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Dance Residency Open Studio Series at Chicago Cultural Center

Chicago Cultural Center Chicago

February—June 2023, Second Tuesday of each month Chicago Cultural Center, Dance Studio, 1st Floor North (78 E Washington St) During 2022’s Year of Chicago Dance, a new dance floor was installed in the Chicago Cultural Center’s Dance Studio and an application was opened to provide space, time and funding for Chicago dancemakers to create new […]

Dance Residency Open Studio Series at Chicago Cultural Center

Chicago Cultural Center Chicago

February—June 2023, Second Tuesday of each month Chicago Cultural Center, Dance Studio, 1st Floor North (78 E Washington St) During 2022’s Year of Chicago Dance, a new dance floor was installed in the Chicago Cultural Center’s Dance Studio and an application was opened to provide space, time and funding for Chicago dancemakers to create new […]

Dance Residency Open Studio Series at Chicago Cultural Center

Chicago Cultural Center Chicago

February—June 2023, Second Tuesday of each month Chicago Cultural Center, Dance Studio, 1st Floor North (78 E Washington St) During 2022’s Year of Chicago Dance, a new dance floor was installed in the Chicago Cultural Center’s Dance Studio and an application was opened to provide space, time and funding for Chicago dancemakers to create new […]

Stacey Abrams: Rogue Justice at The Vic Theatre

The Vic Theatre 3145 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago

#1 New York Times bestselling author, voting rights advocate, and history maker Stacey Abrams returns to Chicago with her latest thriller novel, Rogue Justice. Join Chicago Humanities for an evening with this political leader as we delve into the art of fiction, current issues affecting our democracy, and how we can all use our voices […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Audio Description
  • Captioning
  • In Person

Burning Red: Tribute to Taylor Swift

Lincoln Hall 2424 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago

Burning Red: Tribute to Taylor is the premier Taylor Swift tribute act, by Swifties and for Swifties. Burning Red brings the iconic music of Taylor Swift to life with an energetic performance and detailed Taylor-themed event, serving up the best Taylor sing-along party you'll ever find! Every Burning Red show is a journey through all […]

  • In Person

West Side Story at Lyric Opera of Chicago

Lyric Opera of Chicago 20 N Wacker Dr, Chicago

Tony and Maria are wide-eyed teenagers from two communities in conflict, who fall in love. As their friends and family battle with one another, Tony and Maria long for “a place for us…somewhere.” Accessibility: Audio Description, Touch Tour, ASL Interpreted https://www.lyricopera.org/shows/upcoming/2022-23/west-side-story/

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Touch Tour

Poetry at The Green at 320: June 2023

The Green at 320 320 S. Canal St., Chicago

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, weekly reading and open mic series co-curated by CPC’s Poets in Residence Tarnynon Onumonu and Timothy David Rey. Join us on certain Monday nights in […]

  • Free Event
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Dance Residency Open Studio Series at Chicago Cultural Center

Chicago Cultural Center Chicago

February—June 2023, Second Tuesday of each month Chicago Cultural Center, Dance Studio, 1st Floor North (78 E Washington St) During 2022’s Year of Chicago Dance, a new dance floor was installed in the Chicago Cultural Center’s Dance Studio and an application was opened to provide space, time and funding for Chicago dancemakers to create new […]

Experience the SoundShirt at West Side Story at Lyric Opera

Lyric Opera of Chicago 20 N Wacker Dr, Chicago

Lyric Opera is prototyping an innovative new experience for audiences who are D/deaf or hard of hearing called the SoundShirt, built by CuteCircuit. While the orchestra and artists perform on stage, microphones capture the sound. Computer software transforms the sounds into touch data, and the data is broadcast wirelessly to the SoundShirts. SoundShirt wearers experience […]

  • ASL Interpreted

Experience the SoundShirt at West Side Story at Lyric Opera

Lyric Opera of Chicago 20 N Wacker Dr, Chicago

Lyric Opera is prototyping an innovative new experience for audiences who are D/deaf or hard of hearing called the SoundShirt, built by CuteCircuit. While the orchestra and artists perform on stage, microphones capture the sound. Computer software transforms the sounds into touch data, and the data is broadcast wirelessly to the SoundShirts. SoundShirt wearers experience […]

  • ASL Interpreted

Genevieve Ramos: Crip Paint Power

Curb Appeal Gallery Email info@curbappeal.gallery for address, Chicago

Curb Appeal Gallery is pleased to announce our second exhibition "Genevieve Ramos: Crip Paint Power". This exhibition debuts new work created as part of Ramos’s Feminist Crip Paint Power, a multi-year project exploring the love, care, and interdependency in disability communities through the lens of disability justice and feminism. Stemming from relationships with disabled BIPOC […]

  • Captioning
  • Image Descriptions
  • Masks Required
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Nature Play for All at The Morton Arboretum

The Morton Arboretum 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle

Children of all abilities can play and explore nature through accessible activities in The Morton Arboretum’s lush 4-acre Children’s Garden during this special Nature Play for All weekend event, organized in collaboration with Benedictine University and SEASPAR, the South East Association for Special Parks and Recreation. Activities include Painting with Nature, Planting a Seed, American […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • In Person
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible