This is good to know. I usually drive from my parents to Rosemont and catch the "L".

Love the Arboretum! They have so many great events. The trolls were very cool. And the Illuminations event around Christmas is always beautiful. But I think my favorite was when the sled dogs were there. All the puppies!!!

The Obama Portraits....
 

Art Institute of Chicago.

Free admission for Illinois residents June 18–25

Don’t miss your chance to see the official portraits of President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama at the Art Institute of Chicago. This exhibition marks the first time these groundbreaking portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald come to Chicago.

To share this historic moment, the Art Institute is opening the exhibition with a full week of free admission for Illinois residents, June 18–June 25. Free tickets must be reserved online in advance.

Tickets will be available on June 4!

https://sales.artic.edu/admissions

Chicago Restaurants and Bars Could Fully Reopen Next Week.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has moved up the city’s relaunch date to align with the rest of Illinois.

I'll update as more info becomes available.

Going to be in Chicago on a Sunday, then check out State Street that great street...
 

Restaurants and bars figure prominently in a summer plan to close State Street, the famous strip through the Loop that’s home to the Chicago Theater, for a series of pedestrian-only dining, retail, and arts events dubbed Sundays on State. State will be blocked off to automobile traffic starting on July 11 from Lake to Madison to draw locals and visitors to the area for a block party-inspired gathering with food, drink, shopping, art events, and more.

If successful, and the city draws the right mix of crowds and vendors, this could be a regular summer occurrence with city officials teasing they could block off traffic for up to 12 Sundays. The Chicago Loop Alliance is accepting proposals for pop-ups, demonstrations, and classes — by May 26. Restaurant, bar, and coffeeshop owners are among those invited to apply. For example, organizers are looking for vendors like coffeeshops, offering suggestions like cold-brew coffee carts that could sell cooling drinks to passers-by.

The city will continue to enforce public health guidelines such as masking, social distancing, and capacity caps. When announcing the program last week, city officials said outdoor events would need to abide by a 15-person per 1,000 square foot rule. Over the weekend, several restaurants owners told Eater Chicago they had questions on how the city would enforce the mandate.

Last week, Mayor Lori Lightfoot also announced the return of Windy City Smokeout, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises’ enormous barbecue and country music festival. Slated for July 8 through July 11, it will be Chicago’s first major outdoor festival since the pandemic began.

https://chicago.eater.com/2021/5/3/2...caya-antojeria

Going to be in Chicago around July 11th? Save the date....
 

Join Kaystar - Ent & Pure Passion Chicago at "The All White Yacht Party Summer Cruise" on the Anita Dee II Sun, July 11, 2021.
Anita Dee Yacht Charters 200 North Breakwater Access. Docked at Dusable Harbor on the Chicago River at Lake Shore Drive. 2:30 PM – 6:00

Catered to the LGBTQIA+ community and our Allies. Come join us on the Anita Dee II and experience break taking views of Chicago Skyline while cruising 3.5 hrs along Lake Michigan aboard a three story, 140 foot, luxury yacht. The EARLIER you book your tickets, the lower the price!

All attendees must be 21+ with a valid ID. NO EXCEPTIONS!! There will be multiple fully stocked bars serving beer, wine and cocktails. Music will be provided by Dj Paris & Dj Ca$h Era. This event will be held rain or shine!!

Kaystar - Ent & Pure Passion Chicago takes your safety serious. Please understand that you as well as your guest, need to bring your own mask and will wear it when requested. We will be implementing safety measures in line with the CDC & City of Chicago's "Be Safe Chicago."

If you're going to be in Chicago soon....
 

Explore Dom’s Kitchen & Market, Chicago’s Massive New Grocery Emporium

The line separating restaurants and grocery stores further blurred during the pandemic. Without dining rooms full of customers, many restaurants (Pisolino, Daisies) embraced the general store model and began selling gourmet items, produce, and sauces. Meanwhile, traditional grocers enjoyed record profits with the general public cooking more at home after doctors told them to avoid restaurants to be safe.


But still, stores face stiff competition from online retailers like Amazon, and that’s something the braintrust behind Dom’s Kitchen & Market wanted to address even before COVID-19. The owners of Dom’s combine grocery store experience with venture capital and hope to open 25 locations in the Chicago area and beyond. The first location opened Tuesday morning at the corner of Diversey and Halsted on the border of Lincoln Park and Lakeview.

