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SUMMARY:Black History Concert: Sankofa Speaks at Chicago Symphony Center
DESCRIPTION:This free event celebrates music and freedom movements from Ghana\, Guinea Bissau\, Trinidad and Tobago\, South Africa and the United States. Featuring guest artists master djembekhan Sekou Conde and renowned soprano Audrey DuBois Harris\, as well as Uniting Voices Chicago singers from every zip code of the city\, the event – and the learning experience surrounding it – aims to go back and retrieve what has been lost. \nUniting Voices Chicago\, formerly Chicago Children’s Choir\, is a nonprofit organization that empowers and unites youth from diverse backgrounds to find their voice and celebrate their common humanity through the power of music. Please join us for this pillar performance with ASL interpretation by ASL Artist Brandon Kazen-Maddox and Director of Artistic Sign Language Marsellette Davis. \nMonday\, February 27\n10:45am Pre-Show\n11am-12:30pm Concert\nChicago Symphony Center\n220 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago\, IL 60604 \nAccessibility: ASL interpreter \nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScls1bFuN_8cO-jhgdbG3ILWKvAnG9DJIymPWYHzHwopAeyZA/viewform
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/black-history-concert-sankofa-speaks-at-chicago-symphony-center/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Beekeeping Lecture with Jonathan Bennett
DESCRIPTION:This Wednesday\, March 1st Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance is hosting beekeeper Jonathan Bennett for a virtual lecture from 6:30pm – 8pm. Jonathan encourages people of all ages and abilities to keep bees if it is of their interest. In his presentation he will share ways he has adapted his beekeeping to his physical ability and future plans to continue to improve the adaptability of his apiary to his physical ability. \nThis virtual lecture will have ASL Interpretation and auto-generated closed captioning available. \nAbout the speaker: Jonathan Bennett is as unique as he is interesting. He has faced challenges his entire life having been born with spina bifida. He hasn’t let this stop him from pursuing his agricultural ambitions as he got his education from the College of the Ozarks with his bachelor’s in animal science and agriculture business. In recent years\, he has expanded the family farm outside Cabool\, Missouri producing registered shorthorn cattle\, pure Spanish goats\, and bees. He currently maintains 5 production hives and several nucleolus colonies. \nIf you would like to request an accommodation\, the registration form has a space to let us know or please feel free to connect with access@garfieldpark.org. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/504743109227/
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/virtual-beekeeping-lecture-with-jonathan-bennett/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230302T183000
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SUMMARY:Chicago Irish Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss the 24th annual festival of the best independent films created by Irish filmmakers celebrating diversity and creativity through short\, documentary and feature films. \nThe Chicago Irish Film Festival proudly presents our Opening Night feature “The Sparrow” at Theater on the Lake on March 2\, starting at 6:30pm. Enjoy other films at AMC New City from March 2-5 with director chats\, and virtual tickets available from March 6-16\, 2023. \nAll virtual films will have subtitle options. In-person captioning will not be available\, however  is available depending on the theater. \nEvent Calendar \n \n 
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/chicago-irish-film-festival/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230302T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230302T200000
DTSTAMP:20260414T144359
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SUMMARY:Open Door: Ari Banias\, Joss Barton\, Alex Jane Cope\, and KOKUMO at the Poetry Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an Open Door reading with Ari Banias\, Joss Barton\, Alex Jane Cope\, and KOKUMO\, The Queen of Queer Soul. The Open Door series highlights creative relationships in Chicago\, including mentorship and collaboration. \nThis is a hybrid event\, which will be offered in-person and via livestream. \nAri Banias is the author of A Symmetry\, winner of the 2022 Publishing Triangle Award for Trans & Gender Variant Literature\, and Anybody. Banias’s poems have appeared in Bæst\, Georgia Review\, The Nation\, The New Republic\, Triple Canopy\, Verse\, Washington Square\, and The Yale Review. His work has been supported by fellowships and residencies at Headlands Center for the Arts\, MacDowell\, the New York Foundation for the Arts\, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown\, among others. He lives in Chicago. \nJoss Barton is a writer\, journalist\, and spoken word performance artist exploring and documenting queer and trans* life\, love\, and liberation. Barton’s work blends femme-fever dreams over the soundtrack of the American nightmare. Combining prose poetry\, non-fiction confessional essays\, drag