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LATEST BLOG POSTS
- City
Chicago’s Most Distinctive Summer Festivals and Events
Street festivals are an integral part of Chicago summers. The basic premise is that a neighborhood closes a few blocks of its major street to traffic for a weekend and fills it with food and merchandise vendors, two or three stages for live music, and activities for children. They’re a great opportunity to spend the day exploring other neighborhoods and supporting local businesses while enjoying the outdoors.
May 29, 2025
- City
Chicago Instagram Accounts to Follow
eATLAS’ 4 th annual ScavHunt was created by Sara Faddah and Dario Durham of the 77 Flavors of Chicago podcast. Their popular Instagram account contains entertaining reels about hidden spots of Chicago’s history and recommended attractions. Follow them and join us from May 30 – June 1 to benefit the Respiratory Health Association and play to win cash and prizes totaling more than $2,500.
May 22, 2025
- Activities
Meet 77 Flavors of Chicago’s Dario Durham and Sara Faddah
Held from May 30 – June 1, eATLAS’ 4 th annual ScavHunt is a collaboration with Dario Durham and Sara Faddah of the 77 Flavors of Chicago podcast, an invaluable resource for those fascinated by Chicago’s history and food. We spoke with the couple about their show, success, and the Adventure they’ve created.
May 15, 2025
- Culture
Meet Jim Bachor: Chicago’s Pothole Artist
Held from May 30 – June 1, eATLAS’ fourth annual ScavHunt is a fundraiser for the Respiratory Health Association. The team that brings in the most money will win a 11” x 14” signed, limited- edition print of Jim Bachor’s “Perpetual Hot Dog,” his mosaic of a classic Chicago-style “dragged through the garden” hot dog. Bachor rose to local fame in 2013, when he started filling in Chicago potholes with his mosaics. We spoke with Bachor about his work.
May 8, 2025
- Activities
Putting the “Fun” in Fundraisers
eATLAS’ 4 th Annual ScavHunt will take place from May 30 th – June 1 st . We’ve partnered with Dario Durham and Sara Faddah of the 77 Flavors podcast, a must-listen for lovers of Chicago’s food, history, and culture. They’ve created the Flavors of the City Adventure, where players have to decipher clues to look underneath present-day Chicago to find glimpses of its past throughout River North and the Loop.
May 2, 2025
- Culture
Where to Hear Jazz and Blues in Chicago
As much as Chicago is associated with jazz thanks to Prohibition and the musical Chicago, there is no distinct sound that originated here. The first wave of jazz in Chicago was made by musicians who came to the Windy City from New Orleans in the early years of the Great Migration. This included Louis Armstrong, who lived in Chicago for most of the 1920s and cut his seminal early sides here. Rather, its jazz history is found in the list of musicians the city has produced, including Quincy Jones, Nat King Cole, Herbie Hancock, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Gene Krupa, Ramsey Lewis, Jack DeJohnette, and Clifford Jordan.
April 24, 2025