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Purpose
Mar30
Theatre & Performing Arts

Purpose

For decades, the influential Jasper family has been a pillar of Black American Politics: civil rights leaders, pastors and congressmen. But like all families, there…

Saturday, March 30th
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Working – A Musical
Mar30
Theatre & Performing Arts

Working – A Musical

Based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling book of interviews with American workers, Working paints a vivid portrait of the workers that the world so often takes…

Saturday, March 30th
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Jedlicka Performing Arts Center
3801 S. Central Ave. , Cicero, IL, 60804
Chicago Market Fair Trade Tour
Mar30
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Chicago Market Fair Trade Tour

Join Chicago Market and Chicago Fair Trade for a tour of our future grocery store and a discussion of how fair trade fits into our…

Saturday, March 30th
4:00 p.m.6:00 p.m.
4620 North Broadway Street
4620 North Broadway Street
“DISARM, Everyday Violence, Every Day” Exhibition at Weinberg/Newton Gallery
Mar30
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

“DISARM, Everyday Violence, Every Day” Exhibition at Weinberg/Newton Gallery

After nine years of serving the Chicago community as a non-commercial gallery dedicated to promoting social justice causes through art and programming, Weinberg/Newton Gallery is…

Saturday, March 30th
5:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.
Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Late Nite Catechism
Mar30
Theatre & Performing Arts

Late Nite Catechism

Call it Loretta Young meets Carol Burnett and Whoopi Goldberg. Late Nite Catechism is part catechism class, part stand-up routine. Written by Vicki Quade &…

Saturday, March 30th
5:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.
Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 North Lincoln Avenue
Opening Reception: Materialized Visions: Black Figurative Tradition in Chicago
Mar30
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

Opening Reception: Materialized Visions: Black Figurative Tradition in Chicago

Materialized Visions highlights the multifaceted ways in which contemporary black artists are working within the genre of figurativism. Through a range of mediums including paint,…

Saturday, March 30th
5:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Evoke
3304 N. Knox Ave
I Owe You
Mar30
Theatre & Performing Arts

I Owe You

I OWE YOU Stage Play on Sat, March 30, 2024 at 6pm. Located at the Baer Theater 2153 W. 111th St. Chicago Sometimes a debt…

Saturday, March 30th
6:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.
Baer Theater at Morgan Park Academy
2153 W 111th St, Chicago, IL, 60643
Teatro Zinzanni
Mar30
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro Zinzanni

Tickets are on sale Now at https://zinzanni.com/chicago/ for Love, Chaos, & Dinner ! Teatro Zinzanni returns to the vibrant Chicago Loop inside the velvet walls…

Saturday, March 30th
6:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
The Infinite Wrench
Mar30
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

The Infinite Wrench

Don’t miss the longest running late-night show in Chicago! At The Infinite Wrench you’ll see 30 original plays in 60 minutes written and performed by…

Saturday, March 30th
7:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.
The Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.
PUFFS, or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
Mar30
Theatre & Performing Arts

PUFFS, or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic

Otherworld Theatre Company, the premier sci-fi and fantasy theatre company in North America, stages Matt Cox’s PUFFS, or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain…

Saturday, March 30th
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Otherworld Theatre
3914 N. Clark St.
Mariah The Scientist – To Be Eaten Alive Tour
Mar30
Music & Comedy

Mariah The Scientist – To Be Eaten Alive Tour

R&B singer Mariah The Scientist will perform live at House Of Blues on Mar. 30, 2024.

