Chicago Jazz Festival August 24 - September 2  Chicago Cultural Center, Millennium Park & Locations Across Chicago  The 60th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival showcases the greatest jazz artists from Chicago and around the world during new extended festival dates. The headliner performers in Millennium Park include Ramsey Lewis, Kurt Elling, Dianne Reeves, Maceo Parker and Orbert Davis' Chicago Jazz Philharmonic. For the complete lineup including neighborhood concerts, visit ChicagoJazzFestival.us.

SummerDance Celebration August 25 Millennium Park Get moving at a full day of participatory dance competitions, lessons, social dancing and showcases of local dance companies. All ages and abilities are welcome! Visit ChicagoSummerDance.org for schedule and more information.

Grant Park Music Festival August 1, 8, 10, 11, 15, 17 & 18 Millennium Park	Dame Myra Hess Concerts August 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29  Chicago Cultural Center	International Screenings Program: REEL MUSIC August 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29  Chicago Cultural Center

University of Chicago First Friday Lecture August 3 Chicago Cultural Center	Scott Stack: Interior and Exterior Through August 5 Chicago Cultural Center	Maxwell Street Market August 5, 12, 19 & 26  800 S. Desplaines St.  Presented by

Millennium Park Music Series August 6, 12 & 16   Millennium Park	Chamber Mondays August 6 & 27 Chicago Cultural Center	Millennium Park Film Series August 7, 14 & 21  Millennium Park

Bronzeville Echoes: Faces and Places of Chicago's African American Music Gallery Talk August 9 Chicago Cultural Center	SAG-AFTRA Senior Players August 9 Chicago Cultural Center	Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me® August 9 Millennium Park

Chicago SummerDance August 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23 & 24 Grant Park, Spirit of Music Garden	After School Matters Summer Program Weekdays, Through August 10 Millennium Park, Chase Promenade North and Wrigley Square	Family Fun Festival Weekdays, Through August 10 Millennium Park, Under the Tent at Chase Promenade North (south entrance)

Family Bookbinding Workshop August 12 Millennium Park, Lurie Garden	Stories, Songs and Circle Games August 12 Millennium Park, Lurie Garden	Broadway In Chicago Summer Concert August 13   Millennium Park

Raptors! August 14   Millennium Park, Lurie Garden	Chicago Cultural Center Tour for Visitors Who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing August 14 Chicago Cultural Center	Guided Pollinator Walk August 17  Millennium Park, Lurie Garden

SummerDance Downs in the Parks August 18  Austin Town Hall Park 5610 W. Lake St.	WTTW Saturday Film Series August 18   Chicago Cultural Center	Chicago Air & Water Show August 18-19  North Avenue Beach       Presented by

Sunday Science: Spiders August 19 Millennium Park, Lurie Garden	Alexis Rockman: The Geat Lakes Cycle Gallery Talk August 23 Chicago Cultural Center	Gardener's Plant Walk August 24 Millennium Park, Lurie Garden

Year of Creative Youth Exhibitions August 25, 2018 - January 6, 2019 Chicago Cultural Center	Art In the Garden August 26  Millennium Park, Lurie Garden	Introductory Botanical Drawing: Color Technique August 26 Millennium Park, Choral Room

Fruit Bats and More! August 28 Millennium Park, Lurie Garden	México en el Corazón August 28 Millennium Park	Chicago Jazz Philharmonic August 29 Millennium Park

Millennium Park Summer Workouts Tues., Thurs. & Sat. Through September 1 Millennium Park	Keith Haring: The Chicago Mural Through September 23 Chicago Cultural Center	Alexis Rockman: The Great Lakes Cycle Through October 1 Chicago Cultural Center

Millennium Park InstaGreeter Service Through October 7 Daily, 11:30am & 1pm Millennium Park	Bronzeville Echoes: Faces and Places of Chicago's African American Music Ongoing Chicago Cultural Center	Stand Up for Landmarks! Protests, Posters & Pictures Ongoing City Gallery on the Historic Water Tower

Chicago Cultural Center Welcome Center is Now Open

Visiting the Millennium Park Campus? Make your first stop the new Welcome Center at the Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph Street (1st floor). A project of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), the Welcome Center provides an orientation for guests visiting 'The People's Palace' as well as Millennium Park, Harris Theater, Lurie Garden, Maggie Daley Park and The Art institute of Chicago. It's also a gateway to the cultural life of our city, currently featuring activations about Art Design Chicago and the Year of Creative Youth. Open 10-7pm on weekdays, 10-5pm on weekends.

 

"Flying Creatures" Street Sculpture Soar on Wabash Ave

As part of the Year of Creative Youth, an array of kinetic street sculptures - or modern gargoyles - were created by students from youth art programs at SkyART, After School Matters, Dundee-Crown High School, Marengo Community HIgh School and YOUmedia Chicago. DCASE, in partnership with the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) artscape program, has installed 45 "Flying Creatures" on street poles along Wabash Avenue between Washington and Randolph Streets, with more come soon up and down Wabash Avenue.

 

Save the Date

Arts in the Dark Lantern Procession on the Riverwalk

LUMA8

Tuesday, August 14, 8:30-9:15pm
Chicago Riverwalk, Between Franklin and Wells at Wacker Dr.

Part of 2nd Tuesdays on the Riverwalk, LUMA8 is partnering with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events to present monthly Arts in the Dark Lantern Processions featuring illuminated creations made with After School Matters and other area Chicago arts organizations. Procession begins between Franklin and Wells and goes east to Lake Shore Drive.