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SUMMARY:Abby Paj Tries to Stay Alive at The Neo-Futurists Theater
DESCRIPTION:Abby Paj Tries to Stay Alive is a solo show written and performed by Neo-Futurist Ensemble Member\, Abby Pajakowski. \nThe doomsday clock ticks 89 seconds to midnight and the world seems to already be ending each day. Some stockpile beans\, some stockpile guns\, and some bury themselves underground to wait for it to all blow over. Meanwhile\, Abby Paj avoids the doctor\, stays in bed\, and writes “make a go-bag” on every to-do list for a year and a half. Join Abby as they dive into apocalypses\, preparation\, depression\, and maybe doing a bunch of push-ups with a backpack on. Watch as they try to stay alive in any – no\, every way possible.
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/abby-paj-tries-to-stay-alive-at-the-neo-futurists-theater/
LOCATION:The Neo-Futurist Theater\, 5153 N Ashland Ave.\, Chicago\, 60640\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="The Neo-Futurists":MAILTO:admin@neofuturists.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251004T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251004T120000
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SUMMARY:Nate Silver and Richard Thaler in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Nate Silver\, founder of the popular data-driven news and analysis website FiveThirtyEight\, and Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard H. Thaler come together for a wide-ranging conversation. In his most recent publication\, On the Edge\, Silver explores how we live in a new age of decision making — from poker players and hedge fund managers to crypto speculators and AI investors\, professional risk takers determine the future of global finance\, technology\, and power. Originally published in 1992\, Thaler’s The Winner’s Curse introduced readers to behavioral economics by presenting a series of Anomalies\, empirical findings that challenged the traditional economics assumption that people are selfish rational optimizers. Now\, three decades later\, Thaler teams with UChicago colleague Alex Imas for a republication of the seminal book to see whether the original challenges have held up\, and to explore how the field has evolved. Together\, Thaler and Silver explore the nature of decision making in today’s economy and in our new era of risk.
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/nate-silver-and-richard-thaler-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Illinois Institute of Technology – Herrmann Hall\, 3241 S Federal St\, Chicago\, 60616\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Chicago Humanities":MAILTO:tickets@chicagohumanities.org
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SUMMARY:Christian Davenport on the Rocket Dreams of Musk and Bezos
DESCRIPTION:Moon landings and space walks once captivated the public’s attention. But\, in recent decades\, the U.S. space enterprise has waned. Now\, that’s finally about to change. The award-winning Washington Post writer Christian Davenport chronicles the mad scramble to shape humanity’s off-planet future. He takes us behind the scenes at NASA and the Pentagon as China’s aggressive moon mining plans raise alarms\, onto the sprawling Cape Canaveral factory where Blue Origin is working toward Amazon-style lunar deliveries\, and onto SpaceX launch pads as Musk’s engineers log 100-hour weeks. Davenport offers a riveting\, fly-on-the-wall account of the grit-fueled global battle to push humankind further into the cosmos — revealing that the science fiction dreams of the last century may soon become our reality.
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/christian-davenport-on-the-rocket-dreams-of-musk-and-bezos/
LOCATION:Illinois Institute of Technology – Herrmann Hall\, 3241 S Federal St\, Chicago\, 60616\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Chicago Humanities":MAILTO:tickets@chicagohumanities.org
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251004T170000
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SUMMARY:Big White Fog at Court Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Theodore Ward’s Big White Fog is the big shoulders on which A Raisin in the Sun stands. First completed in 1938\, funded by the Federal Theatre Project\, and influenced by the South Side Writers Group that cultivated such iconic talents as Richard Wright and Margaret Walker\, Big White Fog drove American realism forward by contending with discontent. \nThe United States is on the cusp of the Great Depression and\, like many\, the Mason family is struggling. Between the precarious economy and racial violence on Chicago’s segregated South Side\, something’s got to give. As different generations strive to secure the Mason family’s future\, catastrophic decisions are made\, leading to a heartbreaking twist and a blistering condemnation of America’s Big White Fog. \nResident Artist and the nation’s preeminent director of August Wilson Ron OJ Parson (East Texas Hot Links) opens the 2025/26 season with this rich portrayal of Black life on Chicago’s South Side. \nPerformance:\nTouch Tour: Saturday\, October 4 at 12:30pm\nAudio Description and ASL Interpretation: Saturday\, October 4 at 2:00pm \nAccessibility: Touch tour\, ASL interpreted\, and audio description. \nhttps://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2025-2026-season/big-white-fog/
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/big-white-fog-at-court-theatre-2/
LOCATION:Court Theatre\, 5535 South Ellis Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Court Theatre":MAILTO:Plewis3@uchicago.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251004T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251004T150000
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SUMMARY:The Wrigley Building: The Making of an Icon
DESCRIPTION:The Wrigley Building is one of Chicago’s most emblematic buildings — a gleaming white palazzo at the head of our city’s grandest boulevard\, Michigan Avenue. Join us for a panel discussion with the Chicago-based creatives behind the new book The Wrigley Building: The Making of an Icon as they unveil fresh perspectives on this architectural marvel. They provide a fascinating social history illuminating the building’s significance as more than just a structural landmark but as a nexus of Chicago’s cultural\, social\, and business evolution. \nPanelists: \nPhotographer William Zbaren \nWriter Robert Sharoff \nCultural historian Tim Samuelson \nArchitect and historian John Vinci \nModerated by writer and editor Alison Cuddy
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/the-wrigley-building-the-making-of-an-icon/
LOCATION:Illinois Tech – Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship\, 3137 S Federal St\, Chicago\, 60616\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Chicago Humanities":MAILTO:tickets@chicagohumanities.org
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SUMMARY:Robin Givhan on Virgil Abloh
DESCRIPTION:The late creative visionary Virgil Abloh upended a century’s worth of ideas about luxury and taste\, fundamentally reshaping how we see creativity and the world around us. Join us at the Illinois Institute of Technology\, Abloh’s alma mater\, as Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic and fashion editor Robin Givhan illuminates Abloh’s impact on fashion\, race\, and exclusivity. Givhan is joined in conversation by curator Michael Darling\, whose close collaborative relationship with Abloh at the Museum of Contemporary Art helps to further unfold the story of a young man from Rockford with no formal training in patternmaking or tailoring who came to symbolize the industry’s way forward.
