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Sports & Recreation
Chicago Cubs v. Cincinnati Reds
See the 2016 World Series Champion Chicago Cubs play against the Cincinatti Reds September 16-18 at Wrigley Field!
Theatre & Performing Arts
Commons Artist Project: Brendan Fernandes, "A Call and Response"
Brendan Fernandes’s dance-based installation in the Commons, entitled A Call and Response, explores the ways society sees and values different kinds of bodies. Using language,…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Fall Dinner Crawl
The Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce presents its popular annual Wicker Park Bucktown Fall Dinner Crawl on Tuesday, September 17 from 6-9 p.m. Foodies…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Hofbräuhaus Chicago’s Seventh Annual Oktoberfest Celebration
Hofbräuhaus Chicago will bring the “oompapa” of Oktoberfest back to the Chicago area with its seventh annual Oktoberfest celebration September 13 – October 31. Guests…
Northwest Suburbs
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Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Tours & Attractions
Jurassic Quest
August 6 - October 12, 2019 Free and open to the public Tuesday thru Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Jurassic Quest is America’s largest…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Open Door Series: Lani T. Montreal & Tony Trigilio
The Open Door series presents work from Chicago’s new and emerging poets and highlights the area’s outstanding writing programs. Each hour-long event features readings by…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Bixbee Imagination Station
Bixbee is bringing to Chicago its first ever hands-on interactive, immersive experience - Imagination Station! Unleash your creativity and take a safari into your imagination…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Bob Dylan: Electric
Bob Dylan: Electric spotlights Dylan’s writing – song, poetry, and prose – between his 1965 Newport Folk Festival performance and 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature.…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Brick Safari at Brookfield Zoo
Brick Safari features more than 40 life-size animal sculptures created from millions of individual colored LEGO® bricks. The menagerie of animals will be located along…
Southwest Suburbs
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Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Chicago Beer & BBQ Cruise
Sample a variety of craft beers from local breweries paired with authentic barbecue bites from Blackwood BBQ. A different brewery is featured each month. Enjoy…
Tours & Attractions
Chicago Water Taxi
Chicago Water Taxi is Chicago's river transportation service with seven stops located on all three branches of the Chicago River. Hop on/ hop off at…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Chicago Wine & Cheese Cruise
Relax with a glass of wine and take in evening views of the Chicago skyline! Enjoy sweet and savory wine and cheese pairings from Pastoral…
Tours & Attractions
Chicago’s Original Architecture Tour®
Be inspired by the captivating, visual art that is Chicago’s legendary architecture, and the exceptional architects who created this ever-changing, dynamic legacy for all to…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
D-Day +75 Exhibit
D-Day + 75 is a flashback to June 1944, when the world waited with anticipation to learn the outcome of the invasion of France. Operation…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Dana H.
Dana was a chaplain of a psych ward where she met a charismatic patient, an ex-convict searching for redemption. A harrowing true story, Dana was…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Destination Solar System
Destination Solar System is a live show that takes adventurous space explorers on an immersive tour of the Solar System. Set in the future, Destination…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
ENVISIONING JUSTICE at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
August 6 - October 12, 2019 Free and open to the public Tuesday thru Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Recurring weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Hamilton
HAMILTON is the story of America’s Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington’s right-hand man during the Revolutionary…
Music & Comedy
Laugh Out Loud Theater Chicago
See a variety of improv shows almost every night of the week in North Center! Featuring family-friendly shows, drinking games for adults, storytelling and more,…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
LEGO NINJAGO®: Master Wu’s Mission
Discover your elemental power, create your own ninja battle movie.
Northwest Suburbs
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Tours & Attractions
Lionel Train Adventure
All aboard! The new-and-improved train adventure has arrived at Lincoln Park Zoo! The new electric-powered locomotive seats 28 children with a coal car, passenger cars…
Tours & Attractions
Little Playtimes
Mini LEGO® builders can enjoy BIG fun at LEGOLAND® Discovery Center every Tuesday morning 10:00 AM -12:00 PM with DUPLO® Little Playtimes! We will open…
Northwest Suburbs
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Music & Comedy
LunchBreak Series
See a live comedy show at The pH Comedy Theater, featuring improv, sketch and stand-up! Photo credit: City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs and…
Music & Comedy
MCL Chicago
MCL Chicago is the first theater dedicated to the art of music comedy. It houses productions featuring music improv, musical sketch, as well as new…
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