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Theatre & Performing Arts
Opening Week with Roger and James Deakins
To view all Roger Deakins event at the Athenaeum Center, visit: https://athenaeumcenter.org/special-events/roger-deakins/ Join award-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins and collaborator/wife James Deakins (aka Team Deakins) for…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Port of Entry
Port of Entry invites you to step inside the real-life stories of immigrants and refugees from all parts of the world living side by side…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Mozart Coronation Mass
Join Nicholas Kraemer and four preeminent singers for a selection of Handel’s brilliant and soul-stirring vocal numbers, which explore the full spectrum of human emotions…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Evil Perfect by Spencer Huffman
A World Premiere by Spencer Huffman, directed by Jonathan Shaboo. In an otherworldly city obsessed with achieving absolute equity at all costs, Lily, a dissident…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Dear Elizabeth
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company presents Dear Elizabeth by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Creative Producer Christina Casano. Running October 17-November 17, 2024. In 1947, Elizabeth Bishop…
Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Video Game Summit
In 2019, the Pinball Expo reserved a room to bring retro video gaming to the pinball expo. It was our first introduction to this genre.…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Joffrey Ballet presents Atonement
The Joffrey Ballet boldly opens its 2024-25 season with the highly anticipated North American premiere of Cathy Marston’s poignant interpretation of Ian McEwan’s 2001 novel-turned-Academy Award®-winning…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Atonement
Witness the U.S. premiere of renowned choreographer Cathy Marston’s ‘Atonement’ in her re-imagining of Ian McEwan’s 2001 novel-turned Academy Award®-winning film. The poignant story follows…
Theatre & Performing Arts
IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok
PUBLIC TICKETS AVAILABLE AUGUST 26THSUBSCRIBERSÂ & GROUP EARLY ACCESS AVAILABLE AUGUST 1ST At a bus stop in a run-down New Jersey town, Darja, a Polish immigrant…
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…
Theatre & Performing Arts
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Winner of the 2013 Tony Award® for Best Play and the 2013 Olivier Award for Best New Play, this is the story of 15-year-old Christopher…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Dracula
Prepare to be transported to the eerie landscapes of Transylvania and the shadowy corners of Victorian England as you embark on a spine-tingling journey filled…
Theatre & Performing Arts
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
It’s The Golden Age of Hollywood, and the streets of Los Angeles teem with aspiring starlets. When Vera Stark-maid to “America’s Sweetie Pie,†Gloria Mitchell-lands…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Bottle Fly
World Premiere of a new play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, author of last seasons’ Babel. This beautiful depiction of queer survival in the Everglades captures the…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Desaparecidas
Rising musical theater composer and 2023 Jonathan Larson Award winner Jaime Lozano comes to AMTP to continue development of this new state-fair concert musical about…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Bell, Book and Candle by John Van Druten
In this lighthearted 1950s romantic comedy, Gillian Holroyd becomes interested in her upstairs neighbor and tenant and hexes him into falling in love with her.…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Dinner with Friends
Bluebird Arts kicks off its sixth season with Donald Margulies’ Dinner with Friends at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Avenue, Chicago. The show runs Saturday,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Seven Guitars
The Chicago storefront premiere of August Wilson’s searing drama about six friends in the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1948 mourning the death of their…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Destinos Spotlight Week
Destinos Spotlight Week returns, a series of one-night-only performances highlighting Chicago’s local talent, featuring storytelling hosted by Nestor Gomez on October 18, Antojitos Improv on…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Inheritance -or- Brothers from the Deep
Previews October 11-13 2024 Runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m. from October 18 through November 23, 2024 Additional Thursday performances…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
ATHENAEUM CENTER FOR THOUGHT AND CULTURE WELCOMES ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING CINEMATOGRAPHER ROGER DEAKINS
Chicago’s not-for-profit Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture proudly welcomes legendary Academy Award®-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins and his longtime collaborator/wife James Deakins (aka ‘Team Deakins’)…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Snoozeum at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
Join us overnight for a new and improved Snoozeum experience! Spend the evening exploring the Museum: participate in a scavenger hunt and other science activities,…
Theatre & Performing Arts
Atonement
Witness the U.S. premiere of renowned choreographer Cathy Marston’s ‘Atonement’ in her re-imagining of Ian McEwan’s 2001 novel-turned Academy Award®-winning film. The poignant story follows…
Theatre & Performing Arts
IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok
PUBLIC TICKETS AVAILABLE AUGUST 26THSUBSCRIBERSÂ & GROUP EARLY ACCESS AVAILABLE AUGUST 1ST At a bus stop in a run-down New Jersey town, Darja, a Polish immigrant…
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