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Short Shakespeare! Hamlet
“The play’s the thing” in 75-minute staging of Shakespeare’s most famous play Artistic Director Edward Hall stages CST’s first-ever 75-minute adaptation of Shakespeare’s timeless classic.…
Tours & Attractions
The Chinatown Adventure Food Tour
Immerse yourself in the vibrant flavors and rich history of Chicago’s Chinatown on our top-rated TripAdvisor food and culture tour. Enjoy seated dining at five…
Tours & Attractions
Yes, Chef! Chicago: A Bear-Inspired Food Tour
This is the ORIGINAL Chicago food tour that takes you to the restaurants featured on the TV phenomenon, The Bear. We’ll take you to the actual…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Built for the Body: the Intersection of Architecture & Jewelry
Built for the Body: the Intersection of Architecture & Jewelry is an exhibition that will be on view in our downtown Chicago gallery from January…
Tours & Attractions
Iconic Foods of Chicago Food Tour
Chicago is known across the world for inventing and perfecting five authentic dishes that are “must eats” and the Iconic Foods of Chicago Food tour…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Black Makers Market at Navy Pier
Discover a vibrant marketplace at Navy Pier celebrating local Black-owned brands, artisans, and creatives. Explore 10 unique vendors every Saturday in February, spotlighting makers from…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Olympic Village Experience!
From February 6th-22nd, Industry Ales will transform into a mini-Olympic Village with internationally inspired food and drink specials, interactive games and Ski Lodge themed decor…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Lunar New Year at Navy Pier
Welcome the Year of the Horse at Navy Pier with festive music, dance, cultural traditions, and good fortune. This free Lunar New Year celebration brings together traditional and modern…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
The Architecture & Design Film Festival Chicago
The Architecture & Design Film Festival Chicago The touring international film festival celebrates the creative spirit behind some of the world’s most remarkable architecture and design with a…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The 8th Dwarf
Binkley, an outsider dwarf from the Kingdom of Magical Land, is quiet, timid and scared of the dark — not exactly the best characteristics for…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Miss Julie
August Strindberg’s Miss Julie is a confrontation of class, gender, and desire at the turn of the twentieth century that’s as relevant today as when…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Hamnet
“Elegant and beguiling” – Evening Standard (UK) Warwickshire, 1582. Agnes Hathaway, a natural healer, meets the Latin tutor, William Shakespeare. Drawn together by powerful but…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Porchlight Music Theatre Presents “The Irish… and How They Got That Way”
Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to present The Irish … and How They Got That Way, by Frank McCourt, original musical arrangements by Rusty…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Red Light Winter
This darkly funny Pulitzer Prize Finalist presents a complicated love triangle that explores desire, obsession, and the emptiness behind its character’s lives. In a grimy…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Come Back, Little Sheba
Midwest town. Forced into marriage due to an unexpected pregnancy, former beauty queen Lola and recovering alcoholic Doc live a quiet life of heartbreak and…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Dance of Death
In the high stone tower of an isolated naval fortress, Alice and Edgar are about to celebrate 25 years of wedded bliss—if decades of resentment,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Oil Lamp Theater’s “The Outsider”
Oil Lamp Theater is proud to present the first production of its 2026 season, The Outsider, written by Paul Slade Smith and directed by Scott…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Champagne Row, by Park Hyatt Chicago
CHAMPAGNE ROW, by Park Hyatt Chicago Thu – Sat, 3-8pm Reserve Your Seat | View Menu Park Hyatt Chicago hosts an intimate champagne experience…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Śiva Bhāva: Love, Care, and the Cosmos
Śiva Bhāva: Love, Care, and the Cosmos is an intimate performance of South Asian dance and music dedicated to dance and love. Performances take place…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
People
People is a solo exhibition by Zsófia Ötvös presenting new paintings of figures observed in Budapest, Hungary, this past summer. The works depict figures suspended…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Cut to the Chase
A staple of Chicago theater for 25 years, CUT TO THE CHASE presents six staged new plays — three world premieres and three Chicago premieres — as…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Musical will have U.S. premiere at The Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture
After a highly successful run in Europe, the U.S. anticipated premiere of Bernadette, The Musical has been set!The inspiring musical about the courageous story of…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
The Glenlivet 55 Legacy Experience, by Park Hyatt Chicago
Park Hyatt Chicago presents a singular offering centered on The Glenlivet 55 Year Old – Edition No. 1 of The Eternal Collection. Matured for more…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
People
The works focus on moments of pause-figures standing, waiting, or gathering themselves before a possible shift. Action is withheld in favor of restraint and internal…
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