America@250 - Now is the Time: Artists Go to Work
Mon, Nov 9 · 12:00 PM
Venue: Court Theatre
Address: 5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL 60637
City: Chicago, IL
Starts: Mon, Nov 9 · 12:00 PM 12:00 (America/Chicago)
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Organizer: Court Theatre
Age restrictions: Age restrictions not provided
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Category: Festivals
Listing source: Choose Chicago
Last verified: 2026-11-09
On July 4, 2026, America turned 250 years old. To reckon with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is to reckon with freedom declared in words long before it was lived in practice, and grapple with a history that has constantly faced erasure. Toni Morrison taught that the measure of a nation is not in its monuments, but in the stories it has the courage to face. In the face of all the forces daunting the spirit, she famously wrote: “This is precisely the time when artists…
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