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The Boxes Experience
What is Boxed Experience? An Interactive Theatrical Activation where we immerse you into a new, Transformative Adventure. In this world, you’ll have total control as…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
A La Française: The French Way
This fall, join Springboard Arts for the opening of its next exhibition, “A La Française: The French Way.” Unprecedented events – like the pandemic –…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Pump Boys & Dinettes
Porchlight Music Theatre returns to live performances and launches its 27th Mainstage season with Pump Boys & Dinettes, October 30 – December 12 at The…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Holidays in the Loop
Welcome to the Loop, where Chicago’s holiday traditions are made. Witness the transformation of the city’s official downtown into a winter wonderland. You deserve a…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Lightscape
The popular holiday event is back, with a new path and exciting new delights! We’ve got inventive new installations and all your favorites too. Hum…
North Suburbs
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Primer
Broken Nose Theatre, one of Chicago’s premier Pay-What-You-Can theatre companies, is pleased to continue its tenth season with the world premiere audio drama Primer, a deeply…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Love Actually – The Unauthorized Musical Parody
The Off-Broadway hit and holiday season sendup of the iconic romantic comedy and Christmas movie “Love Actually” debuts in Chicago this holiday season. Written by musical parody duo Bob and…
Christkindlmarket Chicago
The smell of roasted nuts, fresh pretzels, bratwurst and hot spiced wine, the sound of festive music, and the glimmer of sparkling Christmas ornaments, all…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Disney’s Frozen
From the producer of The Lion King and Aladdin, Frozen, the Tony®-nominated Best Musical, is now on tour across North America and the critics rave,…
ZooLights at Lincoln Park Zoo
ZooLights Chicago’s favorite holiday tradition is back and better than ever in 2021 with our new Pepper Family Wildlife Center at the heart of the…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Illumination: Tree Lights at The Morton Arboretum
The ninth annual Illumination: Tree Lights at The Morton Arboretum returns as a walking experience. Explore 50 acres of the Arboretum’s majestic trees during this one-of-a-kind spectacle of color,…
Tours & Attractions
Light Up the Lake
Brighten the winter season with Chicagoland’s biggest indoor, temperature-controlled light garden, featuring large-scale light-sculpture displays with more than 600,000 lights; Alpine ice rink with free…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
James Kennedy Performs at The Underground Chicago
James Kennedy is a famous British DJ and Producer, television personality, and social media influencer. He is the star of the hit reality TV show…
Virtual Event
Hershey Felder Presents Dante and Beatrice in Florence
Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to partner with Hershey Felder Presents – Live from Florence and its second season of productions. The launch of this…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
James Kennedy Performs at The Underground Chicago
James Kennedy is a famous British DJ and Producer, television personality, and social media influencer. He is the star of the hit reality TV show…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Black Summer: Race, Resistance and Resilience
Black Summer: Race, Resistance and Resilience, inspired by James Baldwin’s No Name in the Street, showcases the work of 11 photographers of color during the…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Chicago Avant-Garde
Chicago Avant-Garde puts the spotlight on Chicago as a site of historic, boundary-pushing experimentation in art, literature, and dance. At the center of the exhibition…
Tours & Attractions
Hello Helios: The warming suns of Chicago’s Greektown
Greektown Chicago is proud to present its new outdoor art exhibit Hello Helios: The warming suns of Chicago’s Greektown, with 24 vibrant three-dimensional artworks lining…
Virtual Event
Love in the Time of Jonestown – A Radio Play
The New Coordinates, formerly The New Colony, is pleased to launch its 2021-22 season with the world premiere of Love in the Time of Jonestown –…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Tony Fitzpatrick: Jesus of Western Avenue
The Cleve Carney Museum of Art opens its inaugural season with Tony Fitzpatrick: Jesus of Western Avenue. This will be the final museum exhibition by…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Toward Common Cause: Art, Social Change, and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40
Presented in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the MacArthur Fellows Program, this multi-site exhibition uses the idea of “the commons” to explore the current socio-political…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Present Artifacts
Efrat Hakimi, Sahand Heshmati Afshar, and zakkiyyah najeebah dumas – o’neal address decolonization, Futurism, and evolving histories. Hakimi’s photographs, Heshmati Afshar’s sculptural works and najeebah dumas – o’neal’s drawings show…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Michelle Wasson – On Feronia
In “On Feronia”, Chicago-based painter Michelle Wasson presents a new body of work in The Guild Room. Wasson’s paintings offer a sensual refuge from reality.…
Sports & Recreation
McCormick Tribune Ice Rink
Skating at the McCormick Tribune Ice Rink in Millennium Park returns for its 20th anniversary season, open daily from November 19 through March 6 (weather…
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