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Second Fridays Open Studios at the Fine Arts Building

Second Friday of every month, 5:00 - 9:00pm

Join us for our monthly Second Fridays open studios event! Explore all ten floors of creativity and history, and meet the participating tenants who make the Fine Arts Building a home for art in all forms.

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Fine Arts Building Tour With the Chicago Architecture Center

2025 Dates

Discover the Fine Arts Building, a treasure trove on Michigan Avenue and learn how it went from a carriage showroom to a high-profile artists’ colony that housed tenants like Frank Lloyd Wright, Lorado Taft and Harriet Monroe.

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From NPR and WBEZ Chicago Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!

Select Thursday Evenings in the Studebaker Theater

Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! is NPR’s Peabody Award-winning quiz show. Host Peter Sagal leads a rotating panel of comedians, listener contestants, and celebrity guests through a rollicking review of the week’s news.

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Chicago Opera Theater Presents Falstaff

December 3 – 7

COT honors the 200th Anniversary of Salieri’s death in 1825 with the Chicago premiere of his sparkling comedy, Falstaff, ossia Le tre burle (Falstaff, or The Three Tricks).

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Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol

December 12 - 28, 2025

Manual Cinema's awe-inspiring, one-of-a-kind rendition of the Dickens classic returns to the Studebaker Theater this holiday season!

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Moo Court. The Chicago Bar Association's 102nd Annual Bar Show

The Chicago Bar Association presents Moo Court The CBA's 102nd Annual Bar Show

January 7, 9-10

The Chicago Bar Association presents “Moo Court.” In its 102nd annual year, the Chicago Bar Show continues to entertain lawyers and non-lawyers alike. We promise wackiness, fun, music, and more cowbell (less politics)!

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Celtic Throne II Psalter of Ireland

January 13 – 14, 2026

A trailblazing and electrifying new show that fuses Irish dance, music, theater and cinema to explore the ancient origins of Ireland.

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Chicago Opera Theater Presents In America’s Embrace Discovery Concert

January 18, 2026 3:00 pm

This concert is part of the America 250 artistic programming taking place nationwide in 2026 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. COT celebrates this milestone by uplifting the profound contributions of immigrant composers and of America’s enduring role as a haven for creative freedom.

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Roald Dahl's The Enormous Crocodile The Musical

January 29 - February 21, 2026

A wickedly funny musical adventure based on Roald Dahl's snappy book, featuring a menagerie of puppets and perfect for the whole family!

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Camerata Chicago Orchestra Presents Valentine’s Romance with Violinist Yi-Jia Susanne Hou

February 13, 2026 7:30 pm

Enjoy a romantic evening with the wonderful violinist Yi-Jia Susanne Hou on Valentines Day Weekend serenading you with romances for violin and orchestra by Beethoven and love inspired works by Kreisler.

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Chicago Opera Theater Presents Der Silbersee The Silverlake

March 4 – 8, 2026

A genre-defying masterpiece that blurs the boundaries between opera, operetta, and musical theater, paving the way for the future of music drama.

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Chicago a cappella presents Building American Pop

April 19, 2026 3:00 pm

Step into a musical time capsule as the ten singers of Chicago a cappella revisit the Brill Building era of the 1950s and '60s with narrator Geoffrey Baer. These catchy, heartfelt songs capture the joy of everyday life and still strike a chord today.

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Porchlight Music Theatre Presents Porchlight in Concert: Follies

April 25 – 26, 2026

Porchlight In Concert debuted in 2024 with sold out performances of Sunday in the Park with George and this season returns to the Studebaker for a limited engagement of another Stephen Sondheim classic, Follies.

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Camerata Chicago Presents Evren Ozel | Van Cliburn Medalist Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20

May 1, 2026 7:30 pm

Enjoy a fabulous spring evening filled with Mozart! Camerata Chicago is delighted to present Evren Ozel, a winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 with Camerata Chicago.

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Music of Remembrance Opera Commission Presents The Dialogue of Memories Music by Tom Cipullo Libretto by Howard Reich with Tom Cipullo

May 23 – 24, 2026

With lyrical beauty and emotional honesty, this pathbreaking new opera illuminates how we can reach understanding across generations and open doors of memory, hope and compassion.

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Chicago Opera Theater Presents Trusted Vanguard Initiative: Concert World Premiere

May 30, 2026 3:00 pm

Through a dynamic score by COT’s Vanguard Composer in Residence, Aaron Israel Levin, and a taut, contemporary libretto by Marella Martin Koch, the opera delves into the complexities of family bonds, the weight of inherited legacies, and the search for redemption in a world where trust—once lost—may never be regained.

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