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West Side Story at Lyric Opera of Chicago

Tony and Maria are wide-eyed teenagers from two communities in conflict, who fall in love. As their friends and family battle with one another, Tony and Maria long for “a […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Touch Tour

Poetry at The Green at 320: June 2023

Poetry @ The Green at 320 continues for the summer season this June! The Chicago Poetry Center and The Green at 320 S. Canal are proud to reintroduce this free, […]

  • Free Event
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Genevieve Ramos: Crip Paint Power

Curb Appeal Gallery is pleased to announce our second exhibition "Genevieve Ramos: Crip Paint Power". This exhibition debuts new work created as part of Ramos’s Feminist Crip Paint Power, a […]

  • Captioning
  • Image Descriptions
  • Masks Required
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Nature Play for All at The Morton Arboretum

Children of all abilities can play and explore nature through accessible activities in The Morton Arboretum’s lush 4-acre Children’s Garden during this special Nature Play for All weekend event, organized […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • In Person
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Nature Play for All at The Morton Arboretum

Children of all abilities can play and explore nature through accessible activities in The Morton Arboretum’s lush 4-acre Children’s Garden during this special Nature Play for All weekend event, organized […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • In Person
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible

A.B.L.E. presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

This spring, A.B.L.E. returns to the stage and our classical roots with a multimedia version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, updated for our social-media obsessed times. Our modern adaptation by […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Captioning
  • Digital Documents Available
  • In Person
  • Masks Required
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible

A.B.L.E. presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

This spring, A.B.L.E. returns to the stage and our classical roots with a multimedia version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, updated for our social-media obsessed times. Our modern adaptation by […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Captioning
  • Digital Documents Available
  • In Person
  • Masks Required
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Talk | Gary Simmons at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

On the opening of his first comprehensive survey exhibition, Gary Simmons: Public Enemy, multidisciplinary artist Gary Simmons is joined by the curators of the show, René Morales, James W. Alsdorf […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Spanish captioning

Poetry at The Green at 320: June 2023

Poetry @ The Green at 320 continues for the summer season this June! The Chicago Poetry Center and The Green at 320 S. Canal are proud to reintroduce this free, […]

  • Free Event
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon at Lookingglass Theatre

Hooray! Lucy and Charlie just got hitched…and they’re embracing the worst of the American dream. They do what they want. Take what they want. They’re First Generation Asian American Renegades. […]

  • Audio Description
  • Touch Tour

Talk | Barak adé Soleil with SHIFT Community Participants at MCA

Please join us for a communal dialog with award-winning artist Barak adé Soleil and members of the local Black and Brown neurodiverse and disabled community who are part of adé […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Audio Description
  • Captioning
  • Low Lighting
  • Wheelchair Accessible

2023 Accessible Juneteenth at UIC Quad

Accessible Juneteenth 2023 Place: the UIC Quad (behind UIC Student Center East); 750 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL Date and Time: Saturday, June 17th, 2023 from 1pm to 5pm (Open […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program
  • In Person
  • Wheelchair Accessible

What the Constitution Means to Me at TimeLine Theatre

What the Constitution Means to Me is a “slyly crafted piece of persuasion and a tangible contribution to the change it seeks” (The New York Times) and a “singularly charming, […]

  • Captioning

The SoundShirt at West Side Story at Lyric Opera

Lyric Opera is prototyping an innovative new experience for audiences who are deaf or hard of hearing called the SoundShirt, built by CuteCircuit. While the orchestra and artists perform on […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Audio Description
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Wheelchair Accessible

What the Constitution Means to Me at TimeLine Theatre

What the Constitution Means to Me is a “slyly crafted piece of persuasion and a tangible contribution to the change it seeks” (The New York Times) and a “singularly charming, […]

  • Audio Description

Bronzeville Vendor Fair and Wildflower Music Festival at IIT

Join us on June 24, 2023, from 10 a.m.–9 p.m. for the inaugural Bronzeville outdoor vendor market and bazaar that will take place on 33rd Boulevard between Michigan Avenue and […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Assistive Listening Devices

Sensory-Friendly Morning at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Sensory-Friendly Morning is a free program for all people who benefit from visiting the MCA without large crowds and other sensitive environmental elements. This includes visitors with sensory sensitivities, disabilities, […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Low Lighting
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Sensory Friendly

Poetry at The Green at 320: June 2023

Poetry @ The Green at 320 continues for the summer season this June! The Chicago Poetry Center and The Green at 320 S. Canal are proud to reintroduce this free, […]

  • Free Event
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Summer Screenings: Soft (Canada) at Chicago Cultural Center

DIRECTED BY Joseph Amenta SYNOPSIS Three friends fall in love with summertime Toronto’s lively nightlife. Young, queer, and unapologetically self-confident, the trio spends their days holding court and plotting to […]

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

Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon at Lookingglass Theatre

Hooray! Lucy and Charlie just got hitched…and they’re embracing the worst of the American dream. They do what they want. Take what they want. They’re First Generation Asian American Renegades. […]

  • Captioning
  • Masks Required