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Museum of Contemporary Art MCA

editor — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 23:42:00 +0000

One of the nations largest facilities devoted to post-1945 art. MCA offers exhibitions documenting contemporary visual culture through painting, performance, photography, sculpture, and video/film. The permanent collection provides an historical perspective for the examination of current trends in contemporary art. The collection consists of approximately 7,000 works with strengths in art made in Chicago, minimalism, postminimalism, conceptualism, surrealism, and artists blogs. Among the artists represented are Francis Bacon, Alexander Calder. Ann Hamilton, Alfredo Jaar. Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Jeff Koons. Sol LeWitt, Rene Magritte, Bruce Nauman. Ed Paschke, Richard Serra. Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, Robert Smithson, and Andy Warhol. Northern

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Slainte in New York Chicago for St. Patricks Day

editor — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 08:33:00 +0000

On this week’s We Hear, kiss me I’m Irish. A few things popped up on my calendar the other day when I flipped to March. Let’s see March is national peanut month, Women’s History Month, the 6th is national frozen food day, there’s of course Pi Day, and then Good Friday. And the biggest day on the calendar is highlighted in green St. Patrick’s Day on March 17th. Experience the annual St. Patty’s Day parade down Fifth Avenue in New York featuring over 150,000 marchers that includes bands, firefighters, military and police groups, and more. Lining the sidewalk along the

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14 Top Tourist Attractions Chicago 2019

editor — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 13:53:09 +0000

Art Institute of Chicago Address: 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois As a die hard fan of the Chicago Blackhawks and Chicago Cubs, sports is what first brought me to the Windy City. However, over the years I have come to appreciate the phenomenal architecture, food scene, entertainment and cultural options the city has to offer. I was excited to be taking Audrey here for the first time. The following is a guide to the city’s top attractions. Sit back and enjoy the top 35 things to do in Chicago! A really great way to enjoy the architecture here in

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The Chicago Athenaeum

editor — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 04:40:00 +0000

Facilities: Architecture (1st corporate headquarters of Montgomery Ward, 1899); Auditorium (300 seats); Exhibition Area (16,000 square feet; additional 1,000 apart); Lecture Room; Library (2,500 volumes); Rental Gallery; Sculpture Garden (Schaumburg, IL); Shop. Activities: Lectures; Self-guided Tours; Temporary Exhibitions; Traveling Exhibitions. Publications: catalogue, “Good Design” (annual): magazine, “Metropolitan Review” (bi-monthly). The Chicago Athenaeum is an international museum of architecture and design. It displays objects from its permanent collection as well as temporary exhibitions and also offers walking tours, gallery walks, and other programs dealing with design and the urban environment. Highlights of the permanent collection of the Athenaeum include architectural drawings

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Chicago Complicated Transportation

editor — Tue, 22 May 2018 15:30:00 +0000

Hello Hey today I am going to Chicago I actually just got back from Miami yesterday, and now I am leaving again for Chicago. So I got like one day in Richmond I am packing very light purchase got to the train station, and it’s actually. So pretty it’s really like fancy, and like marble floor I have gotten into Baltimore, I’m just kind of in the airport it’s absolutely empty. So, I’m gonna sleep in the airport. So is where, I’m gonna sleep in the middle other people are doing is 3 a.m. and gonna turn get a coffee,

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