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Maya Marshall in conversation with Nicole Homer

Poetry Foundation 61 W Superior St, Chicago

Haymarket Books is a radical, independent, nonprofit book publisher based in Chicago. Maya Marshall (she/her) is the author of All the Blood Involved in Love and cofounder of underbelly, the journal on the practical magic of poetic revision. She has taught at Northwestern University and Loyola University Chicago, and holds fellowships from MacDowell and Cave […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Hybrid Program

Clyde’s

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

“Feisty comedy is on the menu” (Washington Post) in two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage’s latest Broadway triumph. Creating the perfect sandwich is the shared quest of the formerly incarcerated kitchen staff of Clyde’s, a truck stop cafe. Even as the shop’s mischievous owner tries to keep them under her thumb, the staffers are given […]

  • ASL Interpreted

Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster

Chicago Children's Theatre Chicago

Direct from New York City and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this Chicago premiere features hundreds of illustrated puppets, fuzzy Muppet-style puppets, hilarious actors on live cameras, and a live music soundtrack which bring the popular children’s books by Mo Willems to life in a new Manual Cinema show the whole family will enjoy. Leonardo is […]

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Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster

Chicago Children's Theatre Chicago

Direct from New York City and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this Chicago premiere features hundreds of illustrated puppets, fuzzy Muppet-style puppets, hilarious actors on live cameras, and a live music soundtrack which bring the popular children’s books by Mo Willems to life in a new Manual Cinema show the whole family will enjoy. Leonardo is […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Sensory Friendly

Clyde’s

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

“Feisty comedy is on the menu” (Washington Post) in two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage’s latest Broadway triumph. Creating the perfect sandwich is the shared quest of the formerly incarcerated kitchen staff of Clyde’s, a truck stop cafe. Even as the shop’s mischievous owner tries to keep them under her thumb, the staffers are given […]

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  • Touch Tour

Clyde’s

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

“Feisty comedy is on the menu” (Washington Post) in two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage’s latest Broadway triumph. Creating the perfect sandwich is the shared quest of the formerly incarcerated kitchen staff of Clyde’s, a truck stop cafe. Even as the shop’s mischievous owner tries to keep them under her thumb, the staffers are given […]

  • Spanish captioning

Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster

Chicago Children's Theatre Chicago

Direct from New York City and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this Chicago premiere features hundreds of illustrated puppets, fuzzy Muppet-style puppets, hilarious actors on live cameras, and a live music soundtrack which bring the popular children’s books by Mo Willems to life in a new Manual Cinema show the whole family will enjoy. Leonardo is […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Sensory Friendly

Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster

Chicago Children's Theatre Chicago

Direct from New York City and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this Chicago premiere features hundreds of illustrated puppets, fuzzy Muppet-style puppets, hilarious actors on live cameras, and a live music soundtrack which bring the popular children’s books by Mo Willems to life in a new Manual Cinema show the whole family will enjoy. Leonardo is […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Sensory Friendly

Clyde’s

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

“Feisty comedy is on the menu” (Washington Post) in two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage’s latest Broadway triumph. Creating the perfect sandwich is the shared quest of the formerly incarcerated kitchen staff of Clyde’s, a truck stop cafe. Even as the shop’s mischievous owner tries to keep them under her thumb, the staffers are given […]

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BWBTC Shakespeare: Richard III

Edge Theater 5451 N Broadway, Chicago

Aligned with the mission of representing marginalized voices, BWBTC has partnered with UIC’s Disability Cultural Center to tell the tale of the malicious Richard of Gloucester. Casting both non-disabled and disabled actors, this production will not only examine stage combat as a storytelling tool, but interrogate the divide between “regular” theatre and “theatre for the […]

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  • Captioning
  • Touch Tour

Resilience Series (monthly)

Chicago Cultural Center Chicago

Join us on the 2nd Monday of each month in G.A.R. Hall to build resilience through artist-led sessions of various creative modalities. Resilience helps deal with difficult challenges with flexibility and creativity. The Resilience Series is open to anyone interested in exploring art as a healing practice. All programs are free and open to the […]

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Open Door: Dreaming Ages

Poetry Foundation 61 W Superior St, Chicago

Join us for Dreaming Ages, an in-person installment of the Open Door series with Zachary Cahilll, Ama Codjoe, Calvin Forbes, Maud Lavin, Sungjae Lee, and Jenny Lin. The Open Door series highlights creative relationships in Chicago, including mentorship and collaboration. Dreaming Ages explores nonlinear as well as chronological time in aging. and plays against silences […]

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