Upcoming Chicago Events

Name: Encounters with Light
Start: 2025-05-07T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-05-10T23:59:59-05:00

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May 3, 2025: May3
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts
LET’S PLAY A GAME: Chicago’s scariest short-form show
Who’s Line is it Anyways meets Fear Factor in LETS PLAY A GAME, a new short form show that’s a unique blend of comedy, chaos,…
Lakeview
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Saturday, May 3rd
10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
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Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.
May 4, 2025: May4
May7
Theatre & Performing Arts
Encounters with Light
Encounters with Light features Martha Graham’s 1931 masterpiece, Primitive Mysteries as well as a world premier by guest artist, Vershawn Sanders Ward. Original choreography by…
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Sunday, May 4th – Wednesday, May 7th
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May4
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…
Loop
Event details
Sunday, May 4th
5:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts
GO DOG GO! • VE PERRO ¡VE!
Come along with these delightful dogs as they drive, swim, play baseball and make their way to the big dog party — all in a…
West Loop
Event details
Sunday, May 4th
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
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Chicago Children’s Theatre
100 S Racine Ave
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts
Titanique
Broadway In Chicago presents the Porchlight Music Theatre production of TITANIQUE All aboard NYC’s must-sea musical comedy! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian…
Event details
Sunday, May 4th
1:00 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
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Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts
Spring Awakenings
In a world where curiosity is stifled and questions are met with silence, a group of teenagers finds themselves thrust into the chaos of adolescence…
Lincoln Park
Event details
Sunday, May 4th
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
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Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 North Lincoln Avenue
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts
Berlin
Berlin is an unforgettable mosaic of intersecting narratives set amidst the decline of Weimar Germany. This original commission brings Jason Lutes’s exhilarating and acclaimed graphic novel…
Hyde Park
Event details
Sunday, May 4th
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts
Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha — A Musical Reimagining
Accessibility Services: ASL interpretation and audio description will be available on Saturday, May 3, 2025 An extraordinary core creative team of Black women artists, brought…
Loop
Event details
Sunday, May 4th
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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The Harris Theater for Music and Dance
205 East Randolph Street
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts
Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work
CHICAGO – Bramble Theatre Company, is proud to announce the third annual Festival of Unfinished Work at the new Bramble Arts Loft located on the…
Event details
Sunday, May 4th
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts
Titanique
Broadway In Chicago presents the Porchlight Music Theatre production of TITANIQUE All aboard NYC’s must-sea musical comedy! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian…
Event details
Sunday, May 4th
6:30 p.m. – 8:10 p.m.
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Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts
Team Deakins returns to the Athenaeum Center
Following an October 2024 series of sold-out programming, Chicago’s not-for-profit Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture (2936 N. Southport Avenue) proudly welcomes back legendary Academy…
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Sunday, May 4th
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
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Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture
2936 N. Southport Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60657
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts
Jackalope Theatre Company’s The Singularity Play
CHICAGO – Jackalope Theatre Company continues its 16th season at Edgewater’s Berger Park, 6205 N. Sheridan Rd., with the world premiere of The Singularity Play,…
Event details
Sunday, May 4th
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Edgewater’s Berger Park
6205 N. Sheridan Rd.
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts
Boy Gets Girl
Boy Gets Girl by Rebecca Gilman The life of a successful career woman takes a terrifying turn when a seemingly innocent blind date spirals into…
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Sunday, May 4th
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
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Choose Chicago
7924 Lincoln Ave
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts
Berlin
Berlin is an unforgettable mosaic of intersecting narratives set amidst the decline of Weimar Germany. This original commission brings Jason Lutes’s exhilarating and acclaimed graphic novel…
Hyde Park
Event details
Sunday, May 4th
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
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Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
May 5, 2025: May5
May8
Theatre & Performing Arts
Encounters with Light
Encounters with Light features Martha Graham’s 1931 masterpiece, Primitive Mysteries as well as a world premier by guest artist, Vershawn Sanders Ward. Original choreography by…
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Monday, May 5th – Thursday, May 8th
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May5
Theatre & Performing Arts
Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work
CHICAGO – Bramble Theatre Company, is proud to announce the third annual Festival of Unfinished Work at the new Bramble Arts Loft located on the…
Event details
Monday, May 5th
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
May5
Theatre & Performing Arts
Team Deakins returns to the Athenaeum Center
Following an October 2024 series of sold-out programming, Chicago’s not-for-profit Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture (2936 N. Southport Avenue) proudly welcomes back legendary Academy…
Event details
Monday, May 5th
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
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Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture
2936 N. Southport Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60657
May 6, 2025: May6
May9
Theatre & Performing Arts
Encounters with Light
Encounters with Light features Martha Graham’s 1931 masterpiece, Primitive Mysteries as well as a world premier by guest artist, Vershawn Sanders Ward. Original choreography by…
Event details
Tuesday, May 6th – Friday, May 9th
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May6
Theatre & Performing Arts
Alice in Wonderland
Follow Alice as she travels down the Rabbit Hole to the most amazing places! Along her fantastic journey she’ll meet the Mad Hatter, March Hare,…
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Tuesday, May 6th
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.
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May6
Theatre & Performing Arts
Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work
CHICAGO – Bramble Theatre Company, is proud to announce the third annual Festival of Unfinished Work at the new Bramble Arts Loft located on the…
Event details
Tuesday, May 6th
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
May6
Theatre & Performing Arts
Team Deakins returns to the Athenaeum Center
Following an October 2024 series of sold-out programming, Chicago’s not-for-profit Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture (2936 N. Southport Avenue) proudly welcomes back legendary Academy…
Event details
Tuesday, May 6th
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
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Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture
2936 N. Southport Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60657
May6
Theatre & Performing Arts
Titanique
Broadway In Chicago presents the Porchlight Music Theatre production of TITANIQUE All aboard NYC’s must-sea musical comedy! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian…
Event details
Tuesday, May 6th
7:00 p.m. – 8:40 p.m.
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Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
May6
Theatre & Performing Arts
Hadestown
COME SEE HOW THE WORLD COULD BE. Welcome to HADESTOWN, where a song can change your fate. Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards® including Best Musical…
Loop
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Tuesday, May 6th
7:00 p.m. – 9:25 p.m.
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CIBC Theatre
18 W. Monroe St. , Chicago, IL, 60602
May 7, 2025: May7
May10
Theatre & Performing Arts
Encounters with Light
Encounters with Light features Martha Graham’s 1931 masterpiece, Primitive Mysteries as well as a world premier by guest artist, Vershawn Sanders Ward. Original choreography by…
Event details
Wednesday, May 7th – Saturday, May 10th
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