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Chicago Events
Arts and Entertainment
Bailiwick Repertory Theater / Bailiwick Arts Center
1229 W. Belmont, Chicago 60657
773-883-1090
Black Ensemble Theater
4520 N. Beacon, Chicago, IL 60610
773-769-4451
Cadillac Palace Theater
151 W. Randolph St., Chicago 60601
Oriental Theater/Ford Center for the Performing Arts
24 W. Randolph St., Chicago 60601
312-902-1400
The Shubert Theatre
22 W. Monroe, Chicago 60603
312-902-1400
Chicago Opera Theater
2936 N. Southport, Chicago, IL 60657
773-292-7578
Chicago Opera Theater has been advancing the cause of opera as a vital, living American art form, developing the artists who create it and expanding the scope and diversity of the audience. Operas, which are performed in English, are presented at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
800 E. Grand Ave., Chicago, IL 60611
312-595-5600
Formerly known as Shakespeare Repertory Theater, the Chicago Shakespeare Theater is Chicago's only professional theater dedicated to the works of William Shakespeare. In a single decade, it has grown into Chicago's third-largest nonprofit producing theater,
Child's Play Touring Theatre
2518 W. Armitage, Chicago, IL 60647
773-235-8911
DePaul Merle Reskin Theatre
60 E. Balbo Dr., Chicago, IL 60605
Box Office: 312-922-1999
Group Sales: 312-922-0999
e-mail: lgoetsch@wppost.depaul.edu
Emerald City Theatre Company
2936 N. Southport, Chicago 60614
773-935-6100
ETA Creative Arts Foundation
7558 S. South Chicago Ave., Chicago 60619
773-752-3955
The Theatre Building
1225 W. Belmont, Chicago 60657
773-327-5252
For over 25 years, the voice of the playwright has always taken center stage at Victory Gardens. Home to more world premieres than any other Chicago theater, Victory Gardens enters each anniversary season with an unwavering commitment to new voices in American theater and Chicago playwrights.
Millennium Park
55 N Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60611
312-742-5222
The city's dedication to the arts and beautification of Chicago's lakefront and downtown continues with the Millennium Park project. The 24.6-acre park, which covers the area from Randolph to Monroe Street (north/south) and Columbus Drive to Michigan Avenue (east/west), will include: the McCormick-Tribune outdoor ice rink, the Peristyle, the Outdoor Music Pavilion, a garden, a public fountain, the Ameritech Plaza, a music-dance theater, a bike garage, a special-events tent and several restaurants. The ice rink is free to the public, faces Michigan Avenue between Washington and Madison streets, and will be used as an outdoor restaurant and activity center during non-winter months.
More than a park, it is a breathtaking showcase for the visual and performing arts and a permanent homage to the vitality and creativity of our world-class city.
Auditorium Theatre
50 East Congress Parkway
312-902-1500
Cadillac Palace Theater
151 West Randolph Street
312-902-1400
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
220 South Michigan Avenue
312-294-3000
Chicago Theatre
175 North State Street
312-443-1130
Ford Center for the Performing Arts
24 West Randolph Street
312-902-1400
Goodman Theatre
170 North Dearborn
312-443-3800
Lyric Opera
20 North Wacker Drive
312-332-2244
Shubert Theatre
22 West Monroe Street
312-977-1700
The Renaissance Society
Bergman Gallery, Cobb,
Tuesday--Friday: 10:00--5:00.
Saturday--Sunday: noon--5:00
Free admission
Established in 1915, The Renaissance Society is Chicago's oldest contemporary art museum and maintains an international reputation as one of the finest resources for contemporary art. It also sponsors concerts, performances, film and video screenings, and talks by noted artists and critics.
Sports
Beaches
Public beaches line Lake Michigan all the way up north into the suburbs and Wisconsin, and southeast through Indiana and into Michigan. The best known is Oak Street Beach, the location of which at the northern tip of the Magnificent Mile
The most popular is North Avenue Beach, about 6 blocks farther north, which has developed into a volleyball hot spot and recently rebuilt its landmark steamship-shaped beach house and added a Venice Beach-style outdoor gym.
For more seclusion, try Ohio Street Beach, an intimate sliver of sand in tiny Olive Park, just north of Navy Pier,
Beaches are officially open with of lifeguards on duty beginning about June 20.
Biking
Biking is a great way to see the city, particularly along the lakefront bike path that us.
Ice Skating
The city's premier skating destination is the McCormick-Tribune Ice Rink at Millennium Park, 55 N. Michigan Ave. (tel. 312/742-5222). The location is unbeatable; you're skating in the shadows of grand skyscrapers and within view of the lake. The rink is open daily from 9am to 9pm November through March. Admission is free, and skate rentals are nominally priced.
Swimming
The Chicago Park District maintains about 30 indoor pools for lap swimming and general splashing around, but none are particularly convenient to downtown. The lakefront is open for swimming until 9:30pm Memorial Day to Labor Day in areas watched over by lifeguards.
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