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Creation Chicago – Salute To Supernatural
Nov2
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Creation Chicago – Salute To Supernatural

Join the cast of Supernatural the longest running Sci/Fi Fantasy television series for a jam-packed weekend of events including; autographs photo ops Rob’s Spooky Chicago…

Saturday November 2, 2024
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
5555 North River Road
Elevating Potential: Education, Mentorship, and Growth For All!
Nov2
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Elevating Potential: Education, Mentorship, and Growth For All!

We’re thrilled to announce our first in-person event since the pandemic! Haven For Divine Restoration (HFDR) presents: Elevating Potential: Education, Mentorship, and Growth For All!…

Saturday November 2, 2024
12:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
College of DuPage, Health Sciences Center, Rm HSC1234
S Lambert Rd & Tallgrass Rd
Good Dress: Brittany Rogers and Kush Thompson
Nov2
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Good Dress: Brittany Rogers and Kush Thompson

Celebrate the release of VS Podcast co-host Brittany Rogers’s highly anticipated debut poetry collection Good Dress, which relates formative experiences of intimacy, pleasure, and belonging growing up as a Black woman…

Saturday November 2, 2024
2:00 p.m.3:00 p.m.

61 W. Superior St.
Alexander Hersh + Victor Santiago Asunción
Nov2
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy

Alexander Hersh + Victor Santiago Asunción

About the Performance A passionate multimedia artist and imaginative genre/era-blending concert curator, cellist Alexander Hersh returns to Ravinia on the heels of his debut album Absinthe and the fifth…

Saturday November 2, 2024
3:00 p.m.5:30 p.m.
Ravinia Festival
418 Sheridan Road
Lit & Luz Festival
Nov2
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Lit & Luz Festival

Chicago’s Lit & Luz Festival returns with a fantastic roster of writers and artists from the US and Mexico. The weeklong series of free events…

Saturday November 2, 2024
5:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
SAUCED 10 Year Anniversary Night Market
Nov2
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

SAUCED 10 Year Anniversary Night Market

For the past ten years, SAUCED has welcomed hundreds of local vendors and thousands of customers to dozens of night markets throughout Chicago. To celebrate…

Saturday November 2, 2024
5:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Half Acre Beer Co
2050 W Balmoral Ave
Dining in the Dark at About Last Knife Restaurant
Nov2
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Dining in the Dark at About Last Knife Restaurant

Close your eyes and awaken your senses at Arlo Chicago at Dining in the Dark,  an innovative sensory dining experience at the on-site restaurant, About…

Saturday November 2, 2024
6:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Arlo Chicago
168 N Michigan Avenue
Award/Closing Night: 11th Annual Shortcut 100 Costume Film Festival at FACETS
Nov2
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Tours & Attractions

Award/Closing Night: 11th Annual Shortcut 100 Costume Film Festival at FACETS

Shortcut 100 International Film Festival is an annual showcase dedicated to promoting the best in independent short film from both established and emerging filmmakers. To…

Saturday November 2, 2024
6:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Facets Cinema
1517 W. Fullerton
Live Arts | Lit & Luz Festival: Live Magazine Show
Nov2
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

Live Arts | Lit & Luz Festival: Live Magazine Show

Each year, the Lit & Luz Festival supports the creation of new, collaborative art by placing writers, visual artists, and musicians from Chicago and Mexico…

Saturday November 2, 2024
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.

Destinos 7th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival
Nov3
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts

Destinos 7th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival

CLATA ANNOUNCES DESTINOS, 7TH CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL LATINO THEATER FESTIVAL, FEATURING MOST EXTENSIVE FESTIVAL LINE-UP IN ITS HISTORY, WITH WORKS FROM BRAZIL, CHILE, ARGENTINA, MEXICO, THE…

Sunday November 3, 2024
Citywide
Creation Chicago – Salute To Supernatural
Nov3
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Creation Chicago – Salute To Supernatural

Join the cast of Supernatural the longest running Sci/Fi Fantasy television series for a jam-packed weekend of events including; autographs photo ops Rob’s Spooky Chicago…

Sunday November 3, 2024
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
5555 North River Road
Vinyl & Vittles at Co-Prosperity
Nov3
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Vinyl & Vittles at Co-Prosperity

*Shop Local Record Vendors with the Best Vinyl of the Past and Present* Taste the Samplings of Local Food Businesses on the Scene* Listen to…

Sunday November 3, 2024
1:00 p.m.6:00 p.m.
Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan
Destinos 7th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival
Nov4
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts

Destinos 7th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival

CLATA ANNOUNCES DESTINOS, 7TH CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL LATINO THEATER FESTIVAL, FEATURING MOST EXTENSIVE FESTIVAL LINE-UP IN ITS HISTORY, WITH WORKS FROM BRAZIL, CHILE, ARGENTINA, MEXICO, THE…

