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Chicago City Markets
May6
Oct28
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Chicago City Markets

Chicago City Markets sell fresh seasonal produce, flowers, prepared foods, unique Chicago-made products and rare finds – at Chicago’s longest-running farmers market on Daley Plaza,…

Saturday, May 6thSaturday, October 28th
Citywide
Rush Hour Concerts | | Season Opener: A Night of Firsts
Jun6
Nov8
Music & Comedy

Rush Hour Concerts | | Season Opener: A Night of Firsts

RUSH HOUR CONCERTS | | Season Opener: A Night of Firsts Lei Hou and Qing Hou, violins ​​Larry Neuman, viola Karen Basrak, cello Victor Asuncion,…

Tuesday June 6, 2023
12:00 a.m.Sunday November 8, 2076
6:30 p.m.
Makes Me Wanna Holla: Art, Death & Imprisonment
Sep11
Oct19
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

Makes Me Wanna Holla: Art, Death & Imprisonment

Makes Me Wanna Holla: Art, Death & Imprisonment featuring “Artist for the People” Practitioner Fellows Dorothy Burge & Michelle Daniel Jones with Mourning Our Losses…

Monday, September 11th
9:00 a.m.Thursday, October 19th
9:00 p.m.
Logan Center for the Arts – Gallery
915 E 60th St
The Lehman Trilogy
Sep19
Oct29
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Lehman Trilogy

By Stefano Massini Adapted by Ben Power Co-directed by Nick Bowling and Vanessa Stalling Told in three parts over one evening, THE LEHMAN TRILOGY is the quintessential…

Tuesday, September 19thSunday, October 29th
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower
175 E. Chestnut
Sapphire & Crystals Café Exhibition And Silent Auction
Sep20
Oct13
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

Sapphire & Crystals Café Exhibition And Silent Auction

Logan Center Exhibitions is pleased to present Sapphire & Crystal’s Silent Auction in Café Logan as part of their exhibition Freedom’s Muse. The auction will close at the…

Wednesday, September 20th
9:00 a.m.Friday, October 13th
9:00 p.m.
Logan Center for the Arts – Café Logan
915 E 60th St
Chicago Gourmet
Sep21
Sep24
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Chicago Gourmet

Attention travelers! We are now approaching Chicago Gourmet. Please gather up your friends and your appetites. Grab your sun glasses and wine glasses, and put…

Thursday, September 21stSunday, September 24th
City wide
Reeling 2023: The 41st Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
Sep21
Oct8
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

Reeling 2023: The 41st Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival

From award-winning international feature films to social documentaries to experimental shorts, Reeling has always presented a range of genres that demonstrate the rich diversity of…

Thursday, September 21stSunday, October 8th
Chicago Filmmakers Firehouse Theater
5720
Festival au Cinema
Sep22
Sep24
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Festival au Cinema

Festival au Cinéma is Haven Chicago’s new platform for visionary and innovative filmmakers and media artists staking their claim in the future of digital storytelling. Whether by…

Friday, September 22nd
6:00 p.m.Sunday, September 24th
6:00 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Hyde Park Jazz Festival
Sep23
Sep24
Music & Comedy

Hyde Park Jazz Festival

Chicago’s upbeat jazz scene will be prominently featured for two days during the 17th annual festival dedicated to Chicago’s most critically acclaimed artists as well…

Saturday, September 23rd
1:00 p.m.Sunday, September 24th
7:00 p.m.
South Woodlawn Avenue & Midway Plaisance
South Woodlawn Avenue & Midway Plaisance
Wolff’s Flea Market – Rosemont
Sep24
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Wolff’s Flea Market – Rosemont

Wolff’s Flea Market  – over 700 small businesses with antiques, collectibles, thrift, vintage clothing, home goods, farmers market, cards, memorabilia, records, comics, art, furniture and…

Sunday, September 24th
6:00 a.m.2:00 p.m.
Allstate Arena
6920 Mannheim Rd
Wicker Park Farmers Market
Sep24
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Wicker Park Farmers Market

Shop each Sunday 8a-2p at the Wicker Park Farmers Market with over 40 vendors!

