lizseymour
03-25-2009, 02:32 AM
The White City Tour: Chicago Neighborhoods Tours invite you to go back in time and revisit the White City (http://www.chicagoneighborhoodtours.com/specialInterest/index.html), Chicago’s spectacular 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Be transported through a photographic slide presentation at the Chicago Cultural Center. Then travel to the site of the fair where hundreds of buildings once stood and enthralled 27 million visitors. See the Midway Plaisance, home to the world’s first Ferris Wheel, and Jackson Park’s Wooded Island, where the Japanese Pavilion once stood. After lunch at a local restaurant, visit the Chicago History Museum to view the elevated train that transported fairgoers to the exposition. The tour takes place Saturday, March 28 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. (check in at 9:30 a.m.) and departs from the Chicago Cultural Center. Admission (includes lunch) is $50 for adults; $45 for seniors 65+, students with ID, and children age 8-18.
Ultimate Girls’ Night Out: Getting religion takes on a different meaning this Friday, March 27. Ladies, head to Religion (http://www.religionchicago.com/) for the Ultimate Girls’ Night Out (http://www.shequeevents.com/), where you’ll pamper yourself with manicures, massages, makeovers, eyebrow waxing and threading. The evening includes Grey Goose cocktails and, for the first 50 girls, gift bags. This girls’ night runs from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Price: $25 pre-purchased; $35 at the door.
Art at Steppenwolf: The Steppenwolf’s (http://www.steppenwolf.org) latest production blends the art of theater with the visual arts in Art, French playwright Yasmina Reza's Tony Award-winning comedy. In the show, a group of friends explore relationships and creativity after falling out over a work of modern art consisting of a blank canvas. Stay after the performance for a post show discussion with members of the Steppenwolf artistic staff. Presented through June 7.
Chic Chicago: History lessons come from a broad variety of sources, as the Chicago History Museum’s current exhibit illustrates. “Chicago Chicago” (http://chicagohistory.org/planavisit/exhibitions/chic-chicago) presents more than 50 items from the museum's couture collection, including gilded age gowns by Worth, Pingat, Chanel, Versace and others, ranging from 1861-1996. From its inception, Chicago was cast as a crude and grimy upstart, a place of blood and smoke, congestion and pollution. Eager to overcome this gritty reputation, generations of Chicago women turned to the glamour of couture. Fashion, they believed, was the most dramatic way to prove Chicago's beauty and sophistication. Each gown has a strong connection to Chicago and belongs to the Museum's permanent collection. The exhibit runs through July 26.
Critical Mass: Bikes are fun! With this in mind, join fellow bikers on Friday, March 27 (as they do every last Friday of the month) at 5:30 p.m. for the Chicago Critical Mass Monthly Bike Ride (http://chicagocriticalmass.org/). The group of riders comes together for a few hours to take back the streets of the city. Critical Mass is open to all, and it welcomes all riders to join in a celebration of riding bicycles. The group meets at Daley Plaza, regardless of season or weather, and the price is free.
Ultimate Girls’ Night Out: Getting religion takes on a different meaning this Friday, March 27. Ladies, head to Religion (http://www.religionchicago.com/) for the Ultimate Girls’ Night Out (http://www.shequeevents.com/), where you’ll pamper yourself with manicures, massages, makeovers, eyebrow waxing and threading. The evening includes Grey Goose cocktails and, for the first 50 girls, gift bags. This girls’ night runs from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Price: $25 pre-purchased; $35 at the door.
Art at Steppenwolf: The Steppenwolf’s (http://www.steppenwolf.org) latest production blends the art of theater with the visual arts in Art, French playwright Yasmina Reza's Tony Award-winning comedy. In the show, a group of friends explore relationships and creativity after falling out over a work of modern art consisting of a blank canvas. Stay after the performance for a post show discussion with members of the Steppenwolf artistic staff. Presented through June 7.
Chic Chicago: History lessons come from a broad variety of sources, as the Chicago History Museum’s current exhibit illustrates. “Chicago Chicago” (http://chicagohistory.org/planavisit/exhibitions/chic-chicago) presents more than 50 items from the museum's couture collection, including gilded age gowns by Worth, Pingat, Chanel, Versace and others, ranging from 1861-1996. From its inception, Chicago was cast as a crude and grimy upstart, a place of blood and smoke, congestion and pollution. Eager to overcome this gritty reputation, generations of Chicago women turned to the glamour of couture. Fashion, they believed, was the most dramatic way to prove Chicago's beauty and sophistication. Each gown has a strong connection to Chicago and belongs to the Museum's permanent collection. The exhibit runs through July 26.
Critical Mass: Bikes are fun! With this in mind, join fellow bikers on Friday, March 27 (as they do every last Friday of the month) at 5:30 p.m. for the Chicago Critical Mass Monthly Bike Ride (http://chicagocriticalmass.org/). The group of riders comes together for a few hours to take back the streets of the city. Critical Mass is open to all, and it welcomes all riders to join in a celebration of riding bicycles. The group meets at Daley Plaza, regardless of season or weather, and the price is free.