Category: Events, entertainment
Early warning: engineers talk Trump Tower
The Structural Engineers Association of Illinois knows how to party, let me tell you. You can join the group on Tuesday, Mar. 7 for cocktails, dinner [...]
Chicago chosen to host green building conference
LA may have the Oscars, but now Chicago has the 2007 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo. The US Green Building Council has decided to shift [...]
Designing your week: a double dose of Richard Nickel
Valentine's week (yes, it is a full week for some of us) is chock full of architecture events. YoChicago's architecture journal City Spaces, City Plac [...]
See photographs of lost Chicago at lunchtime lecture
Photographer Richard Nickel was one of Chicago's most passionate preservationists. Indeed, he died in 1972 inside Louis Sullivan's circa-1890s Stock [...]
Spend the lunch hour with Frank Lloyd Wright
Chicagoist reminded us that today's Chicago Architecture Foundation lunchtime lecture will feature the broadcast of Frank Lloyd Wright: The Mike Walla [...]
Chicago auction action: Northbrook condo under the hammer
A one-bedroom condo in a Northbrook building called Mission Hills will be auctioned on March 6 with a suggested opening bid of $200,000 - nearly $170, [...]
Early warning: Winka Dubbeldam coming to Art Institute
Innovative Dutch architect Winka Dubbeldam will present a lecture entitled "From HardWare to SoftForm" at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7 at The Art Insti [...]
You want free art? The Loop's got it
Never mind free Tuesdays, here's free February.
The amount of free art in the Loop gets a big ol' boost next month as The Art Institute of Chicago [...]
Short films offer new twist on architecture
Tuesday is your last chance to see "Architecture with a Twist," a pairing of short films at the Gene Siskel Film Center. The first, "The Socialist, t [...]
Take a techie's tour of Wright's Robie House
Fans of architect Frank Lloyd Wright can spend part of their Saturday taking a technology-oriented tour of one of Wright's most famous houses. A Geek' [...]
Is city planning child's play?
Today's middle-school students will be designing tomorrow's cities, and the Future City Competition gives the public a peek at what to expect. The c [...]
The death of Irish music in Lincoln Square
The short-lived Irish traditional music session on Sundays at The Atlantic Bar & Grill, 5062 N. Lincoln Ave. (773-506-7090), has been shelved for the [...]
Folk rock in Beverly tonight
Anyone looking for something to do tonight on the South Side should consider catching a concert by Chicago folk rocker Michael McDermott at the Beverl [...]
Early warning: plan to party all night in the Loop
Fancy a sleepover at the Harold Washington Library? Cartoons projected onto the John Marshall Law School building? A sunrise concert in Millennium P [...]
Access Living offers free homebuyers' seminar
Buying a home can be a difficult and stressful endeavor, but buying a home when you need it to be accessible for someone with a disability can add a l [...]
Yo's holiday gift guide: shopping in Bronzeville
The Bronzeville Visitor Information Center, located at 3501 S King Dr, is hosting the Holidaze Trunk Sale this weekend. The event, where you can pick [...]
Yo's holiday gift guide: Christkindlemarket
You still have a couple of days to head down to Daley Plaza in the Loop to pick up some authentic German gifts at Christkindlmarket. The traditional [...]
Architecture on display at Art Institute
If you're fed up with all the last-minute holiday shoppers glutting Michigan Avenue, duck into The Art Institute of Chicago to check out the new exh [...]
Irish tunes in Lincoln Square
Not this Sunday, and not the Sunday after that, but every other Sunday after those in 2007, there will be Irish traditional tunes being played live an [...]
Yo's holiday gift guide: tix to see RoboCop play Frank Lloyd Wright
Those of you who don't want to brave the winds and the crowds and the cheap, picked-over tchotchkes that pass for holiday gifts can enjoy a civilize [...]