CA by their immigrant family. Dominguez lives amongst the Santa Cruz Mountains in Bonny Doon\, CA. They are the author of Desgraciado (the collected letters)\, RoseSunWater\, and Black Lavender Milk. Their work has been published in BOMB Magazine\, The Berkeley Poetry Review\, FENCE\, Prolit Magazine\, SFMOMA Open Space\, and elsewhere. You can find Angel in the redwoods or ocean. \nIn-Person Attendance\nAll guests over the age of two must wear a mask inside the Poetry Foundation building. Guests over the age of five must show proof of vaccination and booster up to the level to which they are eligible for their age group. Guests over the age of 18 must show ID alongside their proof of vaccination. If you cannot meet these requirements\, you will not be granted entry to the event. Please note that some performers may choose to perform without a mask. Guests are encouraged to register in advance. \nLivestream Attendance\nThe livestream link will be shared with registered guests on the day of the event. In order to receive the livestream details\, please register in advance here. \nPoetry Foundation’s events are completely free of charge and open to the public. This event will include CART captioning and ASL interpretation. For more information about accessibility at the Poetry Foundation\, please visit our Accessibility Guide. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/visit/accessibility \nAccessibility: ASL interpreter\, live captions \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-grief-raquel-salas-rivera-angel-dominguez-tickets-539584039387
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/poetry-grief-raquel-salas-rivera-angel-dominguez-at-the-poetry-foundation/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230401T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230401T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T131721
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SUMMARY:Layalina at Goodman Theatre
DESCRIPTION:A surprising new play about how families fall apart—and find each other again—amidst turbulent global and social change. \nIn 2003\, newly-wed Layal and her family prepare to immigrate from Baghdad\, Iraq\, to a Chicago suburb. Seventeen years later\, Layal’s life looks unimaginably different from what she had envisioned two decades prior\, as she and her siblings explore queerness\, face their grief\, and discover what it takes to make home in a new place. Don’t miss this moving\, powerful new play’s world premiere on the Owen Stage—fresh from Goodman’s New Stages and Future Labs programs. \nASL interpretation available. \nhttps://www.goodmantheatre.org/Layalina
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/layalina-at-goodman-theatre-2/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230401T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T131721
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SUMMARY:Layalina at Goodman Theatre
DESCRIPTION:A surprising new play about how families fall apart—and find each other again—amidst turbulent global and social change. \nIn 2003\, newly-wed Layal and her family prepare to immigrate from Baghdad\, Iraq\, to a Chicago suburb. Seventeen years later\, Layal’s life looks unimaginably different from what she had envisioned two decades prior\, as she and her siblings explore queerness\, face their grief\, and discover what it takes to make home in a new place. Don’t miss this moving\, powerful new play’s world premiere on the Owen Stage—fresh from Goodman’s New Stages and Future Labs programs. \nSpanish captioning is available. \nhttps://www.goodmantheatre.org/Layalina
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/layalina-at-goodman-theatre-3/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230402T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230402T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T131721
CREATED:20230322T025943Z
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SUMMARY:Maggie Bridger | Lab E: In-Process Showing at Experimental Station
