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Black Harvest Film Festival: DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES
November 8 & 12 | DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES follows three estranged childhood friends who embark on an impromptu road trip across America, transforming a journey…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Fall Wine Stroll
Wine Stroll is our most popular biannual event, and a great way to support the neighborhood while tasting and discovering new wine regions and varietals.…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
American Airlines Global Wine Dinner Series: Into the Mountains: Switzerland, Austria & Hungary
City Winery presents American Airlines Global Wine Dinner Series: Into the Mountains: Switzerland, Austria & Hungary on Thursday, November 12th at 6:30 PM. Journey through…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Black Harvest Film Festival: IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME?—VISIONARY AWARD PRESENTATION
November 7 & 12 | Set in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME? follows a young Black father…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Black Harvest Film Festival: TCB – THE TONI CADE BAMBARA SCHOOL OF ORGANIZING
November 12 & 14 | Through the intimate reflections of friends, former students, close collaborators, and fellow revolutionary artists, TCB – THE TONI CADE BAMBARA…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
America@250 – Now is the Time: Artists Go to Work
On July 4, 2026, America turned 250 years old. To reckon with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is to reckon with freedom…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
The 24th Annual Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer (FOBAB) Returns to Chicago
The Illinois Craft Brewers Guild (ICBG) announces the Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer (FoBAB), North America’s largest and most prestigious barrel-aged beer festival, competition,…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Drunk Christmas Carol
Drunk Christmas Carol, presented by the Drunk Shakespeare Society, brings a boozy twist on Charles Dickens’ holiday classic to Chicago for a limited run at…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Black Harvest Film Festival: FROM THE BLOCK
November 13 & 15 | SHORTS FROM THE BLOCK celebrates Chicago as both place and practice, a city continually shaped by its artists, organizers, institutions,…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Black Harvest Film Festival: TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS
November 13 | TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS considers love not as romance alone, but as a sustained practice of care. Across families, friendships, neighborhoods, and…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
America@250 – Now is the Time: Artists Go to Work
On July 4, 2026, America turned 250 years old. To reckon with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is to reckon with freedom…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
The 24th Annual Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer (FOBAB) Returns to Chicago
The Illinois Craft Brewers Guild (ICBG) announces the Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer (FoBAB), North America’s largest and most prestigious barrel-aged beer festival, competition,…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Holiday Delight & Kodomo Matsuri
This signature community event hosted by JASC continues decades of history and tradition, bringing hundreds of attendees from across Chicagoland together at our Forever Home…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
22nd Annual Lycée French Market
The 22nd Annual Lycée French Market returns November 14-15, transforming Chicago’s premier international school into a vibrant Parisian marketplace. More than 65 local and French…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Before Midnight – A Cinderella Tea Experience at The Ritz-Carlton, Chicago
The Ritz-Carlton Chicago invites families and fairytale lovers to step into a modern Cinderella story with “Before Midnight: A Cinderella Tea Experience,” an enchanting afternoon…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Handmade Market
Handmade Market Chicago is a unique event to connect the makers of beautiful things to people who appreciate the unique and handmade. There are more…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Tours & Attractions
City Civics Day 2026
Chicagoans can learn how to become more involved in creating positive change in their communities by attending City Civics Day, a free, day-long educational event…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Community Day: IAM a collector
Discover together through all-ages activities as you explore the Museum, learn about the art on view, and make your own unique artwork. Just like drawing…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Black Harvest Film Festival: THREE BLACK MEN
November 14 | Can Blackness truly escape the historical violence of its origins? Seeking an answer, three Black men embark on a transformative, restorative pilgrimage…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Black Harvest Film Festival: VOICES OF THE GODS
November 14 | A landmark work of ethnographic and cultural preservation, VOICES OF THE GODS foregrounds the Akan and Yoruba religious traditions as they are…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Drunk Christmas Carol
Drunk Christmas Carol, presented by the Drunk Shakespeare Society, brings a boozy twist on Charles Dickens’ holiday classic to Chicago for a limited run at…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Black Harvest Film Festival: MEMORY & STYLE: SOJOURN & CANDY PAINT
November 14 | MEMORY & STYLE: SOJOURN & CANDY PAINT brings together two formally inventive works that explore identity, memory, and the ways Black life…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Black Harvest Film Festival: TCB – THE TONI CADE BAMBARA SCHOOL OF ORGANIZING
November 12 & 14 | Through the intimate reflections of friends, former students, close collaborators, and fellow revolutionary artists, TCB – THE TONI CADE BAMBARA…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
North Branch Winter Market
North Branch Market is excited to host a Winter Market in Edgebrook on November 14 from 3pm-8pm. Ring in the season at this neighborhood favorite,…
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