The space is meant to be experiential with Instagram-friendly lighting so shoppers can snap shots of dishes like the Fresh Prince of Chicago, a callout to Will Smith’s TV show that combines Chicago’s Italian beef with a Philly cheesesteak (skirt steak, pickled sweet peppers, fontina, giardiniera aioli). There are four restaurant stalls inside the space with a coffee bar that also serves wine and beer. A room with a skylight feels like a West Loop restaurant and there’s patio seats in front and a pickup window along Diversey marked by a loading zone where customers can hop out of their cars and quickly pick up special party orders like whole porchettas, charcuterie trays, and more.

That sounds really good. I always love a good beef sandwich. And I became a fan of cheese steaks while I lived in PA.

Frida Kahlo fan? If so, you might enjoy........
 

“Frida Kahlo: Timeless” Cleve Carney Museum of Art
Until Monday September 6

Featuring a collection of pieces on loan from the Museo Dolores Olmedo in Mexico City, “Frida Kahlo: Timeless” explores the life and work of one of the most well-known painters of the 20th century. With 26 original pieces on display, accompanied by a historical exhibit that dives into the details of Kahlo's life, visitors will be able to gain context for the artist's work, learning about the bus accident that led her to persue a career as an artist and her meeting (and marriage to) artist Diego Rivera. Additional items on display include reproductions of Kahlo's distinctive clothing, more than 100 photographs from throughout her life and a Kahlo-inspired garden. Presented in association with the McAninch Arts Center at the College of DuPage, this exhibition is on display at the Cleve Carney Museum of Art in Glen Ellyn.



:https://www.atthemac.org/events/clev...y-frida-kahlo/

WOMANISH Experience 114 S State St , Loop Runs until Saturday July 31 2021.

Showcasing the work of female and gender non-confirming artists, the WOMANISH pop-up is a five-story exhibit made up of multiple rooms and installations that explore womanhood from various perspectives. Visitors will be able to visit a recreation of a 1950’s-era diner, view a collage of vintage advertisements with women of color added to them and snap photos of a floral display. The pop-up has been modified with a new set of safety procedures, including capacity restrictions and plenty of hand sanitizer stations.

https://www.showclix.com/tickets/wom...852.1596496513

Chicago Restaurants and Bars Fully Reopen After 15 Grueling Months. Masks, capacity limits, and social distancing are no longer required.

The threat of tragedy caused conflicting emotions between customers, restaurant owners, and workers. This has all led up to Friday — barflies can now freely pull up a stool at the bar or mingle with customers. Diners don’t have to worry about quickly masking up as servers stealthily appear. While each establishment has the option to continue social distancing, the rules are no longer mandatory in Chicago and Illinois as Friday marks entry in the final stage of Restore Illinois, the state’s COVID-19 recovery plan.


https://chicago.eater.com/2021/6/11/...inois-restored

Fan of Christina Quarles, then catch her exhibit in Chicago..
 

Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago 220 E Chicago Ave. Now until Sept 5th

Are the figures in a painting by Christina Quarles taking shape or dematerializing? Solidifying or dissolving? The viewer can’t be sure. That indeterminacy reflects the artist’s sense of who she is.

A mixed-race queer woman living in Los Angeles, Quarles was the breakout discovery of the New Museum’s “Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon” group show in 2017. In that setting, her paintings seemed to be addressing gender fluidity. But, as she told me then, it’s race, not gender, that has preoccupied her since childhood. “Mom is white, Dad is Black,” she explained. “I am fair-skinned and usually seen as white by white people, but I’m seen more as mixed identity in communities of color.” Her racial profile depends on the context of the moment. “My experience is firmly rooted in whiteness and Blackness, rather than a hybrid of the two,” she said.

Four years later, with her concerns more timely than ever, Quarles, 36, is having her largest solo museum show, which runs through August, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. (The exhibition will travel to the Frye Art Museum in Seattle.) “Legibility, the way we understand things, is through this either/or mentality, but the reality is we have a both/and situation,” “And that’s where a lot of my work comes from.” She endorses what she calls “the idea of ambiguity as an excess of information” and observes that “there can be more legs than would normally go with one torso” in her paintings. “The viewer’s desire to see a cohesive figure will override the ambiguity.”

