Story Week Festival of Writers is a free week long annual event downtown Chicago. It's put on by Columbia College of Chicago and several other sponsors. The events include panels, Q&A's, readings, and performances. Authors, editors and agents come into town for events, readings, book signings, discuss the current state of affairs from their view point in the world [...]
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The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace
Second on our Total London Experience Tour was the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. As you can tell it's pretty packed. Our guide didn't have us cross the street to be either in front of the statue or the palace because he worried we would get trampled. Arrive early if you want to [...]
Japan fest
Japanfest is an event in the suburbs around Arlington heights. This year it was held at the Forest View Educatonal Center at 2121 South Goebbert Road. They have different events, performances and exhibits. I attended with my family and looked around the exhibits then watched the Fuko Kyudojo or mediative archery demonstration. They explained in the [...]
Navy Pier
Navy Pier is a popular destination in the city. It is located at 600 East Grand Avenue and can easily be reached by CTA buses#2, #29, #65, #66, or #124. The pier hosts a multitude of events and I've been multiple times over the four years I've lived in the city. Over the summer it's [...]
CAKE: Chicago Alternative Comics Expo
Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, or CAKE is a free independent comic event. It is a weekend long event with workshops, panels, discussions, and a comics and art for sale. This year it happened at Center on Halsted located at 3656 N Halsted. The Center on Halsted is a LGBTQ community center, and the largest in the [...]
Millennium Art Festival
The Millennium Art Festival is the last weekend in May and the beginning of June for a weekend located at the end of Millennium Park at the cross of Lake Street and Michigan Avenue. It's free and filled with booths of art, paintings, photography, innovative designs of jewelry, candles, wine/alcohol corks, wooden box musical instruments, glass [...]
Praha Srdce Národů Gala Concert
Praha Srdce Národů is a cultural celebration, an international heart of nations. It is an annual joint performance and celebration of folk arts of minorities within the Czech Republic. One of my teachers invited us all to Gala Concert, not a lot of people said yes, so I went with two of my teachers and one [...]
Fringe festival
Fringe Festival is a large performance festival we attended in Prague. It happens all of the world, they have one here in Chicago. In Prague it happens every summer, so right on time for when we were there. The Fringe Festival is based off the model of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is the worlds largest [...]
Noc Kostelu and Noc Museum
One of the events that one of our teachers told us about while we were in Prague was Noc Kostelu, Night of Churches. On this night many churches throughout the city are open for free. Usually the churches cost money to go into and look around. So Noc Kostelu is a great way to get [...]
Chinese New Year with Red Moon at Navy Pier
Instead of going to a parade in Chinatown or off of Argyle, this year I went to Navy Pier. Navy Pier partnered with Red Moon and the Cubs to put on the event. Red Moon is a theater troupe in the city. They utilized the room at the end of the pier. For the year [...]