Chicago Riverwalk Season Celebration May 13-19 Chicago Riverwalk The City of Chicago will highlight the Chicago Riverwalk's free summer programming. Activities include Year of Chicago Theatre themed programs, Art on theMART, walking tours led by the Chicago Architecture Center, Fishing at the Jetty led by the Chicago Park District and a pyrotechnic display on May 13. For details and the full schedule, visit chicagoriverwalk.us.

Chicago's Music Legacy As the birthplace of house, gospel music, urban blues and other beloved genres, Chicago invites music lovers from around the world to celebrate its music legacy at three consecutive weekend festivals - the Chicago House Conference and Music Festival (May 23-May 25), the Chicago Gospel Music Festival (May 31 and June 1) and the Chicago Blues Festival (June 7-9) - on stage in Millennium Park, at the Chicago Cultural Center as well as in music venues and clubs throughout the city.

National Veterans Art Museum Triennial: On War & Survival May 2-July 28 Chicago Cultural Center	Veteran Art Summit May 3-5 Chicago Cultural Center & other locations	Juicebox featuring Mr. Dave Music May 3 & 4 Chicago Cultural Center & Garfield Park Conservatory

University of Chicago First Friday Lecture Series May 3  Chicago Cultural Center	Morning Bird and Nature Walk May 3  Millennium Park	Kickoff to Fulton Market Expo (FMX) May 4  831 W. Fulton Market

Chicago Kids and Kites Festival May 4 Cricket Hill in Lincoln Park, W. Montrose Dr.	Botany Basics May 4  & 11  Millennium Park	Maxwell Street Market May 5, 12, 19 & 26 800 S. Desplaines St. Presented by

Chamber Mondays May 6 & 27 Chicago Cultural Center	Open Studios with Desueño Dance Through May 7 Chicago Cultural Center	First Nations Film and Video Festival May 8    Chicago Cultural Center

Dame Myra Hess Concerts May 8, 15 & 22   Chicago Cultural Center	Chicago City Markets Kickoff May 9  Daley Plaza City Market    Presented by	goat island archive Performance Series with Jefferson Pinder May 10 & 11   Chicago Cultural Center

Learning Lab Meet an Artist May 11, 17, 18 & 25  Chicago Cultural Center	Gospel Music Professional Development Panel May 14  Chicago Cultural Center	New Music Chicago Presents: Chicago Fringe Opera with Latitude 49 May 16  Chicago Cultural Center

National Veterans Art Museum Gallery Talk May 16 Chicago Cultural Center	Juicebox featuring Dreamtrree Shakers May 17 & 18 Chicago Cultural Center & Garfield Park Conservatory	Poetry Workshop: Forms and Features: Pastoral May 18  Millennium Park

WTTW Saturday Film Series May 18  Chicago Cultural Center	Belonging in the USA: Documentary Screening & Discussion May 22 Chicago Cultural Center	Live Music Now! Young People's Concert  May 23 & 30  Chicago Cultural Center

Jazz Institute of Chicago 50th Anniversary Listening Session May 23 Chicago Cultural Center	SAG-AFTRA Senior Radio Players May 23  Chicago Cultural Center	Chicago House Music Conference & Festival May 23-25 Chicago Cultural Center & Millennium Park

Millennium Park InstaGreeter May 24-October 6  Millennium Park	goat island archive Performance Series with BADco May 24 & 25  Chicago Cultural Center	Chicago's Memorial Day Parade May 25 State St. from Lake St. to Van Buren

House Music Millennium Park Summer Workout May 25 Millennium Park	Chicago House Music Festival at Maxwell Street Market May 26 Maxwell Street Market	Millennium Park Workouts Yoga May 28 & 30 Millennium Park

CIFF International Screenings Program: Princess Cyd/Corky May 29  Chicago Cultural Center	goat island archive - we have discovered the performance by making it Through June 23 Chicago Cultural Center	Bronzeville Echoes: Faces and Places of Chicago's African American Music Through July 28 Chicago Cultural Center

Chicago! The Play, The Movies, The Musical...The Murders Through July 28 Chicago Cultural Center	Flying Creatures Ongoing Hanging from the street poles along Wabash Ave. between Washington and Randolph Streets Chicago Cultural Center	Stand Up for Landmarks! Protests, Posters & Pictures Ongoing City Gallery on the Historic Water Tower

City of Chicago Launches new Mural Registry

DCASE recently launched the new City of Chicago Mural Registry, a publicly-accessible database of Chicago's growing collection of murals found at chicago.gov/muralregistry. The Registry has been developed as a resource tool that will help communities identify, explore and preserve murals in our neighborhoods. Artists, organizations and property owners are encouraged to register completed murals by submitting an application. Accepted murals will be assigned a unique Mural Registration ID and will receive an official emblem from the City of Chicago. There are no fees associated with the Mural Registry. For the registration criteria and application, visit chicago.gov/muralregistry.

Taste of Chicago welcomes 82 Local Eateries and new presenting sponsor

Taste of Chicago has announced the lineup of 82 eateries, including 37 newcomers, participating in the 39th Annual Taste of Chicago presented by DoorDash - the world's largest free-admission food festival - this July 10-14 in Grant Park. The festival is also excited to welcome its new presenting sponsor DoorDash, the largest and fastest growing on-demand destination for door-to-door delivery in more than 4,000 cities in the United States and Canada. DoorDash connects Chicagoans with their favorite stores and restaurants, including many participating in this year's Taste of Chicago festival. Visit TasteofChicago.us for festival details, including a complete list of 5-day participants, pop-ups and food trucks.

Tuesdays, June 4 - August 20: Millennium Park Summer Film Series 

 

June 7-9: Chicago Blues Festival  

 

June 8-August 31: Millennium Park Workouts 

 

Most Mondays & Thursdays, June 13 - August 15: Millennium Park Summer Music Series 

 

June 10-14: Taste of Chicago presented by DoorDash

 

Jazz City Concert at La Follette Jazz City Concert

Friday, May 10, 7-9pm

La Follette (Robert) Park, 1333 N. Laramie Ave.

 

Led by legendary band leader and arranger Tom Tom Washington, the South Side Jazz Band mines the vast wealth of established and new talent on the south side of the city and has developed a repertoire that reflects the many streams of music that have shaped jazz, including swing, rhythm and blues, soul and funk.