Leading institutions Join Lyric Opera of Chicago for Chicago Reads Omar, a citywide initiative to discover the story of Omar ibn Said || Library of Congress and City of Chicago civic organizations, libraries, museums and universities come together in connection with America250 and Lyric’s October presentation of Pulitzer Prize-winning Omar
Driehaus Museum announces partnership with The Joffrey Ballet on The Nutcracker-inspired installation and programming || Costumed Joffrey dancers, story hour with Santa, and Yuletide ghost stories activate the holiday season in month-long “Drie-cember” celebration
The School of American Music (SAM) invites the community to experience three distinctly different styles of live music — from bluegrass and Americana to Celtic favorites and swing — as its popular Free Family Concert Series returns for the 2026– 2027 season.
Art Exhibition: Elena Gray & Adam Johnson: Ways of Seeing at the Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts through November 20th
Lubeznik Center for the Arts (LCA) is debuting a new exhibition, "UNREAL," on view from November 6, 2026 through February 7, 2027.
Considered one of the world’s preeminent artist-development programs for emerging artists, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced the singers selected for its 2027/28 Ensemble at the Final Auditions held on Sunday, October 4, in the Ardis Krainik Theatre.
ELMHURST ART MUSEUM PRESENTS FIRST MAJOR MUSEUM EXHIBITION OF CELEBRATED CHICAGO ARTIST POOJA PITTIE AND SOLO EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ARTIST MATTHEW GIRSON, JANUARY 23 TO APRIL 25, 2027
The gods take the stage, in a brand-new shell: more than 180 artists bring Wagner: Myth & Music to Lyric this November || Conductor Alexander Soddy makes his company debut, and soprano Christine Goerke returns to Lyric, for two performances only || The performances also introduce the David W. and Orit K. Carpenter Concert Shell, a new acoustic enhancement built to deliver the full weight of Wagner’s sound into the Lyric Opera House.
AMERICAN WRITERS MUSEUM’S SPECIAL EXHIBIT AMERICAN PROPHETS: WRITERS, RELIGION, AND CULTURE EXTENDED THROUGH MARCH 22, 2027 || Museum-supported book A Nation Wrestles with God explores 400+ years of spiritual transformation and imagination in the U.S. through the words of writers across genres and generations—from Stephen Colbert and Pope Leo XIV to President Barack Obama, Emily Dickinson, Frederick Douglass, Albert Einstein, Joy Harjo and dozens more
Lubeznik Center for the Arts Announces Participation in Notre Dame Arts Biennial
