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Originally Posted by homoe

CTA passes are getting a price cut this summer to encourage ridership!

To encourage more riders to tap a Ventra card and go for a ride, the city and the CTA are introducing a trio of discounted unlimited ride passes that will be available to customers from Friday, May 28 through Labor Day (Monday, September 6). The cheaper one-, three- and seven-day passes are meant to welcome back former regular CTA riders, attract new customers and encourage existing customers to ride more often. Here's the pricing breakdown for the discounted passes:

One-day pass: $5 (down from $10)
Three-day pass: $15 (down from $20)
Seven-day pass: $20 (down from $28)

You'll be able to snag the passes at the discounted prices by visiting Ventra kiosks at CTA train stations, through the Ventra app, on the Ventra website and via more than 1,000 retailers throughout the city that sell CTA passes.

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

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Originally Posted by homoe

Morton Arboretum 4100 IL-53, Lisle, IL

Last Friday, a new exhibition called "Human+Nature" officially opened at the 1,700-acre park in suburban Lisle. Visitors can take in five fantastical, 15- to 26-foot-tall sculptures made by South African artist Daniel Popper that explore the intersection between the human and natural worlds.

"Each sculpture has a story behind it, but I like to leave the questions about each piece a little bit open, so people can come and bring their own ideas to it," Popper said in a press release. "I want people to come here and ask questions of themselves about their relationship with nature."

"Human+Nature" opens May 28 and admission is included with regular time-entry tickets to the Arboretum.

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!!!

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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

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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.

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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

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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."

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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.

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

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“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/

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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

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Originally Posted by homoe

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.

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

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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.”

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“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

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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.

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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://www.jakespickup.com/menu

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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).




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



http://streamlinerdiner.com/

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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.

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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/

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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

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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.