BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Cultural Access Collab - ECPv6.7.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Cultural Access Collab REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230907T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230907T193000 DTSTAMP:20260404T155908 CREATED:20230815T235252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230815T235252Z UID:10012004-1694109600-1694115000@culturalaccesscollaborative.org SUMMARY:Chicago Poet Laureate Celebration with The Poetry Foundation DESCRIPTION: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 laureates E’mon Lauren Black (Chicago Youth Poet Laureate)\, Nandi Comer (Michigan)\, Angela Jackson (Illinois)\, Amanda Johnston (Texas)\, and Airea D. Matthews (Philadelphia). \nThis is a hybrid event\, which will be offered in-person and via livestream. \navery r. young is an interdisciplinary artist\, educator\, 3Arts Awardee\, poetry editor for Bridge\, Cave Canem fellow\, and co-director of the Floating Museum. His poetry and prose have been featured in The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop\, Teaching Black\, The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks\, and AIMPrint\, among other publications\, and alongside images in photographer Cecil McDonald Jr’s In The Company of Black. He is the composer and librettist for a new commissioned work from Lyric Opera of Chicago titled safronia\, and full-length recording tubman (FPE Records)\, the soundtrack to his collection of poetry\, neckbone: visual verses. Learn more at averyryoung.com. \nE’mon Lauren Black is a multi-hyphenate artist and educator from the Wes & Souf side of Chicago whose works explores her coined philosophy of “hood-womanism.” She is the first Youth Poet Laureate of Chicago and has been featured in Vogue magazine\, Chicago Magazine\, and the Chicago Tribune. She is the host and creator of the hit talkshow\, The Real Hoodwives of Chicago\, originally produced by her production company\, BlkHoneyBun Productions\, LLC. Her first book of poems\, COMMANDO\, was published by Haymarket in 2017. \nNandi Comer is the Poet Laureate of Michigan. She is the author of American Family: A Syndrome (Finishing Line Press) and Tapping Out (Northwestern University Press)\, which was awarded the 2020 Society of Midland Authors Award and the 2020 Julie Suk Award. She is a Cave Canem Fellow\, a Callaloo Fellow\, and a Kresge Arts in Detroit Fellow. She currently serves as a poetry editor for Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora and as the co-director of Detroit Lit. \nAngela Jackson is a Chicago poet\, playwright\, and novelist. She has received numerous honors for both fiction and poetry\, including the 2022 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize\, the Pushcart Prize\, the Poetry Society of America’s Shelley Memorial Award\, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Illinois Arts Council. Her poetry collection All These Roads Be Luminous (1998) was nominated for the National Book Award\, and her debut novel\, Where I Must Go (2009)\, won the American Book Award. In addition to Comfort Stew\, Jackson has written several other plays: Witness! (1978)\, Shango Diaspora: An African-American Myth of Womanhood and Love (1980)\, and Lightfoot: The Crystal Stair. \nAmanda Johnston is a writer\, artist\, and the 2024 Texas Poet Laureate. She is the author of two chapbooks\, GUAP and Lock & Key\, and the full-length collection Another Way to Say Enter. Her work has appeared in numerous publications\, among them Callaloo\, Poetry magazine\, The Offing\, and the anthologies Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry and Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism. She has received fellowships\, grants\, and awards from Cave Canem\, Hedgebrook\, the Watermill Center\, and American Short Fiction. She is a founder of Torch Literary Arts and a former board president of Cave Canem . \nAirea D. Matthews’ irst collection of poems is the critically acclaimed Simulacra\, which received the prestigious 2016 Yale Series of Younger Poets Award. Matthews is also the author of Bread and Circus\, a memoir-in-verse that combines poetry\, prose\, and imagery to explore the realities of economic necessity\, marginal poverty\, and commodification through a personal lens. Matthews received a 2020 Pew Fellowship\, a 2016 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award\, and was awarded the Louis Untermeyer Scholarship in Poetry from the 2016 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Matthews earned her MFA from the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan. In 2022\, she was named Philadelphia’s