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Disney’s Frozen: The Broadway Musical at Paramount Theatre

Paramount Theatre 23 E Galena Blvd, Aurora

Paramount Theatre in Aurora presents the regional premiere of this beloved movie brought to the stage! WGN-TV's Dean Richards named if a holiday must-see, and Chicago Tribune said, "Paramount Theatre […]

  • Audio Description

Family Day | Press Play at the Museum of Contemporary Art

Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago

Designed for children under 12 and their grown-ups, MCA Family Days invite our youngest visitors to be the museum’s artists, thinkers, and collaborators. Witness an artist’s first creation. Experience inspiration […]

  • ASL Interpreted

Low Sensory Morning at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 N Cannon Drive, Chicago

Join us at the Nature Museum for a low sensory morning event for guests with disabilities and Veterans to explore our exhibits and experiences in a relaxed and accepting environment […]

  • Sensory Friendly

Sound Bath at LaSalle Hotel Chicago + Vendor Pop-Up

lasalle hotel 208 S La Salle St, Chicago

Sound Bath at LaSalle Hotel Chicago Join us for a transformative and immersive Sound Bath experience led by Christie, certified sound healer at the stunning LaSalle Hotel in Chicago. Step […]

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

Fat Ham

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

A boisterous Southern cookout sets the scene for a Black, queer discovery of self and resilience in this Pulitzer Prize-winning, five-time Tony nominated “uproarious reimagining of Hamlet” (The New Yorker). […]

  • ASL Interpreted

Fat Ham

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

Una festiva parrillada sureña establece el escenario para un auto descubrimiento queer, de negritud sobre sí mismo y de resiliencia, en esta obra ganadora del Premio Pulitzer y nominada a […]

  • Spanish captioning

Elisa Harkins, Wampum / ᎠᏕᎳ ᏗᎦᎫᏗ at the Museum of Contemporary Art

Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago

Artist and composer Elisa Harkins (Cherokee/Muscogee) created Wampum / ᎠᏕᎳ ᏗᎦᎫᏗ as an expression of Indigenous Futurism, blending electronic dance music with Indigenous languages to revitalize and celebrate them through […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description

Fat Ham

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

A boisterous Southern cookout sets the scene for a Black, queer discovery of self and resilience in this Pulitzer Prize-winning, five-time Tony nominated “uproarious reimagining of Hamlet” (The New Yorker). […]

  • Open Captions

Hard Done By: Contemporary Irish Trans Films at FACETS

FACETS 1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago

On Friday, February 7, Full Spectrum Features presents a selection of contemporary trans short films from Ireland presented in person by Dublin-based curator James Hudson: from an artist’s self-destructive spiral […]

  • Captioning
  • English Captioning
  • In Person
  • Live captioned by CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) services
  • Open Captions

Family Day | Comfy Cozy at the Museum of Contemporary Art

Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago

Designed for children under 12 and their grown-ups, MCA Family Days invite our youngest visitors to be the museum’s artists, thinkers, and collaborators. Witness an artist’s first creation. Experience inspiration […]

  • ASL Interpreted

Writing for Film and Television with Virgil Williams at Chicago Cultural Center

Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St., Chicago

Join award-winning screenwriter and playwright Virgil Williams (The Piano Lesson, Mudbound) in a Master Class on writing for film and television. Moderated by screenwriter Tracey Scott Wilson (The Americans, Respect). […]

  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Live captioned by CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) services