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Chicago Architecture Foundation Center River Cruise aboard Chicago’s First Lady
The only Chicago River cruise partnered with the Chicago Architecture Center (CAC), Chicago’s First Lady Cruises offers visitors the city’s most engaging architectural tour experience.Highly trained and enthusiastic...
Chicago's 51st Annual Pride Parade
Beginning at Montrose and Broadway and then moving south on Broadway to Halsted and continuing south on Halsted to Belmont where it turns east to Broadway...
Chicago International Film Festival
Cinema/Chicago, the presenting organization of the Chicago International Film Festival, is a year-round non-profit cultural and educational organization dedicated to fostering better communication between people of diverse cultures through the art...
Every October, the Chicago Architecture Center is proud to host Open House Chicago—a free public festival that offers self-guided history and architecture trails throughout Chicago, talks...
This year’s theme, Forward Together, aims to look beyond our current state and focus on what we can do to create a better future for people living with...
Fairy Houses - Chicago Park District
The Chicago Park District and The Nature Conservancy will work with 20 volunteers to craft 20 Fairy Houses at Big Marsh Park in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Natural Areas and...
Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit Chicago
Visitors will be immersed in Van Gogh’s works from his sunny landscapes and night scenes, to his portraits and still life. The installation includes his work...
Chicago Architecture Biennial - The Available City
The Available City, the 2021 edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, is a framework for a collaborative, community-led design approach that presents transformative possibilities for vacant...
Bank of America Chicago Marathon
The Bank of America Chicago Marathon is known for its flat and fast course. The race starts and finishes in Grant Park and travels through one...
Lightscape at Chicago Botanic Garden
Enter a captivating world of light, color, and sound in an all-new trail designed with your safety in mind. Bask in the glow of thousands of...
Particular features of this parade include large helium filled balloons that lead off the parade, most notably that of official parade mascot Teddy Turkey. The parade also...
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