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Robyn Mineko Williams & Artists, To Leave You
For this early preview of To Leave You, director and choreographer Robyn Mineko Williams presents a cinematic performance that explores the impressions we leave on—and for—one…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts
Chicago South Asian Film Festival screens film ‘Elijah’
Chicago South Asian Film Festival will showcase acclaimed indie film ‘Elijah’ made by New York filmmaker Razid Season. The film follows a South Asian Muslim…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
Brendan Fernandes, The Rite
The MCA is pleased to present The Rite (2018) by Brendan Fernandes, as part of City in a Garden: Queer Art and Activism, which is going to be…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Robyn Mineko Williams & Artists, To Leave You
For this early preview of To Leave You, director and choreographer Robyn Mineko Williams presents a cinematic performance that explores the impressions we leave on—and for—one…
Chicago Live!
The Largest Free Performing Arts Festival in the Midwest returns this September! Navy Pier’s free two-day Chicago Live! performing arts festival returns for the fifth…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Helen Lee/Momentum Sensorium, Curiosities of Wellness in Bodies of Grief and Joy
Curiosities of Wellness in Bodies of Grief and Joy is a multiyear project led by movement-based artist Helen Lee that redefines the structure and systems of…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Red Clay Dance Company, Freedom Square: The Black Girlhood Altar
In this new work, Red Clay Dance Company’s Founding Artistic Director and CEO Vershawn Sanders-Ward offers a creative response to Freedom Square: The Black Girlhood Altar through…
Chicago Live!
The Largest Free Performing Arts Festival in the Midwest returns this September! Navy Pier’s free two-day Chicago Live! performing arts festival returns for the fifth…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Red Clay Dance Company, Freedom Square: The Black Girlhood Altar
In this new work, Red Clay Dance Company’s Founding Artistic Director and CEO Vershawn Sanders-Ward offers a creative response to Freedom Square: The Black Girlhood Altar through…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
SOAR Farmers Market 2025
About the Event Every Tuesday this summer—rain or shine—you can shop at the SOAR Farmers Market on the MCA Plaza.* Many of our beloved vendors…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Second Thoughts on ‘Second Chances: Freud and Shakespeare’
Saturday, September 27th, 2025 Navy Pier 800 E Grand Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 2:00PM Live at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater Stephen Greenblatt & Adam Phillips Second…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
SOAR Farmers Market 2025
About the Event Every Tuesday this summer—rain or shine—you can shop at the SOAR Farmers Market on the MCA Plaza.* Many of our beloved vendors…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Play For All at Chicago Children’s Museum
Play For All Saturday, April 5 at 10 am First Saturday of Every Month (through June 2026) Chicago Children’s Museum’s Play For All initiative…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
SOAR Farmers Market 2025
About the Event Every Tuesday this summer—rain or shine—you can shop at the SOAR Farmers Market on the MCA Plaza.* Many of our beloved vendors…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
SOAR Farmers Market 2025
About the Event Every Tuesday this summer—rain or shine—you can shop at the SOAR Farmers Market on the MCA Plaza.* Many of our beloved vendors…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
SOAR Farmers Market 2025
About the Event Every Tuesday this summer—rain or shine—you can shop at the SOAR Farmers Market on the MCA Plaza.* Many of our beloved vendors…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
SOAR Farmers Market 2025
About the Event Every Tuesday this summer—rain or shine—you can shop at the SOAR Farmers Market on the MCA Plaza.* Many of our beloved vendors…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Play For All at Chicago Children’s Museum
Play For All Saturday, April 5 at 10 am First Saturday of Every Month (through June 2026) Chicago Children’s Museum’s Play For All initiative…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Play For All at Chicago Children’s Museum
Play For All Saturday, April 5 at 10 am First Saturday of Every Month (through June 2026) Chicago Children’s Museum’s Play For All initiative…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Play For All at Chicago Children’s Museum
Play For All Saturday, April 5 at 10 am First Saturday of Every Month (through June 2026) Chicago Children’s Museum’s Play For All initiative…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Play For All at Chicago Children’s Museum
Play For All Saturday, April 5 at 10 am First Saturday of Every Month (through June 2026) Chicago Children’s Museum’s Play For All initiative…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
Brendan Fernandes, The Rite
The MCA is pleased to present The Rite (2018) by Brendan Fernandes, as part of City in a Garden: Queer Art and Activism, which is going to be…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
Brendan Fernandes, The Rite
The MCA is pleased to present The Rite (2018) by Brendan Fernandes, as part of City in a Garden: Queer Art and Activism, which is going to be…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Play For All at Chicago Children’s Museum
Play For All Saturday, April 5 at 10 am First Saturday of Every Month (through June 2026) Chicago Children’s Museum’s Play For All initiative…
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