Gov. Mike Braun Announces Governor’s Arts Award Nominations Are Open || Artists and artist teams can also submit qualifications to create the physical award to be presented to the 2026 Governor’s Arts Awards awardees
THE JOFFREY BALLET OPENS ITS 2026-27 SEASON WITH CHICAGO PREMIERE OF JOHN NEUMEIER’S LILIOM, A THEATRICAL MASTERPIECE FEATURING 16-PIECE LIVE JAZZ BAND ON STAGE, SEPTEMBER 17th - 27th
LILLSTREET ART CENTER announces jam-packed Fall roster with four exhibition openings, plus signature artmaking classes and hands-on youth programming || Exhibition highlight: Four dynamic flags installed on Lillstreet roof – designed by nationally recognized artists to honor Civil Rights Leaders and the Nineteenth Amendment – via collab with Make Art with Purpose
16 Conductors Selected by The Solti Foundation U.S. for 2026 Career Assistance Awards
A Pulitzer Prize winner joins us, and YOU can get a signed copy of his new book! 📖 || October 11th || Studebaker Theatre
Red Clay Dance Company announces Season 18 programming || Freedom Square: The Black Girlhood Altar choreographed by Founding Artistic Director and CEO Vershawn Sanders-Ward at Northwestern University’s Wirtz Center in Evanston, October 1st – 3rd || Spring concert featuring works by Rena Butler, Beatrice Capote, Bebe Miller and Vershawn Sanders-Ward at The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, April 8th & 9th || Season kicks off with performance at the Chicago Live Festival at Navy Pier on September 19th
The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) announced today that it is accepting applications for the Lifelong Arts Indiana Teaching Artist Training. Lifelong Arts Indiana is a creative aging initiative of the Indiana Arts Commission focused on providing creative programming for older adults to improve quality of life and combat social isolation and loneliness.
Music of Remembrance Announces 2026/27 Season: Illuminations: Music for Our Shared Humanity
ICKETS FOR THE JOFFREY BALLET’S 2026–2027 SEASON NOW ON SALE || Single tickets for all productions start at $47 || 2026-2027 Season Highlights Include: Chicago Premiere of John Neumeier’s Liliom; Christopher Wheeldon’s beloved holiday tradition The Nutcracker; Notes on Love, featuring a World Premiere by Winning Works alum Houston Thomas alongside acclaimed works by Liam Scarlett and Nicolas Blanc; and the North American Premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s The Sleeping Beauty
Chesterton Art Center (CAC) is excited to announce an exhibition of contemporary photography, “Midwestern Vernacular: Jesus Salome Arriaga, Jonathan Borton, and Kay Westhues,” August 6th - September 30th