Comic book fans, this opens on the 19th........
 

“Chicago Comics: 1960s to Now” Museum of Contemporary Art , 220 E Chicago Ave ( at Mies van der Rohe Way) Saturday June 19 2021 - Sunday October 3 2021.

Chicago has traditionally been a city where independent comic artists and cartoonists have thrived, thanks to a steady supply of art school students and graduates charting their own course in the medium. The latest Museum of Contemporary Art exhibition explores six decades of work by local artists, ranging from traditional strips to experimental longform pieces that buck conventions. With pieces from artists like Kerry James Marshall, Lynda Barry, and Chris Ware on display, this survey of comic art features work that hasn't been shown in museums before, offering a look at process of cartooning, the collaborations that it encourages and the creativity that Chicagoans have penciled (and inked) into the world.


https://mcachicago.org/Exhibitions/2...s-1960s-To-Now

Just an FYI about my Chicago posts.......
 

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Because I have STILL not gotten my double issue (June/July) of Chicago Magazine, the events and articles posted are from Time Out and Eater Chicago.

Jake's Pickup.........
 

Located inside the Chevron gas-station, 406 High School Road NE, Bainbridge Island, WA



Stopped here today and those cinnamon rolls were amazing! If you're ever around this neck of the woods, don't pass up this gem!


https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...CEp0Q&usqp=CAU


https://www.jakespickup.com/menu

It was a bit of a wait BUT well worth it........
 

Streamliner Diner 397 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, WA Located at the SE corner of Winslow Way & Bjune Drive, one block west of the iconic Bainbridge Island Museum of Art and Gateway Park, next door to the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce. (If you are walking from the ferry, head up the hill to the signal at the corner of Winslow Way and Hwy. 305, then go one block to the left/west).

http://archive.kitsapsun.com/Service...80.jpg&resize=


Another gem you don't want to miss around these parts!



http://streamlinerdiner.com/

Art lover, and Chicago bound? Then why not...
 

Embark on a free downtown adventure through alleys and other off-the-beaten-path locations on this self-guided Loop Mural Walk, available now through July 4.

Featuring 21 murals by international household names as well as emerging artists, Chicago Loop Alliance’s Loop Mural Walk highlights many hidden pieces you’ve probably never seen before. Using a smartphone, follow turn-by-turn route directions, or forge your own path to these masterful works of street art, many by artists of color whose perspectives and stories in these spaces are important to witness. While a few of the featured murals are prominent pieces you may already know, many others are more obscure, left behind after Chicago Loop Alliance’s popular ACTIVATE alley events.

Interested in the works of Frank Lloyd Wright?
 

Take a tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's Chicago-area sites including the Loop's stunning Rookery Building.

The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust is a leading national Frank Lloyd Wright nonprofit organization based in Chicago, where the largest number of original Wright sites are located. Dedicated to preservation of Wright's design legacy, the Trust operates public tours at five Chicago-area sites and offers both in-school and on-site programs for youth, families and adults.

Owner, operator and preservation steward of Wright's Oak Park Home and Studio (1889/1898) where Wright established his career and created the Prairie style of architecture, the Trust also operats the iconic Frederick C. Robie House (1908-10) in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood, and offers public tours and programs at Unity Temple (1905-8) in Oak Park, The Rookery Light Court (1905) in the Chicago Loop and Emil Bach House (1915) in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood.

https://www.flwright.org/

It's back..........
 

Ravinia Festival 2021 runs from July 5 through September 24. Takes place at Ravinia Park (418 Sheridan Road) in Highland Park, Illinois. (The easiest way to make the trip from inside Chicago city limits is to take Metra's Union Pacific North Line to the Ravinia Park stop, which drops passengers off directly in front of the venue's gates).

After taking a year off, the Ravinia Festival is back in action this summer, joining other warm-weather traditions like Chicago summer festivals and outdoor bars and patios. You'll once again be able to pack a picnic basket, hop on the Metra and enjoy an evening of live music at the annual Ravinia Festival. The Highland Park venue is presenting a slightly truncated version of its usual array of concerts, ranging from reunited classic rock bands to orchestral performances.

https://www.timeout.com/chicago/musi...-best-concerts

Cyclists.....
 

