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Black Harvest Film Festival: EVERYDAY PEOPLE
November 7 & 8 | EVERYDAY PEOPLE considers community as a living practice, sustained through shared histories, spiritual traditions, cultural expression, political struggle, and everyday…
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
Girl Winter Film Tour
GIRL WINTER is a collection of femme-forward and gender-nonconforming films. The tour aims to shift the narrative of ski & snowboard films seen on the…
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
Femmes at Full Volume: Author Bobby Talamine in Conversation with Lauren O’Neil
Four Roses Presents…A Gman Author Series Event Femmes at Full Volume Author Bobby Talamine in Conversation with Lauren O’Neil Free with RSVP / 21 &…
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Black Harvest Film Festival: LISTEN TO ME
November 8 & 10 | LISTEN TO ME follows three extraordinary Black women working on the frontline of the maternal health movement as they navigate institutional…
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, 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: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
November 7 & 11 | WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? brings together stories of lives in transition, where personal decisions, unexpected encounters, and moments…
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Black Harvest Film Festival: TO KNOW HER IS TO LOVE HER
November 7 & 11 | TO KNOW HER IS TO LOVE HER centers the interior lives of Black women and femmes through stories of motherhood,…
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, 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: 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…
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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.…
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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…
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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
Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Festival
The 23rd annual Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Festival is here again!! Come See Something Different on November 13th and/or 14th. Different shorts in each…
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…
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