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The Taming of the Shrew
2025-11-23 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-11-23 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-22 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-11-21 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-11-20 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-11-19 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-11-16 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-11-16 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) and 1 more date | Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States
The Taming of the Shrew
Welcome to a tale of deception, disguise, and desire.

The richest man in town has two daughters and one big problem: he refuses to marry the youngest, Bianca, until the eldest, Katherina, is married first. Much to her family’s dismay, Katherina repeatedly – and violently – rejects the men interested in her and her wealth, and refuses to sacrifice her independence. When a mysterious gentleman enters the mix, suddenly Kate sees that surrender is no sacrifice. Perhaps there is strength in submission.

Artistic Director of Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Marti Lyons (Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner) turns William Shakespeare’s classic inside out, with a fresh interpretation focused on feminine desire. This is not your standard Shrew.

Please Note: This adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew engages with mature themes—including desire, sexuality, and power dynamics.

Accessible Performances:

ASL Interpretation: Saturday, December 6 at 2:00pm
Touch Tour: Sunday, December 7 at 12:30pm
Audio Description and Open Captioning: Sunday, December 7 at 2:00pm

Jeopardy Bar League at Truth Be Told
2025-11-23 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Truth Be Told, 1227 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL, United States
Jeopardy Bar League at Truth Be Told
Get ready for Jeopardy Bar League, a live version of the iconic TV show, at Truth be Told, Sundays from 6 – 8 pm starting November 16.
See you there!

Chicago Chorale Presents Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil
2025-11-23 15:00 - 16:30 | IL
Chicago Chorale opens its 24th season on November 23rd with Rachmaninoff’s liturgical masterpiece, the All-Night Vigil. Chicago Chorale last performed the work in 2016, to much critical acclaim. Chicago Classical Review’s Lawrence Johnson listed it in his Top Ten Performances of 2016. Chorale will be joined by renowned oktavist, Glenn Miller. A free pre-concert lecture will be at held at 2pm with Slavic linguist, Dr. Yaroslav Gorbachov.

Six Degrees of Separation - Hyde Park Community Players
2025-11-23 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-22 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-11-21 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-11-16 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-15 19:30 - 21:30 | University Church, 5655 S. University Ave, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States
Six Degrees of Separation – Hyde Park Community Players
Friday, November 14, 7:30 pm
Saturday, November 15, 7:30 pm
Sunday, November 16, 2:00 pm
Friday, November 21, 7:30 pm
Saturday, November 22, 7:30 pm
Sunday, November 23, 2:00 pm
University Church
5655 S. University Ave.
Join us for our next mainstage production, Six Degrees of Separation, written by John Guare and directed by Dorothy Parsons. Inspired by a true story, the play follows the trail of a young Black man, Paul, who insinuates himself into the lives of a wealthy New York couple, Ouisa and Flan Kittredge, claiming he knows their children at college. Captivated by Paul’s intelligence and his fascinating conversation, the Kittredges invite him to stay overnight. After an incident changes their opinion of him, Ouisa and Flan piece together the connections that gave Paul access to their lives. Meanwhile, Paul’s cons unexpectedly lead him into darker territory, and his lies begin to catch up with him. As the final events of the play unfold, Ouisa suddenly finds herself caring for Paul, feeling that he gave them far more than he took and that her once idyllic life was not what it seemed to be.
The play explores the existential premise that everyone in the world is connected to everyone else in the world by a chain of no more than six acquaintances, thus, “six degrees of separation.”

Get Your Advance Tickets Here!
Join us for Six Degrees of Separation, November 14-16 and 21-23. Advance tickets are $15, and tickets at the door are $20 general admission, $18 for students and seniors. All performances are at University Church, 5655 S. University Ave.
(Please note: Advance ticket sales close 24 hours before each show. After that point, tickets are available only at the door and not at the advance ticket price.)

Hyde Park Handmade Artisan Bazaar
2025-11-23 11:00 - 15:00 | The Promontory
Hyde Park Handmade Artisan Bazaar
* * Crafts! Fashion! Food! Cocktails! DJ! * *
Hyde Park Handmade focuses on makers from the city’s south side. Every month we host a unique shopping experience with returning and new craft and food vendors, workshops, lounge areas, cocktails, and soulful tunes by DJ Sean Alvarez of We Love Soul.
The Promontory is an elevator-accessible venue.
More questions? Email us at HydeParkHandmade@gmail.com

All Ages
Free w/ RSVP
Doors at 11 AM
Ends at 3 pm

Solemn Vespers
2025-11-22 17:15 - 18:15 | Monastery of the Holy Cross, 1131 S. Aberdeen, Chicago, 60608
Solemn Vespers
Solemn Vespers: Saturday, November 22, 5:15pm; celebrating the Feast of Christ the King at the Monastery of the Holy Cross, 3111 South Aberdeen, Chicago. The Monastery of the Holy Cross and Schola Laudis are in their fourteenth year of Solemn Choral Vespers, featuring the masterworks of Renaissance polyphony and traditional Gregorian chant, adapted to the contemporary liturgy conducted by Kevin Allen. We invite you to join us in the “architecturally significant and acoustically excellent” Monastery church each month. All services are free and open to the public. Donations are welcomed. For more information, please visit our website https://chicagomonk.org/solemn-vespers/.

Ja' Grill Sunday Brunch
2025-11-22 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-15 11:00 - 16:00 | Ja’ Grill, 1510 E. Harper Court, Chicago, IL, 60615, United States
Ja’ Grill Sunday Brunch
Hyde Park’s Ja’ Grill, located at 1510 E. Harper Court, began a new Sunday brunch service on Sunday, January 26.
The weekly Sunday brunch hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with all-you-can-eat options served family-style for $30 per person. Cocktail options include carafes of everyone’s favorite Ja’ Rum Punch, a Ja’ Mimosa, and Ja’ Bloody Mary.
Brunch menu items will rotate periodically, but diners can look forward to Jerk Chicken & Waffles, Ackee & Saltfish, Scrambled Eggs & Jerk Chicken Sausage, and more.
Ja’ Grill owner Tony Coates celebrated the restaurant’s 10th anniversary in August 2024, reflecting to the Hyde Park Herald, “We were well received well beyond what I would imagine. We opened the doors and, I say this without any hesitation, the Hyde Park community really embraced us and that’s why we’re open today.”
Coates commented, “Our regular customers have asked about adding a brunch menu many times, and we’re very excited to try out this new offering. Ja’ Grill is the perfect place to enjoy your Sunday morning and afternoon with our authentic Jamaican cuisine and extensive drink menu.”
Ja’ Grill is open Sunday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. There’s a Tropical Happy Hour Monday through Thursday from 4-6 p.m. During NFL season fans can enjoy an Extended Happy Hour from 4 p.m. until closing time on Sunday, Monday, and Thursday. Don’t miss Wine Down Wednesday with 1/2 price bottles of white, red, and sparkling wines.
Visit the Ja’ Grill website and follow on Instagram for more information about specials and events.

The Hyde Park Kenwood Food Pantry
2025-11-22 10:00 - 13:00 | Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637
The Hyde Park Kenwood Food Pantry
The food pantry, located at Hyde Park Union Church, provides nonperishable groceries and limited refrigerated and frozen foods to 500 to 800 people every month on Saturdays from 10 am to 1 pm.
We serve the area of 39th – 63rd St., Cottage Grove east to Lake Michigan, and patrons can come twice a month. All will be served on their first visit, regardless of residency. If you are looking for food outside of our service area or hours, you can visit the website of the Greater Chicago Food depository to find additional services.
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Volunteers order food, unload deliveries, pre-pack bags and distribute food. ​If you would like to volunteer, please contact the Church Office or Margy Mitchell, the Food Pantry coordinator.
Time and Location
Every Saturday (including Christmas, New Year’s Day, and July 4th) from 10 am to 1 pm;
Hyde Park Union Church
5600 S. Woodlawn — enter by the side door at 1169 E. 56th St.
Chicago, IL 60637

Game Day at Ja' Grill
2025-11-22 | Ja’ Grill, 1510 E. Harper Court, Chicago, IL, 60615, United States
Game Day at Ja’ Grill
There’s a ton of NCAA football games this Saturday, and Ja’ Grill in Harper Court is the place to be for all-day wing and beer specials.
Visit Ja’ Grill at 1510 E. Harper Court in Hyde Park.
Check out the game schedule HERE.

