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Community
Events Calendar
EXHIBITS,
LECTURES, SHOWS, ETC.
TASTE OF CHICAGO
Grant Park
June 27-July 6
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Now thru August /
Amazing
Architectural Race Tour
/ See architectural treasures in areas of the
city not typically covered by standard tours,
tour takes you from North to South, food and
transportation are included, NW corner of
Chicago Ave. & Michigan Ave., Saturdays,
12:00 p.m., $29.95, approx 2-3 hrs,
773.419.1314, need camera and cell phone.
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June 12 - Aug 3 /
"Crombie Taylor, Aaron Siskind and the Adler and
Sullivan Project," / an
exhibition of photographer Aaron Suskind's 1954
survey of Adler and Sullivan's architecture,
show presented by the Mies van
der Rohe Society in cooperation with the Richard
Nickel Committee, hosted by the
Illinois Institute of Technology, Crown
Hall, 3360 S. State St., $5.00, 312.567.5025
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June 25 /
The 22nd Annual House and Garden Walk
/ presented by the Associate Board of the
Chicago Lighthouse, features tours of elegant
Highland Park homes, $60, 10 a.m. to 2:45
p.m., 847-991-6460
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June 27 /
Can’s Music Festival / Can’s
Music Festival takes place at Damen and Cortland
in Wicker Park. Headliners in 2007 included
Digital Underground and Tommy Tutone,
this festival embraces the party scene of Wicker
Park with this fun, outdoor street festival
environment, corner of Damen and Cortland in
Chicago, time-TBA
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June 27-July 6 /
28th Annual Taste of Chicago /
Mega-food fest features everything from hot dogs
to haute cuisine from more than 70 restaurants,
music from Chaka Khan (June 27),
Stevie Wonder (June 28), Plain White T's
(June 29) and others at Petrillo Music Shell,
Grant Park, 300 S. Columbus Drive, 11 a.m. to 9
p.m., $8 for a strip of 12 food and drink
tickets, open to
public, 312.744.3315
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June 28 /
Chicago Pride Fest / Chicago
Pride Fest, in its 27th year, offers a wide
variety of continuous entertainment, food and
drink for festival-goers. Two music stages will
be in operation, in tandem, for the entire
event. One of the stages will feature dance
music, while the other will feature top-name,
local, regional and national musical headliners,
11 a.m. to 10 p.m., corner of Halsted and
Waveland in Chicago
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June 28-29 /
BAM! Belmont Arts and Music Fest
/ second annual Roscoe Village event features
more than 40 artisans, live bands on two stages
and food and drink vendors, performers include
the Smoking Popes (Sunday) and others,
2000 W. Belmont Ave., $5. 773.348.8243
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June 28 thru July 20 /
Cavalcade of Homes / Sponsored
by the Northern Illinois Home Builders
Association, six builders will feature eight
homes ranging from $600,000 to $850,000, Stewart
Ridge, Plainfield, IL, 630.978.9000.
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July 26 / 51st annual Venetian Night / nearly 35
illuminated and decorated dock and pass in
procession on Lake Michigan, includes a
fireworks display, Monroe Harbor, 100 S. Lake
Shore Drive Monroe Street to Roosevelt Road
along Lake Michigan, free 773.384.2672
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July 3-6 /
Naperville Ribfest / Live
music on two stages, fireworks, carnival rides,
and 17 world-class rib vendors, Knoch Park, 700
S. West Street, Naperville, $10, free for kids
ages 11 and under, free after 7 p.m. on July 4th
but no admittance after 9:30 p.m.,
www.ribfest.net
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July 5-6 /
Lake View Music Fest / fifth
annual event features live music, merchant
booths, and food tastings from area restaurants,
3600 N. Sheffield Ave., $5 suggested donation,
773.868.3010
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July 11-13 /
AVP Crocs Slam McDonald's Chicago Open
/ Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan will go
for their third consecutive Chicago Open win at
North Avenue Beach,
www.avp.com
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July 26-27 /
Taste of Lincoln Avenue /
Begun as a small neighborhood fund raiser, now
in its 25th year, Taste of Lincoln Avenue is one
of the largest neighborhood festivals in the
region, covering six city blocks. The event
features 300 vendors and presents approximately
40 musical acts on five stages. Every music
genre is represented: from blues and country to
rock and folk, North Lincoln Avenue between
Fullerton and Wrightwood, $7-$10 donation,
12pm-10pm each day, 773.86863010
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July 26-27 /
Wicker Park Fest 2008 / Fifth annual
event features live indie music on two stages,
local cuisine and more than 70 arts and crafts
vendor, 1600 N. Damen Ave., $5, 773.3842672.
