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A.B.L.E. presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Chicago Shakespeare Theater Chicago

This spring, A.B.L.E. returns to the stage and our classical roots with a multimedia version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, updated for our social-media obsessed times. Our modern adaptation by […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Captioning
  • Digital Documents Available
  • In Person
  • Masks Required
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Costume Designing Black History with Ruth E. Carter at Music Box Theatre

Music Box Theatre 3733 North Southport Avenue, Chicago

Ruth E. Carter is one of the most renowned and celebrated costume designers working today having designed more than 40 films over the course of 3 decades and winning Oscars […]

  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Captioning
  • In Person
  • Wheelchair Accessible

A.B.L.E. presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Chicago Shakespeare Theater Chicago

This spring, A.B.L.E. returns to the stage and our classical roots with a multimedia version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, updated for our social-media obsessed times. Our modern adaptation by […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Captioning
  • Digital Documents Available
  • In Person
  • Masks Required
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Talk | Gary Simmons at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago

On the opening of his first comprehensive survey exhibition, Gary Simmons: Public Enemy, multidisciplinary artist Gary Simmons is joined by the curators of the show, René Morales, James W. Alsdorf […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Spanish captioning

Poetry at The Green at 320: June 2023

The Green at 320 320 S. Canal St., Chicago
Event Series Poetry at The Green at 320: June 2023

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

Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon at Lookingglass Theatre

Lookingglass Theatre Company 821 N Michigan Avenue, Chicago

Hooray! Lucy and Charlie just got hitched…and they’re embracing the worst of the American dream. They do what they want. Take what they want. They’re First Generation Asian American Renegades. […]

  • Audio Description
  • Touch Tour

Talk | Barak adé Soleil with SHIFT Community Participants at MCA

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago

Please join us for a communal dialog with award-winning artist Barak adé Soleil and members of the local Black and Brown neurodiverse and disabled community who are part of adé […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Audio Description
  • Captioning
  • Low Lighting
  • Wheelchair Accessible

2023 Accessible Juneteenth at UIC Quad

The UIC Quad 750 S. Halsted Street, Chicago

Accessible Juneteenth 2023 Place: the UIC Quad (behind UIC Student Center East); 750 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL Date and Time: Saturday, June 17th, 2023 from 1pm to 5pm (Open […]

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

What the Constitution Means to Me at TimeLine Theatre

TimeLine Theatre 615 W. Wellington Ave., Chicago

What the Constitution Means to Me is a “slyly crafted piece of persuasion and a tangible contribution to the change it seeks” (The New York Times) and a “singularly charming, […]

  • Captioning

What the Constitution Means to Me at TimeLine Theatre

TimeLine Theatre 615 W. Wellington Ave., Chicago

What the Constitution Means to Me is a “slyly crafted piece of persuasion and a tangible contribution to the change it seeks” (The New York Times) and a “singularly charming, […]

  • Audio Description

Sensory-Friendly Morning at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago

Sensory-Friendly Morning is a free program for all people who benefit from visiting the MCA without large crowds and other sensitive environmental elements. This includes visitors with sensory sensitivities, disabilities, […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • In Person
  • Low Lighting
  • Sensory Friendly

Poetry at The Green at 320: June 2023

The Green at 320 320 S. Canal St., Chicago
Event Series Poetry at The Green at 320: June 2023

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