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SAVOR After Hours
Jul17
Theatre & Performing Arts

SAVOR After Hours

Step into the world of SAVOR After Hours, an intimate experience of the senses filled with dance, passion, and the art of savoring every single…

Wednesday July 17, 2024
7:00 p.m.8:15 p.m.
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
GDC: “Season 61 | UNLIMITED!” Spring Harris Theater Engagement
Jul17
Theatre & Performing Arts

GDC: “Season 61 | UNLIMITED!” Spring Harris Theater Engagement

Giordano Dance Chicago, America’s original jazz dance company, presents their spring engagement at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph St. at…

Wednesday July 17, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work
Jul17
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…

Wednesday July 17, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
Little Bear Ridge Road
Jul17
Theatre & Performing Arts

Little Bear Ridge Road

In the outer limits of rural Idaho, the last two estranged members of the Fernsby family tree, a reclusive aunt and her gay nephew, reunite to…

Wednesday July 17, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Hooch & Holler Comedy Show
Jul17
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Hooch & Holler Comedy Show

Every Wednesday The Best Speakeasy In Chicago Hosts The Hottest Comedians The City Has To Offer! Indulge In Our Amazing Craft Cocktails And Enjoy An…

Wednesday July 17, 2024
9:00 p.m.11:00 p.m.
Bordel Cocktail & Cabaret
1721 W Division
Marcus The Artist: City Of Gold
Jul18
Theatre & Performing Arts

Marcus The Artist: City Of Gold

The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts is proud to present Marcus the Artist’s “City of Gold” curated by Dorian Sylvain. The exhibition…

Thursday July 18, 2024
8:00 a.m.8:00 p.m.
Logan Center for the Arts – Café Logan
915 E. 60th St.
New Monuments | Chicago Brendan Fernandes
Jul18
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…

Thursday July 18, 2024
11:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Grant Park
301 S Columbus Dr
LOVE SONG by John Kolvenbach from Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Jul18
Theatre & Performing Arts

LOVE SONG by John Kolvenbach from Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

CHICAGO – Remy Bumppo Theatre Company is pleased to announce the cast, creative and production teams for Love Song, written by John Kolvenbach and directed…

Thursday July 18, 2024
2:30 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Theater Wit
Teatro Zinzanni
Jul18
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…

Thursday July 18, 2024
6:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
SAVOR After Hours
Jul18
Theatre & Performing Arts

SAVOR After Hours

Step into the world of SAVOR After Hours, an intimate experience of the senses filled with dance, passion, and the art of savoring every single…

Thursday July 18, 2024
7:00 p.m.8:15 p.m.
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
The Roar Speakeasy: A Prohibition Era Experience
Jul18
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…

Thursday July 18, 2024
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
The Roar on Rush
437 N. Rush Street
Big Teeth Small Shorts Film Fest (Summer Screening)
Jul18
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events, Theatre & Performing Arts

Big Teeth Small Shorts Film Fest (Summer Screening)

Big Teeth Small Shorts Film Fest (BTSSFF) focuses exclusively on Small Shorts (91-sec – 5 min) and Micro Shorts (90-sec or less). We believe that…

Thursday July 18, 2024
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Facets Cinema
1517 W. Fullerton
Dumb and Drummer
Jul18
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Dumb and Drummer

Chicago’s best comedians doing their best material over live jazz! Every third Thursday at The Lincoln Lodge Theatre, Hosted by Jamaal Sanders, Hunter Hirsch, and…

Thursday July 18, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
The Lincoln Lodge Theater
2040 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Jackalope Theatre Company’s The Singularity Play
Jul18
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,…

Thursday July 18, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Edgewater’s Berger Park
6205 N. Sheridan Rd.
Wells and Welles
Jul18
Theatre & Performing Arts

Wells and Welles

It’s 1940, exactly two years after Orson Welles’ infamous “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, a show that infuriated author HG Wells. By an amazing…

Thursday July 18, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, 60660
Hedwig and The Angry Inch
Jul18
Theatre & Performing Arts

Hedwig and The Angry Inch

With music and lyrics by Stephen Trask and a book by John Cameron Mitchell, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” follows the journey of Hedwig Robinson,…

Thursday July 18, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave
GDC: “Season 61 | UNLIMITED!” Spring Harris Theater Engagement
Jul18
Theatre & Performing Arts

GDC: “Season 61 | UNLIMITED!” Spring Harris Theater Engagement

Giordano Dance Chicago, America’s original jazz dance company, presents their spring engagement at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph St. at…

Thursday July 18, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Bramble Theatre Company’s Festival of Unfinished Work
Jul18
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…

Thursday July 18, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Bramble Arts Loft
Little Bear Ridge Road
Jul18
Theatre & Performing Arts

Little Bear Ridge Road

In the outer limits of rural Idaho, the last two estranged members of the Fernsby family tree, a reclusive aunt and her gay nephew, reunite to…

Thursday July 18, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Big Fans
Jul18
Theatre & Performing Arts

Big Fans

Veteran improvisers Mark Raterman (Cook County Social Club, Comedy Central), Neal Dandade (NBC’s Chicago Med, FX’s Justified: City Primeval), and Forest Hynes (Chaos Theory) create…

Thursday July 18, 2024
9:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.

The Roys of Succession Do Something Normal: An Improvised Show!
Jul18
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Roys of Succession Do Something Normal: An Improvised Show!

The famously dramatic leads from Succession – including Logan, Kendall, Shiv, Roman, and Connor Roy – try to accomplish something normal in a one hour…

Thursday July 18, 2024
9:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
Comedy Hour at Annoyance Theatre
Jul19
Jul20
Theatre & Performing Arts

Comedy Hour at Annoyance Theatre

Each week, Chicago comics bring the freshest, most experimental new material to the Annoyance for the Comedy Hour. The weekly show is an eclectic mix…

Friday July 19, 2024
12:00 a.m.Saturday July 20, 2024
1:00 a.m.
Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.
Marcus The Artist: City Of Gold
Jul19
Theatre & Performing Arts

Marcus The Artist: City Of Gold

The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts is proud to present Marcus the Artist’s “City of Gold” curated by Dorian Sylvain. The exhibition…

Friday July 19, 2024
8:00 a.m.8:00 p.m.
Logan Center for the Arts – Café Logan
915 E. 60th St.
New Monuments | Chicago Brendan Fernandes
Jul19
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 July 19, 2024
11:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Grant Park
301 S Columbus Dr
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