DESCRIPTION:LabE is a series of monthly cohort meetings addressing particular needs of disabled dance artists. \nThe LabE gathering on April 2nd is designed to be a safe\, disability-centric space where artists can come together to share a work-in-progress\, try out new ideas\, workshop concepts\, and experiment with new scores. Hosted by Maggie Bridger\, this inclusive event is open to all artists who seek a supportive community where they can connect with peers who share similar experiences and offer and receive support\, encouragement\, and constructive feedback. \nThis gathering aims to foster community connections among Deaf\, disabled\, sick\, neurodivergent\, and Mad artists while providing a platform for artists to explore their creativity and showcase their unique perspectives. \nIn-progress projects will be presented by Sydney Erlikh & Deb Goodman. \nIf you are an artist who is interested in showcasing your art or working through new ideas\, please reach out to Maggie at mbridg8@uic.edu to participate in this event. \nLabE is open to all Chicago-area dance artists who self-identify as Deaf/deaf/hard of hearing\, sick\, mad\, neurodivergent\, disabled or living with a disability\, and/or who have lived experience with disability or impairment. This space is particularly meant for those interested in exploring disability and impairment-informed modes of practicing dance. \nAdditional Access Information is available at https://highconceptlabs.org/news-2/labe-launches-at-experimental-station. For any other questions or requests regarding accessibility accommodations\, please contact HCL’s Accessibility Coordinator\, Yolanda Cesta Cursach Montilla (yolanda@highconceptlabs.org). \nAccessibility: captioning\, sensory-friendly\, quiet spaces\, wheelchair accessible \nhttps://highconceptlabs.org/events/lab-e-april-2
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/maggie-bridger-lab-e-in-process-showing-at-experimental-station/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230402T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230402T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T131721
CREATED:20220920T151054Z
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SUMMARY:Layalina at Goodman Theatre
DESCRIPTION:A surprising new play about how families fall apart—and find each other again—amidst turbulent global and social change. \nIn 2003\, newly-wed Layal and her family prepare to immigrate from Baghdad\, Iraq\, to a Chicago suburb. Seventeen years later\, Layal’s life looks unimaginably different from what she had envisioned two decades prior\, as she and her siblings explore queerness\, face their grief\, and discover what it takes to make home in a new place. Don’t miss this moving\, powerful new play’s world premiere on the Owen Stage—fresh from Goodman’s New Stages and Future Labs programs. \nCaptioning is available. \nhttps://www.goodmantheatre.org/Layalina
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/layalina-at-goodman-theatre-4/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230404T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230404T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T131721
CREATED:20230219T191607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230219T191607Z
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SUMMARY:Athena LaTocha Lecture at the Art Institute of Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Join us in person for a lecture by distinguished alum Athena LaTocha followed by an audience Q&A. \nLocation: The Art Institute of Chicago\, Fullerton Hall\, 111 S. Michigan Ave. \nAthena LaTocha (BFA 1992) is an artist whose massive works on paper explore the relationship between human-made and natural worlds. The artist incorporates materials such as ink\, lead\, earth\, and wood while looking at correlations between mark-marking and displacement of materials made by industrial equipment and natural events. LaTocha’s process is about being immersed in these environments while responding to the storied and\, at times\, traumatic cultural histories that are rooted in place. \nPresented in partnership with SAIC Alumni Engagement. \nThis event is free\, non-ticketed and open to the general public. \nThis event will be live captioned by Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services. The auditorium is wheelchair accessible and hearing assisted devices are available. For additional access requests\, visit saic.edu/access. \nAccessibility: live captions\, assistive listening devices\, wheelchair accessible \nhttps://www.saic.edu/events/athena-latocha
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/athena-latocha-lecture-at-the-art-institute-of-chicago/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230408T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230408T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T131721
CREATED:20230326T180215Z