Poet Laureate. She is an assistant professor at Bryn Mawr College where she directs the poetry program. \nIn-Person Attendance\nMasks are strongly encouraged and available at check-in for those who would like to wear one. Please note that some event performers may choose to perform without a mask. The Foundation reserves the right to update this policy if community levels of COVID-19 increase significantly. Read our full COVID-19 Health & Safety Guidelines. \nLivestream Attendance \nThe YouTube 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. \nPlease note that advanced registration on Eventbrite does not guarantee entrance\, as events at the Harold Washington Library are first come first serve. \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. \nAccessibility: ASL Interpretation\, captioning\, \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/chicago-poet-laureate-celebration-tickets-691945717267?aff=oddtdtcreator URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/chicago-poet-laureate-celebration-with-the-poetry-foundation/ LOCATION:Chicago\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230909T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230909T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T155908 CREATED:20230815T235136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230815T235136Z UID:10012003-1694268000-1694271600@culturalaccesscollaborative.org SUMMARY:Celebrating the Visiting Teaching Artists of Forms & Features (virtual) with The Poetry Foundation DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual reading featuring 2023 Forms & Features Visiting Teaching Artists Samira Asma-Sadeque\, Giulia Ottavia Frattini\, grace (ge) gilbert\, Lisa Low\, L. Renée\, and Hua Xi. Forms & Features is the Poetry Foundation’s series of free online creative writing workshops for adults. \nSamira Asma-Sadeque is a New York-based Bangladeshi journalist\, poet\, and educator. She writes about the immigrant experience\, mental health\, hate speech\, and gender violence in both her poetry and journalism. Her poetry appears in HBO’s Take Out with Lisa Ling\, PBS’s ALL ARTS\, Button Poetry\, and has been featured at the Rubin Museum\, among other platforms. She is a Brooklyn Poets fellow\, Tin House alum\, and Best of the Net nominee. Her journalism has appeared in the New York Times\, The Guardian\, the Washington Post\, and Al Jazeera\, among other publications. \nGiulia Ottavia Frattini is a poet and writer based in Berlin. She is currently involved in art-oriented practices and collaborates as a contributor for several art magazines while developing her literary path. She perceives words as metamorphic elements\, and her prime focus gravitates toward the unfolding of identity\, language’s physicality\, and lyricism’s disruption. \ngrace (ge) gilbert is a hybrid poet\, essayist\, and collage-worker based in Brooklyn. They received their MFA in poetry from the University of Pittsburgh in 2022. grace is the author of three short collections: the closeted diaries\, NOTIFICATIONS IN THE DARK\, and today is an unholy suite. Their work can be found in the Indiana Review\, Ninth Letter\, Passages North\, The Offing\, the Adroit Journal\, and elsewhere. They currently teach hybrid collage and poetics courses at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. They have received support and scholarships from City of Asylum’s Emerging Poet Laureate program and Bread Loaf\, and served as the MCLA Under 27 Writer-in-Residence Fellow at Mass MoCA.They are passionate about making the hybrid arts accessible to all. Learn more at gracegegilbert.com. \nLisa Low’s poems have appeared in Copper Nickel\, Ecotone\, the Massachusetts Review\, Poetry\, the Southern Review\, and elsewhere. Her nonfiction won the 2020 Gulf Coast Nonfiction Prize. She has an MFA from Indiana University and a PhD in creative writing and literature from the University of Cincinnati. Her debut chapbook\, Crown for the Girl Inside\, won the 2020 Vinyl 45 Chapbook Contest and is forthcoming from YesYes Books. \nL. Renée is a poet and nonfiction writer living in Harrisonburg\, Virginia\, where she works as assistant director of Furious Flower Poetry Center and assistant professor of English at James Madison University. Nominated for Best New Poets\, Best of the Net\, and two Pushcart Prizes\, her work has been published in Obsidian\, Tin House Online\, Poetry Northwest\, the minnesota review\, and elsewhere. The granddaughter of proud Black Appalachians\, she won the international 2022 Rattle Poetry Prize and Appalachian Review’s Denny C. Plattner Award\, among others. A recipient of fellowships from Cave Canem Foundation and the Watering Hole\, L. Renée holds an MFA in creative writing from Indiana University\, where she was nonfiction editor of the Indiana Review\, and an MS in journalism from Columbia University\, where she was a Joseph Pulitzer II and Edith Moore Fellow. She has received support from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund\, Inc.