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Virtual Beekeeping Lecture with Jonathan Bennett

This Wednesday, March 1st Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance is hosting beekeeper Jonathan Bennett for a virtual lecture from 6:30pm - 8pm. Jonathan encourages people of all ages and abilities to keep bees if it is of their interest. In his presentation he will share ways he has adapted his beekeeping to his physical ability and […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program
  • Masks Required
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Virtual
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Chicago Irish Film Festival

Don’t miss the 24th annual festival of the best independent films created by Irish filmmakers celebrating diversity and creativity through short, documentary and feature films. The Chicago Irish Film Festival proudly presents our Opening Night feature “The Sparrow” at Theater on the Lake on March 2, starting at 6:30pm. Enjoy other films at AMC New […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Captioning
  • In Person
  • Virtual

Open Door: Ari Banias, Joss Barton, Alex Jane Cope, and KOKUMO at the Poetry Foundation

Join us for an Open Door reading with Ari Banias, Joss Barton, Alex Jane Cope, and KOKUMO, The Queen of Queer Soul. The Open Door series highlights creative relationships in Chicago, including mentorship and collaboration. This is a hybrid event, which will be offered in-person and via livestream. Ari Banias is the author of A […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program

Voices Embodied Uplifted at Design Museum of Chicago

Opening reception for Voices Embodied Highlighting a relationship between disability and community, Voices Embodied: Uplifted is boldly displayed throughout the Design Museum of Chicago. The work of fourteen artists is displayed to reconsider the space in a way that is moody, engaging and vulnerable. Colorful work, visible in the large public-facing windows engages the community […]

  • Digital Documents Available
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Wheelchair Accessible

“Molly Joyce: Perspective” Exhibition Opening at Curb Appeal Gallery

Curb Appeal Gallery is pleased to announce their inaugural exhibition and the Chicago debut of Molly Joyce’s Perspective. Begun in 2019, Perspective is a sound and video work that captures perspectives of the disability experience. Created through interviewing over 40 participants around topics that encompass elements of disability—including care, interdependence, weakness, and cure—Joyce has composed […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Masks Required
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Radial Gradient with Shattered Glass Theatre at Theater Wit

Audio Description and Touch Tour for Shattered Globe Theatre's production of Radial Gradient by Jasmine Sharma. Touch Tour is at 6:45 PM and the Curtain for the production is at 8 PM on March, 3, 2023. Touch Tour and Audio Description https://sgtheatre.org/GRADIENT/

  • Audio Description
  • Touch Tour

Extra Yarn at Lifeline Theatre

The pre-show touch tour will begin 90 minutes before the show and the performance directly after the touch tour will offer live audio description (touch tour at 9:30am, show at 11:00am). This event is FREE and open to the public, but reservations are strongly encouraged. About Extra Yarn: While her parents work tirelessly at the […]

  • Audio Description
  • Free Event
  • Touch Tour

RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN at Raven Theatre

Raven Theatre presents a new play about privacy in the digital age. Closed Captioning will be included in this performance for those who need it, but be sure to contact us ahead of time to reserve your device. The internet never forgets, and Derril Lark’s mistake at 17 haunts him online a decade later. Desperate […]

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Snapshots of Every Voice: Composers at Epiphany Center for the Arts

Join LYNX Project for a performance celebrating the unique styles of our commissioned composers for this year's Amplify Series, a project setting the poetry of primarily non-speaking autistic individuals to music. Snapshots of Every Voice celebrates what artists want to share through art song. Performances in this series showcase the diversity and richness of art […]

  • In Person
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Virtual
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Torkwase Dyson Lecture at the Art Institute of Chicago

Join us in person for a lecture by artist Torkwase Dyson followed by an audience Q&A. Location: The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall, 111 S. Michigan Ave. Working in painting, drawing, and sculpture, Torkwase Dyson combines expressive mark-making and geometric abstraction to explore the continuity between ecology, infrastructure, and architecture. Dyson deconstructs, distills, and […]

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

Boulevard of Bold Dreams at TimeLine Theatre

Set on the night in 1940 that Hattie McDaniel made history at the Oscars, a story of dreamers striving to overcome considerable obstacles and fighting for recognition amidst the racism and inequity of Hollywood. IT IS FEBRUARY 29, 1940, the night of the Academy Awards in Hollywood, California. Bartender Arthur Brooks, an ambitious Black man […]

  • Captioning

Boulevard of Bold Dreams at TimeLine Theatre

Set on the night in 1940 that Hattie McDaniel made history at the Oscars, a story of dreamers striving to overcome considerable obstacles and fighting for recognition amidst the racism and inequity of Hollywood. IT IS FEBRUARY 29, 1940, the night of the Academy Awards in Hollywood, California. Bartender Arthur Brooks, an ambitious Black man […]

  • Captioning

Hands Up! Misunderstood Minds at the Northeastern Illinois University Stage Center

Hands Up! Misunderstood Minds is performing lived at the Northeastern Illinois University Stage Center (3701 W. Bryn Mawr) on Saturday, March 11 at 8:00 pm. Tellin’ Tales Theatre’s Hands Up! Misunderstood Minds explores shared experiences around mental illness. Personal stories intertwine into a beautiful and heartwarming account of individual journeys with mental health. The goal […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • In Person
  • Wheelchair Accessible

The Kelly Girls at The Factory Theater

Belfast, 1960s: As conflicts between various political factions threaten to tear Ireland apart from the inside, sisters Fianna and Regan Kelly feel compelled to engage in the fight for their homeland. But when they join the ranks of The Provisionals, and find themselves committing acts of brutal terrorism and guerrilla warfare, both young women are […]

  • Audio Description
  • In Person
  • Touch Tour

RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN at Raven Theatre

Raven Theatre presents a new play about privacy in the digital age. A Touch Tour (at 1:30pm) will be available before the performance (at 3:00pm). Contact us ahead of time to reserve your tour spot. The internet never forgets, and Derril Lark’s mistake at 17 haunts him online a decade later. Desperate for a normal […]

  • Touch Tour

Celebrating the Poets of Forms & Features (Online) with the Poetry Foundation

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. Poets working in the online poetry workshop and discussion, Forms & Features, will share work created in this online creative community. Poetry Foundation’s events are completely free of charge and […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • Virtual

Boulevard of Bold Dreams at TimeLine Theatre

Set on the night in 1940 that Hattie McDaniel made history at the Oscars, a story of dreamers striving to overcome considerable obstacles and fighting for recognition amidst the racism and inequity of Hollywood. IT IS FEBRUARY 29, 1940, the night of the Academy Awards in Hollywood, California. Bartender Arthur Brooks, an ambitious Black man […]

  • Audio Description

Carmen

The immortal tale of the restless, free-spirited heroine (Carmen) and Don José, the soldier who’s drawn to her in a truly “fatal attraction." https://www.lyricopera.org/shows/upcoming/2022-23/carmen/

  • Audio Description
  • Touch Tour

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 play with a purpose and encourage linguistic, cognitive, motor, and social skills for children ages birth through 8. The Museum works collaboratively with community organizations […]

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

Copper Canyon 50th Anniversary Reading at Poetry Foundation

Join us for the Chicago celebration of Copper Canyon Press’s 50th Anniversary with readings by Copper Canyon authors Chris Abani, Tishani Doshi, Alison C. Rollins, Arthur Sze, and Javier Zamora. This is a hybrid event, which will be offered in-person and via livestream. Chris Abani is a novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter and playwright. Born in […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program

Villette at Lookingglass Theatre

Charlotte Brontë’s undiscovered gem, Villette, offers a hero unlike any you’ve encountered before. Suddenly without family, friends, or funds, Lucy travels alone to an unfamiliar land, determined to carve a path for herself. An eclectic carousel of characters (and one mysterious ghost!) soon draws Lucy into a complicated maze of multiple doorways leading towards fulfillment […]

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DESCRIBE THE NIGHT at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Truth is lie; lie is truth. 1920: Jewish writer Isaac Babel begins a journal while serving in war. Ninety years later, this same journal is found in the wreckage of a suspicious plane crash. What did Babel write, and why does it matter? Ensemble member Rajiv Joseph’s epic thriller ricochets through place and time following […]

