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Two Sisters and a Piano – Open-Caption Performance at Writers Theatre

Writers Theatre 325 Tudor Ct, Glencoe

Trapped under house arrest, novelist Maria Celia and her sister Sofia can still hear the rumors of the Russians’ departure from Cuba in 1991. While awaiting news from Maria Celia’s exiled husband and dreaming of their freedom, the two sisters find their small world unexpectedly shaken by the arrival of a romantic young piano tuner […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Braille Programs
  • Digital Documents Available
  • In Person
  • Open Captions
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Chicago Poetry Center Presents BLUE HOUR at Haymarket House

Haymarket House 800 W. Buena, Chicago

The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop. Our March featured readers are April Gibson and Mira Cameron. Each event takes place at Haymarket House (800 W. Buena) and includes a brief open mic followed by two featured poets. Pre-registration is free and recommended. The open […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Masks Highly Recommended
  • Wheelchair Accessible

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – Open-Captioned Performance at the Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

“I have heard from a reliable source that no Dominican male has ever died a virgin. I shall be the first.” Oscar knows that a nerdy Dominican college freshman isn’t anyone’s idea of a romantic hero. But with the encouragement of Yunior, his new roommate, he is determined to give love another chance. As Oscar […]

  • Open Captions

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – Spanish Captioned Performance at the Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

“I have heard from a reliable source that no Dominican male has ever died a virgin. I shall be the first.” Oscar knows that a nerdy Dominican college freshman isn’t anyone’s idea of a romantic hero. But with the encouragement of Yunior, his new roommate, he is determined to give love another chance. As Oscar […]

  • Spanish captioning

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – Touch Tour and Audio-Described Performance at the Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

“I have heard from a reliable source that no Dominican male has ever died a virgin. I shall be the first.” Oscar knows that a nerdy Dominican college freshman isn’t anyone’s idea of a romantic hero. But with the encouragement of Yunior, his new roommate, he is determined to give love another chance. As Oscar […]

  • Audio Description
  • Touch Tour

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – ASL Performance at the Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

“I have heard from a reliable source that no Dominican male has ever died a virgin. I shall be the first.” Oscar knows that a nerdy Dominican college freshman isn’t anyone’s idea of a romantic hero. But with the encouragement of Yunior, his new roommate, he is determined to give love another chance. As Oscar […]

  • ASL Interpreted

WHITE ROOSTER – Pay What You Can Performance at Lookingglass Theatre

Lookingglass Theatre 163 E Pearson St, Chicago

WHITE ROOSTER World Premiere Written and Directed by Matthew C. Yee WHITE ROOSTER is a darkly funny tale of love, loss and the strange things we inherit. After a family tragedy, Min is pulled into a world of restless spirits, old curses and mysterious traditions. Her fiancé won’t stay dead, her sister won’t stay buried […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Pay What You Can
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Pay What You Can at WHITE ROOSTER

Lookingglass Theatre 163 E Pearson St, Chicago

You are invited to see the World Premiere of WHITE ROOSTER at Lookingglass Theatre Company. From the weird brain of Matthew Yee comes White Rooster, a story of love, grief, and eternal hunger. When a daughter makes plans to leave her haunted hometown, the ghosts of the past conspire to keep her around just a […]

  • Pay What You Can

Everyone at Play at Kohl Children’s Museum

Kohl Children's Museum 2100 Patriot, Glenview

Kohl Children's Museum 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 encourage linguistic, cognitive, motor and social skills for all children ages birth to 8. 16 hands-on Museum exhibits. One-on-one interactive activites with trained, […]

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

Sensory Friendly Morning at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 N Cannon Drive, Chicago

Join us at the Nature Museum for a sensory friendly morning event for guests with disabilities and Veterans to explore our exhibits and experiences in a relaxed and accepting environment with their family members and companions. Exclusive access for registrants 9:00am - 10:00am. Free tickets include museum admission for the day. Exhibits and experiences modified […]

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

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago – Winter Series at Harris Theater

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

Hubbard Street returns to our Chicago home at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance to present a thrilling Winter Series program of works that probe the depths of human experience, choreographed by some of the most prolific voices in contemporary dance. Like “an exuberant burst of fresh air” (The Boston Globe), Amy Hall Garner’s […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Digital Documents Available
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Miss Julie at Court Theatre

Court Theatre 5535 South Ellis Ave, Chicago

August Strindberg’s Miss Julie is a confrontation of class, gender, and desire at the turn of the twentieth century that’s as relevant today as when it was first written. Miss Julie wants to abandon her upper-class, aristocratic life and escape the expectations that trap her. Jean, her servant, wants to climb the social ladder and […]

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