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The Neo-Futurist Theater Presents: HOW TO BE COOL

The Neo-Futurist Theater 5153 N Ashland Ave., Chicago

How to Be Cool is a solo show, written and performed by Neo-Futurist Ensemble Member Neil Bhandari Bouncing and shape-shifting from monologue and dance to live music and cultural anthropology, […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • In Person
  • Masks Required
  • Pay What You Can

Fat Ham – Audio-Described Performance at Goodman Theatre

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). […]

  • Audio Description

Betrayal – ASL 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 […]

  • ASL Interpreted

Betrayal – Audio-Described 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 […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Braille Programs
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Touch Tour

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

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

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

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

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

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