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The Notebook

The Notebook is a new musical based on the bestselling novel that inspired the iconic film. Allie and Noah, both from different worlds, share a lifetime of love despite the […]

  • ASL Interpreted

Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster

Direct from New York City and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this Chicago premiere features hundreds of illustrated puppets, fuzzy Muppet-style puppets, hilarious actors on live cameras, and a live music […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Sensory Friendly

Family Day | Telling Our Stories

Enjoy free admission while taking part in workshops and performances, all designed and led by Chicago artists. • 11 a.m.–3 p.m. at MCA Commons: Create mobiles that tell stories inspired […]

  • ASL Interpreted

Family Day: Telling Our Stories

Artist-Led Workshop 11 am–3 pm The Commons Create mobiles that tell stories inspired by Alexander Calder’s exhibition Intricate: Calder and the Poetry of Science with Chicago artist Miriam Bahena-Cardona Bisby. […]

  • ASL Interpreted

Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster

Direct from New York City and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this Chicago premiere features hundreds of illustrated puppets, fuzzy Muppet-style puppets, hilarious actors on live cameras, and a live music […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Sensory Friendly

Clyde’s

“Feisty comedy is on the menu” (Washington Post) in two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage’s latest Broadway triumph. Creating the perfect sandwich is the shared quest of the formerly incarcerated […]

  • Audio Description
  • Touch Tour

Clyde’s

“Feisty comedy is on the menu” (Washington Post) in two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage’s latest Broadway triumph. Creating the perfect sandwich is the shared quest of the formerly incarcerated […]

  • Spanish captioning

Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster

Direct from New York City and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this Chicago premiere features hundreds of illustrated puppets, fuzzy Muppet-style puppets, hilarious actors on live cameras, and a live music […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Sensory Friendly

Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster

Direct from New York City and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this Chicago premiere features hundreds of illustrated puppets, fuzzy Muppet-style puppets, hilarious actors on live cameras, and a live music […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Sensory Friendly

Clyde’s

“Feisty comedy is on the menu” (Washington Post) in two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage’s latest Broadway triumph. Creating the perfect sandwich is the shared quest of the formerly incarcerated […]

  • Captioning

The Notebook

The Notebook is a new musical based on the bestselling novel that inspired the iconic film. Allie and Noah, both from different worlds, share a lifetime of love despite the […]

  • Audio Description

BWBTC Shakespeare: Richard III

Aligned with the mission of representing marginalized voices, BWBTC has partnered with UIC’s Disability Cultural Center to tell the tale of the malicious Richard of Gloucester. Casting both non-disabled and […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Captioning
  • Touch Tour

Resilience Series (monthly)

Join us on the 2nd Monday of each month in G.A.R. Hall to build resilience through artist-led sessions of various creative modalities. Resilience helps deal with difficult challenges with flexibility […]

  • Captioning

The Notebook

The Notebook is a new musical based on the bestselling novel that inspired the iconic film. Allie and Noah, both from different worlds, share a lifetime of love despite the […]

  • Captioning
  • Pay What You Can

The Notebook

The Notebook is a new musical based on the bestselling novel that inspired the iconic film. Allie and Noah, both from different worlds, share a lifetime of love despite the […]

  • Captioning
  • Pay What You Can

Award-winning Comedian Iliza Shlesinger

Comedian and actress Iliza Shlesinger, fresh off of filming her sixth Netflix special, is known for her no holds barred stand-up and hyper-relatable storytelling. Shlesinger, who recently wrote and starred […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Captioning
  • In Person

Modern Poetry: Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué’s Madness

Al Filreis will conduct a collaborative close reading of poems from Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué's book Madness (Nightboat, 2022). Participants include Laynie Browne, Al Filreis, Lisa Fishman, and Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué himself. A […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning

Everyone At Play

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 […]

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

Holland Cotter Lecture

Join us in person for a lecture by art critic Holland Cotter followed by an audience Q&A. Location: The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall, 111 S. Michigan Ave. (doors […]

  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Chicago International Film Festival – Bard (Open Captions)

DIRECTED BY Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir RUN TIME 87 minutes SYNOPSIS If This Is Spinal Tap had been centered on an all-female group of Icelandic performance-artist musicians, it would look a lot […]

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Celebrating the Poets of Forms & Features (Online)

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. Participants from the online poetry […]

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Black Women Will Save the World with April Ryan

It’s time—and long overdue—for everyone to acknowledge Black women’s unrivaled contribution to American life and democracy. At CHF, trailblazing White House correspondent April Ryan highlights the incredible work of “sheroes” […]

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  • In Person

FUN FIT FLEX CHICAGO

We invite you to our newest fundraising campaign, in which we raise awareness and funds for people with myositis. Funds will help patient programs, enhance professional education efforts, and research […]

  • Free Event
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Rick Lowe on the Transformative Power of Public Art

For artist and MacArthur Fellow Rick Lowe, art doesn't only hang on walls in museums, art is all around us. Art is street murals celebrating Black-owned businesses. Art is the […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Captioning
  • In Person
  • Large Print Programs
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Miranda July on Art in All its Forms

Miranda July has gained a cult following over the span of her award-winning career as a filmmaker (Me and You and Everyone We Know and Kajillionaire), writer (No One Belongs Here More Than You), and artist (her latest project, Services, is both a sculpture and a book). Chill with July at CHF for a chat […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Captioning
  • In Person
  • Large Print Programs
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Innocent & Behind Bars with Daniel S. Medwed

At CHF, renowned legal scholar Daniel S. Medwed explains how America’s judicial system is stacked against the innocent. Join him and Lake Forest College legal studies professor Stephanie Caparelli for a conversation demystifying the procedural rules, systemic bias, and court culture that make up the barriers to exoneration. We’ll discuss how our justice system operates, […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Captioning
  • In Person
  • Large Print Programs
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Will Bunch on the Higher Education Divide

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Will Bunch calls higher education the great political and cultural fault line of American life. Join Bunch and Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Anthony S. Chen, as they explore the central question of Bunch’s latest book After the Ivory Tower Falls: How has the fracturing of American people […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Captioning
  • In Person
  • Large Print Programs
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible