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Second Fridays Open Studios at the Fine Arts Building

Second Friday of every month, 5:00 - 9:00pm

Join us for our monthly Second Fridays open studios event! Explore all ten floors of creativity and history, and meet the participating tenants who make the Fine Arts Building a home for art in all forms.

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Fine Arts Building Tour With the Chicago Architecture Center

2025 Dates

Discover the Fine Arts Building, a treasure trove on Michigan Avenue and learn how it went from a carriage showroom to a high-profile artists’ colony that housed tenants like Frank Lloyd Wright, Lorado Taft and Harriet Monroe.

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From NPR and WBEZ Chicago Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!

Select Thursday Evenings in the Studebaker Theater

Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! is NPR’s Peabody Award-winning quiz show. Host Peter Sagal leads a rotating panel of comedians, listener contestants, and celebrity guests through a rollicking review of the week’s news.

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Chicago Public Media Presents Hakeem Jeffries In conversation with WBEZ's Mary Dixon

February 20 7:00 pm

Join us on February 20 as we welcome House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries to the Studebaker Theater.

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Jazz Institute of Chicago presents Quincy Jones Tribute with the Clif Wallace Big Band and Friends

February 28 8:00 pm

The 2025 Winter Jazz Fair will conclude with a heartfelt tribute to one of Chicago's most iconic musical legends, Quincy Jones.

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Andrés López 20th Anniversary of La Pelota de Letras

March 2 7:00 pm

Andrés López, pioneer of stand-up comedy in Colombia and winner of the “HOLA” Award in the category of “Outstanding Solo Performance”, comes to the Studebaker Theater with his renowned and award-winning monologue LA PELOTA DE LETRAS.

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Bob James and Dave Koz

March 22 7:30 pm

An intimate evening of songs and stories with two living legends of instrumental music In support of their brand new unprecedented duet album, "Just Us".

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Seven Thirty Theatre Presents Dreamgirls

March 29 – 30, 2025

Seven Thirty Theatre presents the iconic Tony Award-winning Broadway musical!

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Storytelling Productions, LLC presents YORDANO y su banda en Concierto IDA Y VUELTA USA TOUR 2025

May 17 7:30 pm

The Yordano Ida y Vuelta 2025 Tour celebrates the Venezuelan singer-songwriter’s legendary career, taking fans on a musical journey through his timeless hits.

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Chicago Opera Theater Presents She Who Dared

June 3 – 8, 2025

A world premiere production, She Who Dared recenters the spotlight on the courageous women who helped desegregate the Montgomery bus system in the 1950s.

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