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Aug 9-10 /
North Halsted Market Days / North
Halsted Market Days is the largest two-day
street fair in the Midwest, and lives up to its
reputation as one of the country's finest
festivals! The event spans six city blocks, has
17 entrance gates and features three music
stages with more than 40 musical acts
performing. Many of these artists will be
top-name, national headliners, giving Market
Days a reputation for some of the best live
music in Chicago, North Halsted from Belmont to
Addison in Chicago, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.,773.868.3010
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Aug 16-17 /
50th Annual Chicago Air & Water Show
/ more than 2 million people attend this massive
free lakefront display and entertaining aerials
of local and military aircraft and water
vessels, best views and play-by-play at North
Avenue Beach and Oak Street Beach, 1600 N. Lake
Shore Drive, free, 312.744.3315
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Aug 23 / City
Chase / After only two seasons, City
Chase has become the largest "Urban Adventure"
race series in the world! City Chase is a unique
urban adventure that requires participants to
exhibit teamwork, resourcefulness, determination
and the ability to make decisions on the fly as
they search for ChasePoints scattered in unknown
locations throughout Chicago. Teams of two
receive a clue sheet detailing a variety of
physical, intellectual and humorous challenges,
designed to push comfort zones. The challenges
are designed to test Mind, Body and Spirit. To
conquer this 4-6 hour urban event, 2-person
teams will run, walk and use public transit to
navigate their way throughout the city, while
calling family and friends for help, accessing
the Internet, and even employing assistance of
total strangers. The first team to complete the
required ChasePoints and cross the finish line
will win!, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
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Aug 24 /
Accenture Triathlon / The
World’s largest Triathlon, it starts with a swim
in Monroe Harbor, then bike North Lakeshore
drive, a run through Museum campus and a finish
at Columbus and Balbo. The post race party
includes participants, friends and family, with
live music and exhibitors, Starts at Monroe
Harbor, 4:15 a.m.-3 p.m.
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Aug 9 /
79th Annual Bud Billiken Day Parade
/ The country's largest African-American parade,
features high-school drill teams, floats,
marching bands, etc., starts at 39th Street and
King Drive and proceeds south to Washington PArk
(at 55th Street), free, 773.536.3710
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Aug 29-Sept 1 /
The Last Fling / Live Music,
carnival rides, festival fare from vendors, a
beer garden, Big Wheel races, bingo, a car show,
a spaghetti-eating contest, square-dancing,
kid's activities, a Labor Day Parade (10 a.m.
Monday) and more, Naperville Riverwalk, 100 W.
Jackson Ave., Naperville, $7-$12 for main stage
admission, free in Monday, 630.961.4143
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Sept 6 /
Guiness Oyster Festival / Mark
your calendars! Fresh oysters ... Guinness beer
... and music on two stages are in the mix for
Guinness Oyster Fest at a new location: 2000 W.
Roscoe (at Damen) in the strolling-friendly
Roscoe Village neighborhood. (Past fests were
held on Division Street.) To many, this
post-Labor Day event heralds the unofficial
start of fall, Oysters (sold on-site) will be
provided by the Whitehall Hotel's Fornetto Mei
restaurant. The fest will feature two music
stages. Among the day's performers will be
high-energy theatrical rockers Powder ...
eclectic New York Irish "jig punkers"
The Prodigals... and Chicago legends
Heavy Manners reuniting after more than two
decades, Damen and Roscoe in Chicago, 12 p.m. to
11 p.m.
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Sept 13 /
The 27th Annual Elgin Historic House Tour
/ sponsored by the Gifford Park Association,
showcasing some of Elgin's most beautiful homes,
$15 in advance, $20 day if tour, $10 seniors and
children under 12, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
847.741.8533,
www.gifford-park-assoc.org
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Sept 13-14 /
The Artistic Living Tour of Homes
/ presented by the Brickton Art Center in
Park Ridge, showcases a wide array of home
styles and historic architecture, $25, 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Sept 13, noon to 3 p.m., Sept 14,
847.823.6611,
www.bricktonartcenter.org
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Oct 11-12 /
The 35th Annual House Tour /
sponsored by the Pullman Foundation and
the Pullman Civic Organization, showcases
seven renovated and restored homes built in the
1880's as well as the Greenstone Church, $17 in
advance and for seniors, $20 day of event, 11
a.m. to 5 p.m., 773.785.8901.
www.pullmanil.org
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