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The Chicago Poetry Center and The Green at 320 S. Canal are proud to reintroduce this free, weekly reading and open mic series co-curated by CPC’s Poets in Residence Tarnynon […]
Join us for an extraordinary fusion of art and narrative in a unique storytelling event, on Saturday, August 31 (2-4 pm) at South Asia Institute. Eight dynamic South Asian American […]
Acclaimed author Jesmyn Ward is a MacArthur Genius Grant winner and the first woman and Black American to win the National Book Award for Fiction twice. Join moderator Natalie Moore […]
Halloween meets Spring Awakening in this original horror rock musical. Lia feels out of place when her college roommate, Trish, makes her tag along for a cabin weekend with her […]
Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer. These shorts, all featured at past Festivals, display […]
The Curator Presents, a solo show by Madeline Esterhammer-Fic, is a one-woman play that explores the feelings of isolation, fear, and hope experienced during the height of COVID. Madeline will […]
Join Abra Berens in conversation with Greta Johnsen for delicious insights into innovative recipes with simple and sustainable ingredients. With a background in Midwestern farming, the celebrated author and chef […]
The Neo-Futurists present an ADA-Accessible and ASL-interpreted performance of The Infinite Wrench in partnership with Free Street Theater at Pulaski Park. At THE INFINITE WRENCH you’ll see thirty original plays […]
Rigoletto, tragically obsessed with avenging his daughter Gilda’s dishonor. The score’s highlights are unforgettable, from Rigoletto’s hair-raising denunciation of the Duke of Mantua’s courtiers, “Cortigiani,” to the immoral, philandering Duke’s […]
Lykanthea is a multidisciplinary collective led by artist Lakshmi Ramgopal, whose performances and installations use pop idioms to experiment with traditional South Asian art forms. Her latest work, Some Viscera, […]
cat mahari’s blk ark: the impossible manifestation is an interactive performance and installation, with live, semi-improvisational sound, hip-hop and house dance, and film. By exploring improvisational and Black cultural strategies […]
Leonore, who disguises herself as a young man in order to work in the prison, hoping to rescue her husband. Accessibility: SoundShirt, audio description, and touch tour. Touch tour starting at 12:00pm before the performance at 2:00pm https://www.lyricopera.org/shows/upcoming/2024-25/fidelio/
Join us for a thrilling evening with two-time Emmy Award-winning comedian Kate McKinnon as she unveils her debut novel and a new series for quirky tweens and young adult readers aged 8-12, The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science. The former SNL cast member, no stranger to creating wonderfully wild […]
Kelsey Street Press, a small press with an explosive history of publishing radical queer and trans BIPOC and women authors, celebrates its 50th anniversary. Publishing experimental feminist poetics since 1974, Kelsey Street Press has been pivotal in addressing gender disparity in publishing. Their formidable lineage includes Etel Adnan, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Renee Gladman, Fanny Howe, Erica […]
MISERY by William Goldman based on the novel by Stephen King directed by Artistic Affiliate Halena Kays Thursday October 3rd Touch Tour @6:30 Audio Described performance @7:30pm Use code word ACCESS for $25 tickets. American Blues Theater 5627 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60659 Box Office: (773) 654-3103 Runs 90 minutes with no intermission https://americanbluestheater.com/misery/ CAST: […]
A three-time Tony Award-winning masterwork and “cultural landmark that only seems to grow with relevance” (Los Angeles Times). Science and religion go head-to-head in this iconic courtroom showdown. A small-town educator’s trial for teaching the theory of evolution becomes a battle royal of wits, wisdom and will for two of the country’s most powerful lawyers. […]
**ASL interpreter is for panel only** Legal experts and science educators—along with civic engagement and free speech advocates—engage in a lively, wide-ranging discussion on the historical context of the Scopes Monkey Trial, while drawing parallels to the limitations on intellectual freedom in contemporary public classrooms. Tickets include the discussion, drinks, light refreshments and the 7:30pm […]
A three-time Tony Award-winning masterwork and “cultural landmark that only seems to grow with relevance” (Los Angeles Times). Science and religion go head-to-head in this iconic courtroom showdown. A small-town educator’s trial for teaching the theory of evolution becomes a battle royal of wits, wisdom and will for two of the country’s most powerful lawyers. […]
At the heart of the Play For All initiative is the belief that every individual, regardless of their abilities, deserves an enriching museum experience. Accessibility: sensory-friendly https://www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org/play-for-all
Spend the day with us at UIC Forum! Check out the event link to see the full festival lineup. Please note that ticket prices and accessibility offerings vary by event; visit our event pages or call our box office for specific details. https://www.chicagohumanities.org/events/?sort=venue&view=day&fromDate=2024-10-05
Three award-winning poets read from their latest collections grappling with landscapes of grief. National Book-winning Chicago poet Daniel Borzutzky’s The Murmuring Grief of the Americas exhumes the necrophilic underbelly of carceral capitalism and authoritarianism in the hemispheric Americas. Pulitzer Prize-winning language poet Rae Armantrout’s Go Figure tries to find humor and consolation in a disaster-ridden […]