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TimeLine Theatre Company’s Production of Relentless

After a sold out run this winter, Tyla Abercrumbrie's world premiere play comes to the Goodman, weaving a mother's past with her daughters’ present in a centuries-spanning tale of family, legacy and progress. Set in the Black Victorian era, Relentless looks at the deep personal secrets we keep to protect the ones we love most. […]

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TimeLine Theatre Company’s Production of Relentless

After a sold out run this winter, Tyla Abercrumbrie's world premiere play comes to the Goodman, weaving a mother's past with her daughters’ present in a centuries-spanning tale of family, legacy and progress. Set in the Black Victorian era, Relentless looks at the deep personal secrets we keep to protect the ones we love most. […]

  • ASL Interpreted

Laws & Paws

Ankin Law Office LLC, in collaboration with Wicker Park Advisory Council, presents LAWS & PAWS, a local gathering on April 30 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. in the Wicker Park Field adjacent to the Wicker Park Dog Park (1425 N. Damen, Chicago, IL 60622). The event allows the Chicago community and their canine friends […]

TimeLine Theatre Company’s Production of Relentless

After a sold out run this winter, Tyla Abercrumbrie's world premiere play comes to the Goodman, weaving a mother's past with her daughters’ present in a centuries-spanning tale of family, legacy and progress. Set in the Black Victorian era, Relentless looks at the deep personal secrets we keep to protect the ones we love most. […]

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Lauren Bon Lecture

This event will be live captioned by Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services. For additional access requests, visit saic.edu/access. Join us live for a virtual lecture by artist Lauren Bon followed by an audience Q&A. Lauren Bon is an environmental artist from Los Angeles. Her practice, Metabolic Studio, explores self-sustaining and self-diversifying systems of exchange […]

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  • Free Event

TimeLine Theatre Company’s Production of Relentless

After a sold out run this winter, Tyla Abercrumbrie's world premiere play comes to the Goodman, weaving a mother's past with her daughters’ present in a centuries-spanning tale of family, legacy and progress. Set in the Black Victorian era, Relentless looks at the deep personal secrets we keep to protect the ones we love most. […]

  • Audio Description
  • Touch Tour

Chicago Inclusive Dance Festival

Want your events to be more inclusive? Join us for a community building festival of movement workshops and access presentations! We will explore the concept of making inclusion part of the creative process from beginning to completion, as opposed to the "burden approach" of tacking it on at the end. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1eQ721KZboXO_JdTDfFwpuF9pAgfVHs2iv9OIhNz2XFc/viewform?edit_requested=true

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
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  • Free Event
  • In Person

The Best Decision You’ve Ever Made

The Second City has no time for regrets in the 45th e.t.c. revue, The Best Decision You've Ever Made. This choose-your-own comedy (mis)adventure explores the choices we make and how they impact our world in a hilarious, heartfelt, and interactive way. From ASMR to the CTA, first dates to last goodbyes, and gender reveal parties […]

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  • In Person

Chicago Inclusive Dance Festival

Want your events to be more inclusive? Join us for a community building festival of movement workshops and access presentations! We will explore the concept of making inclusion part of the creative process from beginning to completion, as opposed to the "burden approach" of tacking it on at the end. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1eQ721KZboXO_JdTDfFwpuF9pAgfVHs2iv9OIhNz2XFc/viewform?edit_requested=true

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • In Person

MCA Commons: Access Praxis—Justin Cooper

MCA Advisory Partners Bodies of Work and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago invite you to Access Praxis, a collaborative and participatory event in The Commons. Combining theory and practice, “praxis” is ideas in action. Join disabled artist Justin Cooper, a former 3Arts/Bodies of Work Fellow, as he shares how narrative, accessibility, and disability aesthetics […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Quiet Spaces

Good Night, Oscar

Anything can happen on live TV. And one night, it did. Emmy Award-winning actor and producer Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) stars as the irrepressible Oscar Levant. It’s 1958, and Jack Paar hosts the hottest late-night talk-show on television. His favorite guest? Character actor, pianist and wild card Oscar Levant. Famous for his witty one-liners, […]

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Goodnight, Oscar

Anything can happen on live TV. And one night, it did. Emmy Award-winning actor and producer Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) stars as the irrepressible Oscar Levant. It’s 1958, and Jack Paar hosts the hottest late-night talk-show on television. His favorite guest? Character actor, pianist and wild card Oscar Levant. Famous for his witty one-liners, […]

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