World Naked Bike Ride Saturday August 14 2021

Like most large-scale gatherings, the Chicago edition of the World Naked Bike Ride took a year off in 2020—but organizers are planning a return to the streets in 2021. Traditionally, the clothing-optional ride takes place in June, but this year's festivities are being pushed back to August, when more Chicagoans will hopefully be fully vaccinated and events like street and music festivals are set to resume.

The bare-as-you-dare event (full frontal nudity is illegal in Chicago) seeks to raise awareness of the world's dependence on oil while promoting an environmentally-friendly mode of transportation. Details of the gathering and ride are typically released in the week before the event takes place, but cyclists can expect to congregate between 6 and 8pm before pedaling through the city on 14-mile, four-hour ride.

Keep an eye on the Chicago Naked Ride website for additional details, including the best spots for spectators.

If you're going to be visiting Chicago........
 

Chicago’s mask mandate returned Friday in public indoor spaces, which means local restaurant and bar patrons are once again required to wear facial coverings regardless of vaccination status. Masks aren’t required on outdoor patios, as health experts say open-air spaces decrease the risk of transmission, but otherwise diners age two and older should only remove them when “actively eating or drinking.”

Officials have not reinstated social distancing rules at this point, but they are encouraging venues to space out indoor dining rooms as much as possible. The measures align with a late-July guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that recommended masking up indoors.

Printers Row Lit Fest Sep 11Sep 12, 2021 Various locations throughout Chicago

Calling all book nerds! The Midwest’s biggest free outdoor literary festival returns this September for its 36th year with everything from a huge outdoor book market spanning five blocks to talks with artists and authors, including a discussion with Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Colson Whitehead (who replaces Ta-Nehisi Coates as headliner). Other highlights range from a BookTok panel (examining the rise of book reviewers on TikTok) to a commemorative 9/11 event with Divided by Terror: American Patriotism after 9/11 author John Bodnar and University of Illinois Chicago professor/writer Nadine Naber, plus events with Michelle Duster (great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells and author of biography Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells) and Elly Fishman (Refugee High: Coming of Age in America).

Curious about what else to expect from the fest this year? Check out the rest of the 2021 lineup.



Event website:https://printersrowlitfest.org/

Going to be around the Chicago area Labor Day weekend?
 

George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic + Liquid Soul Music, Funk, soul and disco Temperance Beer Company , Evanston IL Sunday September 5 2021

George Clinton (a.k.a. the Godfather of Funk) recently threatened to retire from touring with Parliament Funkadelic entirely, but he simply can't resist the groove. The 80-year-old frontman recently announced his "un-retirement" to Rolling Stone, stating "You’re gonna have to drag me off." There's no better time to catch the modern incarnation of P-Funk, which incorporates hip-hop arrangements and dancing contortionists alongside renditions of classic tracks like "One Nation Under a Groove" and "Give Up the Funk." During the band's headlining sets at the Out of Space festival, Chicago jazz fusion ensemble Liquid Soul supports.


Event website:https://www.spacepresents.com/2021-temperance-lineup

Jazz lovers.........
 

Hyde Park Jazz Festival Saturday September 25 2021 - Sunday September 26 2021.

The Hyde Park Jazz Festival adapted to the times last September and hosted a series of outdoor shows. The beloved neighborhood jazz festival typically takes place at venues throughout Hyde Park, but most performance will once again take place outdoors this year—with the possible exception of a couple of shows inside the Logan Center. Local drummer and bandleader Makaya McCraven will debut a new piece commissioned by the festival on Saturday, September 25. Other highlights of this year's programming includes sets from saxophonist Isaiah Collier, violinist Tomeka Reid, the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and vocalist Dee Alexander accompanied by the Metropolitan Jazz Octet. As ususal, all performances are free to attend.

Update........
 

This is no more sorry to say.

He now operates out of the kitchen at Lone Wolf, 806 W Randolph. (Green St & Halsted St West Loop, Near West Side).

Update on Nobody's Darling...
 

The 2021 Chicago Pride Parade has been canceled again

The parade, which was originally postponed to October 3, will return next June. As of right now, there’s no word on whether Chicago Pride Fest—the two-day celebration that typically coincides with the parade, which was also pushed to October—will continue this year.

