Events

Celebrate spring, the beauty of flowers, and creative community by creating your own greeting cards while exploring different art mediums!Ticket includes 2 blank greeting cards and envelopes, and the shared use of watercolor and gouache paint and tools, pastels, markers, colored pencils, and pens.This will be a mostly self-guided floral study session. There will be […]

If you identify as funny and not-a-dude-onstage, this is your night diva! Hosted by Preeti Thaker and Jordan LevenePreeti & Jordan present: A Comedy Open Mic for Women + Non-Binary Comics! If you identify as funny and not-a-dude-onstage, this is your night diva!   WHAT’S THE PLAN? • 7:30 PM — arrive responsibly early, wonder […]

Celebrate spring, the beauty of flowers, and creative community while learning to embroider!🧵Ticket includes an embroidery hoop and fabric, needle, thread, and live instruction. 🪡We will be using floral arrangements as our inspiration to learn embroidery stitches including the woven rose, french knot, and fishbone. No experience necessary - we will go over how to […]

Are you a Chicago theatre/stage designer looking to make new designer friends? Boooyyy do we have an event for you!Are you a Chicago designer looking to make new designer friends? Want to show off the cool thing you made to people who are just as obsessed with corset boning or orchestral VSTs as you?Whether you're […]

Celebrate spring, the beauty of flowers, and creative community by creating wall art from pressed flowers so that you can continue to enjoyCelebrate spring, the beauty of flowers, and creative community by creating wall art from pressed flowers so that you can continue to enjoy them for seasons and years to come!Ticket includes pressed flowers, […]

A play reading of Do You Feel Anger? produced by Exit, Pursued by a Play Reading.An outrageous comedy about the absurdity – and the danger – of a world where some people’s feelings matter more than others’.** CAST & CREATIVE TEAM TO BE ANNOUNCED **

A beginner-friendly multimedia animation workshop hosted by Aria!This Craft Party, hosted by Aria from Memory Hoard, is a beginner-friendly multimedia animation workshop where you’ll learn how to mix analog and digital techniques to make a short 5–10 second video. Using paper, collage, and simple materials, we’ll create movement by hand and bring it to life […]

A beginner-friendly multimedia animation workshop hosted by Aria!This Craft Party, hosted by Aria from Memory Hoard, is a beginner-friendly multimedia animation workshop where you’ll learn how to mix analog and digital techniques to make a short 5–10 second video. Using paper, collage, and simple materials, we’ll create movement by hand and bring it to life […]

Come join us for a night full of theatre trivia and fabulous prizes! Hosted by Patrick Zakem and Ben KayeAaaaand we are back with another round of trivia at 7:30 on October 13th with new categories, spoopy drinks and fabulous prizes! Hosted by our friend Patrick Zakem, each round will test your knowledge of. A […]

calling all junk journaling and collage girlies! have any old stickers you'd like to get rid of? hang out with us, make some friends & art~Wanna make some friends and while refreshing the 'ol stationary and sticker collection? Hang out with us this Wednesday!Doors at 7P, stationary swap @ 7:30P. Don't have anything to swap […]

A beginner’s guide to upcycling your clothes!Move at your own pace as host Lúc Ami walks you through a variety of methods to alter your clothing with flair!Materials can be provided, but crafters are also encouraged to bring their own materials if they'd like.It's $5 if you bring your own clothes or $10 if you'd […]

Enjoy a conversation with editor Rachel León on her debut novel How We See the GrayThe Understudy and Chicago Review of Books are sponsoring the Chicago launch of Rachel León's debut novel, How We See the Gray. Rachel will be in conversation with Megan Stielstra, as well as reading a selected piece from the novel […]