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SUMMARY:Shamel Pitts | TRIBE\, Touch of RED at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Shamel Pitts and the Brooklyn-based arts collective TRIBE debut an electrifying new live performance in their ongoing Red Series exploring Black multiplicity and human connection. \nThe new work\, titled Touch of RED\, is a duet for two Black men set inside a contemporary boxing ring—a space that might traditionally suggest an aggressive competition between male athletes for entertainment purposes. Yet in Touch of RED\, the two dancers imbue this boxed-in site with an intense energy drawn from the power of vulnerability\, effeminacy\, and the healing that occurs when Black men are allowed to soften\, together. During the performance audiences will be seated around the four sides of the ring\, which strategically conceals or frames the action. Transforming the space into a pulsing night club dance floor\, Touch of RED invites the audience to experience the anticipation\, energy\, and collective softening that accompanies a good party—and reframe their expectations of time\, space\, and normative identity. \nAccessibility: ASL interpreted\, assistive listening devices\, audio description\, captioning \nhttps://experience.mcachicago.org/overview/5786?queueittoken=e_mcageneral~q_6b855690-c319-4e86-a696-709882d1dd35~ts_1679853767~ce_true~rt_safetynet~h_601a46034f377ef96c08bcd1e98d78ea6c5c8b005d357659c1f90efb3399ab1b
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/shamel-pitts-tribe-touch-of-red-at-museum-of-contemporary-art-chicago/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230408T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230408T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T131721
CREATED:20230326T181152Z
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SUMMARY:Family Day | We Are Rooted\, We Are Flowing at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Designed and led by Chicago artists\, Family Day is a monthly program at the MCA for all families and youth. Enjoy FREE admission while taking part in workshops\, open studio sessions\, gallery tours\, and performances. \nArtist-Led Performance\nRaíces to Roots\n1–2 pm\n4th-floor lobby \nJoin Raíces to Roots for a performance that celebrates and examines the Chicago Puerto Rican experience through original dance\, spoken word\, and music. Family Day attendees are invited to interact with and join the performance. \nAccessibility: ASL interpreted\, quiet spaces \nhttps://visit.mcachicago.org/events/family-day-we-are-rooted-we-are-flowing/
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/family-day-we-are-rooted-we-are-flowing-at-museum-of-contemporary-art-chicago/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230408T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230408T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T131721
CREATED:20230330T161016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230330T161016Z
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SUMMARY:Talk | Shamel Pitts in Conversation With Jafari S. Allen at Wirtz Center
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a talk between On Stage: Frictions artist Shamel Pitts and Jafari S. Allen\, author of There’s a Disco Ball Between Us: A Theory of Black Gay Life (2021)\, for a wide-ranging conversation on Pitts’ practice and current project with the MCA\, Touch of RED. This event will be held off-site at Wirtz Center For Performing Arts at 710 N Lake Shore Drive. \nThis event will have ASL Interpretation and CART. \nhttps://visit.mcachicago.org/events/talk-shamel-pitts-in-conversation-with-jafari-s-allen/
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/talk-shamel-pitts-in-conversation-with-jafari-s-allen-at-wirtz-center/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230412T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230412T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T131721
CREATED:20230303T180104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230303T180104Z
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SUMMARY:Alfred Caldwell Lecture: The Intersection of Public Space\, Art\, and Social Justice at IIT
DESCRIPTION:Join the College of Architecture’s Master of Landscape + Urbanism Program on April 12\, 2023 at 5pm for the annual Alfred Caldwell Lecture and explore the intersectionality of public space\, art\, and social justice. Devon Henry\, Franklin Cosey-Gay\, and Makeba Kedem DuBose will discuss how memory and representation have expanded the narrative about the built environment. What do we want to collectively remember (or forget) through the symbols that we rise (or raze) in cities? Henry will present his construction of the ENSLAVED LABORERS MEMORIAL in Charlottesville and his work removing Confederate monuments in Richmond\, Virginia. He will join a panel discussion with Cosey-Gay from the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project\, multidisciplinary artist Kedem-DuBose\, and moderator Ron Henderson. \nThe annual Alfred Caldwell Lecture is named in honor of