A mentor of mine is coming to Chicago for a conference, and I'll be spending all day with her, on a Sunday in March, showing her around Chicago. She hasn't spent much time here and would like me to show her something that makes this city special!

She is a native NYC resident, middle aged, is politically pretty lefty and is interested in social ( Read more... )

My mom and grandparents are coming to Chicago next Thursday-Sunday morning and I'm trying to find some fun stuff to do.  Normally I'd just find a cool neighborhood to explore with my mom (she loved the walking tour for the Frank Lloyd Wright houses), but my grandpa has trouble lately with a lot of walking.  Definite plans so far include a trip to ( Read more... )

Museum of Science & Industry - FREE admission for the month of January.
Chicago History Museum - FREE on Mondays all year.
Art Institute - FREE from 5pm-8pm on Thursdays all year.
Adler Planetarium - FREE Jan 12-16, Jan 20, and Jan 27. More free days will later be posted on their website.
Shedd Aquarium - FREE general admission to aquarium and ( Read more... )

The Art Institute of Chicago is offering *free* evenings from 5pm-9pm on Thursdays and Fridays through Labor Day.

And if that's not cool enough for you, AIC and Old Town School of Folk Music present local musicians in the Garden Court on these nights.

My Google-fu is failing me. I need to get to Heald Square Monument tomorrow, and all I know is that it is at the corner of Wacker and Wabash. Is this Upper Wacker or Wacker Place? (Probably not Lower Wacker, yeah? :|) I'll be coming from LaSalle and walking the rest of the way there, what other landmarks should I be looking for to know I'm in the ( Read more... )

Hi All,

I'm going to a conference in Chicago in June and am planning on staying a few extra days to explore the city since I've never been and it's one of those places that I've always wanted to visit but have never gotten around to.  Anyway,  I don't know which hotel I will stay at yet for the conference but it's highly unlikely I would stay at the ( Read more... )

American Express, in a partnership with the National Trust and Partners in Preservation, has pledged $1,000,000 to help save and restore historic sites in Chicago. I'm involved with this, in part, because I am a parishioner at Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, and we're one of the 25 sites in competition to receive grants. (The highest award is $ ( Read more... )