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Featured Events
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Through January 6, 2018
Millennium Park and surrounding venues
Featuring your favorite seasonal traditions, ice skating, music, exhibitions and family fun, the Millennium Park Campus will be the epicenter of holiday fun in Chicago. Come see the 104th Annual Christmas Tree and enjoy the McCormick Tribune Ice Rink and Maggie Daley Park Ice Skating Ribbon (open now through March 4, weather permitting). Don't miss events like Caroling at Cloud Gate, the Dance-Along Nutcracker®, the Do-It-Yourself Messiah, gingerbread house decorating and more. Information at
millenniumpark.org.
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Through January 7, 2018
Chicago Cultural Center and other venues citywide
The second edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB), the largest architecture and design exhibition in North America, showcases the transformative global impact of creativity and innovation in these fields. This year's Biennial features over 140 practitioners from more than 20 countries addressing the 2017 theme "Make New History." For more information, visit chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org.
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Chicago Cultural Center & Garfield Park Conservatory
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Millennium Park
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Millennium Park, Choral Room
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Chicago Cultural Center
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Millennium Park, Choral Room
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Chicago Cultural Center & Garfield Park Conservatory
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800 S. Desplaines St.
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Expo 72
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City Gallery in the Historic Water Tower
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Millennium Park
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Featured News
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Kerry James Marshall Mural at the Chicago Cultural Center
In the final month of the City of Chicago's
Year of Public Art, the Chicago Cultural Center is dedicating a new mural by internationally-renowned artist and MacArthur Fellow Kerry James Marshall. The monumental 132-foot by 100-foot mural is the largest artwork to date by Marshall and honors 20 women who have shaped the city's vibrant arts and culture landscape. Funded by Murals of Acceptance, the mural is located on the building's Garland Court façade, between Washington and Randolph Streets.
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Year of Creative Youth
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events have designated 2018 as the "Year of Creative Youth." The $2 million investment by the City of Chicago will include a Creative Youth Festival across the Millennium Park Campus, performance opportunities for teens at city festivals and partner events, cultural grants and convenings for youth arts organizations and a marketing campaign among other events. For information and updates on the Year of Creative Youth, visit cityofchicago.org/yocy.
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Free, Free, Free!
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Christkindlmarket
Through December 24, 2017
Open Daily: Sun.-Thu. 11am-8pm, Fri.-Sat. 11am-9pm; Christmas Eve: 11am-4pm
Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St.
Each year, people from all over the world visit the Christkindlmarket - the popular outdoor market in the Chicago Loop. No longer just a German tradition, the market has become a Chicago institution. The unique shopping experience, typical German food and drinks, as well as diverse holiday entertainment make the Christkindlmarket Chicago a preferred and popular destination. Admission is always FREE! Visit christkindlmarket.com for events happening throughout December.
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