Book Talk: Our Vicious Oaths with N.E. Davenport
2025-11-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Call and Response Books, 1390 E Hyde Park Blvd., Chicago, 60615
Book Talk: Our Vicious Oaths with N.E. Davenport
Join us on Thursday, November 20 at 7 pm in celebration of Nia “N.E.” Davenport’s latest romantasy release, Our Vicious Oaths! Nia will be joined in conversation by Michael LaBorn, and conversation will be followed by a meet & greet and book signing!
“An instant romantasy classic!” — Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author
Enter a new world of romantic fantasy from award-winning author N.E. Davenport—a journey of powerful magic, enemies-to-lovers, and political intrigue—as a warrior-princess and a vengeful king from rival fae courts form a fierce alliance to take down a merciless despot.
Princess of the Aether Dominion, Kadeesha wants nothing to do with fae politics. She is a warrior, first and foremost, and believes her greatest strength is leading her squadron of elite winged serpent flyers to protect her homeland. But bound since infancy to be betrothed to the Hyperion High King, ruler of all Dominions, she has no choice but to do what men have chosen for her.
Repulsed by the idea, she decides to spend one last night of freedom—in the arms of a dangerous stranger who takes her to sexual heights she’s never experienced before…but who is only using Kadeesha to set a trap for the High King.
For the High King and the kings of his six Dominions were responsible for the decimation of the Apollyon Court, and its new king, Malachi, wants his pounds of flesh.
On Kadeesha’s wedding day, Malachi and his special forces attack. Her father is killed, and Malachi wounds the High King, ultimately taking Kadeesha as hostage back to his land.
But she is no true hostage. The two form a pact: she will help lure the High King so Malachi can kill him once and for all, and he in turn will not harm Kadeesha or the Aether people. And as much as Kadeesha hates politics, she is now the Queen of her folk. Fae bonds are unbreakable…and so, perhaps, is the attraction Kadeesha and Malachi feel for each other. For even as they must publicly display their connection to provoke the High King’s jealousy, they struggle to resist the powerful allure between them in order to achieve their ultimate goals.
Nia “N.E.” Davenport is an award-winning Science Fiction/Fantasy author who writes stories that blend magic, mayhem, and deadly heroines. She attended the University of Southern California and studied Biological Sciences and Theatre Arts. She also has an M.A. in Secondary Education. She teaches English and Biology to amazing students. When she isn’t writing, she enjoys vacationing with her family, skiing, and being a huge foodie. She’s an advocate for diverse perspectives and protagonists in literature. You can find her on Twitter @nia_davenport, or on Instagram @nia.davenport, where she talks about binge-worthy TV, killer movies, and great books. She lives in Texas with her husband and kids.
Michael LaBorn is the founder of Left Unread Books, an imprint under Bindery Books, where he advocates to disrupt the publishing industry on behalf of authors of color in search of somewhere for their voices to be heard. Additionally, he is a bookish influencer who uses his platform to advocate for authors in the margins and to challenge systemic barriers in the industry.

Knitting Skills Builder: Cables - Christmas Ornament
2025-11-20 18:00 - 21:00 | Fiber Friends Studios, Inc., 1744 E 55th Street, Chicago, 60615
Knitting Skills Builder: Cables – Christmas Ornament
Learn to knit cables with a simple and festive Christmas ornament project. Students will learn tips and techniques for knitting cables, reading from a chart, managing tension, and weaving in ends.
Level: Intermediate.
Pre-requisites: Students should feel confident knitting, purling, casting on, binding off, and knitting small circumferences in the round.
Included in class:
One skein of The Fibre Co. Lore Mini (25g), poly-fil, cable needle, and the pattern.
Needles and notions required:

4mm (US 6) circular needle or single-pointed needles
Darning needle

About the instructor: Avery Erb (she/her) is a knitwear designer and knitting instructor based in Chicago, IL. Originally from Wisconsin, she draws inspiration from distinctive colors, invigorating textures, and a lifetime of frigid winters. Follow her on IG: @avery.knits

All That Jazz Dinner Series - Mesler
2025-11-20 18:00 - 21:00 | Mesler Kitchen | Bar | Lounge, 1411 E. 53rd Street, Chicago, IL, 60615, United States
All That Jazz Dinner Series – Mesler
Join Mesler for a monthly jazz series, All That Jazz, on Thursday evenings from 6-9 p.m. The events are scheduled for the 4th Thursday of each month with the exception of Friday, Feb 14th, and the November and December events are both on the 3rd Thursday due to the holidays. Reservations are required. Cover charge $20 per person (dinner not included). Enjoy the full Mesler menu available for purchase.

