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The Tortoise and the Hare
Chicago Kids Company – Theater for Children (CKC) presents The Tortoise and the Hare, a one-hour musical adaptation! The Hare is ready to win all…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Chicago Restaurant Week
Chicago Restaurant Week is a 17-day celebration of the city’s award-winning culinary scene. The 16th annual event brings together hundreds of the city’s top restaurants,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Comedy Hour at Annoyance Theatre
Each week, Chicago comics bring the freshest, most experimental new material to the Annoyance for the Comedy Hour. The weekly show is an eclectic mix…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy
Sleeping Village Five Year Anniversary Celebrations
Since 2018, Sleeping Village has served as both a staple of Chicago’s music, arts, and culture community and the city’s top beer destination with its…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Toni Stone
Play ball! The sensational true story of the first woman to play professional baseball knocks it out of the park as a can’t-miss theatrical event.…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Chicago
After 25 years, CHICAGO is still the one musical with everything that makes Broadway shimmy-shake: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz, with one…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Tours & Attractions
Life Behind the Wire: Prisoners of War
What happens when a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine is captured during war? Most people aren’t aware of the drastic differences that exist between varying…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
My Painted Lyre: Seeing music in Chicago’s Greektown
Greektown Chicago has opened its new outdoor art exhibit My Painted Lyre: Seeing music in Chicago’s Greektown, with 26 vibrant three-dimensional artworks lining Halsted Street…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
SPEAK EASY: Will Armstrong
The Jackson Junge Gallery will be kicking off their 2023 season with a solo exhibition featuring the work of Will Armstrong. Armstrong is well known…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts
The 5th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
The 5th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival is the largest of its kind in North America and will return January 18-29, 2023 at venues large…
Theatre & Performing Arts
the ripple, the wave that carried me home
A family responds to injustice and a daughter reckons with her political inheritance in this new play by “a poet, a playwright to pay attention…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Human+Nature
Discover Human+Nature, the latest exhibition at The Morton Arboretum. Created by internationally renowned artist Daniel Popper, five large-scale artworks between 15 to 26 feet tall will inspire…
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…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice
Immerse yourself in Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice and honor the significant contributions of Black writers to American literature and history. Explore racial…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Even So
Even So The Guild Room December 2, 2022 to January 28, 2023 Curated by Chicago artist CZR PRZ and Epiphany Center for the Arts, Even So showcases…
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Kane County Home Show
This great Home Show returns to the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles with FREE Admission and FREE parking on January 28th & 29th, 2023! …
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Shawn Michelle Smith: Light in a Dark Box
Shawn Michelle Smith Light in a Dark Box Slemmons Gallery at Epiphany Center for the Arts January 6, 2023 to February 18, 2023 For the…
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Harry Potter: Magic at Play
This fall, wizards and witches of all ages are invited to experience and celebrate a Wizarding World of their own at Harry Potter™: Magic at…
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Guided Tour the Historic Former Wabash YMCA, the Birthplace of Black History Month
The Wabash Y was the heart of cultural and economic progress for African Americans in the Bronzeville region of Chicago for over half a century…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Disney On Ice: Frozen & Encanto
Disney on Ice is bringing Frozen & Encanto to the United Center! For the first time, Disney On Ice invites families to step inside the…
Sports & Recreation, Tours & Attractions
McCormick Tribune Ice Rink
Skating at the McCormick Tribune Ice Rink in Millennium Park returns November 18 through March 5 (weather permitting). Admission is free, but online reservation tickets…
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Clarke House Museum Tours
The Clarke House Museum is Chicago’s oldest home. Tours of this 1836 Greek Revival-style house reveal what life was like for a middle class family…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Tours & Attractions
Winter Bryn Market
Come shop on Bryn Mawr where you’ll find makers and artists from across the city all gathered at The Winter Bryn Mawrkets! Shop everything for…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Las Wavys
by Ricardo Gamboa directed by Coya Paz When a villainous group of aliens threatens the planet, four students from the South Side of Chicago band together to…
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