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Oriental Institute Museum 1155 E. 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637 773.702.9514 |
Near the midpoint of the campus, a few blocks from Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, is the Oriental Institute, housing one of the worlds major collections of Near Eastern art. Although most of the galleries have been renovat... more
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Chicago Children's Museum 700 E. Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60601 312.527.1000 |
Thirteen interactive exhibits featuring the arts, science, and humanities provide innovative educational experiences for children. VITAL INFO: Best suited for children, teens, adults You can expect to spend full day when... more
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Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 N Cannon Dr, Chicago, IL 60618 773.755.5100 |
Built into the rise of an ancient sand dune -- once the shoreline of Lake Michigan -- Chicagos newest museum bills itself as an environmental museum for the 21st century. While that might sound fairly dull, most of the e... more
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The Smart Museum of Art 5550 S. Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 773.702.0200 |
The University of Chicagos fine arts museum looks rather modest, but it packs a lot of talent into a compact space. Its permanent collection of more than 7,000 paintings and sculptures spans Western and Eastern civilizat... more
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Indian Boundary Golf Course 8600 W Forest Preserve Ave, Chicago, IL 60634 773.625.9630 |
This course was below average at best. We had 9:00 am tee times and they had already managed to get .5 hours behind. I have never played a course where you were required to hit tee shots off of a rubber mat. The price wa... more
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Jackson Park Golf Course 6401 S Richard Dr, Chicago, IL 60649 773.667.0524 |
Neither as popular as Lincoln Park nor as grand as Grant Park, Jackson Park provides visitors with a peaceful sanctuary at the heart of the Windy City. Comfortably buffered from the crime and poverty, which the South Sid... more
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Biograph Theatre 2433 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL |
The marquee is now up and windows are in. The re-lighting ceremony will be tonight. Unfortunately, I don't think it is quite historically accurate. These are the issues I saw: The new typeface for 'Biograph' is correct, ... more
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum 800 S. Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60603 312.413.5353 |
Three years after the Haymarket Riot, a young woman named Jane Addams bought an old mansion on Halsted Street that had been built in 1856 as a country home but was now surrounded by the shanties of the immigrant poor. He... more
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Lifeline Theatre 6912 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL |
Founded by Northwestern University theater students in 1982, this company loves to tell stories, often vibrantly and warmly. Under the guidance of former producing director Meryl Friedman and current artistic director Do... more
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Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum 1852 W. 19th St, Chicago, IL 60616 312.738.1503 |
This sparkling site, the largest Latino museum in the country, is half art museum, half cultural exploration. After the big downtown museums, this is the one you shouldn't miss. Galleries house impressive collections of ... more
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