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Millennium Park Film Series: Wonka at Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Millennium Park 201 E. Randolph St, Chicago

This summer, DCASE is pleased to present the Millennium Park Summer Film Series, presented by Pluto TV, on Tuesdays from July 16 through August 20. Films start at 6:30pm (with the exception of the double feature starting at 6pm). All films are open caption. Gates open at 5pm. Guests may take a seat at the […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • Open Captions
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Poetry @ The Green

The Green @ 320 The Green at 320 S. Canal, Chicago
Event Series Poetry @ The Green

The Chicago Poetry Center and The Green at 320 S. Canal are proud to reintroduce this free, weekly reading and open mic series co-curated by CPC’s Poets in Residence Tarnynon Onumonu and Timothy David Rey. Join us on certain Monday nights in July at 6pm. in this beautiful setting to hear outstanding featured poets perform […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • In Person

Poetry @ The Green

The Green @ 320 The Green at 320 S. Canal, Chicago
Event Series Poetry @ The Green

The Chicago Poetry Center and The Green at 320 S. Canal are proud to reintroduce this free, weekly reading and open mic series co-curated by CPC’s Poets in Residence Tarnynon Onumonu and Timothy David Rey. Join us on certain Monday nights in July at 6pm. in this beautiful setting to hear outstanding featured poets perform […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • In Person

Chicago Narratives: Artists Navigating South Asian Identities at South Asia Institute

South Asia Institute 1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago

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 artists from the highly acclaimed group exhibition, Are Shadow Bodies Electric?, a section of the groundbreaking exhibition, What is Seen and Unseen: Mapping South Asian […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Jesmyn Ward: Let Us Descend at Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture

Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture 2936 N Southport Ave, Chicago

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 for an evening with this literary powerhouse as she dives into her latest novel, Let Us Descend. Set in the antebellum South during the early […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Audio Description
  • In Person
  • Open Captions
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Going Places: Chicago Short Films at Chicago Cultural Center

Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St., Chicago

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 […]

  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Large Print Programs
  • Open Captions
  • Wheelchair Accessible

The Curator Presents at the Neo-Futurist Theatre

The Neo-Futurist Theater 5153 N Ashland Ave., Chicago

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 […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • In Person
  • Masks Required
  • Pay What You Can

Abra Berens and Greta Johnsen: From Seed to Market to Plate at Chop Shop

Chop Shop 2033 W North Ave, Chicago

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 […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Wheelchair Accessible

The Infinite Wrench at Free Street Theater Pulaski Park

Pulaski Park 1419 W Blackhawk Street, Chicago

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 […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Masks Required
  • Pay What You Can
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Rigoletto at Lyric Opera of Chicago

Lyric Opera of Chicago 20 N Wacker Drive, Chicago

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 […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Audio Description
  • Braille Programs
  • In Person
  • Large Print Programs
  • Touch Tour
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Chicago Performs | Lykanthea, Some Viscera at Edlis Neeson Theater

Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago

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, […]

  • Captioning
  • Masks Required
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Chicago Performs | cat mahari, blk ark: the impossible manifestation

Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago

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 […]

  • Captioning
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Fidelio at Lyric Opera of Chicago

Lyric Opera of Chicago 20 N Wacker Drive, Chicago

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 […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Audio Description
  • Braille Programs
  • In Person
  • Large Print Programs
  • Touch Tour
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Kelsey Street Press 50th Anniversary at The Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation 61 W Superior St, Chicago

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, […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Closed Captions
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program

Misery at American Blues Theater

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 […]

  • Audio Description
  • Touch Tour

Inherit the Wind at the Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago
Event Series Inherit the Wind

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 […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Open Captions
  • Spanish captioning
  • Touch Tour

Inherit the Wind – Panel Discussion at Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

**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 […]

  • ASL Interpreted

Inherit the Wind at the Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago
Event Series Inherit the Wind

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 […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Open Captions
  • Spanish captioning
  • Touch Tour

Play For All at Chicago Children’s Museum

Chicago Children's Museum 700 E. Grand Ave., Chicago

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

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

Chicago Humanities: UIC Day Festival

UIC Dorin Forum 1213 S Halsted St, Chicago

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; […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Captioning
  • In Person
  • Open Captions
  • Wheelchair Accessible

The Murmuring Grief of the Americas at the Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation 61 W Superior St, Chicago

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 […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Closed Captions
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program

Halloween Creepy Crawlies at Dovetail Studios

Dovetail Studios 2853 W Montrose Ave, Chicago

Halloween Creepy Crawlies is a family friendly dance production that explores the mysteries of Halloween through a lost ghost’s search for her haunted home. On her way, she is helped […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Digital Documents Available
  • In Person
  • Wheelchair Accessible

NOISES OFF at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Steppenwolf Theatre Company 1650 N. Halsted Street, Chicago

The cast and crew of Nothing On are scrambling to prepare for opening night, but despite their earnest efforts, the production is an absolute mess. Line flubs and lost props […]

  • Open Captions

Kohl Children’s Museum Everyone At Play

KCM welcomes children with disabilities and their families for an afternoon of learning and play focused on them. Our Museum campus is designed for universal accessibility with a purpose to […]

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

Randy Rainbow’s Low-Hanging Fruit: Pressing Issues From My Gay Agenda at Harris Theater

Harris Theater for Music and Dance 205 E Randolph Dr, Chicago

The New York Times bestselling author and adored comedian Randy Rainbow has a few things on his mind that he wants to talk about in his newest essay collection, Low-Hanging […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • In Person
  • Open Captions
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Edgar Arceneaux, Until, Until, Until . . . at the Museum of Contemporary Art

Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago

Edgar Arceneaux is a contemporary artist working in Los Angeles, whose primary materials are histories and memories marred by gaps in logic, clichés, and erasures. Working within these gaps, Arceneaux […]

  • Audio Description
  • Captioning

NOISES OFF at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Steppenwolf Theatre Company 1650 N. Halsted Street, Chicago

The cast and crew of Nothing On are scrambling to prepare for opening night, but despite their earnest efforts, the production is an absolute mess. Line flubs and lost props […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Open Captions