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Central States Coin Show
May3
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Central States Coin Show

The public can see $100 million of historic money and buy and sell rare coins, paper money, and gold and silver bullion with hundreds of…

Friday, May 3rd
10:00 a.m.6:00 p.m.
Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center
1551 North Thoreau Drive
Titanic: The Exhibition
May3
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

Titanic: The Exhibition

⭐ Titanic: The Exhibition is making its way to Westfield Old Orchard in Chicago after a sold-out run in Macau, Moscow, Riga Latvia, Perth, Sydney, and LA.…

Friday, May 3rd
10:00 a.m.6:00 p.m.
Westfield Old Orchard (West Lot)
4999 Old Orchard Shopping Center
New Monuments | Chicago Brendan Fernandes
May3
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts

New Monuments | Chicago Brendan Fernandes

Envisioned as the first in a series of interventions that engage monuments in and outside of the United States, New Monuments | Chicago by Brendan Fernandes seeks…

Friday, May 3rd
11:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Grant Park
Chicago
Spring Artist Residency at Pendry Chicago – Oscar Joyo
May3
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

Spring Artist Residency at Pendry Chicago – Oscar Joyo

Leaning into the Afrofuturism and Afrosurrealism art genres, Oscar’s work pays homage to his Malawian heritage, using distinct tribal patterns that breathe life into the…

Friday, May 3rd
11:00 a.m.6:00 p.m.
Pendry Chicago
230 N Michigan Ave
Chryssa & New York on view at Wrightwood 659
May3
Jul27
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

Chryssa & New York on view at Wrightwood 659

This spring, Wrightwood 659 hosts Chryssa & New York, the first museum exhibition in North America in more than four decades to focus on the…

Friday, May 3rd
12:00 p.m.Saturday, July 27th
5:00 p.m.
Wrightwood 659
659 W. Wrightwood Avenue
Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers
May3
Friday, May 3rd
1:20 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Wrigley Field
1060 West Addison Street
Enjoy Outdoor Dining at Komo
May3
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Enjoy Outdoor Dining at Komo

A Japanese fine dining destination on West Loop’s Restaurant Row, located at 738 W Randolph St., Chicagoans are invited to take their taste buds on…

Friday, May 3rd
5:00 p.m.
Komo
738 W Randolph Street
“DISARM, Everyday Violence, Every Day” Exhibition at Weinberg/Newton Gallery
May3
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…

Friday, May 3rd
5:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.
Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Poetry Making Playground
May3
Jun29
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Poetry Making Playground

Kuumba Lynx is proud to bring a Poetry Making Playground at 601 s California, on April 1st – 30th 2024, with an option to extend…

Friday, May 3rd
5:00 p.m.Saturday, June 29th
8:00 p.m.
601 s California
601 S California Ave
Bluey’s Big Play
May3
Theatre & Performing Arts

Bluey’s Big Play

When Dad feels like a little bit of Sunday afternoon time out, Bluey and Bingo have other plans! Join them as they pull out all…

Friday, May 3rd
6:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.
Auditorium Theatre
50 E Ida B Wells Dr, Chicago, IL, 60605
Teatro Zinzanni
May3
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…

Friday, May 3rd
6:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
The Chicago Horror Film Festival
May3
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

The Chicago Horror Film Festival

The 25th edition of the CHICAGO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL is set to illuminate the world of independent horror cinema. 3 Days…3 Screens…200 + of the…

Friday, May 3rd
6:00 p.m.11:30 p.m.
Facets Cinema
1517 W. Fullerton
The Eleventh Annual Chicago Critics Film Festival
May3
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

The Eleventh Annual Chicago Critics Film Festival

Annually, the Chicago Critics Film Festival features a selection of acclaimed films chosen by members of the organization. The selections are a combination of recent…

Friday, May 3rd
6:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Music Box Theatre
3733 North Southport Avenue
Live Arts | Listening Party + Reading with Everett Saunders & Marjani Forté-Saunders
May3
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

Live Arts | Listening Party + Reading with Everett Saunders & Marjani Forté-Saunders

About the Event Join the artists of 7NMS for an intimate evening of music, poetry, food, drink, and celebration. Their latest performance Prophet: The Order…

Friday, May 3rd
6:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Miyagi Records
307 E Garfield Blvd
The Infinite Wrench
May3
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…

Friday, May 3rd
7:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.
The Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.
Praize Productions Presents Black Love Reigns Supreme
May3
Theatre & Performing Arts

Praize Productions Presents Black Love Reigns Supreme

Black Love Reigns SupremeMay 3rd & 4th, 2024 | 7:00pmLogan Center | Performance Hall915 E. 60th Street | ChicagoTickets: $45 – $125 Award-winning Praize Productions, Inc.…

Friday, May 3rd
7:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Logan Center for the Arts – Performance Hall
915 E 60th St
PUFFS, or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
May3
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…

Friday, May 3rd
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Otherworld Theatre
3914 N. Clark St.
The Roar Speakeasy: A Prohibition Era Experience
May3
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…

Friday, May 3rd
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
The Roar on Rush
437 N. Rush Street
The Speculative Archive: Deanna Bowen & Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich
May3
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Speculative Archive: Deanna Bowen & Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich

Presented as part of The Speculative Archive: Contemporary Black Experimental Film and Video, Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich & Deanna Bowen in person, in conversation with Christopher Harris…

Friday, May 3rd
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Logan Center for the Arts – Screening Room
915 E 60th St
A Barrie Cole Play Festival: Hamburgers and Disappointment
May3
Theatre & Performing Arts

A Barrie Cole Play Festival: Hamburgers and Disappointment

CHICAGO, IL – Sweetback Productions, in collaboration with Labyrinth Arts, is proud to announce Hamburgers and Disappointment: Plays about Enoughness, a festival of works by…

Friday, May 3rd
7:30 p.m.
3658 N. Pulaski Road
3658 N. Pulaski Road
GRAMMY® winners Third Coast Percussion collaborates with 2024® GRAMMY Award winner and CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery
May3
Theatre & Performing Arts

GRAMMY® winners Third Coast Percussion collaborates with 2024® GRAMMY Award winner and CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery

Third Coast Percussion (TCP), the Chicago-based GRAMMY® Award-winning quartet of classically trained percussionists, presents a new collaborative concert Jessie Montgomery + Third Coast Percussion with…

Friday, May 3rd
7:30 p.m.
DePaul University School of Music Holtschneider Performance Center, Allen Recital Hall
2330 N Halsted St,
Take Two: The Improvised Movie at Second City
May3

Take Two: The Improvised Movie at Second City

Take Two is a longform, narrative show consisting of TWO never-before-seen, made-up-on-the-spot movies! Give us a song, we’ll give you a movie! Based on a…

Friday, May 3rd
7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
The Second City
1616 N. Wells St. , Chicago, IL, 60614
BIG LOVE
May3
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…

Friday, May 3rd
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Chicago Dramatists
1105 W. Chicago Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60642
First Date Comedy Show
May3
Music & Comedy

First Date Comedy Show

The First Date is a comical hunt for love. Chicago’s funniest stand-up comedians hit the stage as one audience member is selected from the crowd…

Friday, May 3rd
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Laugh Factory, 3175 N. Broadway St, Chicago, IL 60657
3175 N. Broadway St
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