Alfred Caldwell (1903-1998)\, influential landscape architect\, IIT alumnus\, IIT Hall of Fame awardee\, and faculty member in IIT’s College of Architecture\, Planning\, and Design. Our Master of Landscape Architecture program grows from his legacy. Caldwell’s many contributions to Chicago include the Lincoln Park Lily Pond\, Promontory Point\, Skyline Park at Lake Point Tower\, and the IIT campus. The Alfred Caldwell Lecture invites non-landscape architect speakers whose provocative scholarship or work amplifies the global ethical discourse on Landscape Architecture. \nThe event will take place at S. R. Crown Hall\, 3360 S. State Street and is sponsored by the College of Architecture\, Office of Community Affairs and the Center for Study of Ethics in the Professions. Parking is available across the street at Lot D4. \nA reception will follow the event at S. R. Crown Hall. Please do not reserve more than two seats. ASL interpretation will be provided onsite. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/exploring-the-intersectionality-of-public-space-art-and-social-justice-tickets-565471128367
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/alfred-caldwell-lecture-the-intersection-of-public-space-art-and-social-justice-at-iit/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230413T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230413T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T131721
CREATED:20230329T182321Z
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SUMMARY:Susanna Hoffs: From Pop Star to Novelist at Chop Shop
DESCRIPTION:Susanna Hoffs is a legend in the music industry. As the co-founder of the Bangles\, she produced three platinum-selling albums and is the voice behind indelible pop hit after pop hit. Now\, this famed songwriter has ventured into a new kind of writing with her debut novel\, This Bird Has Flown\, a story of music\, secrets\, and sex. At Chicago Humanities\, Susanna will take the stage with the host of The Interview Show\, Mark Bazer for an in-depth conversation about her new novel\, the music business\, and her illustrious life. Following the conversation\, Susanna Hoffs will be taking the stage for a brief solo performance. \nCome enjoy dinner and drinks at Chop Shop before or after this event. \nThis event will have open caption and ALDs. \nhttps://www.chicagohumanities.org/events/attend/susanna-hoffs/
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/susanna-hoffs-from-pop-star-to-novelist-at-chop-shop/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230415T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230415T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T131721
CREATED:20230326T181702Z
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SUMMARY:Poetics in Practice: Art Writers Panel at the Poetry Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a panel on art writing with Camille Bacon\, Amarie Cemone Gipson\, Daria Simone Harper\, and Jessica Lynne during the weekend of EXPO CHICAGO. \nTaking up the question of “poetics in practice\,” the panel will consider the function and responsibility of art writing in the contemporary moment\, the lineages we draw from and are in dialogue with\, and what it means to build a viable writing life as writers working in a field that has historically underfunded the production and development of critical discourse. Together\, we will ponder\, imagine\, muse\, and speculate towards a reality that can better support the creation and proliferation of our work\, as well as that of fellow writers. \nThis is a hybrid event\, which will be offered in-person and via livestream. \nCamille Bacon is a Chicago-based writer who is building a “sweet black writing life” as inspired by the words of poet Nikky Finney and the infinite wisdom of the Black feminist tradition more broadly. Through a practice that involves rigorous research and oration in addition to writing\, she examines the material function of aesthetics and poetics. More specifically\, she is interested in illuminating how aesthetics and poetics can catalyze a collective reorientation towards relation\, connection\, and intimacy and away from apathy and amnesia. Her work has appeared in Frieze\, Cultured Magazine\, Studio Magazine\, Momus\, and Burnaway\, among other outlets. She currently manages McArthur Binion’s studio in Chicago\, and formerly held positions at GRAY art gallery and the Studio Museum in Harlem. \nAmarie Cemone Gipson is an art worker\, DJ\, and creative director. She has held curatorial positions at the Studio Museum in Harlem\, the Renaissance Society\, the Art Institute of Chicago\, the Contemporary Austin\, and