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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 DriveMuseums, 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 CenterMuseums, 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…
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…
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 AvenueFestivals, 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…
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 AvenueFestivals, 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 AveTheatre & 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, 60605Music & 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. RandolphFestivals, 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…
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 AvenueMuseums, 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 BlvdMusic & 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.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 StTheatre & 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…
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…
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 StTheatre & 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…
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
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, 60614Theatre & 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, 60642Music & 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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