  • ASL Interpreted

“My Girl Story” Virtual Film Screening and Discussion at Access Living

To commemorate Women’s History Month, the Arts & Culture Project at Access Living is partnering to host a virtual film screening and panel discussion of the My Girl Story documentary on Saturday, March 25 from 12-2pm. This event will explore the importance of mental health care among Black girls and resources available to them and […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Masks Required
  • Virtual
  • Wheelchair Accessible

A House Called Tomorrow: Copper Canyon at 50 at the Poetry Foundation

Join us for a conversation continuing the Poetry Foundation’s celebration of Copper Canyon Press’s 50th anniversary. Executive editor Michael Wiegers will moderate a discussion of Copper Canyon’s legacy and future in the poetry world with panelists Arthur Sze, Chris Abani, Tishani Doshi, and Alison C. Rollins. This is a hybrid event, which will be offered […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program

Layalina at Goodman Theatre

A surprising new play about how families fall apart—and find each other again—amidst turbulent global and social change. In 2003, newly-wed Layal and her family prepare to immigrate from Baghdad, Iraq, to a Chicago suburb. Seventeen years later, Layal’s life looks unimaginably different from what she had envisioned two decades prior, as she and her […]

  • Audio Description
  • Touch Tour

Proximity

Proximity is a gripping, powerful trio of new works that confronts head-on some of the greatest challenges affecting us as a society: yearning for connection in a world driven by technology; the devastating impact of gun violence on cities and neighborhoods; and the need to respect and protect our natural resources. As the story zooms […]

  • Audio Description
  • Touch Tour

Poetry & Grief: Raquel Salas Rivera & Angel Dominguez at the Poetry Foundation

Join us for a reading with Raquel Salas Rivera and Angel Dominguez as part of the Poetry Coalition’s annual nationwide programming series. The Poetry Coalition’s theme for 2023 is Poetry & Grief, taking inspiration from these lines in Ed Roberson’s poem “once the magnolia has blossomed:”“and so much lost you’d think / beauty had left […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program

Layalina at Goodman Theatre

A surprising new play about how families fall apart—and find each other again—amidst turbulent global and social change. In 2003, newly-wed Layal and her family prepare to immigrate from Baghdad, Iraq, to a Chicago suburb. Seventeen years later, Layal’s life looks unimaginably different from what she had envisioned two decades prior, as she and her […]

  • ASL Interpreted

Layalina at Goodman Theatre

A surprising new play about how families fall apart—and find each other again—amidst turbulent global and social change. In 2003, newly-wed Layal and her family prepare to immigrate from Baghdad, Iraq, to a Chicago suburb. Seventeen years later, Layal’s life looks unimaginably different from what she had envisioned two decades prior, as she and her […]

  • Spanish captioning

Maggie Bridger | Lab E: In-Process Showing at Experimental Station

LabE is a series of monthly cohort meetings addressing particular needs of disabled dance artists. The LabE gathering on April 2nd is designed to be a safe, disability-centric space where artists can come together to share a work-in-progress, try out new ideas, workshop concepts, and experiment with new scores. Hosted by Maggie Bridger, this inclusive […]

  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program
  • Low Lighting
  • Masks Required
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Layalina at Goodman Theatre

A surprising new play about how families fall apart—and find each other again—amidst turbulent global and social change. In 2003, newly-wed Layal and her family prepare to immigrate from Baghdad, Iraq, to a Chicago suburb. Seventeen years later, Layal’s life looks unimaginably different from what she had envisioned two decades prior, as she and her […]

  • Captioning

Athena LaTocha Lecture at the Art Institute of Chicago

Join us in person for a lecture by distinguished alum Athena LaTocha followed by an audience Q&A. Location: The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall, 111 S. Michigan Ave. Athena LaTocha (BFA 1992) is an artist whose massive works on paper explore the relationship between human-made and natural worlds. The artist incorporates materials such as […]

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

Shamel Pitts | TRIBE, Touch of RED at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Event Series Shamel Pitts | TRIBE, Touch of RED

Shamel Pitts and the Brooklyn-based arts collective TRIBE debut an electrifying new live performance in their ongoing Red Series exploring Black multiplicity and human connection. The new work, titled Touch of RED, is a duet for two Black men set inside a contemporary boxing ring—a space that might traditionally suggest an aggressive competition between male […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Audio Description
  • Captioning