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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,…
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…
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…
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.…
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
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…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Tours & Attractions
Special Exhibition: The Negro Motorist Green Book
January 29 – April 23, 2023 The Negro Motorist Green Book highlights the history of “The Green Book,” the annual guide created in 1936 by Harlem…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
“Giving Back: The Soul of Philanthropy Reframed and Exhibited”
Presented by the Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy (CAAIP) Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy (CAAIP) hosts the groundbreaking national exhibition that explores the African-American philanthropy…
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…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts | Anita Graef, Cello and Louise Chan, Piano
DAME MYRA HESS MEMORIAL CONCERTS | ANITA GRAEF, CELLO LOUISE CHAN, PIANO Program: Nikolai Kapustin – Nearly Waltz, Op. 98 Arvo Pärt – Fratres…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Hansel and Gretel
When this universally cherished production debuted 20 years ago, it captivated Chicago audiences. It did the same in 2012, and this season it returns again…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
Architecture and Design Film Festival Chicago
The Architecture and Design Film Fest is back in Chicago for the first time in six years from Feb 1-5. Stories of innovation and sustainability…
Tours & Attractions
Tropical Wednesdays
Immerge yourself in a cultural experience as Latin dances come alive on Taylor street – Salsa, Bachata, Cumbia, and Cha Cha Cha with margarita!
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Music & Comedy, Virtual Event
B.A.D. Waves Remix (Comedy, Music & Art)
B.A.D. Waves Remix presents the Nation’s brightest artistic multiverse, starting with an art gallery & cocktails from the city’s most poppin culture blessors, live musical…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Cabaret ZaZou presents LUMINAIRE
Randolph Entertainment LLC, producer of the fan favorite Teatro ZinZanni Chicago, announced CABARET ZAZOU’s premier production, Luminaire will open on September 7, 2022. The new, groundbreaking,…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Drunk Shakespeare
Five classically-trained actors meet as members of “The Drunk Shakespeare Society.” One drinks at least 5 shots of whiskey and then attempts to perform a…
Music & Comedy
CCPA Symphony Orchestra Concert
Emanuele Andrizzi, conductor Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: The Song of Hiawatha, Overture Richard Wagner: Prelude and Isolde’s Death Ottorino Respighi: Fountains of Rome Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story:…
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…
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