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Nova Music Festival Exhibition October 7th 06:29 AM – The Moment Music Stood Still
Thousands of music and arts fans gathered to celebrate life and music in Re’im, Israel at the Nova Music Festival. On Saturday, October 7, 2023,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Peter Pan at Chicago Kids Company
Follow Peter Pan and Tinkerbell to Neverland! The adventures are endless in a world of pirates and mayhem. Let your imagination fly to a place…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
The LEGO Group Kicks Off the Holiday Season in Chicago with LEGO® Holiday Lane
Wander through a life-sized LEGO village filled with festive storefronts, twinkling Christmas trees and hands-on activities designed to spark creativity in every builder. Visitors will explore two immersive holiday…
Chicago Greeter InstaGreeter Walks of the Loop
InstaGreeter Downtown walks Looking for a quick and easy way to see downtown Chicago’s top sights? Let InstaGreeter take you on a free hour-long guided…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
The Instituto Gráfico de Chicago Print Fair
Join Catalyst artist Carlos Barberena and the Instituto Gráfico de Chicago for a print fair! Experience printmaking demonstrations, create your own unique print and shop prints by local vendors.…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Digital Imagination
A collection that explores the evolving relationship between art, technology, and human perception. Digital Imagination Step into a world where creativity and technology converge at…
Tours & Attractions
Seadog Architecture Tour on the Chicago River
Soak in unobstructed views of Chicago’s world-famous architecture with an exciting 45-minute ride on our Seadog Chicago River Architecture Tour! Starting right on the Chicago…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The House That Will Not Stand
In early nineteenth-century New Orleans, widowed mother Beartrice struggles to manage her headstrong daughters after the death of her second husband. But as the matriarch…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer
FoBAB is the largest and most influential barrel-aged beer festival and competition on the continent. This year, the event will convene 160 of the nation’s…
Tours & Attractions
EXP Presents Horizon of Khufu
Be among the first to experience EXP Rosemont, a brand-new 26,000-square-foot immersive destination blending art, science and technology through rotating world-class experiences. Opening its doors…
New Play Residency
Performances of The Rosina Project (TRP), a contemporary adaptation of Rossini’s opera The Barber of Seville will take place at the Chicago Cultural Center as part of the New…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars
Motherhood, marijuana, and the multiverse collide in this Chicago-set story of family, immigration, and American identity. Like millions of Americans, Clara is doing her best…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Joffrey at the Harris: Matters of the Heart at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance
The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance proudly presents what is certain to be a highlight of its Harris Theater…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience
In a lively underground colony where clothing is taboo and rock music reigns, naked mole rats live by one rule: stay bare. But when Wilbur…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Friends with Guns by Stephanie Alison Walker
November 7 – December 7 | The Den Theatre written by Stephanie Alison Walker directed by Nathan Dale Short assistant direction by Emma Leeper You…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Friends with Guns by Stephanie Alison Walker
You think you know your friends, your neighbors, your spouse; but what happens when you suddenly find out they have a garage full of guns?…
Theatre & Performing Arts
In Good Company – Chicago and Theatre Y
What if democracy isn’t just a system—but a shared movement forward? Beginning Saturday, October 18th and running Saturdays and Sundays through November 9th, 2025, Theatre…
Theatre & Performing Arts
In Good Company
What if democracy isn’t just a system—but a shared movement forward? Beginning Saturday, October 18th and running Saturdays and Sundays through November 9th, 2025, Chicagoans are invited…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
22nd Annual Chicago REEL Short Film Fest
Join us for the Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Festival. Our Shorts Festival seeks to provide opportunity for filmmakers around the world by showcasing their…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
ComedySportz Chicago
Chicago’s longest running and best interactive improv comedy experience. ComedySportz is comedy played as a sport, not comedy ABOUT sports (whew). Refs, fouls, points, games…
Music & Comedy
The Dinner Detective True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner Show – Chicago, IL
The Dinner Detective is an interactive true crime mystery show set in the present day and based on real cold cases. Feast on a fantastic…
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
The Infinite Wrench
Don’t miss the longest running late-night show in Chicago! At The Infinite Wrench you’ll see 30 original plays in 60 minutes written and performed by…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Margaret Atwood: Book of Lives
Raised by ruggedly independent, scientifically minded parents — entomologist father, dietician mother — Atwood spent most of each year in the wild forest of northern…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Baldwin | Giovanni Experience
The dynamic poeticism of Spoken Word and the piercing directness of Prose are at the forefront of this momentous theatrical experience inspired by the 1971…
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