Sunday, September 24th
8:00 a.m.2:00 p.m.
Wicker Park
1425 N. Damen Ave.
Mesmerized: A Ben Franklin Science & History Mystery
Sep24
Theatre & Performing Arts

Mesmerized: A Ben Franklin Science & History Mystery

Through fabulous storytelling and fast-paced comedy, Ben Franklin and his want-to-be-inventor niece, Sarah, travel to France where they use the Scientific Method to test a…

Sunday, September 24th
9:00 a.m.11:00 a.m.
Chicago Children’s Theatre
100 S Racine Ave
Glenwood Sunday Markets in Rogers Park
Sep24
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Glenwood Sunday Markets in Rogers Park

Glenwood Sunday Market will operate every Sunday from June 4 to October 29 (closed on June 25 and August 20), from 9 a.m. – 2…

Sunday, September 24th
9:00 a.m.2:00 p.m.
Glenwood Avenue between Morse and Lunt
Capturing the Stars: The Untold History of Women at Yerkes Observatory
Sep24
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

Capturing the Stars: The Untold History of Women at Yerkes Observatory

Women contributed to the advancement of astronomy and astrophysics at Yerkes Observatory in the early twentieth century. They were not only calculators or assistants. They…

Sunday, September 24th
9:00 a.m.4:45 p.m.
Special Collections Research Center Exhibition Gallery
1100 East 57th Street
The WARHOL Exhibition
Sep24
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

The WARHOL Exhibition

Unfolding across nearly 11,000 square-feet of exhibition space, WARHOL featuring “Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop | Works from the Bank of America Collection”…

Sunday, September 24th
9:30 a.m.7:00 p.m.
Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd
Sensory-Friendly Morning
Sep24
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

Sensory-Friendly Morning

About the Event Sensory-Friendly Morning is a free program for all people who benefit from visiting the MCA without large crowds and other sensitive environmental…

Sunday, September 24th
10:00 a.m.11:30 a.m.
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
Ruth Duckworth: Life as a Unity
Sep24
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

Ruth Duckworth: Life as a Unity

Ruth Duckworth (1919–2009) was an innovative Chicago sculptor who was deeply engaged in the natural world and the scientific advances happening at the University of…

Sunday, September 24th
10:00 a.m.4:30 p.m.
Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue
Boil, Toil + Trouble
Sep24
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

Boil, Toil + Trouble

Curator Zoe Lukov and cultural producer Abby Pucker, co-founders of the nonprofit creative enterprise Art in Common, present the newest iteration of the large-scale group…

Sunday, September 24th
10:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Art in Common
400 N Peoria
Chim: Between Devastation and Resurrection
Sep24
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Tours & Attractions

Chim: Between Devastation and Resurrection

Chim: Between Devastation and Resurrection shines a light on the work of one of the most respected photojournalists of his day. Born Dawid Szymin in Warsaw…

Sunday, September 24th
10:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
9603 Woods Drive
Randolph Street Market
Sep24
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Randolph Street Market

Joining other world-class cities including Paris, London, LA, and New York, Chicago’s Randolph Street Market is a key market event destination that locals and fans…

Sunday, September 24th
10:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Union Hall
1340 West Washington Boulevard
Special Exhibition – The Girl in the Diary: Searching for Rywka from the Łódz Ghetto
Sep24
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Tours & Attractions

Special Exhibition – The Girl in the Diary: Searching for Rywka from the Łódz Ghetto

In I945, a diary was found in the ashes of a destroyed crematorium in the liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau Camp. It was written by a 14-year-old Jewish…

Sunday, September 24th
10:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
9603 Woods Drive
Perceptual Experience
Sep24
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

Perceptual Experience

Chicagoans are invited to dive into the extraordinary this fall with renowned inventor and artist Michael Murphy’s inaugural showcase, Perceptual Experience. Murphy,  a trailblazing artist…

Sunday, September 24th
10:00 a.m.7:00 p.m.
The Shops at North Bridge
540 N Michigan Ave
William Estrata’s Multiples and Multitudes
Sep24
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

William Estrata’s Multiples and Multitudes

Hyde Park Art Center, the renowned non-profit hub for contemporary art located on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, announces Multiples and Multitudes, the first solo exhibition…

Sunday, September 24th
10:00 a.m.7:00 p.m.
Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S. Cornell Ave
Perceptual Experience
Sep24
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

Perceptual Experience

Chicagoans are invited to dive into the extraordinary this fall with renowned inventor and artist Michael Murphy’s inaugural showcase, Perceptual Experience. Murphy, a trailblazing artist…

Sunday, September 24th
10:00 a.m.8:00 p.m.
The Shops at North Bridge
540 N Michigan Ave
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