Things to do in Chicago, IL

44 events · Comedy, Theater, Food & Drink, Nightlife · afternoon

Today · Saturday, September 5

Sat · Sep 5 · 2:00 PM

Still A Constant Struggle, Part 2

Beverly Arts Center

Nightlife

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Sat · Sep 5 · 3:00 PM

PAPER MACHETE

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

Tomorrow · Sunday, September 6

Sun · Sep 6 · 3:00 PM

Washington State vs. Washington Watch Party

Burning Bush Brewery

Thursday, September 10

Thu · Sep 10 · 4:00 PM

Jill D. Swenson - "The Land of Everlasting Sky" - MT Cozzola

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Friday, September 11

Fri · Sep 11 · 2:00 PM

ESPN Radio Live with Waddle & Silvy

Burning Bush Brewery

Saturday, September 12

Nightlife

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Sat · Sep 12 · 3:00 PM

PAPER MACHETE

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

Sat · Sep 12 · 3:00 PM

&Rise Presents – Comedy for a Cause

Zanies Comedy Club Chicago

Tuesday, September 15

Tue · Sep 15 · 4:00 PM

Valena Beety - "Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity" - Nathan Maxwell

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Thursday, September 17

Thu · Sep 17 · 1:00 PM

Rachel Walther, "Born to Lose" @ Music Box Theater

The Book Cellar

Thu · Sep 17 · 3:00 PM

GOLD

The Den Theatre

Thu · Sep 17 · 4:00 PM

Michael E. Sawyer - "The of No Return: Being-As-Black"

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Saturday, September 19

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Sat · Sep 19 · 12:00 PM

Writing & Performing

The Neo-Futurists

Sat · Sep 19 · 1:00 PM

75th Anniversary Celebration of Nelson Algren's "Chicago: City on the Make" @ Old Town Ale House

The Book Cellar

Nightlife

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Sat · Sep 19 · 3:00 PM

PAPER MACHETE

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

Sat · Sep 19 · 3:00 PM

Just A Comedian

The Den Theatre

Sat · Sep 19 · 3:00 PM

Serena Solin - "A Barer Sky" - Rob Macaisa Colgate, Lisa Low, and Leah Flax Barber

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Tuesday, September 22

Tue · Sep 22 · 4:00 PM

Jeremy Simmons - "Sea of Treasures" - Derek Kennet

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Friday, September 25

Fri · Sep 25 · 3:00 PM

Waking The Witch

The Den Theatre

Saturday, September 26

Sat · Sep 26 · 3:00 PM

Ian Rosenberg - "Terrible Stuff Damaging Everybody" - Samantha Chatman

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Nightlife

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Sat · Sep 26 · 3:00 PM

PAPER MACHETE

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

Sunday, September 27

Sun · Sep 27 · 12:00 PM

Burning Bush Fall Fest '26

Burning Bush Brewery

Nightlife

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Sun · Sep 27 · 4:00 PM

CHICAGO JAZZ COMPOSERS COLLECTIVE

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

Saturday, October 3

Sat · Oct 3 · 1:30 PM

26th World Music Festival Chicago

Beverly Arts Center

Nightlife

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Sat · Oct 3 · 3:00 PM

PAPER MACHETE

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

Wednesday, October 7

Wed · Oct 7 · 4:00 PM

Garrison Lovely - "Obsolete: The AI Industry's Trillion Dollar Race to Replace Us — And How to Stop It"

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Friday, October 9

Fri · Oct 9 · 4:00 PM

Emily Dufton - "Addiction, Inc."

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Saturday, October 10

Nightlife

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Sat · Oct 10 · 3:00 PM

PAPER MACHETE

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

Sat · Oct 10 · 4:00 PM

Julian Hattem - "Shelter from the Storm: How Climate Change is Creating a New Era of Migration

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Wednesday, October 14

Wed · Oct 14 · 4:00 PM

Martha C. Nussbaum - "The Republic of Love" - Douglas Baird

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Thursday, October 15

Thu · Oct 15 · 12:00 PM

East Asia by the Book! CEAS Author Talks ft. Julia Alekseyeva

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Thu · Oct 15 · 4:00 PM

Stephanie Soileau - "Should the Waters Take Us"

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Friday, October 16

Fri · Oct 16 · 4:00 PM

Ruth Bloch Rubin - "Divided Parties, Strong Leaders"

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Saturday, October 17

Sat · Oct 17 · 2:00 PM

Anastasia Klimchynskaya - "From the Earth to the Moon: Annotated for the Spacefaring Age" - Jordan Bimm & Katherine Buse

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Nightlife

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Sat · Oct 17 · 3:00 PM

PAPER MACHETE

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

Wednesday, October 21

Wed · Oct 21 · 4:00 PM

Russell P. Johnson - "Beyond Civility in Social Conflict" - Marvin Wickware

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Friday, October 23

Fri · Oct 23 · 4:00 PM

Jonathan González - "Ways to Move: Black Insurgent Grammars" - Anna Martine Whitehead

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Saturday, October 24

Nightlife

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Sat · Oct 24 · 3:00 PM

PAPER MACHETE

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

Sat · Oct 24 · 3:00 PM

Rowenna Miller - "The Dancer and the Dream Thief"

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Wednesday, October 28

Wed · Oct 28 · 4:00 PM

Gautham Rao - "White Power: Policing American Slavery" - Alison L. LaCroix

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Friday, November 6

Fri · Nov 6 · 4:00 PM

R.P. Singletary - "Speak Softly Among Icebergs" - Elizabeth, or Ez, Pence

Seminary Co-op Bookstore