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Play For All Adaptive Sports Event with DARE2TRI at Chicago Children’s Museum

Chicago Children's Museum 700 E. Grand Ave., Chicago

Calling ALL champions to Chicago Children's Museum! Participate in event activities, including roller sled hockey, handcycling, wheelchair racing, bocce, Judo, group exercises, and See & Touch Prosthetics display. All of […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Talk | Roundtable on Faith RinggoldJoin us for a conversation on how Faith Ringgold’s aesthetic and political practices continue to reverberate across generations of artists with artists Jamal Cyrus and Amanda Williams, and the MCA presentation Curator of Faith Ringgold: American People, MCA Manilow Senior Curator Jamillah James at Museum of Contemporary Art

Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago

Join us for a conversation on how Faith Ringgold’s aesthetic and political practices continue to reverberate across generations of artists with artists Jamal Cyrus and Amanda Williams, and the MCA […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Spanish captioning

Talk | Roundtable on Faith Ringgold at MCA

Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago

Join us for a conversation on how Faith Ringgold’s aesthetic and political practices continue to reverberate across generations of artists with artists Jamal Cyrus and Amanda Williams, and the MCA […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Spanish captioning
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Youth-Led Programming | Teen Creative Agency x #BLKGRLSWURLD at Museum of Contemporary Art

Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago

This is an opportunity for members of the TCA to enter into conversation with Christina and Cortney, the founders of #BlkGrlsWurld, about their growth and evolution as Black womxn publishers, […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program
  • In Person
  • Virtual
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Cinderella at Lyric Opera of Chicago

Cinderella (La Cenerentola) tells the story of the downtrodden daughter of a selfish father, Don Magnifico. When Prince Ramiro (disguised as his own valet, Dandini) meets her, they fall instantly […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Audio Description
  • Braille Programs
  • Large Print Programs
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Talk | Lotus L. Kang and Jack Schneider at Museum of Contemporary Art

Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago

This year, the Chicago-based artist Lotus L. Kang transformed the museum’s atrium with her mesmerizing work Molt (New York-Lethbridge-Los Angeles-Toronto-Chicago- ) (2018–2023). To celebrate the final weeks of the commissioned […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event

Family Day | Quilts and Stories at Museum of Contemporary Art

Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago

In January, artists A. Martinez and Gaby Martinez take over the MCA with their collaborative quilt making inspired by Faith Ringgold. Additionally, musician Ben LaMar Gay performs for families to […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins: Audio Description with Strawdog Theatre Company

Chicago Loop Synagogue 16 S Clark St, Chicago

Strawdog Theatre Company in partnership with Chicago Loop Synagogue presents Hershel & The Hanukkah Goblins. In this musical adaptation of Eric Kimmel's Caldecott Honor-winning book, a traveling troupe of actors […]

  • Audio Description
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program
  • In Person
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Touch Tour
  • Virtual
  • Wheelchair Accessible