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Chicago offers the new visitor and the lifetime resident a wealth of opportunities to get out, explore and experience all that this great city has to offer. Chicago is a city for every season, with events and activities all year round. To get started on your search, simply choose your search dates OR type a keyword. Another option is to use the convenient drop down menus. The menus allow you to refine your hunt by searching for specific events, neighborhoods or special interest areas.

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Mayor Richard M. Daley with Santa Claus.

Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony

Join in the fun when the City of Chicago launches the holiday season with the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony with special guests including host, Chicago’s own Bonnie Hunt, on Wednesday, November 25 at 4pm in Daley Plaza.

Cirque du Soleil's Banana Shpeel

Cirque du Soleil's Banana Shpeel

Opening this week at the Chicago Theatre, Cirque du Soleil’s Banana Shpeel presents a new twist on vaudeville. Neither circus, musical, nor variety show, Banana Shpeel blends comedy with tap, hip-hop, eccentric dance, slapstick, and a hilarious narrative of wacky adventures.

The world's largest Louis Comfort Tiffany art glass dome, located in Preston Bradley Hall in the Chicago Cultural Center.

Chinese Fine Arts Society

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Annual Music Festival in Honor of Confucius Winners Concert showcases outstanding young pianists, violinists and cellists. First prize winners perform a variety of Chinese music.

 

Beautifully crafted pottery from the Berger Park Cultural Center's Pottery & Jewelry Show.

Holiday Pottery & Jewelry Show at Berger Park

At the Berger Park Cultural Center’s annual Pottery & Jewelry Show we feature the best sampling of works from students of the cultural center’s lapidary & pottery classes. The beautifully crafted items are great gifts for family and friends. 

Chicago was one of the first and largest municipalities to include public art funding in its requirements for the renovation or construction of municipal buildings, with the passage of the Percentage-for-Arts ordinance in 1978.




 
 
 
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