Need to Know
Parking is not available on-site, and tickets are non-refundable. Please note that seating durations are limited to 90 minutes.
Set times: 6:45 p.m. – 7:30 & 8 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
There is a $100 food and beverage minimum.

About
Join us for our monthly “All That Jazz” series. Ticket includes seating and access to the event.
Mesler dinner and cocktail menu will be available. Click HERE for tickets.

Thursday, January 23 – Joyce Hurley
Friday, February 14 – Honeywater
Thursday, March 27 – Joyce Hurley
Thursday, April 24 – Tim Gant Project
Thursday, May 22 – Tim Gant Project
Thursday, June 26 – Marqueal Jordan & Amr Fahmy
Thursday, July 24 – Marqueal Jordan & Amr Fahmy
Thursday, August 28 – The Chris Miskel Trio
Thursday, September 25 – The Chris Miskel Trio
Thursday, October 23 – Kiki & Trio
Thursday, November 20 – The Alec Trio
Thursday, December 18 – The Alec Trio

Silver Room Workshops: Intro to Copper Wire Wrapped Crystal Jewelry
2025-11-18 17:30 - 19:30 | The Silver Room
Silverroom Workshops: Intro to Copper Wire Wrapped Crystal Jewelry
Join us for a handson workshop introducing the art of copper wire wrapped jewelry. Participants will learn foundational techniques for shaping, wrapping, and securing copper wire to create unique, wearable pieces. Whether you’re new to jewelry-making or looking to explore a new medium, this class offers a grounding introduction to the craft.
The workshop will be led by Chetanaé Ellison, an interdisciplinary artist based in Chicago and originally from St. Louis. With a background in psychology and studio art, Ellison’s practice spans acrylic, oil, watercolor, wire, and clay, as well as healing modalities such as sound healing, moon gatherings, and art therapy workshops. Her wire creations have been showcased at Gallery Guichard, sold at Navy Pier, and shared at markets throughout the city.
Come ready to explore creativity, focus your hands, and leave with your own handcrafted jewelry piece. All materials needed are provided and covered by the cost of your ticket. No cash will be accepted day-off, all tickets must be purchased via Eventbrite.

Six Dollar Tuesdays at ACX Harper Theater
2025-11-18 | Harper Theater, 5238 S. Harper Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60615, United States
Six Dollar Tuesdays at ACX Harper Theater
Don’t miss $6 Tuesdays at the ACX Harper Theater in Hyde Park!
Movie tickets are just $6/person and a small soft drink, small popcorn, or hotdog are just $3 each.
Visit the ACX Harper Theater at 5238 S. Harper Avenue. Check showtimes HERE.

Vinyl Listening Party
2025-11-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Call and Response Books, 1390 E Hyde Park Blvd., Chicago, 60615
Vinyl Listening Party
Come through for an evening of great vibes and music spun by our friend Alexandria Ali of Silk Press Ink–the curator behind Call & Response Books’ vinyl collection!
We’ll spend the evening socializing, mingling, and soaking in some great tunes! Each ticket includes light drinks and refreshments!
Silk Press Ink is a Black-owned pop up vintage store specializing in vinyl, cassettes & CDs. Available for home, coffee table and community library archival consultation by appointment. Curated for you by Alexandria Ali. Preserving the culture one groove at a time.

Silver Room Workshops: Art Direction 101: Live Album Cover Creation
2025-11-15 16:30 - 18:30 | The Silver Room
Learn how to create stunning live album covers at our Silverroom Workshop: Art Direction 101!
Have you ever wanted to make a visually stunning album cover, but never knew where to start? Dive into the process in this live workshop with Art Director Justin Lindberg. We’ll be doing live photography, editing, and digital designing of an album cover for a local Chicago artist. Best design may even get a chance to become an artist’s next cover. Bring your preferred design/editing software, creative mind and good vibes. Camera is provided, but feel free to bring your own! This workshop is free with a suggested $5 donation that can be made via Eventbrite or in person.
Justin Lindberg is an Art Director and multi-disciplinary artist from Chicago’s West Side. He’s led the Art Direction for brands like Beats by Dre, Jack Daniel’s, the Chicago Cubs, and currently sits as the co-founder of Vision Dealer Studios, providing full visual creative services to help push independent artists and creatives.
