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Destinos 7th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival
Oct7
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 October 7, 2024
Citywide
First Monday Jazz: Justin Dillard
Oct7
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

First Monday Jazz: Justin Dillard

Things Ain’t What They Used To Be: An Homage To Duke Ellington feat. Justin Dillard. Join us for a free evening of live jazz, celebrating…

Monday October 7, 2024
8:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Green Line Performing Art Center
329 E. Garfield Blvd.
The United Colors of Robert Earl Paige at Hyde Park Art Center
Oct7
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

The United Colors of Robert Earl Paige at Hyde Park Art Center

Hyde Park Art Center proudly presents The United Colors of Robert Earl Paige, the career-spanning survey of artist, designer, and educator Robert Earl Paige (b.…

Monday October 7, 2024
11:00 a.m.4:00 p.m.
Hyde Park Art Center
5020 South Cornell Avenue
Chicago: Home of House Exhibit
Oct7
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

Chicago: Home of House Exhibit

Commemorating the 40th anniversary of House music, this one-of-a-kind exhibit will pay homage to the energy, music, and dance of Black and Latino youth on…

Monday October 7, 2024
11:00 a.m.8:00 p.m.
Navy Pier
600 East Grand Avenue
First Monday Jazz: Justin Dillard
Oct7
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

First Monday Jazz: Justin Dillard

Things Ain’t What They Used To Be: An Homage To Duke Ellington feat. Justin Dillard. Join us for a free evening of live jazz, celebrating…

Monday October 7, 2024
7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Green Line Performing Art Center
329 E. Garfield Blvd.
Destinos 7th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival
Oct8
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 October 8, 2024
Citywide
Jordi Savall – Monteverdi: A Baroque Revolution
Oct8
Theatre & Performing Arts

Jordi Savall – Monteverdi: A Baroque Revolution

The Tears and the Fire of the Muses Musical time traveler, globe-trotting impresario, enterprising scholar and charismatic virtuoso: Jordi Savall is one of the most…

Tuesday October 8, 2024
7:30 a.m.

220 S. Michigan Ave.
The United Colors of Robert Earl Paige at Hyde Park Art Center
Oct8
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

The United Colors of Robert Earl Paige at Hyde Park Art Center

Hyde Park Art Center proudly presents The United Colors of Robert Earl Paige, the career-spanning survey of artist, designer, and educator Robert Earl Paige (b.…

Tuesday October 8, 2024
11:00 a.m.4:00 p.m.
Hyde Park Art Center
5020 South Cornell Avenue
Chicago: Home of House Exhibit
Oct8
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

Chicago: Home of House Exhibit

Commemorating the 40th anniversary of House music, this one-of-a-kind exhibit will pay homage to the energy, music, and dance of Black and Latino youth on…

Tuesday October 8, 2024
11:00 a.m.8:00 p.m.
Navy Pier
600 East Grand Avenue
Jordi Savall — Monteverdi: A Baroque Revolution
Oct8
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Jordi Savall — Monteverdi: A Baroque Revolution

The Tears and the Fire of the Muses Musical time traveler, globe-trotting impresario, enterprising scholar and charismatic virtuoso: Jordi Savall is one of the most…

Tuesday October 8, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Center
220 S Michigan Ave
Jordi Savall — Monteverdi: A Baroque Revolution
Oct8
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Jordi Savall — Monteverdi: A Baroque Revolution

The Tears and the Fire of the Muses Musical time traveler, globe-trotting impresario, enterprising scholar and charismatic virtuoso: Jordi Savall is one of the most…

Tuesday October 8, 2024
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Center
220 S Michigan Ave
Best Night Ever Comedy Show
Oct8
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Best Night Ever Comedy Show

Best Night Ever is one of the city’s longest-running standup comedy showcases. Since 2009 the show has been highlighting comics from all over the city…

Tuesday October 8, 2024
8:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
The Lincoln Lodge
2040 North Milwaukee Avenue
Destinos 7th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival
Oct9
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 October 9, 2024
Citywide
The Last Wide Open
Oct9
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Last Wide Open

