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Upcoming Chicago Events

Name: The Great Chicago Fire in Focus
Start: 2023-03-25T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2023-03-25T17:00:00-05:00
Location: Chicago Cultural Center

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March 23, 2023: Mar23
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Surviving the Long Wars: Reckon and Reimagine
The second Veteran Art Triennial and Summit Curated and organized by Aaron Hughes, Ronak K. Kapadia, Therese Quinn, Joseph Lefthand (Cheyenne-Arapaho, Taos, and Zuni tribes),…
Loop
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Thursday, March 23rd
8:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street, 5th Floor
Mar23
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
“Giving Back: The Soul of Philanthropy Reframed and Exhibited”
Presented by the Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy (CAAIP) Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy (CAAIP) hosts the groundbreaking national exhibition that explores the African-American philanthropy…
Loop
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Thursday, March 23rd
10:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street, 5th Floor
Mar23
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice
Immerse yourself in Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice and honor the significant contributions of Black writers to American literature and history. Explore racial…
Loop
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Thursday, March 23rd
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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American Writers Museum
180 N. Michigan Ave.
Mar23
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
The Great Chicago Fire in Focus
For over fifty years, historian and photographic collector David R. Phillips sought and discovered the long-forgotten glass plate negatives that photographers inserted into their cameras…
Loop
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Thursday, March 23rd
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street, 5th Floor
Mar23
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
Drunk Shakespeare
Five classically-trained actors meet as members of “The Drunk Shakespeare Society.” One drinks at least 5 shots of whiskey and then attempts to perform a…
Loop
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Thursday, March 23rd
5:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
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The Lion Theatre
182 N Wabash Ave (near E Lake St)
Mar23
Theatre & Performing Arts
Dance Residency Open Studio Series
During 2022’s Year of Chicago Dance, a new dance floor was installed in the Chicago Cultural Center’s Dance Studio and an application was opened to…
Loop
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Thursday, March 23rd
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street, 5th Floor
Mar23
Theatre & Performing Arts
Cabaret ZaZou
Cabaret ZaZou is a unique entertainment experience where raucous comedy, extraordinary live music, international cirque performances, and a multi-course feast collide. As guests enter the…
Loop
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Thursday, March 23rd
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
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Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
Mar23
Theatre & Performing Arts
Coleridge-Taylor, Copland & Dvořák 9
Thomas Wilkins conducts three works featuring unique musical visions of America, capped with Dvořák’s majestic New World Symphony, which draws on African American and Native American source…
Loop
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Thursday, March 23rd
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
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220 S. Michigan Ave.
March 24, 2023: Mar24
Theatre & Performing Arts
Layalina
A surprising new play about how families fall apart—and find each other again—amidst turbulent global and social change. In 2003, newly-wed Layal and her family…
Loop
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Friday, March 24th
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Goodman Theatre
170 N. Dearborn St.
Mar24
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Tours & Attractions
Life Behind the Wire: Prisoners of War
What happens when a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine is captured during war? Most people aren’t aware of the drastic differences that exist between varying…
Loop
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Friday, March 24th
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Pritzker Military Museum & Library
104 S. Michigan Ave. 2nd Floor
Mar24
Theatre & Performing Arts
TINA – The Tina Turner Musical
THERE IS ONLY ONE. HER VOICE IS UNDENIABLE. HER FIRE IS UNSTOPPABLE. HER TRIUMPH IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER. An uplifting comeback story like no other, TINA…
Loop
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Friday, March 24th
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James M. Nederlander Theatre
24 W Randolph St.
Mar24
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Surviving the Long Wars: Reckon and Reimagine
The second Veteran Art Triennial and Summit Curated and organized by Aaron Hughes, Ronak K. Kapadia, Therese Quinn, Joseph Lefthand (Cheyenne-Arapaho, Taos, and Zuni tribes),…
Loop
Event details
Friday, March 24th
8:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
See all events in series
Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street, 5th Floor
Mar24
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
“Giving Back: The Soul of Philanthropy Reframed and Exhibited”
Presented by the Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy (CAAIP) Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy (CAAIP) hosts the groundbreaking national exhibition that explores the African-American philanthropy…
Loop
Event details
Friday, March 24th
10:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
See all events in series
Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street, 5th Floor
Mar24
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice
Immerse yourself in Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice and honor the significant contributions of Black writers to American literature and history. Explore racial…
Loop
Event details
Friday, March 24th
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
See all events in series
American Writers Museum
180 N. Michigan Ave.
Mar24
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
The Great Chicago Fire in Focus
For over fifty years, historian and photographic collector David R. Phillips sought and discovered the long-forgotten glass plate negatives that photographers inserted into their cameras…
Loop
Event details
Friday, March 24th
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street, 5th Floor
Mar24
Theatre & Performing Arts
Proximity
Sure to be one of the most widely heralded musical events of 2022/23, Proximity is a gripping, powerful trio of new works that confronts head-on some of…
Loop
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Friday, March 24th
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
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Lyric Opera House
20 N Wacker Drive
Mar24
Theatre & Performing Arts
Cabaret ZaZou
Cabaret ZaZou is a unique entertainment experience where raucous comedy, extraordinary live music, international cirque performances, and a multi-course feast collide. As guests enter the…
Loop
Event details
Friday, March 24th
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
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Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
March 25, 2023: Mar25
Theatre & Performing Arts
Layalina
A surprising new play about how families fall apart—and find each other again—amidst turbulent global and social change. In 2003, newly-wed Layal and her family…
Loop
Event details
Saturday, March 25th
See all events in series
Goodman Theatre
170 N. Dearborn St.
Mar25
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Tours & Attractions
Life Behind the Wire: Prisoners of War
What happens when a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine is captured during war? Most people aren’t aware of the drastic differences that exist between varying…
Loop
Event details
Saturday, March 25th
See all events in series
Pritzker Military Museum & Library
104 S. Michigan Ave. 2nd Floor
Mar25
Theatre & Performing Arts
TINA – The Tina Turner Musical
THERE IS ONLY ONE. HER VOICE IS UNDENIABLE. HER FIRE IS UNSTOPPABLE. HER TRIUMPH IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER. An uplifting comeback story like no other, TINA…
Loop
Event details
Saturday, March 25th
See all events in series
James M. Nederlander Theatre
24 W Randolph St.
Mar25
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Surviving the Long Wars: Reckon and Reimagine
The second Veteran Art Triennial and Summit Curated and organized by Aaron Hughes, Ronak K. Kapadia, Therese Quinn, Joseph Lefthand (Cheyenne-Arapaho, Taos, and Zuni tribes),…
Loop
Event details
Saturday, March 25th
8:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
See all events in series
Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street, 5th Floor
Mar25
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
“Giving Back: The Soul of Philanthropy Reframed and Exhibited”
Presented by the Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy (CAAIP) Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy (CAAIP) hosts the groundbreaking national exhibition that explores the African-American philanthropy…
Loop
Event details
Saturday, March 25th
10:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
See all events in series
Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street, 5th Floor
Mar25
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice
Immerse yourself in Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice and honor the significant contributions of Black writers to American literature and history. Explore racial…
Loop
Event details
Saturday, March 25th
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
See all events in series
American Writers Museum
180 N. Michigan Ave.
Mar25
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
The Great Chicago Fire in Focus
For over fifty years, historian and photographic collector David R. Phillips sought and discovered the long-forgotten glass plate negatives that photographers inserted into their cameras…
Loop
Event details
Saturday, March 25th
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
See all events in series
Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street, 5th Floor