artistry\, and spoken word stage performances\, Joss examines the myriad states of queer trans womanhoods from historical\, political\, and pop cultural identities of death\, desires\, dreams\, and disco. Joss Barton’s performance will include special lighting design by Dazzler. \nAlex Jane Cope is a poet and translator originally from West Michigan and currently based in Chicago; they previously lived in and around Paris\, where they organized a multilingual queer and feminist reading series. Cope ran the Suppertime Writing Workshop through the PO Box Collective\, which brought people together monthly for a free meal\, a discussion of a few short texts\, and accompanying writing prompts. Their work has appeared in publications by The Rumpus\, Voicemail Poems\, Asphalte Magazine\, Pilot Press London\, and Hooligan Magazine. \nKOKUMO is The Queen Of Queer Soul! And the CEO & Founder Of Born Worthy Records! The world’s first record company dedicated to black\, non-cis women\, and those who support us! \nIn-Person Attendance\nAll guests over the age of two must wear a mask inside the Poetry Foundation building. Guests over the age of five must show proof of vaccination and booster up to the level to which they are eligible for their age group. Guests over the age of 18 must show ID alongside their proof of vaccination. If you cannot meet these requirements\, you will not be granted entry to the event. Please note that some performers may choose to perform without a mask. Guests are encouraged to register in advance. \nLivestream Attendance\nThe livestream link will be shared with registered guests on the day of the event. In order to receive the live-stream details\, please register in advance here. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-door-ari-banias-joss-barton-alex-jane-cope-kokumo-tickets-524709499237?lang=en-us&locale=en_US&status=30&view=listing \nPoetry Foundation’s events are completely free of charge and open to the public. This event will include CART captioning and ASL interpretation. For more information about accessibility at the Poetry Foundation\, please visit our Accessibility Guide. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/visit/accessibility \nAccessibility: ASL interpreter\, captions \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-door-ari-banias-joss-barton-alex-jane-cope-kokumo-tickets-524709499237?lang=en-us&locale=en_US&status=30&view=listing
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/open-door-ari-banias-joss-barton-alex-jane-cope-and-kokumo-at-the-poetry-foundation/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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SUMMARY:Voices Embodied Uplifted at Design Museum of Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Opening reception for Voices Embodied \nHighlighting a relationship between disability and community\, Voices Embodied: Uplifted is boldly displayed throughout the Design Museum of Chicago. The work of fourteen artists is displayed to reconsider the space in a way that is moody\, engaging and vulnerable. Colorful work\, visible in the large public-facing windows engages the community while the dark vault space located in the back of the museum becomes a place of contemplation where viewers are close in proximity to the pieces. All the selected works come from individual perspectives but are displayed in such a way that the work begins to relate and support one another. \nWhile being bold and colorful\, and expressing pride\, the work is invitational. The pieces in Voices Embodied: Uplifted demonstrate the strength of a supportive community. \nThe interior of the Design Museum of Chicago is wheelchair accessible. There is a ramp that leads to the entry but the entrance door is not automated. Restrooms are located in the basement\, accessible by an elevator. For individual access requests\, please visit saic.edu/access. \nhttps://voicesembodiedproject.com/uplifted
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/voices-embodied-uplifted-at-design-museum-of-chicago/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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SUMMARY:"Molly Joyce: Perspective" Exhibition Opening at Curb Appeal Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Curb Appeal Gallery is pleased to announce their inaugural exhibition and the Chicago debut of Molly Joyce’s Perspective. Begun in 2019\, Perspective is a sound and video work that captures perspectives of the disability experience. Created through interviewing over 40 participants around topics that encompass elements of disability—including care\, interdependence\, weakness\, and cure—Joyce has composed and performed a work that invites audiences to consider the kaleidoscopic and nuanced experiences that inform what it means to be disabled. Created with disability aesthetics and accommodations in mind\, Perspective features open-captioned videos\, lending a sense of visual primacy to the stories of the disabled participants and their valuable perspectives. In addition to screening Perspective\, Curb Appeal is delighted to host a brief conversation between Joyce and one of the project interviewees\, Chicago artist Andy Slater (from 7:00-7:30pm). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility: Curb Appeal is wheelchair accessible. In addition to open captioning on the video work\, we will provide ASL interpretation and CART-captioning for remarks and a brief conversation between Molly Joyce and Andy Slater. Masks are required for entry and will be provided if needed. Please note\, Curb Appeal is an apartment gallery and doubles as a home to our gallery dog.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.curbappeal.gallery/
