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Fri Sep 18 to Sun Sep 20, America/Chicago time · 42 events · 10 ongoing events

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Sat Sep 19

Landscape Echoes: Texture, Form and Tension - Sculptures by Mike Baur Des Plaines Campus, Koehnline Museum of Art Arts via Oakton College Calendar
Dinos! Brookfield Zoo Chicago, 3300 Golf Rd, Brookfield, IL, 60513 Arts via Choose Chicago
America's Blues Birthday Party Veterans & Smith Parks, 4200 Lawndale, Lyons, IL, 60534, United States Arts via Choose Chicago
Theater of the Mind Reid Murdoch Building – 333 N LaSalle, 333 N LaSalle, Chicago Arts via Choose Chicago
NoMI Gallery | Everything is Bright. All Things are Beautiful. NoMI, 800 N. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States Arts via Choose Chicago
We the People: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Beauty in Greektown Chicago Greektown Chicago, 300 S. Halsted, Chicago, 60661 ArtsFree via Choose Chicago
Chicago By Night River & Lake Chicago’s First Lady Cruises, 112 E Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60601, United States Arts via Choose Chicago
Creepy Cruise Chicago’s First Lady Cruises, 112 E Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60601, United States Arts via Choose Chicago
Model Call FINAL - FashionBar The Shows: October 2026 835 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 Arts via TownVue — Events in Chicago, IL
Sweets and Shrooms Immersive Release Party 4150 183rd St, Chicago, IL 60478 ArtsFreeMusic via TownVue — Events in Chicago, IL
Wilmette French Market, Fresh flowers, artisan foods, music Wilmette Metra Parking Lot, 722 Green Bay Rd, Wilmette, IL, 60091, United States ArtsFoodMarket via Chicago North Shore Moms
HA Harmonic Equestrian Statue of General Phillip Sheridan, North Lake Shore Drive and West Belmont Avenue, Chicago, 60657 Arts via Choose Chicago
Mr. V's A Night In The Museum Gorton Center, 400 East Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL, 60045 Arts via Gorton Center
Eckhart Park Farmer's Market Eckhart Park, 1330 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, 60642 Arts via Choose Chicago
Squishy Lab Gorton Center, 400 East Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL, 60045 ArtsEducationFamily via Gorton Center
Tangible Sound: Arrival to a Higher Ground Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago, 60602 Arts via Choose Chicago
Castle Chicago Children’s Museum, 700 E. Grand Ave., Chicago, IL, 60611, United States Arts via Choose Chicago
Flyway City: Architecture for a Flourishing Ecosystem Chicago Architecture Center, 111 E. Wacker Dr., Chicago, 60601 Arts via Choose Chicago
Puerto Rican Arts Alliance: Studio Arts Program Arts via Chicago Cultural Alliance
World Dumpling Fest Wrightwood Park, 2555 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago, Chicago, 60614, United States ArtsFestivalFoodMusic via Special Events Management
Physical Acting: Lessons from a Puppet Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for Performing and Media Arts, Chicago Campus, Abbott Hall 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States Arts via Choose Chicago
Proud and Loud: Disability Art and Music Showcase Garfield Fieldhouse, 100 N Central Park Ave, Chicago, 60624 ArtsCommunityFreeMusic via Choose Chicago
The Chinatown Adventure Food Tour Triple Crown, 2217 S Wentworth Ave,, Chicago, 60616 Arts via Choose Chicago
Before Midnight - A Cinderella Tea Experience at The Ritz-Carlton, Chicago The Ritz-Carlton, Chicago 160 E Pearson St 12th Floor Chicago, IL 60611, 160 E Pearson St 12th Floor, Chicago, 60611 Arts via Choose Chicago
Serial Killer: The Exhibition Cinespace, 1501 S Rockwell St, Chicago, 60608 Arts via Choose Chicago
Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration Caldwell Woods Wellness Center, 6350 West Devon Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60646, United States ArtsDanceFood via Forest Preserves of Cook County
Cathedral Tours Arts via Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, Chicago
9/19: Train Saturdays - Extended for Explorers Club DuPage County Historical Museum, 102 E. Wesley St., Wheaton, IL, 60187 Arts via DuPage County Historical Museum
Model Magic Alebrijes • Alebrijes de Model Magic Highwood Library & Community Center, 102 Highwood Avenue, Highwood, IL, 60040, United States ArtsEducationFamily via Highwood Library
Ecologies of Architecture: Aleksandra Kędziorek and Jeff Carter in Conversation Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 South Cornell Avenue, Chicago, IL 60615, Chicago, IL, 60615, US Arts via Hyde Park Art Center
A Plot of One's Own Chinese American Museum of Chicago, 238 W. 23rd St, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States Arts via Chicago Cultural Alliance

Sun Sep 20

NEXT LEVEL COLOR - CHICAGO - OPTIONAL HANDS ON 375 West Erie Street ##101C, Chicago, IL 60654 Arts via TownVue — Events in Chicago, IL
September Free Day at the American Writers Museum 180 N. Michigan Avenue, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60601 ArtsFreeLiterary via TownVue — Events in Chicago, IL
Earthly Ephemera: A Visual & Performing Arts Experience 319 North Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60612 Arts via TownVue — Events in Chicago, IL
Make Your Own Mini-Sukkah! Trailside Museum of Natural History, 739 Thatcher Ave., Trailside Museum of Natural History, 739 Thatcher Ave., River Forest, IL, 60305, United States ArtsFamilyFree via JUF – Together for good
Sukkah Building Trailside Museum of Natural History, 738 Thatcher Avenue, River Forest, IL, 60305, United States ArtsCommunity via Forest Preserves of Cook County
Cattail Cordage & Basket Weaving ArtsEducation via DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center
Ceramics Open Studio 1.5 Hours Arts via Park District of Oak Park
September 2026: How Do I Quilt This? Rush Oak Park Hospital, 520 S. Maple Ave., Oak Park, Illinois, 60304, United States ArtsEducation via Chicago Modern Quilt Guild
IT'S ONLY ROCK 'N ROLL: A POP-UP ALBUM ART & MUSIC SHOPPING EXPERIENCE Arcada Theatre, 105 E Main St, St. Charles, IL, 60174, United States ArtsMusic via Arcada Theatre
Ceramics Open Studio 1.5 Hours Arts via Park District of Oak Park
Transvengence Vol. 13 Podlaise Club, 2918 N. Central Park Ave., Chicago, IL, 60618, United States ArtsTheater via Chicago Social Butterflies
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DEATH MAGIC Circle Contemporary- West Town, 2010 W. Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL, 60612, United States Arts via Arts of Life
A Twist in the Tale Arts via Moraine Valley Community College
Stories We Carry — September Art Exhibition La Grange Art League, 122 Calendar Drive, La Grange, IL, 60525, United States Arts via La Grange Business Association
Japanese Redress Exhibit Arts via Gallery A Receptions
Magical Forest Houses Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, 9800 Willow Springs Rd, Willow Springs, IL, 60480, United States Arts via Forest Preserves of Cook County
CXW Arts via Arts of Life
Hand Puppetry 1 (Level 1) with Chad Williams Arts via Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
World Premiere of The Humanities Victory Gardens Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL, 60614, United States Arts via Choose Chicago
People Who Do Wrong to Other People Burn in Hell Lula Cafe, 2537 N. Kedzie, Chicago, IL, 60647, United States ArtsMusic via Arts of Life
Sonidos Sagrados: Una Exhibición de Instrumentos Aztecas Trailside Museum of Natural History, 738 Thatcher Avenue, River Forest, IL, 60305, United States Arts via Forest Preserves of Cook County