\, Oak Spring Garden Foundation\, Peter Bullough Foundation\, the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow\, Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown\, Monson Arts\, Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference\, and others. Learn more at Lreneepoems.com. \nHua Xi (she/they) is a poet and artist. Their poetry has appeared in the New Republic\, The Nation\, The Atlantic\, and elsewhere. They previously won the Boston Review Poetry Contest and was the 2022 Poet-to-Come Scholar at the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association. They sometimes teach poetry workshops with the Spatial Poetry Project. \nThe Zoom link will be shared with registered guests on the day of the event. Poetry Foundation 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. \nAccessibility: ASL interpretation\, captioning \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrating-the-visiting-teaching-artists-of-forms-features-tickets-673835890287?aff=oddtdtcreator URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/celebrating-the-visiting-teaching-artists-of-forms-features-virtual-with-the-poetry-foundation/ LOCATION:Chicago\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230910T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230910T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T155908 CREATED:20230901T173605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230901T173605Z UID:10012002-1694354400-1694358000@culturalaccesscollaborative.org SUMMARY:Jonas Becker\, New Normal at the MCA DESCRIPTION:Jonas Becker’s New Normal explores how we\, as individuals in society\, adjust to large-scale cultural trauma\, environmental deterioration\, the loss of civil liberties\, and increased financial precarity. As conditions erode over time\, expectations shift silently for some\, for others violently. The performance follows an improvisational score in which six trans-masculine performers respond to the slow violence of our current moment through endurance and illusion\, struggle and support. Rocks that appear heavy are made of paper\, and gestures where performers entangle each other oscillate between aggression and care. Importantly\, some radical bodies resist normalization\, while for others\, the new normal is nothing new. The performers test their limits\, adjust and readjust\, responding physically to diminishing environmental standards and political conditions. This presentation expands on an In Progress showing of the work in the MCA’s main atrium in 2019\, with an emotionally resonant arrangement of motion\, sound\, and lighting. \nRun time: 45 minutes \nChicago Performs is organized by Tara Aisha Willis\, former MCA Curator\, with Laura Paige Kyber\, Curatorial Associate. \n\n\n\nAccess Information:\nPrior to the performance the lights will be set low. Please let a staff member know if you need assistance to your seat. \nAudio Description and CART captioning are provided for the performance on Sunday\, September 10. URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/jonas-becker-new-normal-at-the-mca/ LOCATION:Chicago\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230911T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230911T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T155908 CREATED:20230909T163148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230909T163148Z UID:10012001-1694451600-1694455200@culturalaccesscollaborative.org SUMMARY:Fall Mental Health Peer Support Group (virtual) with Access Living DESCRIPTION:The Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. \nFacilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck\, LCPC\, ATR\, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to share current concerns\, thoughts/emotions\, and offer support to others through validation\, encouragement\, and even practical ideas to cope. This group will also explore art as an emotional outlet. \nThis group is not considered\, nor should it be a substitute for traditional group therapy\, however\, topics of mental health\, emotional wellness\, self-advocacy\, and healthy relationships will be addressed in a structured and confidential space. Participants may attend as many or as little group meetings as needed. Group norms will be reviewed every week. \nJoin the group via Zoom \nZoom Meeting ID: 818 5920 1086\nZoom Meeting Passcode: AL2023 \nFor any questions\, please email bbeck@accessliving.org. \nFall 2023 meeting dates are as follows:\n(Off September 4 – Labor Day)\nMonday\, September 11\nMonday\, September 18\nMonday\, September 25 \n(Off October 2)\nMonday\, October 9\nMonday\, October 16\nMonday\, October 23 \n(Off October 30)\nMonday\, November 6\nMonday\, November 13\nMonday\, November 20 \n(Off November 27)\nDecember 4\nDecember 11\nDecember 18 \nAccess Information: \nAutomatic captioning is available in Zoom. \nDue to high demand for live captioning (CART) and ASL interpretation services during the COVID-19 pandemic\, we are asking participants to submit access requests 2-3 weeks in advance. Please contact bbeck@accessliving.org with requests. \nSponsor information:\nThis 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\, 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. \nAs a platform for creative disability art and advocacy projects\, DCAL uses a peer support and collective care model in which disability community members and art therapy graduate students collaborate as disability culture makers for social change. Bodies 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. \nThis program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/fall-mental-health-peer-support-group-virtual-with-access-living/ LOCATION:Chicago\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230914T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230914T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T155908 CREATED:20230821T171705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230821T171705Z UID:10012000-1694718000-1694723400@culturalaccesscollaborative.org SUMMARY:Open Doors: Harriet Monroe Editors Panel with The Poetry Foundation DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with the exhibition opening for Harriet Monroe & the Open Door\, we will host a conversation with Poetry’s four women guest editors from 2021-22: Esther G. Belin\, Su Cho\, Suzi F. Garcia\, and Ashley M. Jones. \nModerated by Carmen Giménez\, this conversation shifts the frame of the Open Door series to spotlight the creative labor of editors to open up poetry as a porous category. The name of the series honors the legacy of Poetry’s founding editor Harriet Monroe\, who declared in 1912\, “The Open Door will be the policy of this magazine—may the great poet we are looking for never find it shut\, or half-shut.” \nThis is a hybrid event\, which will be offered in-person and via livestream. \nEsther G. Belin is an urban Indian\, born at an Indian Health Service hospital in Gallup\, New Mexico and raised in the greater Los Angeles area. She has two poetry collections\, From the Belly of My Beauty\, and Of Cartography\, and is one of the editors of the anthology of Navajo literature\, The Diné Reader. She is a citizen of the Navajo Nation and lives on the Colorado side of the Four Corners region. \nSu Cho is a poet\, essayist\, and the author of The Symmetry of Fish (Penguin Books\, 2022) which won the 2021 National Poetry Series. She lives in South Carolina where she is an assistant professor of English at Clemson University. \nSuzi F. Garcia is the author of the chapbook A Home Grown Fairytale (Bone Bouquet\, 2020). She is the co-publisher of the award-winning independent press\, Noemi\, and along with José Olivarez\, is a poetry editor for Haymarket Books. In addition\, Suzi is the review manager for the Lambda Literary Review\, which has been serving the queer literary community for over 30 years. Suzi is a CantoMundo Fellow\, a Macondista\, a Lambda Literary Fellow\, and participated in the first ever Poetry Incubator at the Poetry Foundation. She has served as a CantoMundo steering committee member\, CantoMundo regional director\, and a board member for the Latinx Caucus. \nAshley M. Jones is the poet laureate of Alabama. She is the first person of color and the youngest person to hold this position in its 93 year existence. Jones is the author of three award-winning poetry collections\, most recently Reparations Now! She is the co-editor of WHAT THINGS COST: An Anthology for the People. Her work has been featured by CNN\, the BBC\, Good Morning America\, ABC News\, and the New York Times. Jones is the associate director of the University Honors Program at UAB and she teaches in the Low Residency MFA Program at Converse University. \nCarmen Giménez (moderator) is publisher and director of Graywolf Press and the author of several books\, including Be Recorder\, a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award. \nIn-Person Attendance\nMasks are strongly encouraged and available at check-in for those who would like to wear one. Please note that some event performers may choose to perform without a mask. The Foundation reserves the right to update this policy if community levels of COVID-19 increase significantly. Read our full COVID-19 Health & Safety Guidelines. 