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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 […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Free Event
  • Sensory Friendly

Adaptive Play Time at DuPage Children’s Museum

DuPage Children's Museum 301 N Washington St, Naperville

DuPage Children’s Museum (DCM) is dedicated to being an accessible, inclusive environment for children to thrive through extraordinary learning experiences. Adaptive Play Time provides a modified environment for families with […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • In Person
  • Masks Required
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible

A LIE OF THE MIND – Raven Theatre (Captions)

Raven Theatre 6157 N Clark, Chicago

The full moon over the highway. A pay phone call in the middle of the night. And a terrible act of violence that forever changes the trajectory of eight people’s […]

  • Closed Captions

Dylan Mulvaney: Paper Doll at The Den Theatre

The Den Theatre 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago

When Dylan Mulvaney came out as a woman online, she was a viral sensation almost overnight, emerging as a trailblazing voice on social media. Join Chicago Humanities as Mulvaney pulls […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Open Captions

Family Day | Future Past

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

Hands Up! Forgiveness

In Hands Up! Forgiveness, seasoned performers bring profound and deeply moving stories to life. Storytellers with and without disabilities share real-life experiences that reveal the transformative power of compassion, wisdom, […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Digital Documents Available
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Open Captions
  • Pay What You Can
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Betrayal – Open-Captioned Performance at Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

Stage and screen stars Helen Hunt (Oscar, Emmy, Golden Globe Awards), Robert Sean Leonard (Tony Award) and Ian Barford (Tony Award nominee) form the “eternal triangle” in Susan V. Booth’s […]

  • Open Captions
  • Spanish captioning

A LIE OF THE MIND – Raven Theatre (Touch Tour & Audio Description)

Raven Theatre 6157 N Clark, Chicago

The full moon over the highway. A pay phone call in the middle of the night. And a terrible act of violence that forever changes the trajectory of eight people’s […]

  • Audio Description
  • Touch Tour
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Play For All

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

Play for All invites children and families with disabilities to come and experience Chicago Children’s Museum’s inclusive, multisensory exhibits and programs free of charge with pre-registration. The museum will open […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Open Captions
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Spanish / English audio translation
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley – Audio Described Performance

DePaul University Cortelyou Commons 2324 N Fremont St, Chicago

Following critically acclaimed runs in New York City and London, TimeLine will create a site-specific, immersive Chicago premiere of the american vicarious’ imagining of the historic debate between James Baldwin […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Audio Description
  • Captioning
  • English Captioning
  • Open Captions
  • Touch Tour