the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston. Independently\, her writing has been published in several journals and magazines including Artforum\, ARTNews\, ARTS.BLACK\, Cite\, ESSENCE\, Gulf Coast\, Houstonia\, and THE SEEN. Currently based in her hometown of Houston\, she created an open format dance party called PHYSICAL THERAPY where she serves as creative lead and resident DJ. As a culmination of her decade-long journey through the realms of art\, music\, and media\, Gipson founded the Reading Room\, a Black art reference library whose collection holds more than 300 publications and ephemera with an emphasis on Blackness\, visual culture\, and the American South. \nDaria Simone Harper is a multimedia journalist and writer based in Brooklyn. She is currently Assistant Editor on the Digital Content team at David Zwirner Gallery New York. Through herstorytelling\, she aims to amplify emerging Black and brown visual artists\, as well as preserve the history of the trailblazing artists\, thinkers\, and creators who paved the way for us. Her byline is featured in publications including Artnet News\, Artsy\, Burnaway\, CULTURED Magazine\, ESSENCE\, i-D\, W Magazine\, and more. She has interviewed and written features on established artists and cultural workers including Carrie Mae Weems\, Stanley Whitney\, and Antwaun Sargent\, among others. Daria also hosts The Art of It All\, an art and culture podcast featuring conversations amongst emerging and established artists and arts professionals of color. \nJessica Lynne is a writer and art critic. She is a founding editor of ARTS.BLACK\, an online journal of art criticism from Black perspectives. Her writing has been featured in publications such as Artforum\, The Believer\, Frieze\, The Nation\, and Oxford American\, where she is a contributing editor. She is the recipient of a 2020 Research and Development award from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts and a 2020 Arts Writer Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation. She is the inaugural recipient of the Beverly Art Writers Travel Grant awarded in 2022 by the American Australian Association. \nIn-Person Attendance\nAll guests over the age of two must wear a mask inside the Poetry Foundation building. If you are unwilling to comply with this requirement\, you will not be granted entry to the event. Please note that some performers may choose to perform without a mask. Guests are encouraged to register in advance. \nLivestream Attendance\nThe livestream link will be shared with registered guests on the day of the event. In order to receive the livestream details\, please register in advance here. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/expo-chicago-poetics-in-practice-art-writers-panel-tickets-567161965707 \nPoetry Foundation’s events are completely free of charge and open to the public. This event will include CART captioning and ASL interpretation. For more information about accessibility at the Poetry Foundation\, please visit our Accessibility Guide. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/visit/accessibility
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/poetics-in-practice-art-writers-panel-at-the-poetry-foundation/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230415T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230415T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T131721
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SUMMARY:Crafting Care with Maggie Bridger at Curb Appeal Gallery
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to be hosting Maggie Bridger on April 15 as part of her Crafting Care series. In anticipation of her performance “Scale”\, Maggie is holding open crafting sessions centered around collectively creating objects of care—including masks\, blankets\, and cushions. The culmination of our care work\, made visible in the items we craft together\, will likely be put to use in the performance of “Scale” in May! Feel free to come by Curb Appeal from 2:00-4:00pm on 4/15\, and bring any crafting projects you might want to work on. \nAdditionally\, this is the second-to-last week to experience Molly Joyce’s “Perspective” a sound and video work that grapples with the myriad ways in which people experience disability. The work is open captioned. Sound descriptions and image descriptions accompany the video\, too. \nCurb Appeal is wheelchair accessible. We also have a gallery dog (Momo) who will be present at this program. We’ll continue to mask inside\, in consideration of one another. Email us for address and access information: info@curbappeal.gallery. \nhttps://www.curbappeal.gallery/
