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• Celebration
• Culture

For the Love of St. Patrick and All Things Irish

From dressing up in green and eating corned beef and cabbage, to hitting the pubs for your favorite Irish ale, St. Patrick’s Day has become a much loved national holiday.  But how did it become so important to our culture? The answer is the result of one of the best things about the melting pot […]

March 17, 2022

• Celebration
• Food

Pi Day: Indulge in a 3D pie chart!

It’s Pi-Day! It’s the perfect day to  fill your belly with – you got it – pie! Here are some great Chicago options. You can thank physicist Larry Shaw for this delightful annual holiday. When he came up with the idea, he was on a work retreat in 1988 with his employer, San Francisco’s Exploratorium: Museum […]

March 14, 2022

• Celebration
• City

Everybody is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago

From Irish Dancers to the famous Shannon Rovers Irish Pipe band, along with hundreds of floats and bands participating in this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, the event is sure to be a great  time. The parade starts at 12:15pm at Balbo and Columbus.   But, if you can’t attend that one, no worries. Chicago has […]

March 11, 2022

• City

Women’s History Month: powerful inspiration from Chicago’s women

Women’s History Month helps us celebrate the achievements and contributions of women throughout American history, across a variety of fields, and Chicago offers some astounding examples. It was 1910 when, at the Second International Socialist Women’s Conference, the  German sociologist Clara Zetkin -with the support of great Polish sociologist Rosa Luxemburgo – proposed International Women’s […]

March 7, 2022

• City

Adler Planetarium is ready for its big reopening

The scientific growth of the 21st century was mainly due to the creation of spaces that would divulge scientific and technological advances for everyone. A case in point is the Adler Planetarium, which has become a recognized leader in science education, aside from being America’s first planetarium. Located within the Museum Campus on the edge […]

March 1, 2022

• Celebration
• Food

Fat Tuesday and Paczki Day are here. Get ready to indulge!

Some call it Fat Tuesday, some say it’s Paczki Day, some refer to it as Shrove Tuesday.  Whichever is your favorite, here are great ways to indulge.   While they may go by different names, they all have the same purpose and started in a similar manner.  Christian cultures (primarily Roman Catholic) use the day before […]

February 25, 2022