40th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival Through September 2  World Music Festival Chicago September 7-23 Chicago Cultural Center, Millennium Park & Locations Across Chicago  Two free festivals showcase musicians from Chicago and around the world. For the complete lineup, visit chicagojazzfestival.us and worldmusicfestivalchicago.org.	YAS! Fest: Youth Arts Showcase September 22   Millennium Park Campus YAS Fest! - the youth arts showcase - will be the largest celebration of young artists in Chicago history, featuring the works of hundreds of creative youth. Hip-hop star Desiigner headlines with opener Ravyn Lenae. For more information, visit cityofchicago.org/yocy.    Presented by

Makaya McCraven September 1   Millennium Park, Harris Theater for Music and Dance	Millennium Park Summer Workouts September 1 Millennium Park	Chicago Cultural Center Learning Lab Weds., Fri., & Sat. September 1, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 26, 28 & 29     Chicago Cultural Center

Maxwell Street Market September 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30    800 S. Desplaines St.  Presented by	Chicago Unites September 5   Millennium Park	Dame Myra Hess Concerts September 5, 12, 19 & 26  Chicago Cultural Center

International Screenings Program: REEL MUSIC September 5, 12, 19 & 26  Chicago Cultural Center	Alexis Rockman: The Great Lakes Cycle Gallery Talk September 6 Chicago Cultural Center	Meet an Artist Out of Sight September 7 Chicago Cultural Center, Learning Lab

Stars of Lyric Opera presented by Lyric Opera of Chicago September 7 Chicago Cultural Center	University of Chicago First Friday Lecture September 7 Chicago Cultural Center	Juicebox featuring Jeanie B! September 7 & 8 Chicago Cultural Center & Garfield Park Conservatory   Presented by

Tuned Mass: Jeff Carter, Faheem Majeed & Susan Giles September 8, 2018 -  January 6, 2019 Chicago Cultural Center	International Greeter Day September 8   Millennium Park	Fruit Bats and More! September 8 Millennium Park, Lurie Garden

Meet an Artist Blok by Blok & Lumpen Radio Youth Podcast September 8, 15 & 29 Chicago Cultural Center, Learning Lab	Alexis Rockman: The Great Lakes Cycle Panel Discussion September 9 Chicago Cultural Center	Chicago Cultural Center Tour for Visitors Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired September 11  Chicago Cultural Center

Baroque in the Park September 12   Millennium Park	Senior Fest September 13 Millennium Park	WTTW Saturday Film Series September 15 Chicago Cultural Center

Friendship Lasts Forever Great Lakes Music Festival September 16   Millennium Park	Stories, Songs and Circle Games September 16 Millennium Park, Lurie Garden	Sunday Science: Birds September 16 Millennium Park, Lurie Garden

OVERRIDE l A Billboard Project September 17-October 7 Citywide	Chicago Cultural Center Exhibitions Gallery Talk September 20 Chicago Cultural Center	Year of Creative Youth Exhibitions Gallery Talk September 20 Chicago Cultural Center

Juicebox featuring The Chicago Folklore Ensemble September 21 & 22  Chicago Cultural Center & Garfield Park Conservatory   Presented by	Keith Haring: The Chicago Mural Through September 23 Chicago Cultural Center	Chamber Mondays September 24 Chicago Cultural Center

Asian Pop-Up Cinema September 25   Chicago Cultural Center	Performance by Matty Davis and Ben Gould A Vessel for Carriage September 28 Chicago Cultural Center	Alexis Rockman: The Great Lakes Cycle Through October 1 Chicago Cultural Center

Millennium Park InstaGreeter Service Through October 7 Daily, 11:30am & 1pm Millennium Park	Year of Creative Youth Exhibitions Through January 6, 2019 Chicago Cultural Center	Bronzeville Echoes: Faces and Places of Chicago's African American Music Ongoing Chicago Cultural Center

Stand Up for Landmarks! Protests, Posters & Pictures Ongoing City Gallery on the Historic Water Tower

OVERRIDE l A Billboard Project

OVERRIDE | A Billboard Project announced the third annual program of the citywide public art initiative. The collaboration between EXPO CHICAGO and DCASE will feature the work of 12 artists throughout Chicago's City Digital Network of citywide billboards from September 17 to October 7, 2018.

 

Save the Date

Art on theMart Launch

Saturday, September 29, 7:15pm
Viewing on Wacker Dr. between Wells St. and Franklin St.

Art on theMART will be a first-of-its-kind, curated digital art installation across 2.5 acres (two football fields) of theMART's river façade, adding to Chicago's vibrant public art scene. The large-scale public launch event will reveal four contemporary, digital artworks using 34 projectors to illuminate the river façade of theMART.