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/crafting-care-with-maggie-bridger-at-curb-appeal-gallery/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230418T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230418T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T131721
CREATED:20230330T161150Z
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SUMMARY:Talk | Access Praxis: Cripistemology and the Arts at MCA
DESCRIPTION:The MCA Advisory Partner organization Bodies of Work invites you to Access Praxis\, a collaborative and participatory event in The Commons. Combining theory and practice\, “praxis” is ideas in action. \nFor this iteration\, we are joined by disabled artist-researchers Alana Ackerman\, Stephanie Alma\, Tommy Carroll\, Justin Cooper\, and Nic Wyatt as they explore their embodied experience of disability through a series of videos detailing their crip epistemologies. Following the video presentation\, they will be joined by Dr. Carrie Sandahl\, co-director of Bodies of Work\, and Liza Sylvestre and Christopher Jones\, co-founders of Crip*: Cripistemology and the Arts\, for a moderated discussion on the disability experience and the valuable knowledges that stem from it. \nThis will be a hybrid program held in-person at the MCA Chicago and virtually. American Sign Language interpretation\, CART-captioning\, and verbal description will be provided in the video presentation and the panel discussion. The MCA Commons is wheelchair accessible and offers gender neutral facilities. While masks are not required for entry to the museum\, we encourage masking for all in-person attendees. For any other access needs please contact Daniel Atkinson at DAtkinson@mcachicago.org. \nhttps://visit.mcachicago.org/events/access-praxis-cripistemology/
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/talk-access-praxis-cripistemology-and-the-arts-at-mca/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230419T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230419T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T131721
CREATED:20230329T172649Z
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SUMMARY:Blue Hour Reading & Workshop Series at Haymarket House
DESCRIPTION:The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR\, a free\, public monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop. \nBlue 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 and beyond\, preceded by a generative writing workshop. All readings are also livestreamed! This month\, we are thrilled to present two stellar featured readers: Maya Pindyck and Julian Randall. \n2022-2023 Season Schedule Preview:\nSeptember 21: Faylita Hicks and Hila Ratzabi\nOctober 19: Willie X. Lin and Dipika Mukherjee (co-sponsored by Kundiman Midwest)\nNovember 16: Carlos Cumpián and Jennifer Scappettone\nJanuary 18: Kemi Alabi and Jessica Walsh\nFebruary 15: Natasha Mijares and D. Santina Ruiz\nMarch 15: Kien Lam and Danni Quintos (co-sponsored by Kundiman Midwest)\nApril 19: Maya Pindyck and Julian Randall\nMay 17: CM Burroughs and Eugenia Leigh \nAbout the Workshop:\nThe Blue Hour generative writing workshop begins promptly at 6 p.m.\, ends at 7 p.m.\, and is designed for writers and poetry fans of all levels. Each workshop includes discussion of a poem by one of the night’s featured readers\, followed by guided individual writing using an exploratory prompt that draws on themes from the poem. Registration is required\, and the workshop is sliding scale with a suggested donation of $10. \nTo register for the workshop on April 19\, visit https://BHwApril.eventbrite.com for more details. \nAbout the Reading:\nThe Blue Hour reading includes a brief open mic followed by two featured poets from Chicago and beyond. Pre-registration is free and recommended. The open mic includes five readers drawn lottery-style from a hat that goes out at 7:15. The reading starts promptly at 7:30. Each open mic poet reads one poem or for three minutes\, whichever comes first. \nTo register for the reading session on April 19\, visit https://AprilBHrdg.eventbrite.com for more details. \nAbout the Space:\nHaymarket House is a community space in the heart of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood committed to uplifting the work of writers\, artists\, thinkers\, activists\, and educators who are committed to all struggles for a better world. This event includes professional ASL interpretation. Haymarket House is fully ADA-compliant and wheelchair accessible. Please let us know if you have any specific accessibility questions; if you use a wheelchair\, please contact curator@poetrycenter.org to coordinate use of the ramp. Masks are not required but are encouraged and will be available to anyone who needs it.
