Things to do in Black Chicago
Last update: 4.7.26 at 12:33 am - Events will be updated regularly.
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IT'S CHICAGO ART WEEK!
🎶 Apr 1 - May 2: Chicago has been selected to host International Jazz Day with a host of events.
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Events
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🎨 Apr 8 - Apr 12: Kinfolk Collective | The Black Pepper - Expo Art Week Experience | Recycled Modern
🎨 Apr 9 - Apr 12: The Other Art Fair | Artifacts Events (Ravenswood)
🤣 Apr 10 - Apr 12: Comedian Stick's What More Can I Say | Riddles Comedy Club
🎨 Apr 10 - Apr 25: Conditions of Exhibition - Artists Hillary Irene Johnson, Daniel Miller, and Tuan Jones | Forum 301
🎨 Apr 10 - May 31: “Windy City Tells” Solo Exhibition by Lo Marie | Elephant Room Gallery
🎨 Now - Apr 19: Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition | Museum of Science & Industry
🎭 Now - Apr 26: August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom | Goodman Theatre
🎭 Now - Apr 26: The Jackie Wilson Story | Black Ensemble Theater
Tue, Apr 7
NATIONAL BLACK BOOKSTORE DAY!
🎨 Art Fueling Resilience - A panel discussion | Drip Collective
Wed, Apr 8
🍽️🎨 Kinfolk Collective | The Black Pepper Dinner - A curated dining experience guided by award-winning Chef James Sanders (opening reception) | Recycled Modern
🗿🎨 We Still Here Opening Reception + Aural Soundscape by Sadie Woods | General Philip Sheridan Equestrian Statue on North Lake Shore Drive & West Belmont Avenue
Thu, Apr 9
🎨 The Other Art Fair | Artifacts Events (Ravenswood)
🎤🍷 Poetry vs. Hip-Hop National Poetry Month Tour w/ Malik Yusef, Queen Sheba, and a live lyrical battle | City Winery Chicago
🎤 Poetry for the People | Goodman Theatre
📷🎥 Making History, Making Change with Dr. LaCharles Ward Curator of Photography and Film of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture | The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center
Fri, Apr 10
💅 Spifster | All Day Spif - a one-day nail salon pop-up experience | Pen & Paper: A Joint Collective
🎨 Rebuild Foundation | The Rotation: A new Listening Hour Series in collaboration with Homecourt Collective f/ FRSH WATERS | The Land School
🎨 Touching Points f/ Artists Dwight White II + Edo - An EXPO Chicago Preview | Frame Chicago
🎨 I Used to Live in Chicago Opening Art Exhibit (tickets) | Blanc Gallery
🎨 Art Battle | SPIN Chicago
🎨 Art After Dark (EXPO Chicago Art Week) | City Hall Events
🎨 “Windy City Tells” Solo Exhibition Opening Night by Lo Marie | Elephant Room Gallery
🎨 Conditions of Exhibition Opening Night - Artists Hillary Irene Johnson, Daniel Miller, and Tuan Jones | Forum 301
🎉 Good Vibes Friday | Le Nocturne
🎉 BomTempo | Ephiphany Center for the Arts
Sat, Apr 11
🎭 Set It Off Stage Play (tickets) |Arie Crown Theater
🎭 Once Upon a Rhyme Play (tickets) | Harold Washington Cultural Center
🎨🎶 ArtEdge w/ performance by Macy Gray | Museum of Contemporary Art
🎨 Flourish | People's Choice: Party with Purpose f/ Tawny Chatmon | Arts Club of Chicago
🌿 Wellness Bestie Chi | Rest & Reset | 2828 N Clark St (Lower Level Entrance)
🤣 Variants Network | Born in the 90s: An Interactive Comedy Experience | The Pocket at Surge Billiards
🎉 We Love Afro Fusion | Le Nocturne
🎉 Dope After Dark Late Night Kickback | Bassline
Sun, Apr 12
🥍 Golden Hour | Sunday Funday | WhirlyBall
🍹 Cocktail Class | Buttercup (black-owned)
🌈🎉 Pretty Things Party | Three Top Lounge
Mon, Apr 13
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