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What the Constitution Means to Me at TimeLine Theatre

What the Constitution Means to Me is a “slyly crafted piece of persuasion and a tangible contribution to the change it seeks” (The New York Times) and a “singularly charming, […]

  • Captioning

The SoundShirt at West Side Story at Lyric Opera

Lyric Opera is prototyping an innovative new experience for audiences who are deaf or hard of hearing called the SoundShirt, built by CuteCircuit. While the orchestra and artists perform on […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Audio Description
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Wheelchair Accessible

What the Constitution Means to Me at TimeLine Theatre

What the Constitution Means to Me is a “slyly crafted piece of persuasion and a tangible contribution to the change it seeks” (The New York Times) and a “singularly charming, […]

  • Audio Description

Bronzeville Vendor Fair and Wildflower Music Festival at IIT

Join us on June 24, 2023, from 10 a.m.–9 p.m. for the inaugural Bronzeville outdoor vendor market and bazaar that will take place on 33rd Boulevard between Michigan Avenue and […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Assistive Listening Devices

Sensory-Friendly Morning at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Sensory-Friendly Morning is a free program for all people who benefit from visiting the MCA without large crowds and other sensitive environmental elements. This includes visitors with sensory sensitivities, disabilities, […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Low Lighting
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Sensory Friendly

Poetry at The Green at 320: June 2023

Poetry @ The Green at 320 continues for the summer season this June! The Chicago Poetry Center and The Green at 320 S. Canal are proud to reintroduce this free, […]

  • Free Event
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Summer Screenings: Soft (Canada) at Chicago Cultural Center

DIRECTED BY Joseph Amenta SYNOPSIS Three friends fall in love with summertime Toronto’s lively nightlife. Young, queer, and unapologetically self-confident, the trio spends their days holding court and plotting to […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Large Print Programs
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon at Lookingglass Theatre

Hooray! Lucy and Charlie just got hitched…and they’re embracing the worst of the American dream. They do what they want. Take what they want. They’re First Generation Asian American Renegades. […]

  • Captioning
  • Masks Required

Lab E: In-Progress Showing at Experimental Station

LabE is a series of monthly cohort meetings addressing particular needs of disabled dance artists. The LabE gathering on July 2nd is designed to be a safe, disability-centric space where […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program
  • Masks Required
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible

The Who’s Tommy at Goodman Theatre

The groundbreaking pop-culture musical sensation is reimagined in a new production. Myth and spectacle combine in a fresh reinvention of The Who’s exhilarating 1969 rock concept album, Tommy—including the unforgettable […]

  • ASL Interpreted