Argyle Night Market is a farmers market in Uptown off the Argyle stop. It started in late June and ends September 19th. Every Thursday night between 4pm until 8pm, there is live music or djs at least an hour after it opens. The vendors are friendly and most offer free samples. The restaurants in the [...]
Tag: things to do in Chicago
Chicago Korean Festival
The Chicago Korean Festival is a summer festival that happens on Bryn Mawr Avenue, essentially on the Northeastern Illinois University campus. To get to the festival you have to ride the brown line to the end of the line which can be about an hour depending on where you get on. After getting off at [...]
Taste of Chicago
Taste of Chicago is a summer festival that happens in Grant Park and has been going on since 1980. If you're in town for a short amount of time during the summer and want to try as much food as possible without traversing the city this is probably the best thing for you. To buy [...]
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 [...]
The Music Box and Landmark Century Centre Cinema
There are a lot of theaters in Chicago. All of them are slightly different but mostly their owned by larger corporations. There are two theaters (in Chicago) I've been to that are just interesting in formats and shows. Both The Music Box and Landmark Century Centre Cinema play independent films, foreign, and older films, things [...]
Festa Italiana
The Italian Festival happens in Little Italy, it has a small donation request. It's right on the UIC campus which is a bit like a ghost town since it's before the students come back. There were musical performances on several stages, food and drinks scatter around several statues in the middle of the street. One [...]
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. [...]
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel’s Carillon
One of my friend's teachers invited us out to visit the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel and listen receive the grand tour. It was a beautiful walk to the Chapel but when we got there the walk up the tower was ridiculously long and steep, going round and round. (there are 271 steps up the spiral stone [...]
Sky Deck
Work gave us passes to the Sky Deck that were expiring before I left for Prague so I grabbed a fellow RA and we went up the willis tower to look down on the city. The Sky Deck is in the Willis tower and is a popular tourist destination. It's 103 floors and 1, 353 [...]
Renegade Craft Fair
The Renegade Craft Fair happens usually in early September in Wicker Park. It's a traveling craft fair. A person could spend all day looking at each of the booths, at all of the interesting wares. Because it's outside there tend to be several dogs out walking around with their owners and sometimes there are even [...]