THEATER and MUSIC
■ Villette at Lookingglass Theatre (February)
■ Fen at Court Theatre (March)
■ The Comedy of Errors at Chicago Shakespeare Theater (March)
■ Elgin Symphony Orchestra presents Music for Woodwinds (March)
■ The Cherry Orchard at Goodman Theatre (April)
■ The Gospel at Colonus at Court Theatre (June)
■ Blues for an Alabama Sky at Remy Bumppo Theatre (September)
■ Eurydice at Writers Theatre (October)
■ The Nacirema Society at Goodman Theatre (October)
■ Twelfth Night at Chicago Shakespeare Theater (November)
■ Elgin Symphony Orchestra (November)
■ The Lion in Winter at Court Theatre (November)

MUSEUMS, ZOOS, etc.
■ Art Institute of Chicago (February, May, September, December)
■ Museum of Science and Industry (March)
■ Chicago Botanic Garden (March, June)
■ Milwaukee Public Museum (March, June)
■ Field Museum (March, August)
■ Detroit Institute of Arts (April)
■ Nichols Arboretum (May)
■ Milwaukee Art Museum (June, August, September)
■ MoMA (October)
■ American Museum of Natural History (October)
■ Metropolitan Museum of Art (October)
■ Lincoln Park Zoo (November)
■ Toledo Zoo and Aquarium (December)

STREAMING or VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING
■ Theater of War: Philoctetes (January)
■ “The Power of Deep Reading,” (with Maryanne Wolf), the University of Chicago / Graham School (February)
■ Cardiff BookTalk: Richard Adams’ Watership Down (May)
■ “The Prometheus Myth and the Limits of Technology,” the University of Chicago / Graham School (June)
■ Theater of War: The Revolving Door (July)
■ Gilder Lehrman Book Breaks: John Wood Sweet on The Sewing Girl’s Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America (September)
■ American Writers Museum: In Conversation with Pearl Cleage: Playwright, Poet, and Author (September)
■ Gilder Lehrman Book Breaks: Jon Meacham on And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle (October)
■ Gilder Lehrman Book Breaks: Drew Gilpin Faust on Necessary Trouble (October)
■ “The Value of a Lifelong Liberal Education,” (with Michael S. Roth), the University of Chicago / Graham School (October)
■ “Beyond ChatGPT: The Impact of AI on Society,” (with Torstein Reimer and faculty), the University of Chicago / Graham School (November)

OTHER
■ “But Is It a Book?” at the University of Chicago Library (February)
■ Ann Arbor Art Fair (July)
■ New York Yankees v. Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field (August)
■ Bristol Renaissance Faire (August)
■ Taste of Chicago (September)
■ Printers Row Lit Fest (September)
■ Michigan Renaissance Festival (September)