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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

Tour

2024 Dates

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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!

Comedy

Select Thursday Evenings in the Studebaker Theater

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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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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 Chicago Academy for the Arts Presents Encore An All-School Showcase

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April 19 7:00 pm

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Experience Chicago's next generation of young creators on April 19th at Encore: An All-School Showcase. Join The Chicago Academy for the Arts for a presentation of top work from all six of our arts departments. Secure your tickets today!

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Origins Championship 2024 An Indian Classical Dance Showcase

Dance

April 21 5:30 pm

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Origins Dance Championship is a national competition for Indian classical dance teams across universities in the US. We provide a stage to promote and celebrate Indian dance styles while maintaining the integrity of the ancient art forms.

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CCPA Symphony Orchestra

Concerts

April 24 7:30 pm

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Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) Symphony Orchestra presents a concert under the direction of CCPA Orchestra Director Stephen Squires.

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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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Chicago Gay Men's Chorus presents: Party Like It’s 1983

Concerts

May 17 8:00 pm

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Celebrate the birth of the Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus in the grand finale of our 40th Season with Party Like it’s 1983! Immerse yourself in the nostalgic magic of the ’80s as we pay homage to our founding year.

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WBEZ Presents Mortified Live: Summer Vacation

Comedy

May 18 8:00 pm

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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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The Chicago Jazz Orchestra Presents Nina At Ninety A Tribute to Nina Simone

Concerts

May 19 3:00 pm

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The Chicago Jazz Orchestra and the incomparable vocalist Dee Alexander pay tribute to the life, music, and legacy of the great Nina Simone on the 91st anniversary of her birth.

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Second City Divas A benefit for Season of Concern

Concerts

Monday, May 20, 2024, 7:00pm

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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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TriCoastal Entertainment Group Presents Queens of the Blues

Musical

June 7 – 30

Queens of the Blues captures the heart of the African American experience as we reminisce on the lives of four “Blues Queens”; Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Koko Taylor and Etta James.

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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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