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JUNE 2019

 

Featured Events
Bettye LaVette - Photo Credit Mark Seliger










Chicago SummerDance










June 7-9
Millennium Park
The free-admission festival celebrates the rich blues music legacy of Chicago with live performances on six stages in Chicago's premier outdoor music venue - Millennium Park. Headliners include Bobby Rush, Bettye Lavette and Ruthie Foster. For more info, visit ChicagoBluesFestival.us.
June-August
Grant Park & Citywide Chicago Park District Locations
Swing, Salsa and Square Dance your way through the summer's diverse lineup of music and dance from across the globe. Each evening starts with a free, introductory dance lesson by professional instructors followed by live music and dancing. Full schedule at ChicagoSummerDance.org.
June Events
Chicago City Markets Millennium Park InstaGreeter Service Chamber Mondays
Chicago City Markets
Through October
Various Locations
 
Presented by
Humana   
Millennium Park InstaGreeter Service
Daily, through October 6
Departs from the Chicago Cultural Center
Chamber Mondays
June 3 & 24
Chicago Cultural Center
goat island archive Performance Series Millennium Park Summer Film Series  Millennium Park Workouts
June 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12 & 14
Chicago Cultural Center
Tuesdays, June 4, 11 18 & 25
Millennium Park
Tues., Thurs., & Sat.
Through August 31
Millennium Park
Dame Myra Hess Concerts Passing Summer Chicago Cultural Center Learning Lab
Dame Myra Hess Concerts
June 5, 12, 19 & 26  
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago Cultural Center 
Learning Lab Meet an Artist
June 7, 8, 15, 21, 22 & 29 
Chicago Cultural Center
University of Chicago First Friday Lecture Series Columbia College Chicago Community Schools Dance Concert Maxwell Street Market
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago Cultural Center  
 
Maxwell Street Market
June 9, 16, 23 & 30
800 S. Desplaines St.

Presented by   
Humana
Enhanced Building Tour for Visitors Who are Blind or Visually Impaired Grant Park Music Festival Millenniuim Park Music Series _Mt. Joy pictured_
Chicago Cultural Center
Grant Park Music Festival
June 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 26, 28 & 29 
Millennium Park   
Millennium Park Music Series
June 13, 17, 24 & 27  
Millennium Park  
WTTW Saturday Film Series _The Lavender Scare_ New Music Chicago Presents_ Blackbird Creative Lab Yo-Yo Ma - The Complete Bach Cello Suites
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago Cultural Center 
June 20 
Millennium Park 
Grant Park Music Festival_s Visiting Masters goat island archive - we have discovered the performance by making it After School Matters Summer Program
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago Cultural Center
After School Matters Summer Program
June 24-August 9 
Millennium Park 
Family Fun Festival Chicago Mariachi Festival
Family Fun Festival
Weekdays, June 24-August 9  
Millennium Park  
Millennium Park
Chicago Cultural Center 
National Veterans Art Museum Triennial_ On War _ Survival Chicago_ The Play_ The Movies_ The Musical...The Murders
Chicago Cultural Center  
Chicago Cultural Center 
Hanging from the street poles along Wabash Ave. between Washington and Randolph Streets
Chicago Cultural Center 
City Gallery on the Historic Water Tower


Featured News
Courtney Barnett Taste of Chicago Concert Tickets are On Sale Now
The world's largest free food festival - the Taste of Chicago presented by DoorDash - serves up something for every appetite with over 300 menu items from 70 plus eateries; and music, arts and family fun for all tastes too. The evening concert lineup includes Courtney Barnett, Bomba Estéreo, Culture Profética, De La Soul, The Strumbellas, lovelytheband, IndiaArie and more. Concert seating tickets start at $20 and are on sale now at TasteofChicago.us.
  
presenting sponsor
  DoorDash


Save the Date
Taste of Chicago
 
Free, Free, Free!
Raqs Hafla_ A MidEast Dance Party at Green Briar Park
Raqs Hafla: A MidEast Dance Party at Green Briar Park
Thursday, June 13, 6-7pm

Green Briar Park, 2650 W. Peterson Ave.

 
Join Phaedra Darwish and guest performers for a Middle Eastern dance showcase, ending in a dance party for all! FREE to all families, neighbors, and friends of the Parks.

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