Saturday, March 30th
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
The Roar Speakeasy: A Prohibition Era Experience
Mar30
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Roar Speakeasy: A Prohibition Era Experience

Go back in time to Chicago’s Prohibition Era at The Roar on Rush! A lively Speakeasy that lights the way to a hidden 4-room cocktail…

Saturday, March 30th
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
The Roar on Rush
437 N. Rush Street
Topdog/Underdog
Mar30
Theatre & Performing Arts

Topdog/Underdog

TOPDOG / UNDERDOG by Suzan-Lori Parks Directed by Aaron Reese Boseman A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity and the way we…

Saturday, March 30th
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Windy City Playhouse
3014 W. Irving Park Rd.
DAVID NIHILL: “SHELF HELP TOUR” COMES TO THE DEN THEATRE
Mar30
Music & Comedy

DAVID NIHILL: “SHELF HELP TOUR” COMES TO THE DEN THEATRE

The Den Theatre today announced David Nihill’s “Shelf Help Tour” performance on March 29 at 7:15 p.m. and March 30, 2024 at 7:15 and 9:30…

Saturday, March 30th
7:15 p.m.8:30 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 North Milwaukee Avenue
Baby Wants Candy! The Original Completely Improvised Musical
Mar30
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Baby Wants Candy! The Original Completely Improvised Musical

“CRITICS’ PICK. TRULY AMAZING!” – New York Times “BEST VISITING IMPROV COMEDY!”– TimeOut NY “HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!” – The Onion “★★★★★” THEY ARE AN ENTERTAINMENT PHENOMENON AND I…

Saturday, March 30th
7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
The Second City
1616 N. Wells St. , Chicago, IL, 60614
Clued In
Mar30
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Clued In

After getting a single suggestion, the cast of six professional comedians asks the audience to choose a detective. Enjoy as they invent a tale of…

Saturday, March 30th
7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
The Second City
1616 N. Wells St., Theater on the Second Floor
Anna Martine Whitehead, FORCE! an opera in three acts
Mar30
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts

Anna Martine Whitehead, FORCE! an opera in three acts

This is an opera, but what is an opera? If opera is defined simply as “big work,” what could be blacker? FORCE! features a live band that…

Saturday, March 30th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
BIG LOVE
Mar30
Theatre & Performing Arts

BIG LOVE

[producingbody]’s second show – BIG LOVE by Charles Mee a play – 90 minutes, no intermission. Fifty brides flee their fifty grooms and seek refuge…

Saturday, March 30th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60642
Jackalope Theatre Company’s 16th Season Begins the the Smuggler, at its new home in Berger Park
Mar30
Theatre & Performing Arts

Jackalope Theatre Company’s 16th Season Begins the the Smuggler, at its new home in Berger Park

CHICAGO – Jackalope Theatre Company is proud to launch its 16th season at its new home in Edgewater’s Berger Park, 6205 N. Sheridan Rd., with…

Saturday, March 30th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Edgewater’s Berger Park
6205 N. Sheridan Rd.
LOVE SONG by John Kolvenbach from Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Mar30
Theatre & Performing Arts

LOVE SONG by John Kolvenbach from Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

CHICAGO – Remy Bumppo Theatre Company is pleased to announce the cast, creative and production teams for Love Song, written by John Kolvenbach and directed…

Saturday, March 30th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Theater Wit
1229 W. Belmont Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60657
Fairview
Mar30
Theatre & Performing Arts

Fairview

Dinner is served in the Frasier household…or at least, it is cooking. With the clock ticking towards Mama’s birthday party, Beverly frantically tries to corral…

Saturday, March 30th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Newhart Family Theatre
1020 W. Sheridan Rd.
Purpose
Mar30
Theatre & Performing Arts

Purpose

For decades, the influential Jasper family has been a pillar of Black American Politics: civil rights leaders, pastors and congressmen. But like all families, there…

Saturday, March 30th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Mar30
Theatre & Performing Arts

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Everyone dies, but not everyone’s death is pre-ordained by Shakespeare. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead puts the spotlight on two of Shakespeare’s minor characters as they wrestle…

Saturday, March 30th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Village Follies Variety Show
Mar30
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Village Follies Variety Show

EARTH, WIND, AND FOLLIES A hilarious variety show to help raise money to support the Winnetka Community House. Kid friendly. Outside food and drinks are…

Saturday, March 30th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Winnetka Community House
620 Lincoln Ave
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