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. \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. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-doors-guest-editors-panel-tickets-691003188137?aff=oddtdtcreator URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/open-doors-harriet-monroe-editors-panel-with-the-poetry-foundation/ LOCATION:Chicago\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230917T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230917T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T155908 CREATED:20230911T143744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T143744Z UID:10011999-1694977200-1694980800@culturalaccesscollaborative.org SUMMARY:Millie Bobby Brown in Conversation at Francis W. Parker School DESCRIPTION:Emmy-nominated actress Millie Bobby Brown can now add author to her list of accolades with her debut novel\, Nineteen Steps. Set against the backdrop of World War II London in 1942\, Brown’s main character\, Nellie Morris\, grapples with a world constantly threatened by conflict. Her chance meeting with American airman Ray broadens her horizons\, yet tragedy strikes during an air raid\, shattering her world. Brown sits down with Greta Johnsen (of WBEZ’s Nerdette podcast) to talk about her creative process both as an actor and writer\, her evolving beauty brand florence by mills\, and her new novel about a brave young woman who proves the enduring power of love in the face of adversity. \nThis event will have open captions and assistive listening devices with t-coil available at the Box office. \nTo buy tickets press on the link below: https://www.chicagohumanities.org/events/attend/millie-bobby-brown/ URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/millie-bobby-brown-in-conversation-at-francis-w-parker-school/ LOCATION:Chicago\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230919T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230919T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T155908 CREATED:20230911T144338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T144338Z UID:10011998-1695146400-1695150000@culturalaccesscollaborative.org SUMMARY:Naomi Klein in Conversation with V (Eve Ensler) at Francis W. Parker School DESCRIPTION:According to renowned social critic and author Naomi Klein\, our world today is like a hall of mirrors\, made up of conspiracy theories\, AI-generated content blurring the lines between truth and fiction\, and elusive digital doppelgangers. In this conversation about her newest work\, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World\, Klein offers a map to this untethered moment in history by combining chilling political reportage\, piercing cultural analysis of our modern world\, and stories from her own life. Join Klein and award-winning playwright V (Eve Ensler) on a white-knuckled ride into the dark heart of our hyper-individualized culture\, and get her thoughts on how we might escape this mirror world and chart a path beyond despair. \nThis event will have open captions and assistive listening devices with t-coil available at the Box Office. \nTo buy tickets press on the link below: https://www.chicagohumanities.org/events/attend/naomi-klein/ URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/naomi-klein-in-conversation-with-v-eve-ensler-at-francis-w-parker-school/ LOCATION:Chicago\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230919T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230919T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T155908 CREATED:20230911T144842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T144842Z UID:10011997-1695153600-1695157200@culturalaccesscollaborative.org SUMMARY:Novelist Zadie Smith at Francis W. Parker School DESCRIPTION:Literary powerhouse Zadie Smith is back with a new\, highly-anticipated historical novel\, The Fraud\, which centers around the unforgettable Eliza Touchet and a real-life\, explosive trial that divided Victorian England and asks who deserves to tell their story and who gets to be believed. Join Chicago Humanities and experience Smith’s iconic voice in person as this beloved novelist and essayist with novelist and poet Chris Abani discuss the relationship between truth and fiction\, fraudulence and authenticity\, and the mystery of “other people.” \nA book signing will follow this program \nThis event will have open captions and assistive listening devices with t-coil available at the Box Office. \nTo buy tickets press on the link below: https://www.chicagohumanities.org/events/attend/zadie-smith/ URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/novelist-zadie-smith-at-francis-w-parker-school/ LOCATION:Chicago\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230921T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230921T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T155908 CREATED:20230824T191417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230824T191417Z UID:10011996-1695319200-1695326400@culturalaccesscollaborative.org SUMMARY:Herman’s Lounge: A Night of Rhythm and Prose with The Poetry Foundation DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of enchantment as the Poetry Foundation transforms into Herman’s Lounge\, a one night only jazz cabaret named in honor of the magician Black Herman. Dee Alexander (with John McLean)\, Ben LaMar Gay\, keiyaA\, and Gabrielle Octavia Rucker will interweave Chicago’s unique relationship to improv\, poetry\, and jazz. Co-curated by Jared Brown\, Janelle Ayana Miller\, and Noa Fields. \nBorn on Chicago’s west side\, Dee Alexander is one of the city’s most gifted and respected vocalist/songwriters. Her talents span every music genre\, from gospel to R&B\, blues to neo-soul\, yet her true heart and soul are experienced in their purest form through jazz. Growing up in a household steeped in recordings of Dinah Washington\, Ms. Alexander names Sarah Vaughan\, Ella Fitzgerald\, and Chicago saxophonist Henry Huff among her major influences\, setting her on the path to becoming one of the most accomplished voice improvisers in the world today. Ms. Alexander is currently a WFMT Jazz Radio host. Her performance is accompanied by John McLean. \nBen LaMar Gay is an interdisciplinary composer who moves sound\, color\, and space components through folkloric filters\, producing brilliant electro-acoustic collages. An explorer of many mediums who has been called a “visionary musician” by the New York Times\, Gay has found a form of creative expression that begins with improvisation and expands beyond the limits of any single genre. With more than 20 years in vibrant experimental music scenes\, Gay’s talents have earned him residencies globally\, most recently as a Mellon Foundation Archival Fellow. He has been a member of the Association of the Advancement of Creative Musicians since 2010. Receiving accolades for a parade of more than seven albums\, his release Open Arms to Open Us solidified his place in the firmament of the Chicago Jazz Renaissance and was revered as one of the best albums of 2021 by the Washington Post\, Pitchfork\, JazzTimes\, and Digital Berliner. Gay is a beneficiary of the 2018 3Arts Award and the 2019 Worldwide Award from BBC DJ Gilles Peterson. \nChakeiya Camille Richmond\, a.k.a. keiyaA\, is a musician\, writer\, and performer from Chicago\, living in NYC. \nGabrielle Octavia Rucker is a writer\, editor\, and teaching artist from the Great Lakes\, currently living in the Gulf Coast. She is a 2020 Poetry Project Fellow and a 2016 Kimbilio Fiction Fellow. Her debut poetry collection\, Dereliction\, is currently available via the Song Cave. \nJared Brown (co-curator) is an artist born in Chicago. They consider themselves a data thief\, understanding this role from John Akomfrah’s description of the data thief as a figure that does not belong to the past or present. As a data thief\, Jared Brown makes archeological digs for fragments of Black American subculture\, history\, and technology. Jared repurposes these fragments in audio\, text\, and performance to investigate the relationship between history and digital\, immaterial space. Jared Brown holds a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and moved back to Chicago in 2016 in order to make and share work that directly relates to their personal history. \nJanelle Ayana Miller (co-curator) is a grandchild of the Great Migration\, a Midwesterner with Southern inflection. Her practice is rooted within familial and communal aesthetics\, looking deeply into bridging self and time as an act of place making. \nAccessibility:\nMasks are strongly encouraged and available at check-in for those who would like to wear one. Please note that some event performers may choose to perform without a mask. The Foundation reserves the right to update this policy if community levels of COVID-19 increase significantly. Read our full COVID-19 Health & Safety Guidelines. Guests are encouraged to register in advance. \nThe Poetry Foundation’s events are completely free of charge and open to the public. This event will include ASL interpretation. For more information about accessibility at the Poetry Foundation\, please visit our Accessibility Guide. