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Stumblday's ranked list of the best things to do in Chicago on Wednesday, October 14: 24 events, led by The Bolero Project, The Smashing Pumpkins: The Rats In A Cage Tour and THE VANISHING — each one checked against the organizer's own page. Below them, 24 exhibitions and shows running through the day.
Harold Washington Library CenterHarold Washington Library Center
A free exhibition tracing Pulitzer-winning journalism, books, drama and music opens downtown.
Harold Washington Library CenterA free exhibition tracing Pulitzer-winning journalism, books, drama and music opens downtown.
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Driehaus Museum, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopDowntown, the Loop & West Loop
The Driehaus surveys sculptor Emma Stebbins' marble, bronze and boundary-breaking career.
Driehaus Museum, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopThe Driehaus surveys sculptor Emma Stebbins' marble, bronze and boundary-breaking career.
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Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S Michigan Ave, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopDowntown, the Loop & West Loop
Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism at Art Institute of Chicago.
Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S Michigan Ave, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopMary Cassatt: After Impressionism at Art Institute of Chicago.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 186, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopDowntown, the Loop & West Loop
Karimah Ashadu: Machine Boys at Art Institute of Chicago.
Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 186, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopKarimah Ashadu: Machine Boys at Art Institute of Chicago.
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Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S Michigan Ave, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopDowntown, the Loop & West Loop
Embroidered Traditions from Morocco to Afghanistan at Art Institute of Chicago.
Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S Michigan Ave, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopEmbroidered Traditions from Morocco to Afghanistan at Art Institute of Chicago.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 238, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopDowntown, the Loop & West Loop
Saint-Porchaire at Art Institute of Chicago.
Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 238, Downtown, the Loop & West Loop
Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 283, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopDowntown, the Loop & West Loop
Abigail Lucien: Blood of the Earth at Art Institute of Chicago.
Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 283, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopAbigail Lucien: Blood of the Earth at Art Institute of Chicago.
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Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S Michigan Ave, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopDowntown, the Loop & West Loop
Double Feature with Short Subject at Art Institute of Chicago.
Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S Michigan Ave, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopDouble Feature with Short Subject at Art Institute of Chicago.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 289, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopDowntown, the Loop & West Loop
Jill Mulleady: The Passenger at Art Institute of Chicago.
Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 289, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopJill Mulleady: The Passenger at Art Institute of Chicago.
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopDowntown, the Loop & West Loop
Slow Dance at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Downtown, the Loop & West Loop
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopDowntown, the Loop & West Loop
Atrium Project: Celeste Rapone at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopAtrium Project: Celeste Rapone at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopDowntown, the Loop & West Loop
Kenzi Shiokava at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Downtown, the Loop & West Loop
Intuit Art Museum, Pilsen, West Town & the West SidePilsen, West Town & the West Side
Henry Darger: The Room Revealed at Intuit Art Museum.
Intuit Art Museum, Pilsen, West Town & the West Side
Museum of Contemporary Photography, South Loop, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopViselippi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsDowntown, the Loop & West Loop
Imagine the life Emmett Till was denied through a free MoCP exhibition drawing on photographs by more than 110 artists.
Museum of Contemporary Photography, South Loop, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopViselippi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsImagine the life Emmett Till was denied through a free MoCP exhibition drawing on photographs by more than 110 artists.
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Garfield Park Conservatory, East Garfield Park, Pilsen, West Town & the West SidePilsen, West Town & the West Side
Soul of the Stone is listed for Chicago this weekend.
Garfield Park Conservatory, East Garfield Park, Pilsen, West Town & the West Side
Garfield Park Conservatory, East Garfield Park, Pilsen, West Town & the West SidePilsen, West Town & the West Side
The Oracle of Evergreen: A Black Plant IT Exhibition 2026 is listed for Chicago this weekend.
Garfield Park Conservatory, East Garfield Park, Pilsen, West Town & the West SideThe Oracle of Evergreen: A Black Plant IT Exhibition 2026 is listed for Chicago this weekend.
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