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/blue-hour-reading-workshop-series-at-haymarket-house/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230420T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230420T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T131721
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SUMMARY:Poetry off the Shelf: Renee Gladman\, Eileen Myles & Simone White at the Poetry Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading and conversation with Renee Gladman\, Eileen Myles\, and Simone White as they celebrate their new book releases. \nIn Renee Gladman’s Plans for Sentences\, Eileen Myles’s a “Working Life\,” and Simone White’s or\, on being the other woman\, longings and plans laid bare accumulate in staccato bursts of life\, almost self-generatively. Hovering between genres\, these three new books vibrate with willful misdirection\, fierce unknowing\, and flummoxed dualities. How can the work of writing set life in motion? \nThis is a hybrid event\, which will be offered in-person and via livestream. \nRenee Gladman is a writer and artist preoccupied with crossings\, thresholds\, and geographies as they play out at the intersections of poetry\, prose\, drawing\, and architecture. Gladman is the author of 14 published works\, including a cycle of novels about the city-state Ravicka and its inhabitants\, the Ravickians\, as well as three collections of drawings: One Long Black Sentence\, a series of white-ink drawings on black paper\, indexed by Fred Moten; Plans for Sentences\, an image/text-based meditation on Black futurity and other choreographies of gathering; and Prose Architectures. She makes her home in New England. \nEileen Myles is a poet\, novelist\, and art journalist whose practice of vernacular first-person writing has become a touchstone for the identity-fluid internet age. Pathetic Literature\, which they edited\, came out in Fall of 2022. Myles’s newest collection of poems\, a “Working Life”\, is out in April. Their fiction includes Chelsea Girls\, which just won France’s Inrockuptibles Prize for best foreign novel\, Cool for You\, Inferno (a poet’s novel)\, and Afterglow. Writing on art was gathered in the volume The Importance of Being Iceland: Travel Essays in Art. They live in New York and Marfa\, Texas. \nSimone White is the author of the collections or\, on being the other woman\, Dear Angel of Death\, Of Being Dispersed\, and House Envy of All the World. White teaches at the University of Pennsylvania. \nIn-Person Attendance\nAll guests over the age of two must wear a mask inside the Poetry Foundation building. If you will not comply with this requirement\, you will not be granted entry to the event. Please note that some performers may choose to perform without a mask. Guests are encouraged to register in advance. \nLivestream Attendance\nThe livestream link will be shared with registered guests on the day of the event. In order to receive the livestream details\, please register in advance here. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-off-the-shelf-renee-gladman-eileen-myles-simone-white-tickets-595026750027 \nThe Poetry Foundation’s events are completely free of charge and open to the public. This event will include CART captioning and ASL interpretation. For more information about accessibility at the Poetry Foundation\, please visit our Accessibility Guide. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/visit/accessibility
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/poetry-off-the-shelf-renee-gladman-eileen-myles-simone-white-at-the-poetry-foundation/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230421T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230421T201500
DTSTAMP:20260404T131721
CREATED:20230329T183017Z
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SUMMARY:Rainn Wilson On the Importance of Spirituality at Francis W. Parker School
DESCRIPTION:Rainn Wilson–beloved comedic actor\, producer\, writer–brings his unique perspective and humor to the traumas of our modern world. Wilson is calling for a Soul Boom\, a spiritual revolution that could help us solve some of today’s biggest issues\, including mental illness\, racism\, sexism\, climate change\, and economic injustice. The Office star will sit down with the Vice President of Second City\, Kelly Leonard\, in Chicago for a chat about spiritual thinking and profound healing\, peppered with plenty of Kung Fu and Star Trek references\, as only Rainn Wilson can. \nA photo opportunity with Rainn Wilson will be available only for audience members who pre-order or purchase on-site pre-signed copies of Soul Boom. \nThis event will have open captions and ALDs. \nhttps://www.chicagohumanities.org/events/attend/rainn-wilson/
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/rainn-wilson-on-the-importance-of-spirituality-at-francis-w-parker-school/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230422T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230422T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T131721
CREATED:20230219T191913Z
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SUMMARY:Celebrating the Poets of Forms & Features (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading and celebration of the diverse voices\, rich experiences\, and powerful words of poets from around the country\, and the world. Poets working in the online poetry workshop and discussion\, Forms & Features\, will share work created in this online creative community. \nPoetry Foundation’s events are completely free of charge and open to the public. This event will include CART captioning and ASL interpretation. For more information about accessibility at the Poetry Foundation\, please visit our Accessibility Guide. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/visit/accessibility \nAccessibility: ASL interpreter\, captions \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrating-the-poets-of-forms-features-online-tickets-525944653617
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/celebrating-the-poets-of-forms-features-online/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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