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/molly-joyce-perspective-exhibition-opening-at-curb-appeal-gallery/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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SUMMARY:Radial Gradient with Shattered Glass Theatre at Theater Wit
DESCRIPTION:Audio Description and Touch Tour for Shattered Globe Theatre’s production of Radial Gradient by Jasmine Sharma. Touch Tour is at 6:45 PM and the Curtain for the production is at 8 PM on March\, 3\, 2023. \nTouch Tour and Audio Description \nhttps://sgtheatre.org/GRADIENT/
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/radial-gradient-with-shattered-glass-theatre-at-theater-wit/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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SUMMARY:Extra Yarn at Lifeline Theatre
DESCRIPTION:The pre-show touch tour will begin 90 minutes before the show and the performance directly after the touch tour will offer live audio description (touch tour at 9:30am\, show at 11:00am). This event is FREE and open to the public\, but reservations are strongly encouraged. \nAbout Extra Yarn:\nWhile her parents work tirelessly at the local factory\, Annabelle discovers a small wooden box in the snow filled with yarn that seemingly never ends. Armed with her love of friends and family\, and her grandmother’s knitting needles\, she effortlessly knits sweaters for the whole town! But the Archduke isn’t too pleased and will stop at nothing to get that never-ending yarn for himself. Bundle up with the discovery of family\, friendship\, and fighting for what’s right in this world premiere musical by the team that brought you We Found a Hat. \nTouch Tour\, Audio Description\, and Free \nhttps://ci.ovationtix.com/36647/production/1147131
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/extra-yarn-at-lifeline-theatre/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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SUMMARY:RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN at Raven Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Raven Theatre presents a new play about privacy in the digital age. Closed Captioning will be included in this performance for those who need it\, but be sure to contact us ahead of time to reserve your device. \nThe internet never forgets\, and Derril Lark’s mistake at 17 haunts him online a decade later. Desperate for a normal life\, he goes to extraordinary lengths to erase his indiscretion. But freedom of information is a big business\, and the tech companies aren’t going down without a fight. Secrets\, lies\, and political backstabbing abound in this riveting new drama about one man’s fierce battle to reclaim his privacy by Primus Prize winning playwright Sharyn Rothstein (By the Water\, Northlight Theatre). Don’t miss this striking Chicago premiere about human forgiveness in the age of the internet. \nhttps://www.raventheatre.com/stage/rtbf 
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/right-to-be-forgotten-at-raven-theatre/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Event
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SUMMARY:Snapshots of Every Voice: Composers at Epiphany Center for the Arts
DESCRIPTION:Join LYNX Project for a performance celebrating the unique styles of our commissioned composers for this year’s Amplify Series\, a project setting the poetry of primarily non-speaking autistic individuals to music. Snapshots of Every Voice celebrates what artists want to share through art song. Performances in this series showcase the diversity and richness of art song repertoire\, allowing us to experience music that deeply resonates within us. \nThis performance will feature music by the season’s Amplify Series composers as well as a Q&A session following the performance: \nEugenia Cheng\nShane S. Cook\nCorinne Klein\nPaul Novak\nMatthew Recio \nThe program will also feature a performance of Michelle Isaac’s 2020 commission from LYNX Project\, “Hope”\, with text by Benjamin Smidt. \nPerformers:\nQuinn Middleman\, mezzo-soprano\nSamuel James Dewese\, baritone\nFlorence Mak\, piano \nAccommodations:\nRelaxed performance atmosphere (movement\, fidgets\, stims welcome in our space)\nQuiet space outside concert hall\nNo clapping — handwaving and snapping for applause\nFor additional information about accommodations\, or to make a request\, please contact Michelle Ravitsky at michelle@lynxproject.org \nhttps://www.lynxproject.org/calendar/2023/3/5/snapshots-of-every-voice-composers
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/snapshots-of-every-voice-composers-at-epiphany-center-for-the-arts/
LOCATION:Chicago\, United States
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