MUSEUMS, GALLERIES & EXHIBITIONS....
 

Chicago Avant-Garde is open at the Newberry Library. Newberry Library 60 W Walton St. Chicago IL from September 10 – December 30, 2021. Admission is free and open to all.

Chicago Avant-Garde puts the spotlight on Chicago as a site of historic, boundary-pushing experimentation in art, literature, and dance. At the center of the exhibition are five women whose lives and careers embodied a uniquely Chicago style of radical creativity in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s: artist Gertrude Abercrombie, poet Gwendolyn Brooks, dancers Katherine Dunham and Ruth Page, and curator Katharine Kuh.

Visitors to the exhibition will encounter a range of artifacts and archival materials, including paintings, sketches, photographs, posters, dance costumes, and rare video footage.

Plan Your Visit
The galleries are open Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am – 4 pm.
A face mask is required, regardless of vaccination status.
No appointments or tickets necessary. Newberry exhibitions are free and open to all. When you arrive, please sign in with us in the lobby.

DuSable Museum of African American History 740 E 56th Pl Chicago
(within Washington George) Park)

Kara Walker. Exhibition through October 16, 2021.


For other events scheduled for this fall check....

https://www.dusablemuseum.org/event/

IF you're looking for fun.............
 

Chicago was just voted the 2nd most beautiful city in the world! Written by Emma KruppThursday September 9 2021.

Chicago was just ranked the second most beautiful city in the world (and the first in North America) by 27,000 Time Out Index survey voters from across the globe.

How do we know this, you ask? A whopping 79 percent of voters—a percentage second only to Prague—deemed the city beautiful, beating out famously gorgeous spots like Paris (which ranked third), Amsterdam and Vienna. Chicago doesn't ordinarily get a lot of attention for its beauty, but the ranking makes sense when you consider our abundance of public parkland, stunning architecture and famously clean streets (thanks alleys!), plus our proximity to the glittering shores of Lake Michigan. For proof, look no further than beautiful gardens tucked away in Jackson Park and the South Shore Cultural Center, or the many lovely vantage points to check out views of the skyline or even our most stunning restaurant spaces. It's like our adopted hometown architect Frank Lloyd Wright once said: "Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world."

But wait, there's more! Time Out Index survey respondents also voted Chicago the second most fun city in the world and the second best city for "community spirit" over the past year (Tel Aviv and Manchester were the first-place winners in those categories, respectively). We were also deemed the third friendliest city—perhaps unsurprising, given our status as a Midwestern metropolis—and an especially good spot for eating and drinking, according to 82 percent of respondents.

https://www.timeout.com/things-to-do...s-in-the-world

"Last week, Chicago City Council voted 31 to 18 to (declare ) Chicago the 2nd most beautiful city in the world ...."

Emma Krupp
Journalist
ChicagoTime Out

ooops...I think I've conflated 2 of Emma's articles

Hi Homo lol

Going to be in the Chicago area tomorrow?
 

Revel Fulton Market 1215 W Fulton Market, Chicago


Whiskey, music, food, style and more. Taste and discover more than 60 top and emerging whiskies, plus a live concert by Shovels & Rope and The Jayhawks, as well as Chicago’s best food trucks and more. Grab a friend and head down to Revel Fulton Market for a great night of discovery, live music, food, and fun on Thursday, September 16.

Visiting Chicago in Oct?
 

Lincoln Park at 1601 North Clark Street (at the intersection of North Avenue).

Chicago History Museum commemorates the 150th anniversary of the fire with its newest exhibition, open October 8.

‘City on Fire: Chicago 1871’ opens at the Chicago History Museum just in time to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire. The fire sparked immense growth and change in the city, setting it on a path of unmatched resilience and strength. Designed for families to learn, explore, and discover the impact the fire had on the city and the people who lived here, ‘City on Fire’ guides visitors through the crucial events and conditions before, during, and after the fire. Drawing striking comparisons to today’s social climate, ‘City on Fire’ features more than 100 artefacts, interactive and multimedia elements and personal stories from survivors of the fire giving us a look inside what life was like in 1871 and how a tragic event shaped the Chicago we know today.

Another Oct event.......
 

Apple Fest to return to Lincoln Square in October. Apple Fest will take place on October 2–3 from 9am to 6pm in Lincoln Square.

