At the end of each school year before students head home Columbia College Chicago takes over the South Loop with Manifest. It's open and free to the public but is at it's very essence the senior students art showcases. All buildings and galleries are open and the campus is packed with events. It's kicked off [...]
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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 [...]
Montrose Harbor and Lincoln Park
For a friends graduation party we pet up at Montrose Beach, however it was still cold so we didn't stay long. It was windy and the the sand was pretty soggy. So we ended up spending most of our time sitting around in Lincoln Park. Lincoln Park, the park itself can be found off of [...]
Millennium Park/Grant Park
Millennium Park can be found lining the eastern side of Michigan Avenue and along the Lake. It's a beautiful place to walk through, though it in itself is somewhat small, the park tends to bleed into other parks or green spots. Millennium Park eventually also turns into Maggie Daley Park and Grant Park and then [...]
Chicago Cultural Center
The Chicago Cultural Center is located at 78 East Washington Street. The Cultural Center has been around since 1897 and use to be the Chicago Public Library. Today it is a free to enter museum of sorts. It's open daily from 9am until 7pm, except on weekends (Fridays through Sundays) when it closes an hour earlier. [...]
Lincoln Park Conservatory
The Lincoln Park Conservatory is located at 2391 N Stockton Dr. It's in-between the Nature Museum and the Lincoln Park Zoo. It's a great place to go in winter to get away from the cold. The Conservatory is home to a Palm House, a Fern Room (look for the dinosaurs scattered around), an orchid house, [...]
Lincoln Park Zoo
The Lincoln Park Zoo can be reached by bus and is free to enter. Parking costs between $20-$35 depending on the season. The zoo was created in 1868 and is about 35 acres. It is open all year long however it usually closes by 4:30/5pm. So I suggest going early in the day so you can see [...]
Garfield Park Conservatory
The Garfield Park Conservatory is one of my favorite places in Chicago. It can be found right off the green line, which should be ridden in care. The Garfield Park Conservatory is a large indoor garden and is a great escape from the cold winter or if your just wanting some greenery in your life. [...]
Free Movies in the Park
Depending on the season the Chicago Parks have different things going on. On summer nights are free movies. They'll bring in a blow up screen and people will bring picnics, picnic blankets, and sit and watch the movie as it gets dark. They are tons of fun to go to, and usually they are an [...]
Snow Days
Snow Days is an annual event in January that happens at Navy Pier, which can be reached by riding the 29 bus to the end of the line, or several other ways. Navy Pier in general is a super busy tourist place and also tends to be filled with conventions, such as the National Gardener [...]