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Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Filipino Restaurant Week – Chicago
The first of its kind, the Filipino Restaurant Week (FRW) will now let you taste mouth-watering, original Filipino dishes on October 6-21 from more than…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
55th Chicago International Film Festival
The 55th Chicago International Film Festival will bring more than 150 films from around the world to the AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
DESTINOS – 3rd International Latino Theater Festival
The Chicago Latino Theater Alliance (CLATA) is dedicated to help drive the local Latino theater community to a more prominent level, by amplifying Latino voices,…
Music & Comedy
Frank Turner: No Man’s Land North American Tour 2019
Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls at the Athenaeum Theatre!
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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Theatre & Performing Arts
Idle Muse Theatre Company Presents Equivocation
Idle Muse Theatre Company (IMTC) begins its 2019-20 Season with Equivocation, by Bill Cain, directed by Artistic Director Evan Jackson*, September 20 – October 20…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns
More than 1,000 hand-carved, real pumpkins—some as large as 150 pounds—will light up the night. Using scalpels, knives, gouges, and power tools, artists from the…
North Suburbs
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Theatre & Performing Arts
Poetry off the Shelf: The Ice Worker Still Sings with Ada Limón & Heidi Restrepo Rhodes
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Ice Worker Sings, by the late Andrés Montoya—for whom Latinx poetry’s first-book prize is named. Join Ada Limón and…
Theatre & Performing Arts
She The People
Kokandy Productions presents the Chicago premiere of the bold new musical comedy HEAD OVER HEELS, featuring songs by The Go-Go’s. A hilarious, exuberant celebration of…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Soltera, Casada, Viuda y Divorciada – Destinos 3rd Chicago International Latino Theater Festival
Destinos: 3rd Chicago International Latino Theater Festival Puerto Rico | North American Premiere Comedy 80min Written by Román Sarmentero Directed by Gilberto Valenzuela Produced by…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial
The Chicago Architecture Biennial is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to creating an international forum on architecture and urbanism through the production of exhibitions and…
Theatre & Performing Arts
A Man of No Importance
A musical adaptation by the Tony Award-winning writers of RAGTIME and ANASTASIA of the 1994 film that starred Albert Finney. Alfie Byrne is a bus…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Annoyance Theatre & Bar
For over 25 years, The Annoyance Theatre has created some of Chicago’s finest comedy. Home of the longest running musical Co-ed Prison Sluts, The Annoyance…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Art on theMART Fall Program
The Fall Launch of Art on theMART, the largest permanent digital art projection in the world, will take place on Saturday, September 21, unveiling new…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Back in the Day: An ‘80s House Music Dancesical – Destinos 3rd Chicago International Latino Theater Festival
Destinos: 3rd Chicago International Latino Theater Festival Chicago | World Premiere Drama 90min Written by Miranda Gonzalez Directed by Raquel Torre Produced by Urban Theater…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts, Tours & Attractions
Belmont Theater District Celebrates October “Month of Theater”
The Belmont Theater District, Chicago’s Largest Theater District hosts a celebration of theater for the month of October including New Shows, Promotions and Events The…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Bernhardt/Hamlet
High humor and human drama collide in a rollicking comedy “so clever it uplifts, so timely it hurts” (The New York Times). In 1899, legendary…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Big Fish
Edward Bloom leads an extraordinary life—at least according to the stories he tells his son, Will. But Will, who is getting married and expecting a…
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.…
Tours & Attractions
Brick-or-Treat
Things are about to get spooky with spell-binding scavenger hunts, giant Halloween models, and meet and greets with our LEGO Shark & Police Officer.
Northwest Suburbs
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Theatre & Performing Arts
CABARET the Musical
This October forget about your troubles and the uncomfortable political reality right outside your door and join Cowardly Scarecrow Theatre Company for a drink or…
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…
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…
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