Chicago Cultural Center

This Beaux-Arts masterpiece, with its grand halls and classical statues, is another Tartarian theory favorite.

And there's the Chicago Cultural Center.

Originally the Chicago Public Library, this building boasts stunning interiors with mosaics, stained glass, and marble.

Tartarian theorists often claim such opulence was beyond the capabilities of 19th century builders.

The tree lighting ceremony is scheduled for Friday, November 20th at 6 p.m.

The Christmas tree will be located near the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Washington Street beside the Chicago Cultural Center.

Visitors will be able to enjoy several viewing areas throughout Millennium Park, along with giant screens, seasonal treats, and a main stage featuring holiday entertainment along Washington Street.

The evening will end with the lighting of Chicago's Christmas tree, followed by a fireworks display.

We did a show called Over My Head, uh, which was a year ago during CXW last year, which was about conceptual art in Chicago over the last 30-ish years.

Um, and we did a show at the Chicago Cultural Center, uh, in the Chicago rooms, uh, called Ornament and Information.

And in September 16th, we are, uh, opening a show called 82 Nights Only, which is about...

It's, it's a comedy exhibition, um, with a really funky experimental format that we hope will be interesting to people.

So Roosevelt University, so originally the auditorium building, stood in for Capone's Lexington Hotel lobby.

And the Chicago Cultural Center doubled for the courthouse and the opera house, both ornate preserved 19th century buildings.

Yeah.

Well, look, if you went to, say, Sydney, you go to, like, the State Theatre or something, you could still find, like, old and go, yeah, we're

And Chuck integrated his actual life into the museum space.

When the museum opened, and later when it moved to the Chicago Cultural Center, Chuck broadcasted Those Were the Days live from the museum's Pier Andre Memorial Studio every Saturday.

He became a living exhibit himself.

Listeners could walk into the museum and watch a master broadcaster at work behind the glass.

But first, you are listening to Landscape of Dreams by award-winning musician Isaiah Collier.

The Chicago Jazz Festival is back, bringing big sounds and homegrown talent to Millennium Park and the Chicago Cultural Center starting tomorrow.

So in this episode of The Pod, we'll get into this year's lineup, the artists to catch, and what makes this festival such a special end-of-summer tradition with a pair of jazz lovers.

At the table, Heather Ireland Robinson, executive director of the Jazz Institute of Chicago and lifelong jazz fan.

Heather Ireland Robinson is executive director of the Jazz Institute of Chicago and a lifelong jazz fan.

And Isaiah Collier is an award-winning saxophonist, composer, and activist.

The Chicago Jazz Festival runs from tomorrow through to Sunday at Millennium Park and the Chicago Cultural Center.

Thank you both so much.

The Chicago House Music Festival and Dance Summit is going on all weekend long.

It kicked off yesterday with some amazing panels at the Cultural Center.

It's going down this weekend.

There will be events at Millennium Park, the Riverwalk, the Cultural Center, Daily Plaza.

It's a little bit of something going on all weekend.

And the best part? It's absolutely free.

welcome to let's chicago the segment of the podcast where we talk about things to do in chicago right now and over the next two weeks i'm joni and i'm fabiola so let's kick it off with

what we got going on at the end of august early september all right i'm gonna go first i have the chicago film fest summer screenings that happen all summer long free i know it kicked off in june they have a few more screenings for august but what's really cool about this since its route 6600th anniversary this year they're basing a lot of their screenings around classic road movies so cool so you've got to catch that um i know the two locations that they're filming are or that they're showing the filming is the chicago cultural center and the chicago history museum so two very accessible locations and you

can make a little museum yeah

both locations are really cool just to check out