Inside the Fine Arts Building with Doorways of Chicago

Tour

2024 Dates

Step into the heart of Chicago’s enchanting artist’s colony with this exclusive tour inside the Fine Arts Building. Explore the studios that once hosted influential artists, musicians, and writers, immersing yourself in the same spaces that inspired the likes of Frank Lloyd Wright, Lorado Taft, Solon Beman, and the Leyendecker Brothers.

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The Master's of Art Therapy and Counseling program at SAIC presents MAATC Graduate Exhibition Hard-fought and hand-built by the perseverance of the 2024 cohort

Visual Art

May 10 - 19, 2024

The annual MAATC Exhibition presents the artwork and practices of students graduating with a Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling. The educational aim of this exhibition is to provide an opportunity for students to present their own individual lived practices and collaboratively examine the clinical, ethical, and aesthetic implications of presenting the profession of art therapy through an exhibition. Deeply reflective and inquisitive, the artists present a multitude of approaches, exemplifying the program’s philosophy of integrating the emergent artist-art-therapist identity. For more information about the program, visit saic.edu/arttherapy.

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Porchlight in Concert Sunday in the Park with George

Concerts

May 11 – 12, 2024

Porchlight celebrates the 40th Anniversary of one of Stephen Sondheim’s most celebrated works with a new special event concert staging. Audiences will experience Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer-, Tony- and Oliver-winning musical masterpiece with the original Broadway orchestrations performed by musicians live on stage with an all-star cast at Chicago's historic and beautifully restored Studebaker Theater.

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WBEZ Presents Mortified Live: Summer Vacation

Comedy

May 18 8:00 pm

Witness personal redemption through public humiliation in a refreshing show that is equal parts comedic, cathartic and voyeuristic. Presented by WBEZ at the Studebaker Theater on May 18, Mortified stars everyday people reading aloud their most embarrassing and private teenage diary entries, poems, love letters, lyrics and locker notes… in front of total strangers.

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Second City Divas A benefit for Season of Concern

Concerts

Monday, May 20, 2024, 7:00pm

Season of Concern and She Inspires Productions presents this one night only one-night-only benefit concert for Season of Concern. Featuring the outstanding talents of Chicago’s Leading Ladies, who have been seen, and celebrated, on professional stages throughout the Greater Chicagoland area and across the country. This performance will not only showcase your favorite Chicago Divas but will also welcome the younger generation of Divas to the stage. Whether you’re a fan of Broadway classics, pop hits, or soulful jazz, this concert has it all! Don’t miss this opportunity to support Season of Concern and to enjoy a night filled with pure entertainment.

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Magic Men Australia

Other

August 23 – 24, 2024

Worldwide sensation - the MAGIC MEN AUSTRALIA are finally coming your way! Voted Australia’s BEST MALE DANCE GROUP, find out what makes these group of guys the talk of the town. So, grab your girls and enjoy an epic GIRLS NIGHT OUT, and be treated like a queen and experience a night of fun, laughter and lots of eye-candy.

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Winifred Haun & Dancers Absent Moon

Dance

October 18 7:30 pm

Absent Moon is an evening length performance of Winifred Haun & Dancers Repertoire. It will feature the world premiere of Winifred Haun's “Absent Moon,” a work for 9 dancers and 2 benches. The program will also include "The Fight to be Found" by Imani English, "When the Rain Speaks" by Julia Schaeffer, and the acclaimed "Your nearest exit may be behind you" choreographed by Winifred Haun in 2016.

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