Monday November 4, 2024
Citywide
Destinos 7th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival
Nov5
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts

Destinos 7th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival

CLATA ANNOUNCES DESTINOS, 7TH CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL LATINO THEATER FESTIVAL, FEATURING MOST EXTENSIVE FESTIVAL LINE-UP IN ITS HISTORY, WITH WORKS FROM BRAZIL, CHILE, ARGENTINA, MEXICO, THE…

Tuesday November 5, 2024
Citywide
Chicago’s Best Standup
Nov5
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Chicago’s Best Standup

Chicago’s Best Standup Comedy is back better than ever. We’ve compiled the absolute best standup comedy lineup that you will see in the city. Today’s…

Tuesday November 5, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Laugh Factory, 3175 N. Broadway St, Chicago, IL 60657
3175 N. Broadway St
Destinos 7th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival
Nov6
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts

Destinos 7th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival

CLATA ANNOUNCES DESTINOS, 7TH CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL LATINO THEATER FESTIVAL, FEATURING MOST EXTENSIVE FESTIVAL LINE-UP IN ITS HISTORY, WITH WORKS FROM BRAZIL, CHILE, ARGENTINA, MEXICO, THE…

Wednesday November 6, 2024
Citywide
DAME MYRA HESS MEMORIAL CONCERTS | ANNIE HYUNG, CELLO & LIANG-YU WANG, PIANO
Nov6
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Music & Comedy

DAME MYRA HESS MEMORIAL CONCERTS | ANNIE HYUNG, CELLO & LIANG-YU WANG, PIANO

DAME MYRA HESS MEMORIAL CONCERTS | ANNIE HYUNG, CELLO LIANG-YU WANG, PIANO   Program Francis Poulenc – Cello Sonata, FP 143 Astor Piazzolla – Le…

Wednesday November 6, 2024
12:15 p.m.1:00 p.m.
Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago
55 E. Wacker Drive
In Culinary Conversation with Chef D’Andre Carter
Nov6
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

In Culinary Conversation with Chef D’Andre Carter

The third installment of Season II In Culinary Conversation is Chef D’Andre Carter of Soul & Smoke. He will leads us in an engaging hour of cooking…

Wednesday November 6, 2024
6:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Soul & Smoke – Avondale at Rockwell on the River
3057 North Rockwell Street
Destinos 7th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival
Nov7
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts

Destinos 7th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival

CLATA ANNOUNCES DESTINOS, 7TH CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL LATINO THEATER FESTIVAL, FEATURING MOST EXTENSIVE FESTIVAL LINE-UP IN ITS HISTORY, WITH WORKS FROM BRAZIL, CHILE, ARGENTINA, MEXICO, THE…

Thursday November 7, 2024
Citywide
Local on Lincoln Artisian Market
Nov7
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Local on Lincoln Artisian Market

JOIN US FOR AN INDOOR POP-UP MARKET IN THE RETAIL SPACE AT 3169 N LINCOLN, ON THE CORNER OF BELMONT AND LINCOLN FROM 11AM-4PM A…

Thursday November 7, 2024
11:00 a.m.4:00 p.m.
3169 N. Lincoln Ave
3169 N. Lincoln Ave
Local on Lincoln Artisian Market
Nov7
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Local on Lincoln Artisian Market

JOIN US FOR AN INDOOR POP-UP MARKET IN THE RETAIL SPACE AT 3169 N LINCOLN, ON THE CORNER OF BELMONT AND LINCOLN FROM 11AM-4PM A…

Thursday November 7, 2024
11:00 a.m.4:00 p.m.
3169 N. Lincoln Ave
3169 N. Lincoln Ave
Zip! (staged reading): written and directed by Timothy Rey
Nov7
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts

Zip! (staged reading): written and directed by Timothy Rey

Written by Chicago poet Timothy David Rey, Zip! is a prophetic and ghostly timewarped drama about Nancy Reagan’s fervor for astrology, interlaced with a Black gay love story,…

Thursday November 7, 2024
6:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.

61 W. Superior St.
Destinos 7th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival
Nov8
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts

Destinos 7th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival

CLATA ANNOUNCES DESTINOS, 7TH CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL LATINO THEATER FESTIVAL, FEATURING MOST EXTENSIVE FESTIVAL LINE-UP IN ITS HISTORY, WITH WORKS FROM BRAZIL, CHILE, ARGENTINA, MEXICO, THE…

Friday November 8, 2024
Citywide
Antiques + Modernism Winnetka Show 2024
Nov8
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events

Antiques + Modernism Winnetka Show 2024

The Antiques + Modernism Winnetka Show (A+M) celebrates its 52nd year with a Preview Party on Thursday, November 7, followed by a 3-day show weekend…

Friday November 8, 2024
10:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, IL 60093
620 Lincoln Avenue
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