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/robin-givhan-on-virgil-abloh/
LOCATION:Illinois Tech – Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship\, 3137 S Federal St\, Chicago\, 60616\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Chicago Humanities":MAILTO:tickets@chicagohumanities.org
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SUMMARY:A Performance with Angela Davis and Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a powerful musical performance inspired by Angela Davis’s pioneering activism interspersed with readings by — and a post-performance conversation with — Davis herself. Award-winning composer\, Guggenheim fellow\, and creative flutist Nicole Mitchell\, who emerged from Chicago’s music scene in the late 90s\, will be joined by her Black Earth Ensemble to present Radical Transformation\, a musical celebration of Davis’s courage and resilience.
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/a-performance-with-angela-davis-and-nicole-mitchells-black-earth-ensemble/
LOCATION:Illinois Institute of Technology – Herrmann Hall\, 3241 S Federal St\, Chicago\, 60616\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Chicago Humanities":MAILTO:tickets@chicagohumanities.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251005T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251005T160000
DTSTAMP:20260926T151404
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SUMMARY:HCL Art/Access Lab: Open Lab | Tsehaye Hébert and Terri Lynne Hudson at Experimental Station
DESCRIPTION:Art/Access Lab: Open Lab provides artists in the disability community an affinity space for artists to share emerging projects\, test ideas\, and gain perspective on their work through community exchange. \nAttendees are invited to support the creative process by first experiencing emerging projects that are in the development phase\, then participating in a moderated conversation that delves into that work. Guided by the needs of the artist\, this conversation may explore the themes presented in the work\, invite the audience to ask questions and share critique\, or the artist may ask questions to the audience regarding their experience of the work. \n*Hybrid Event* Attend in person or via Zoom \nDoors at 1:30pm\nEvent starts at 2:00pm\nEvent ends at 4:00pm \nAccessibility: ASL interpreted\, open captions\, sensory friendly\, virtual or in-person. \nhttps://highconceptlabs.org/events/art-access-lab-october-2025
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/hcl-art-access-lab-open-lab-tsehaye-hebert-and-terri-lynne-hudson-at-experimental-station/
LOCATION:Experimental Station\, 6100 S Blackstone Ave\, Chicago\, 60637\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="High Concept Labs":MAILTO:info@highconceptlabs.org
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SUMMARY:Big White Fog at Court Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Theodore Ward’s Big White Fog is the big shoulders on which A Raisin in the Sun stands. First completed in 1938\, funded by the Federal Theatre Project\, and influenced by the South Side Writers Group that cultivated such iconic talents as Richard Wright and Margaret Walker\, Big White Fog drove American realism forward by contending with discontent. \nThe United States is on the cusp of the Great Depression and\, like many\, the Mason family is struggling. Between the precarious economy and racial violence on Chicago’s segregated South Side\, something’s got to give. As different generations strive to secure the Mason family’s future\, catastrophic decisions are made\, leading to a heartbreaking twist and a blistering condemnation of America’s Big White Fog. \nResident Artist and the nation’s preeminent director of August Wilson Ron OJ Parson (East Texas Hot Links) opens the 2025/26 season with this rich portrayal of Black life on Chicago’s South Side. \nPerformance Sunday\, October 5 at at 2:00pm \nAccessibility: Open captioning. \nhttps://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2025-2026-season/big-white-fog/ \n 
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/big-white-fog-at-court-theatre/
LOCATION:Court Theatre\, 5535 South Ellis Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Court Theatre":MAILTO:Plewis3@uchicago.edu
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