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/hermans-lounge-a-night-of-rhythm-and-prose-tickets-704605262307?aff=oddtdtcreator URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/hermans-lounge-a-night-of-rhythm-and-prose-with-the-poetry-foundation/ LOCATION:Chicago\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230923T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230923T213000 DTSTAMP:20260404T155908 CREATED:20230828T212648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230828T212648Z UID:10011995-1695497400-1695504600@culturalaccesscollaborative.org SUMMARY:The Rise and Fall of Little Voice DESCRIPTION:Blown fuses\, real and metaphorical\, punctuate the action with flashes of pent up energy in this acclaimed play. The diminutive heroine frequently plunges the dilapidated house she shares with her alcoholic mother into darkness by playing her dead father’s records at a volume matched only by the soulful power of her vocal impressions. Little Voice has a hidden talent: she can emulate every chanteuse from Judy Garland to Edith Piaf. She hides in her room\, crooning and dreaming of love\, while her disheveled mother mistakes a seedy agent’s interest as affection rather than enthusiasm for the gold mine buried in her daughter’s throat. This is an engaging fairy tale of despair\, love and finally hope as LV finds a voice of her own. \nThis performance includes captioning. \nAll gender\, accessible restrooms are available on site. URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/the-rise-and-fall-of-little-voice-3/ LOCATION:Chicago\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230924T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230924T100000 DTSTAMP:20260404T155908 CREATED:20230907T233550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230907T233550Z UID:10011994-1695542400-1695549600@culturalaccesscollaborative.org SUMMARY:Sensory-Friendly Morning at Lincoln Park Zoo DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, September 24 from 8-10am\, Lincoln Park Zoo is offering Sensory-Friendly Morning hours for guests with disabilities\, chronic illness\, or Deaf to experience the zoo grounds and animal buildings in a comfortable and inclusive environment. Modifications include limited capacity and muted attractions. This is a free event\, but it does require advanced registration. \nSensory-Friendly Morning is a free program for all people who benefit from visiting the zoo without crowds and other sensitive environmental elements. This includes guests with sensory sensitivities\, disabilities\, autism\, PTSD\, and dementia to name a few. \nDuring Sensory-Friendly Morning\, Gift Shop will be open at 8am and Landmark Café will sell beverages starting at 8:30am. AT&T Endangered Species Carousel and Lionel Train Adventure will operate with music and noises muted. Not all animal buildings may be open\, and some animals may not be in their public viewing spaces. \nAt 10am\, the zoo will be open to the public and begin typical operations.\nView the zoo’s accessibility map HERE and accessibility page HERE to help plan your visit. \nLincoln Park Zoo is certified Sensory Inclusive by KultureCity. Please download the free KultureCity app with Lincoln Park Zoo social story. iOS Android \nGuests may only enter at West Gate and East Gate\, and they need to present their registration email to zoo ushers. \nPaid parking is available at the zoo’s parking lot located at Fullerton Parkway and Cannon Drive (2300 N. Cannon Drive). The zoo is also accessible by train via the Armitage and Fullerton stations and by bus via the 22\, 36\, 151\, and 156 routes. \nAll Lincoln Park Zoo events take place rain or shine. We have some wonderful animal buildings you can still enjoy if it rains\, and the carousel is covered. \nThere is no smoking at Lincoln Park Zoo for the health of the animals in our care. \nPets are not allowed at the zoo\, but licensed service animals are welcome. \nFor any questions\, please email access@lpzoo.org. \nAccessibility: sensory friendly \nhttps://sensory-friendly-morning-at-Lincoln-Park-Zoo.eventbrite.com URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/sensory-friendly-morning-at-lincoln-park-zoo-4/ LOCATION:Chicago\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230924T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230924T173000 DTSTAMP:20260404T155908 CREATED:20230810T215839Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T215839Z UID:10011992-1695564000-1695576600@culturalaccesscollaborative.org SUMMARY:The Lehman Trilogy with TimeLine Theatre Company at Broadway Playhouse DESCRIPTION:TimeLine presents the Chicago premiere production of the 2022 Tony Award winner for Best Play! \nTold in three parts over one evening\, The Lehman Trilogy is the quintessential story of western capitalism\, rendered through the lens of a single immigrant family. On a cold September morning in 1844\, a young Jewish man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is soon joined by his two brothers\, and an American epic begins. 