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Gianmarco Soresi Comedy Night

17+ - Gianmarco’s stand up has been featured on Comedy Central, Netflix, PBS, Amazon (Comics Watching Comics season 8 winner), and Real Housewives of New York (really). His first special, […]

  • Wheelchair Accessible

Resilience Series (monthly)

Join us on the 2nd Monday of each month in G.A.R. Hall to build resilience through artist-led sessions of various creative modalities. Resilience helps deal with difficult challenges with flexibility […]

  • Captioning

Let’s talk about mental health: Re-Wired Project at Access Living

Join us for THE RE-WIRED PROJECT to create work that represents our disability and/or Deaf community, culture and values. Let’s talk about mental health: Re-Wired Project at Access Living THE […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • In Person

Let’s talk about mental health: Re-Wired Project at Access Living

Join us for THE RE-WIRED PROJECT to create work that represents our disability and/or Deaf community, culture and values. Let’s talk about mental health: Re-Wired Project at Access Living THE […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • In Person

Dear Jack, Dear Louise

When two strangers meet by letter during World War II, a love story begins. U.S. Army Captain Jack Ludwig, a military doctor stationed in Oregon, begins writing to Louise Rabiner, […]

  • Audio Description
  • Captioning

Dear Jack, Dear Louise

When two strangers meet by letter during World War II, a love story begins. U.S. Army Captain Jack Ludwig, a military doctor stationed in Oregon, begins writing to Louise Rabiner, […]

  • Sensory Friendly

It Came From Outer Space

A new musical comedy adapted from the ‘50s cult classic sci-fi film from Universal Pictures! Amateur astronomer John Putnam encounters an alien spaceship in the desert and becomes the laughingstock […]

  • Audio Description

Where We Belong

Goodman Theatre Presents the Woolly Mammoth Production of Where We Belong In Association with the Folger Shakespeare Library An indigenous theatre-maker journeys across geographic borders, personal history, and cultural legacies; […]

  • Captioning

Sensory-Friendly Morning at LIncoln Park Zoo

On Sunday, July 24 from 8-10am, Lincoln Park Zoo is offering Sensory-Friendly Morning hours for guests with disabilities to experience the zoo grounds and animal buildings in a comfortable and […]

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

ShakesFest: A Chicago Shakespeare Community Cabaret

Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks presents ShakesFest: A Chicago Shakespeare Community Cabaret with FREE pop-up performances in neighborhood parks. Performers, musicians, and dancers take center stage in this exuberant musical […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Audio Description
  • Large Print Programs

Where We Belong

Goodman Theatre Presents the Woolly Mammoth Production of Where We Belong In Association with the Folger Shakespeare Library An indigenous theatre-maker journeys across geographic borders, personal history, and cultural legacies; […]

  • ASL Interpreted