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Two Trains Running

“Easily Mr. Wilson’s most adventurous and honest attempt to reveal the intimate heart of history.” -The New York Times Amidst the Civil Rights Movement, Memphis Lee’s restaurant is slated for demolition. While Memphis fights to sell his diner for a fair price, the rest of the restaurant’s regulars search for work, love, and justice as […]

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  • In Person
  • Touch Tour

Two Trains Running

“Easily Mr. Wilson’s most adventurous and honest attempt to reveal the intimate heart of history.” -The New York Times Amidst the Civil Rights Movement, Memphis Lee’s restaurant is slated for demolition. While Memphis fights to sell his diner for a fair price, the rest of the restaurant’s regulars search for work, love, and justice as […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Captioning
  • In Person
  • Touch Tour

Unfolding Disability Futures

Unfolding Disability Futures is a multi-organization, site-specific performance and installation by local disabled artists throughout The Plant, a former meatpacking facility. Over the past decade, this space has been revitalized […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Pay What You Can
  • Quiet Spaces

KAINA & Ben LaMar Gay: A Concert at Navy Pier

Celebrate summertime in Chicago with an evening of local music at Navy Pier’s Lake Stage. The program opens with a performance by Ben LaMar Gay (Open Arms to Open Us), a South Side native whose music channels cosmopolitan blues and “Pan-Americana.” Our headliner, KAINA (It Was a Home), a first-generation Latina born and raised in […]

  • In Person

Everyone At Play At Kohl Children’s Museum

Kohl Children’s Museum was specifically designed to be inclusive of all children and adults regardless of ability. The Museum’s 17 exhibits and 2 acres of outdoor explorations are designed for […]

  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Sensory Friendly

Everyone At Play

Kohl Children's Museum welcomes children with special needs and their families for an afternoon of learning and play focused on them. Our Museum campus is designed for universal accessibility with […]

  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Sensory Friendly

SEAGULL at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

On a long summer weekend in the Russian countryside at an estate bursting at the seams with guests, three generations collide in ensemble member Yasen Peyankov’s extraordinarily funny and lyrical […]

  • ASL Interpreted

All’s Well That Ends Well

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none”... how hard could it be? Shakespeare’s nuanced coming-of-age love story is brought to new life in the uniquely intimate setting of the Courtyard Theater, staged by acclaimed director Shana Cooper. Bold, complex characters and hilarious turns of wit and wisdom make for a vivid exploration of […]

  • Audio Description

LYNX Project: beautiful small things (In-Person)

Join us for a live performance of songs from LYNX Project’s debut album, beautiful small things. These art songs, commissioned between 2017–2020 as part of the Amplify series, feature the poetry of neurodiverse young people who are primarily nonspeaking, set to music by celebrated classical composers. In addition to song performances, there will be a […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Sensory Friendly

All’s Well That Ends Well

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none”... how hard could it be? Shakespeare’s nuanced coming-of-age love story is brought to new life in the uniquely intimate setting of the Courtyard Theater, staged by acclaimed director Shana Cooper. Bold, complex characters and hilarious turns of wit and wisdom make for a vivid exploration of […]

  • ASL Interpreted

SEAGULL at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

On a long summer weekend in the Russian countryside at an estate bursting at the seams with guests, three generations collide in ensemble member Yasen Peyankov’s extraordinarily funny and lyrical adaption of Anton Chekhov’s Seagull, the play that will open Steppenwolf's new in-the-round Ensemble Theater in Honor of Helen Zell. In classic Chekhovian style, a […]

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All’s Well That Ends Well

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none”... how hard could it be? Shakespeare’s nuanced coming-of-age love story is brought to new life in the uniquely intimate setting of the Courtyard Theater, staged by acclaimed director Shana Cooper. Bold, complex characters and hilarious turns of wit and wisdom make for a vivid exploration of […]

  • Captioning