A diner. 10PM. Chicago.What if you found your person, but the timing was off? Three times! Lina and MikoÅ‚aj’s lives intersect and parallel as three…

Wednesday October 9, 2024
American Blues Theater
5627 N Lincoln Blvd
SHE’S ALIVE! The Bride of Frankenstein Invades Chicago
Oct9
Theatre & Performing Arts

SHE’S ALIVE! The Bride of Frankenstein Invades Chicago

Charlotte Booker is Elsa Lanchester this October at the Venus Cabaret Theatre  SHE’S ALIVE! WEDNESDAYS & THURSDAY THROUGHOUT OCTOBER OPENING OCTOBER 9; CLOSING HALLOWEEN NIGHT!…

Wednesday October 9, 2024
8:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.
Venus Cabaret Theater
3741 North Southport Avenue
The United Colors of Robert Earl Paige at Hyde Park Art Center
Oct9
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

The United Colors of Robert Earl Paige at Hyde Park Art Center

Hyde Park Art Center proudly presents The United Colors of Robert Earl Paige, the career-spanning survey of artist, designer, and educator Robert Earl Paige (b.…

Wednesday October 9, 2024
11:00 a.m.4:00 p.m.
Hyde Park Art Center
5020 South Cornell Avenue
Chicago: Home of House Exhibit
Oct9
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

Chicago: Home of House Exhibit

Commemorating the 40th anniversary of House music, this one-of-a-kind exhibit will pay homage to the energy, music, and dance of Black and Latino youth on…

Wednesday October 9, 2024
11:00 a.m.8:00 p.m.
Navy Pier
600 East Grand Avenue
Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts | Callisto Quartet
Oct9
Music & Comedy

Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts | Callisto Quartet

DAME MYRA HESS MEMORIAL CONCERTS | CALLISTO QUARTET Cameron Daly, violin Gregory Lewis, violin Eva Kennedy, viola Hannah Moses, cello   Program Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart…

Wednesday October 9, 2024
12:15 p.m.1:00 p.m.
Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago
55 E. Wacker Drive
Healing A Fractured World: A portrait of exiled composer Egon Lustgarten
Oct9
Music & Comedy

Healing A Fractured World: A portrait of exiled composer Egon Lustgarten

Egon Lustgarten (1887-1961), an Austrian composer of Jewish descent, was forced to emigrate to the United States after Hitler’s annexation of Austria. The Chicago premiere…

Wednesday October 9, 2024
7:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.
PianoForte Chicago
1335 South Michigan Avenue
SHE’S ALIVE! The Bride of Frankenstein Invades Chicago
Oct9
Theatre & Performing Arts

SHE’S ALIVE! The Bride of Frankenstein Invades Chicago

Charlotte Booker is Elsa Lanchester this October at the Venus Cabaret Theatre  SHE’S ALIVE! WEDNESDAYS & THURSDAY THROUGHOUT OCTOBER OPENING OCTOBER 9; CLOSING HALLOWEEN NIGHT!…

Wednesday October 9, 2024
7:29 p.m.8:29 p.m.
Venus Cabaret Theater
3741 North Southport Avenue
Destinos 7th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival
Oct10
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 October 10, 2024
Citywide
Avenue Q Raue Center For The Arts logo
Oct10
Theatre & Performing Arts

Avenue Q

Avenue QMusic and Lyrics By Jeff Marx & Robert Lopez Book By Jeff Whitty Directed by Joe Lehman Music Director: James Mablin September 13 –…

Thursday October 10, 2024
Raue Center for the Arts
26 N. Williams St.
The Last Wide Open
Oct10
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Last Wide Open

A diner. 10PM. Chicago.What if you found your person, but the timing was off? Three times! Lina and MikoÅ‚aj’s lives intersect and parallel as three…

Thursday October 10, 2024
American Blues Theater
5627 N Lincoln Blvd
Into The Woods
Oct10
Theatre & Performing Arts

Into The Woods

Escape into a fantastical fairytale adventure where wishes come true, but not always for free. A trove of storybook characters’ paths intertwine as they chase…

Thursday October 10, 2024
Chopin Theatre
1543 West Division Street
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