The two-day, fall-centric festival, now in its 34th year, stretches from Lawrence to Wilson Avenues, where a series of food vendors, farmers market-style stalls, activity stations and music stages will line the street. As always, apples are the star of the show: Whether you want to feast on apple brats, apple bread pudding, candied apple bacon, apple cheddar scones, apple-cinnamon tamales, apple-stuffed grilled cheese or apple cider doughnuts, you're sure to find a meal to satisfy your apple cravings, with selections from vendors like Gayle V's Best Ever Grilled Cheese, Borelli's, Tamales Express and more.

You can wash all the delicious food down with cider from local outfits like The Northman, Right Bee and Eris, plus local and national breweries offering apple-infused beer (including A Bushel of Apples, a caramel apple-flavored blonde ale from Phase Three Brewing Company and Affy Tapple). Want to try your hand at making your own apple-stuffed treats at home? You'll also be able to buy fresh apples and cider from farms across the Midwest, including Mick Klug Farm, Phil Foster Farm and Los Rodriguez Farm, plus other fresh veggies and farm-made goods.

“Apple Fest is always Chicagoans’ sign that fall is here and to stock up on their favorite fall goodies to ring in the season,” said Rudy Flores, executive director of Lincoln Square Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce, said in a news release.

Sorry to report don't try and go here....
 

A Wrigleyville Pub Runs Out of Luck After 50 Years

A fixture for Cubs fans, Blarney Stone, 3424 N. Sheffield Avenue will close after the North Siders’ season ends.


Chicago’s Blarney Stone, the Irish watering hole that’s served Wrigleyville for half a century, will permanently close early next month at the end of the Cubs’ season. The bar will close its doors for the last time on Saturday, October 2

If ya like "them" apples, check out........
 

Apple Fest Noon-Sunday in downtown Long Grove, 308 Old McHenry Road, Long Grove (about a 50 miles drive from Chicago). $5; free for kids under.


Apple Fest, where you can nibble on apple-inspired dishes, from apple cider donuts and apple wine to granny apple popcorn and apple goat cheese. Live music, family activities and carnival rides round things out.

https://longgrove.org/festivals/apple-fest/

Buddy Guy’s Legends, 700 S. Wabash Avenue.

South Loop: After 17 months, Buddy Guy’s Legends is back open. The legendary music venue that has a bar and restaurant, opened in August with a surprise appearance from Buddy Guy himself, according to the Columbia Chronicle. The owner told the newspaper that opening during the height of the pandemic would have spelled financial disaster. The paper also quoted an associate professor of instruction in the English and Creative Writing Department by the name of Jim DeRogatis. Buddy Guy’s opened in 1989.

Wizard World Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo....
 

Donald E. Stephens Convention Center 9301 Bryn Mawr Ave, Rosemont, IL 60018 Oct 15 - Oct 17



As of this post and via Chicago Magazine, this event is still on.

Chicago's Al Capone, up for auction.........
 

The grandchildren of legendary Chicago gangster Al Capone will sell 174 family heirlooms at an Oct. 8 auction titled "A Century of Notoriety: The Estate of Al Capone" in Sacramento, California. The family heirlooms include his favorite gun that he called "Sweetheart" (estimated value $150K), his diamond-monogrammed watch ($50K), engraved jewelry, furniture from the Palm Island home, family photos and more.


https://www.chicagotribune.com/histo...togallery.html

Open House Chicago.....
 

Open House Chicago Set To Make In-Person Comeback. Get a Sneak Peek at New Sites.

After focusing on virtual and outdoor programming in 2020, Open House Chicago will return to form in 2021, once again offering in-person, behind-the-scenes access to buildings and spaces normally off-limits to the public.
The free two-day architecture festival, produced by the Chicago Architecture Center for the 11th year, is scheduled for Oct. 16-17.

More than 100 venues across Chicago and adjacent suburbs will open their doors to visitors over the course of the event, from skyscrapers to cultural centers, private clubs to rooftop farms. An online searchable database will be continuously updated as sites and details are added.

“Chicagoans love their city, and Open House Chicago is a reflection of that passion,” said Lynn Osmond, president and CEO of the Chicago Architecture Center, in a statement.






https://news.wttw.com/2021/09/20/ope...peek-new-sites