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Melissa Clark and Emily Weinstein: Easy Weeknight Dinners at Ramova Theatre

Ramova Theatre 3520 S Halsted St, Chicago

Food planning shouldn’t be hard. New York Times Cooking editor in chief Emily Weinstein and food writer Melissa Clark join us to help you take the stress out of cooking […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Open Captions

BUST – Spanish Subtitled Performance

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

It’s not only hell that breaks loose in this ground-breaking, form-defying, laugh-out-loud new drama from Pulitzer-Prize finalist playwright Zora Howard. Retta and Reggie are enjoying their usual evening on the […]

  • Audio Description
  • Touch Tour

Berlin at Court Theatre

Court Theatre 5535 South Ellis Ave, Chicago

A New Adaptation by Mickle Maher Based on the graphic novel by Jason Lutes Directed by Charles Newell Development and Dramaturgy by David J. Levin Berlin is an unforgettable mosaic […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Audio Description
  • In Person
  • Touch Tour

Rick Atkinson on The Fate of the Day at Ramova Theatre

Ramova Theatre 3520 S Halsted St, Chicago

Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times best-selling author Rick Atkinson joins us for a conversation about Fate of the Day, the second volume of his acclaimed Revolution trilogy. According […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Open Captions

BUST – Spanish Subtitled Performance

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

It’s not only hell that breaks loose in this ground-breaking, form-defying, laugh-out-loud new drama from Pulitzer-Prize finalist playwright Zora Howard. Retta and Reggie are enjoying their usual evening on the […]

  • Spanish captioning

BUST – Open Captioning Performance

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

It’s not only hell that breaks loose in this ground-breaking, form-defying, laugh-out-loud new drama from Pulitzer-Prize finalist playwright Zora Howard. Retta and Reggie are enjoying their usual evening on the […]

  • Open Captions

Berlin at Court Theatre

Court Theatre 5535 South Ellis Ave, Chicago

A New Adaptation by Mickle Maher Based on the graphic novel by Jason Lutes Directed by Charles Newell Development and Dramaturgy by David J. Levin Berlin is an unforgettable mosaic […]

  • Open Captions

Catherine Coleman Flowers: On Activism and Finding Hope

DePaul University The Theatre School 2350 N Racine Ave, Chicago

Catherine Coleman Flowers, one of the leading environmental justice activists of our times, has dedicated her life to fighting for the most vulnerable communities who have been deprived of the […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Open Captions

Amanda Nguyen: Saving Five

Chicago History Museum 1601 N Clark St, Chicago

One of the most influential activists (and now astronauts) of her time, Amanda Nguyen is a force for resilience. The Nobel Peace Prize nominee and TIME’s 2022 Woman of the […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Open Captions

Jeffrey Seller: Theater Kid at Francis W. Parker School

Francis W. Parker School 330 W Webster Ave, IL

Jeffrey Seller is one of the most successful Broadway producers of our time — and the only one to have mounted two Pulitzer Prize-winning musicals: Hamilton and Rent. From his […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Open Captions

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi on Malcolm Lives!

Chicago History Museum 1601 N Clark St, Chicago

The #1 New York Times bestselling, National Book Award-winning author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi joins us to discuss his groundbreaking narrative biography of Malcom X for young readers. In Malcolm […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Open Captions