Black Makers Market at Navy Pier
Feb21
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…

Saturday, February 21st
12:00 p.m.6:00 p.m.
Olympic Village Experience!
Feb21
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…

Saturday, February 21st
12:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
Industry Ales
230 S Wabash Ave
Lunar New Year at Navy Pier
Feb21
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…

Saturday, February 21st
1:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Aon Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier
840 E. Grand Ave.
The Architecture & Design Film Festival Chicago 
Feb21
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…

Saturday, February 21st
1:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N. State Street
The 8th Dwarf
Feb21
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…

Saturday, February 21st
2:00 p.m.3:00 p.m.
Bughouse Theater
1910 West Irving Park Road
The Ladies Home Companion
Feb21
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Ladies Home Companion

by Patrick Curtin, directed by Dorothy Milne Heartfelt and humorous, this piece is a tribute to the legacy of three powerful women in Patrick’s life…

Saturday, February 21st
2:00 p.m.3:00 p.m.
Bughouse Theater
1910 West Irving Park Road
The Art of Belonging​
Feb21
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts

The Art of Belonging​

⁠THE ART OF BELONGING is an evocative adaptation of three short stories by acclaimed Filipino American writer Bienvenido Santos, reimagined for the stage by CIRCA…

Saturday, February 21st
2:00 p.m.3:30 p.m.
Rizal Center 1332 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago
1332 W. Irving Park Rd.
Miss Julie
Feb21
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…

Saturday, February 21st
2:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Hamnet
Feb21
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…

Saturday, February 21st
2:00 p.m.4:30 p.m.
The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare
800 East Grand Avenue
Porchlight Music Theatre Presents “The Irish… and How They Got That Way”
Feb21
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…

Saturday, February 21st
2:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Ruth Page Center for the Arts
1016 North Dearborn Street
Red Light Winter
Feb21
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…

Saturday, February 21st
2:30 p.m.4:30 p.m.
Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 North Lincoln Avenue
Come Back, Little Sheba
Feb21
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…

Saturday, February 21st
3:00 p.m.4:30 p.m.
American Blues Theater
5627 N Lincoln Blvd
The Dance of Death
Feb21
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,…

Saturday, February 21st
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Oil Lamp Theater’s “The Outsider”
Feb21
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…

Saturday, February 21st
3:00 p.m.5:30 p.m.
Oil Lamp Theater
1723 Glenview Rd, Glenview, IL, 60025
Champagne Row, by Park Hyatt Chicago
Feb21
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…

Saturday, February 21st
3:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.
Park Hyatt Chicago
800 N. Michigan Ave
Śiva Bhāva: Love, Care, and the Cosmos
Feb21
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…

Saturday, February 21st
4:00 p.m.6:00 p.m.
Ruth Page Center for the Arts
1016 North Dearborn Street
People
Feb21
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…

Saturday, February 21st
4:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.
1912 N Damen ave, Chicago
1912 N Damen Ave
Cut to the Chase
Feb21
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…

Saturday, February 21st
5:00 p.m.6:30 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 North Milwaukee Avenue
Musical will have U.S. premiere at The Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture
Feb21
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…

Saturday, February 21st
5:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.
Anthenaeum Theater
2936 N. Southport, Avenue
The Glenlivet 55 Legacy Experience, by Park Hyatt Chicago
Feb21
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…

Saturday, February 21st
5:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.
Park Hyatt Chicago
800 N. Michigan Ave
EXP Presents The Last Stronghold
Feb21
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

EXP Presents The Last Stronghold

EXP Rosemont invites guests to step back in time with The Last Stronghold, a free-roaming virtual reality experience that transports visitors to the fortified medieval…

Saturday, February 21st
5:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.
EXP Rosemont
9900 Berwyn Avenue
People
Feb21
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…

Saturday, February 21st
5:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
CSI Project Space
1912 North Damen Avenue
Tikka Masala
Feb21
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Tikka Masala

Tikka Masala is an Indian Improv Comedy Game Show. Get ready for a laugh-out-loud night of unscripted chaos, cultural flavor, and spicy twists! Tikka Masala…

Saturday, February 21st
6:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.
iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
ComedySportz Chicago
Feb21
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

ComedySportz Chicago

Chicago’s longest running and best interactive improv comedy experience. ComedySportz is comedy played as a sport, not comedy ABOUT sports (whew). Refs, fouls, points, games…

Saturday, February 21st
6:00 p.m.7:30 p.m.
Malarkey Comedy Company
1501 N Kingsbury St