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Black Sunday at TimeLine Theatre Company

A startling look at conflicts of climate change, race, and gender in the days leading up to an infamous dust storm in 1930s Texas. IT IS APRIL 1935 IN THE […]

  • Audio Description
  • Touch Tour

Dance Residency Open Studio Series with Jenna Pollack at Chicago Cultural Center

Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St., Chicago

A work-in-progress sharing, this event will consist of both the movement- and the textual-based research explored over the course of the residency. ASL is provided for this event. https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/dance_residency.html

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Tuesdays on the Terrace | Jorge Morataya-Marimba at MCA

Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago

Summer Tuesdays come alive on the MCA terrace with free concerts highlighting artists from Chicago’s internationally renowned music community. Enjoy live music while relaxing on the lawn with your own […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Poetry @ The Green

The Green @ 320 The Green at 320 S. Canal, Chicago
Event Series Poetry @ The Green

The Chicago Poetry Center and The Green at 320 S. Canal are proud to reintroduce this free, weekly reading and open mic series co-curated by CPC’s Poets in Residence Tarnynon […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • In Person

Tuesdays on the Terrace | Maggie Brown at MCA

Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago

Summer Tuesdays come alive on the MCA terrace with free concerts highlighting artists from Chicago’s internationally renowned music community. Enjoy live music while relaxing on the lawn with your own […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Free Event

Cripping the Galleries | Janhavi Khemka at Museum of Contemporary Art

Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago

Cripping the Galleries is a series of live public programs featuring local artists activating museums through the lens of crip culture, access, and belonging.* Cripping the Galleries is hosted by […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning

Poetry @ The Green

The Green @ 320 The Green at 320 S. Canal, Chicago
Event Series Poetry @ The Green

The Chicago Poetry Center and The Green at 320 S. Canal are proud to reintroduce this free, weekly reading and open mic series co-curated by CPC’s Poets in Residence Tarnynon […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • In Person

LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Steppenwolf Theatre Company 1650 N. Halsted Street, Chicago

Ensemble Member Laurie Metcalf comes home to Steppenwolf to star in Little Bear Ridge Road, a comic, cosmic and intimate world premiere, penned by MacArthur Fellow Samuel D. Hunter and […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Open Captions
  • Touch Tour