Programs & Events
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Activity Tours
Brick of Chicago Walking Tours
Wednesday, May 27 (SOLD OUT), June 10, July 8, August 12, September 9 6:00-7:15 pm
Legendary brick expert Will Quam will guide you around the Driehaus Museum neighborhood to see artful examples of brick and terra cotta.
Activity Tours
Walking Chicago’s Alleys Tours
Saturday May 30, June 27, July 25, August 29, September 26 11 am-12:30 pm
Discover how Chicago became the alleyway capital of the country, dig into the history of urban trash, and see Chicago architecture from a new perspective on this alleyway walking tour.
Panel
Shaping the City: Civic Leadership in Gilded Age Chicago
Saturday, June 6 3:00-4:00 pm
Join arts and culture leaders from across the city as they highlight the civic-minded men and women who, in the years after the Great Fire of 1871, helped shape modern Chicago.
Concert
Third Wednesday: playOUT! Chicago
Wednesday, June 17 6:00-7:00 pm
Spilling The Tea is a vibrant chamber music experience presented by playOUT! that celebrates the intersection of LGBTQ+ Pride and Black musical traditions, both honored in June.
Festivities
18th Birthday Celebration
Saturday, June 20 11 am-5 pm
Travel back in time and join us for a day filled with free, family-friendly fun including birthday treats, Gilded-Age-inspired crafts and custom caricatures.
Concert
CSO Chamber Music: The United States at 250
Wednesday, June 24, 2026 6:30-8:00 pm
Join members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for an intimate chamber program tracing the American experience in honor of the nation’s semi quincentennial.
Lecture Festivities
Hot Dog: An American Icon
Tuesday, June 30 6:00-8:00 pm
Join renowned food historian Bruce Kraig, author of Hot Dog: A Global History and founding president of the Culinary Historians of Chicago, for a lively conversation with acclaimed Big Jones chef Paul Fehribach (Midwest Food) about one of America’s most iconic street foods: the hot dog.
Performance Activity Exhibition
Ink & Outrage: Songs & Satire
Thursday, July 9 6:00-8:00 pm
Join renowned musicians Josefien Stoppelenburg and Stephen Alltop and art historian Jeff Nigro as they explore the intersection of music and satire.
Activity
Guided Tarot and Sound Meditation
Saturday, July 11 9:30-11:00 am
Join us for a tarot-based guided meditation and sound bath inspired by Brendan Fernandes’ In the Round artist residency.
Concert Exhibition
Third Wednesday: Music in Motion from Ireland to Chicago
Wednesday, July 15 6:00-7:00 pm
Inspired by Ink & Outrage: 18th Century Satirical Prints in London & Dublin, this program features the interplay of the Irish harp and the accordion.
Activity Exhibition Tours
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative Tour
Sunday, July 26 1:00-3:00 pm
Go behind the scenes of printmaking during this special offsite visit to the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative.
Activity
CHILL at the Driehaus Museum
Saturday, August 1 9:30-11:00 am
Visit the Driehaus Museum for a meditation and mindfulness experience guided by CHILL’s Lead Instructor, Darrell Jones.
Activity
CHILL at the Driehaus Museum
Tuesday, August 4 5:30-6:30 pm
Visit the Driehaus Museum for a meditation and mindfulness experience guided by CHILL’s Lead Instructor, Darrell Jones.
Exhibition Panel
Exploring Satire with The Onion and The New Yorker
Thursday, August 6 6:00-7:00 pm
Step into the sharp, subversive world of satire, past and present, in this lively panel inspired by Ink & Outrage: 18th-Century Satirical Prints in London & Dublin.
Activity Festivities
Summer Market
Saturday, August 8
Join us this August for our Summer Market, a lively local shopping experience in our Murphy Auditorium.
Lecture
StoryStudio Chicago: 9th Annual Writers Festival - Keynote Address
Friday, August 14 6:30-7:30 pm
Join us to kick off StoryStudio Chicago’s annual StoryBoard Festival with a keynote address celebrating the craft of writing.
Concert
Third Wednesday: Bach's Cello Suites
Wednesday, August 19 6:00-7:00 pm
From the joyful energy of the Third Suite to the expansive richness of the Fourth, this program highlights the remarkable range and emotional depth of Bach’s writing in an intimate historically informed performance.
Lecture Exhibition
Mad Fashions, Stylish Eccentrics & Those Who Satirized Them
Thursday, August 27 6:00-7:00 pm
Alex Aubry, Director of SAIC’s Fashion Resource Center, explores the role of satire as a visual record of social mores, tastes and opinions on fashionable dress.