Workshops | Family Days

Family Day | Poetry and Improv

  • May 13, 2023 | 11 am–3 pm

Admission is free to Family Day attendees; use promo code FAMILYDAY.

Two people raise large, colorful pieces of fabric over their heads on a darkened stage.

Freedom From and Freedom To performing at Family Day: Express Yourself Through Movement, Nov 12, 2022. Photo: Ricardo Adame.

Designed and led by Chicago artists, Family Day is a monthly program at the MCA for all families and youth. Enjoy FREE admission while taking part in workshops, open studio sessions, gallery tours, and performances.

Schedule

  • 11 am–1 pm

    Freedom From and Freedom To
    Edlis Neeson Theater*

    Watch movement and sound performers fuse their diverse artistic backgrounds and practices to create unique interactive experiences in a celebration of movement and sound. The audience is invited to randomly select a combination of artists, who must then perform together.

    *Please note that masks are recommended in the theater.

  • 1–3 pm

    Poems While You Wait
    2nd-floor atrium

    Receive a typewritten poem on a theme of your choosing from poets with Poems While You Wait.

Family Days

Join us every Saturday, October–May, for some free family fun!

Funding

Support for Family Programs is provided in part by the MCA Women’s Board Family Education Initiative.