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Chicago Dance’s 11th Annual Chicago Dance Month Performance
See Chicago Dance, the dance industry’s nonprofit service organization, is proud to announce that its popular annual offering, Chicago Dance Month, returns this June. Now…
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Navy Pier Fireworks
Chicago’s favorite sky spectacle showWednesday nights at 9pm and Saturday nights at 10pm from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. Find a spot anywhere…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Navy Pier Fireworks
Chicago’s favorite sky spectacle showWednesday nights at 9pm and Saturday nights at 10pm from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. Find a spot anywhere…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Chicago Dance’s 11th Annual Chicago Dance Month Performance
See Chicago Dance, the dance industry’s nonprofit service organization, is proud to announce that its popular annual offering, Chicago Dance Month, returns this June. Now…
Saturday September 2, 2023
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.Navy Pier
300 East Grand AvenueFestivals, Fairs & Special Events
Navy Pier Fireworks
Chicago’s favorite sky spectacle showWednesday nights at 9pm and Saturday nights at 10pm from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. Find a spot anywhere…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
Irene Hsiao, Blue Alice
Blue Alice is a durational movement piece by dancer and choreographer Irene Hsaio. With a sculptural costume made of tarp and Mylar, Hsiao continuously shape-shifts throughout…
Thursday September 7, 2023
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
Anjal Chande, The Next Cup of Tea
The Next Cup of Tea is a solo dance-theater performance by Anjal Chande that investigates how to make sense of the never-ending impulses that run through…
Thursday September 7, 2023
7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
Anjal Chande, The Next Cup of Tea
The Next Cup of Tea is a solo dance-theater performance by Anjal Chande that investigates how to make sense of the never-ending impulses that run through…
Friday September 8, 2023
7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
Irene Hsiao, Blue Alice
Blue Alice is a durational movement piece by dancer and choreographer Irene Hsaio. With a sculptural costume made of tarp and Mylar, Hsiao continuously shape-shifts throughout…
Saturday September 9, 2023
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
Jonas Becker, New Normal
About the Performance Jonas Becker’s New Normal explores how we, as individuals in society, adjust to large-scale cultural trauma, environmental deterioration, the loss of civil liberties, and…
Saturday September 9, 2023
7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Talk | Chicago Performs Artists with Bimbola Akinbola
About the Event Join us for a roundtable conversation between the artists that are part of this year’s iteration of Chicago Performs, moderated by Chicago-based scholar…
Sunday September 10, 2023
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
Jonas Becker, New Normal
About the Performance Jonas Becker’s New Normal explores how we, as individuals in society, adjust to large-scale cultural trauma, environmental deterioration, the loss of civil liberties, and…
Sunday September 10, 2023
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.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 24, 2023
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Music | Recapturing Memories of the Black Ark, ChiBrations: Celebrating 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Continuing the series of unlocking Chicago’s performance history through Gary Simmons’s Recapturing Memories of the Black Ark, the MCA collaborates with Sam Thousand for a special…
Friday September 29, 2023
6:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Family Day
After a summer hiatus, Family Days are back! Designed and led by Chicago artists, Family Day is a monthly program that allows families and youth…
Saturday October 14, 2023
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Talk | Jason Hammel on The Lula Cafe Cookbook with Book Signing
About the Event Join chef-author Jason Hammel for a conversation with Helen Rosner, writer at The New Yorker, in honor of the publication of The Lula Cafe Cookbook. Hammel is…
Tuesday October 17, 2023
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Lit & Luz Live Magazine Show: TEN
Experience the Live Magazine Show, Lit & Luz’s signature celebration. Each year, Lit & Luz supports the creation of new collaborative artworks between writers, visual…
Saturday October 21, 2023
6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Talk | Helen Molesworth and Madeleine Grynsztejn
Over the past three decades, writer, curator, and podcaster Helen Molesworth’s singular voice and lively curatorial vision has established her as one of the most…
Thursday November 2, 2023
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Family Day: Natural History
About the Event For this Family Day, explore the overlap between art and science with educators from the Field Museum and artist Assaf Evron. Designed…
Saturday November 11, 2023
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Talk | Roundtable on Faith Ringgold
About the Event Join us for a conversation on how Faith Ringgold’s aesthetic and political practices continue to reverberate across generations of artists.
Saturday November 18, 2023
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Live Arts | Muslim Writers Collective: Intersectionality
A grassroots initiative promoting storytelling, creativity, and the arts, the Muslim Writers Collective will focus this iteration of its programming on themes drawn from the…
Tuesday November 28, 2023
6:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Family Day | Pocket Con
About the Event Pocket Con, Chicago’s only comics convention for children and youth, is coming to Family Day at the MCA! Meet creators, attend workshops…
Saturday December 9, 2023
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Teen Creative Agency | Zine Fest 2023
About the Event Join us for music, free snacks, free zines, and more! The Teen Creative Agency at the MCA is celebrating 12 years (and…
Saturday December 16, 2023
12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.Theatre & Performing Arts
“Taiko Legacy 20th Anniversary” Concert
This performance celebrates two decades of Asian Improv aRts Midwest’s most anticipated event of the year, “Taiko Legacy.” This annual concert is one of the largest…
Sunday December 17, 2023
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
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