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Comedy

Michael Rowland

Zanies Comedy Club Chicago · 7:00 PM

From $37
Art & museums

Scholarly Seminar with Isaiah Ellis: Religion and Culture in the Americas

Newberry Library · 3:00 PM

Art & museums

Scholarly Seminar with D. Caleb Smith: Labor History

Newberry Library · 3:00 PM

Comedy

Michael Rowland

Zanies Comedy Club Chicago · 7:00 PM

From $371 more date through Nov 14
Event

Early Modern Trans Archives 2.0

Newberry Library · Through Nov 14

Comedy

Best of The Second City

Chicago Mainstage | UP Comedy Club - Chicago · 8:00 PM

1 more date through Nov 14
Comedy

Chris Higgins

Zanies Comedy Club Chicago · 9:15 PM

From $371 more date through Nov 14
Comedy

Pandemonium, Please Hold

Chicago Mainstage · 9:30 PM

1 more date through Nov 14
Comedy

Reality Detox: The Improv Experience

e.t.c. Theater - Chicago · 9:30 PM

1 more date through Nov 14
Event

Dear Rhoda

Newberry Library · 10:00 AM

Art & museums

Guided Tour of the Newberry

Newberry Library · 10:30 AM

2 more dates through Nov 18
Comedy

After Hours with Calvin Evans

Zanies Comedy Club Chicago · 11:15 PM

From $266 more dates through Dec 26
Comedy

Gabe Gibbs: Waste of Talent

Zanies Comedy Club Chicago · 6:00 PM

From $37.95
Comedy

Super Six Showcase

Zanies Comedy Club Chicago · 7:00 PM

From $262 more dates through Nov 30
Comedy

Isa Medina

Zanies Comedy Club Chicago · 7:00 PM

From $32.25
Comedy

Dwayne Kennedy

Zanies Comedy Club Chicago · 7:00 PM

From $32.25
Art & museums

DES across the Atlantic: What Medicine Knew and What Women Lived

International Museum of Surgical Science · 6:30 PM

Free
Comedy

Sydnee Washington

Zanies Comedy Club Chicago · 7:00 PM

From $372 more dates through Nov 21
Comedy

Roast Battle

Zanies Comedy Club Chicago · 9:30 PM

From $322 more dates through Dec 17
Music

sounding/BODY presents: V. Vecker, Casey Adams, and Paige Alice Naylor

International Museum of Surgical Science · 7:00 PM

From $10
Comedy

Success JR. Special Event

Zanies Comedy Club Chicago · 7:00 PM

From $43.75
Comedy

Zako Ryan

Zanies Comedy Club Chicago · 7:00 PM

From $26.75
Comedy

Alex Dragicevich Special Event

Zanies Comedy Club Chicago · 7:00 PM

From $37.95
Comedy

The Second City’s: Not Today, Santa

UP Comedy Club - Chicago · 8:00 PM

2 more dates through Nov 28
Art & museums

Japanese Bookbinding Workshop: Goshuinchō & Yotsume Toji

International Museum of Surgical Science · 10:30 AM

From $45
Art & museums

Film Screening: Rocky Horror Picture Show

International Museum of Surgical Science · 6:30 PM

From $15
Theater & dance

Bells & Whispers - Night 1

International Museum of Surgical Science · 7:00 PM

From $353 more dates through Dec 19
Art & museums

Online Kintsugi Workshop for Beginners: The Art of Repair

International Museum of Surgical Science · 10:30 AM

From $1001 more date through Jan 16
Music

From the Perspective of Earth with Elly Kace

International Museum of Surgical Science · 7:00 AM

From $10
Art & museums

Japanese Papermaking Workshop

International Museum of Surgical Science · 10:30 AM

From $45

On now: exhibits and runs

Through Wed, Dec 30

Collecting Stories: New Acquisitions at the Newberry

Newberry Library

Coming up at Zanies Comedy Club Chicago

Fri, Nov 13

Michael Rowland

From $37
Fri, Nov 13

Chris Higgins

From $37
Sat, Nov 14

After Hours with Calvin Evans

From $26
Sun, Nov 15

Gabe Gibbs: Waste of Talent

From $37.95
Mon, Nov 16

Super Six Showcase

From $26
Tue, Nov 17

Isa Medina

From $32.25
Wed, Nov 18

Dwayne Kennedy

From $32.25
Thu, Nov 19

Sydnee Washington

From $37
Thu, Nov 19

Roast Battle

From $32
Sun, Nov 22

Success JR. Special Event

From $43.75
Tue, Nov 24

Zako Ryan

From $26.75
Wed, Nov 25

Alex Dragicevich Special Event

From $37.95

Close by, in Logan Square, Hyde Park, West Loop

Fri, Nov 13 · Logan Square

Wildwood

Logan Theatre
Fri, Nov 13 · Hyde Park

Deirdre Loughridge: The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments

Seminary Co-op Bookstores
Fri, Nov 13 · Logan Square

Godzilla Minus Zero (Subtitled)

Logan Theatre
Fri, Nov 13 · Logan Square

Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol

Logan Theatre
Fri, Nov 13 · Logan Square

Wild Horse Nine

Logan Theatre
Fri, Nov 13 · West Loop

Golden Hour Featuring Hungu

Epiphany Center for the Arts
Fri, Nov 13 · Lincoln Square

Future Folk Festival

Old Town School of Folk Music
Fri, Nov 13 · Pilsen

Chill Set 2026

National Museum of Mexican Art
Fri, Nov 13 · River North

1st Set Singer Meets Saxophonist

Andy's Jazz Club
Fri, Nov 13 · Logan Square

Wicker

Logan Theatre
Fri, Nov 13 · Hyde Park

Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)

Doc Films
Fri, Nov 13 · Lakeview

Dante 360

Athenaeum Center

Places in Old Town

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