163 years later\, the firm they establish—Lehman Brothers—spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy\, triggering the largest financial crisis in history. Weaving together nearly two centuries of family history\, this theatrical event charts the humble beginnings\, outrageous successes\, and devastating failure of the financial institution that would ultimately bring the global economy to its knees. \nThroughout its production history\, The Lehman Trilogy has been met with extraordinary international acclaim. The Guardian proclaimed the original production “a kaleidoscopic social and political metaphor” and “an intimate epic about the shifting definition of the American Dream.” The Chicago Tribune praised it as “a masterwork” and The New York Times as “a vivid tale of profit and pain.” Vanity Fair raved that it is “true blockbuster theatre that will hold you captive until the final curtain call\,” with Time Out New York saying “it leaves you dazzled.” And the Wall Street Journal declared that The Lehman Trilogy “surpasses all praise.” \nFor more information on access programming at Broadway in Chicago visit https://www.broadwayinchicago.com/tickets/accessible-information/ \nAccessibility: audio description\, open captions \nhttps://www.broadwayinchicago.com/show/the-lehman-trilogy/ URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/the-lehman-trilogy-with-timeline-theatre-company-at-broadway-playhouse/ LOCATION:Chicago\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230924T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230924T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T155908 CREATED:20230828T212623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230828T212623Z UID:10011991-1695567600-1695574800@culturalaccesscollaborative.org SUMMARY:The Rise and Fall of Little Voice DESCRIPTION:Blown fuses\, real and metaphorical\, punctuate the action with flashes of pent up energy in this acclaimed play. The diminutive heroine frequently plunges the dilapidated house she shares with her alcoholic mother into darkness by playing her dead father’s records at a volume matched only by the soulful power of her vocal impressions. Little Voice has a hidden talent: she can emulate every chanteuse from Judy Garland to Edith Piaf. She hides in her room\, crooning and dreaming of love\, while her disheveled mother mistakes a seedy agent’s interest as affection rather than enthusiasm for the gold mine buried in her daughter’s throat. This is an engaging fairy tale of despair\, love and finally hope as LV finds a voice of her own. \nThis performance includes captioning\, audio description and a touch tour (tentatively scheduled for 2pm.) \nAll gender\, accessible restrooms are available on site. URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/the-rise-and-fall-of-little-voice-2/ LOCATION:Chicago\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230928T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230928T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T155908 CREATED:20230824T191520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230824T191520Z UID:10011990-1695927600-1695933000@culturalaccesscollaborative.org SUMMARY:Poetry Off the Shelf: Ben Okri with The Poetry Foundation DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special US appearance by acclaimed Nigerian-born British novelist and poet\, Ben Okri. \nBen Okri is a playwright\, poet\, novelist\, essayist\, short-story writer\, anthologist\, and aphorist who has also written film scripts. His works have won numerous national and international prizes\, including the Booker Prize for Fiction. His books include the eco-fable Every Leaf a Hallelujah\, the genre-bending climate fiction Tiger Work\, the poetry collection A Fire in My Head\, and the novels Astonishing the Gods\, The Last Gift of the Master Artists\, and Dangerous Love. \nThis is a hybrid event\, which will be offered in-person and via livestream. \nIn-Person Attendance\nMasks are strongly encouraged and available at check-in for those who would like to wear one. Please note that some event performers may choose to perform without a mask. The Foundation reserves the right to update this policy if community levels of COVID-19 increase significantly. Read our full COVID-19 Health & Safety Guidelines. Guests are encouraged to register in advance. (