Events

[ October 22, 2010; 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. ] Location: Union League Club, 65 West Jackson Blvd.(map)

Extraordinary, Ordinary People
A Memoir of Family by Condoleezza Rice Friday, October 22
11:30 Luncheon and Program
$50/Ticket

[ October 22, 2010; 1:30 am to 1:30 pm. ] Location: Union League Club, 65 West Jackson Blvd.

Since 1983, Donalee Markus and her “Designs for Strong Minds™ associates have been maximizing intelligence for individuals and corporations throughout the U.S. An innovative program of exercises, Designs for Strong Minds™, uses game-like, content-free exercises to filter out emotional influences, allowing the participants to work solely on skills.

[ October 29, 2010; ] Location: Navy Pier-Chicago
Experience the sights, lights, and frights of Chicago this Halloween!

Discover Chicago’s architecture at nighttime while learning its ghostly secrets. Our eerie-costumed tour guides will highlight the infamous massacres and supernatural occurrences from Chicago’s history, and reveal the haunting stories that plague the Hancock Building.

This cruise may leave a chill in your bones but [...]

[ October 29, 2010; ] Location: Daley Plaza
Halloween is more than a day in Chicago; it’s an entire season. The city, its parks, buildings and streets are decorated and filled with an array of activities for children and the child within you.

The Chicago Park District offers many different pumpkin patches, haunted houses and scary theatre. Cultural institutions get into the [...]

[ October 5, 2010; ] Location: Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema 2828 N. Clark st. Chicago IL
The Midwest Independent Film Festival is the nation’s only film festival solely dedicated to the Midwest filmmaker, presenting audiences with regionally produced independent cinema every first Tuesday of the month at Landmark Century Centre Cinema, 2828 North Clark in Chicago. This year-round film festival sits [...]

[ October 5, 2010; ] Location: Downtown Chicago & Other Locations
Chicago’s Farmers Markets bring more than 70 vendors selling fresh fruits, vegetables, plants and flowers to over 20 neighborhoods throughout the City of Chicago. Markets are held Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday around the city.

More info at http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/things_see_do/event_landing/special_events/mose/chicago_farmers_market.html

[ October 5, 2010; ] Location: Chicago Theatre 175 N. State St.
The tour encompasses historical and architectural highlights of the building, including the grand lobby areas, majestic auditorium and backstage space (when possible) where performers through the years, have left their autographs on the walls of dressing rooms and corridors.

Guides will share with you the stories of the visionaries [...]

[ September 11, 2010 to September 14, 2010. ] Location: The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL

[ September 11, 2010; 8:00 am to 12:30 pm. ] Location: Soldier Field, Great Lawn – 1410 Museum Campus Drive, Chicago

[ September 11, 2010; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Location: Broadway Ave – Belmont Ave to Roscoe St