Bring the family to see the University of Chicago Folk Festival February 13-15, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! The University of Chicago Folk Festival is a must see concert series for folk music lovers. And you can literally walk to the venue, as it is just blocks away from […]
Bring the family from anywhere in Illinois for Free Days at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry, on selected dates in January, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! Free Days at the Museum of Science and Industry! Consider all the fees for a day of exploring this great institution, from […]
Bring the family to Christkindlmarket in Daley Plaza November 20-December 24, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! Christkindlmarket is as iconic a holiday event as Chicago has to offer. It is by far the largest city festival. Loosely structured after Germany’s Christkindlesmarkt (starting in 1545), the event brings European and […]
Fly or drive to Chicago so you can run in the 38th annual Bank of America Chicago Marathon, October 6-8 and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! The Bank of America Marathon is one of six Marathon Majors along with Boston, New York, Tokyo, London and Berlin. The official race is […]
Bring the family to the 2015 Pitchfork Festival in Chicago’s Union Park July 17-19, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! Join 50,000 Pitchfork Festival fans from forty-fived states and twenty-six countries to hear the best in new and emerging music! Did we mention the fifty vendors peddling local goodies of […]
Drive to Chicago to the MB Financial Bank Bike the Drive event May 24, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! Bike the Drive is a 30 mile bicycle tour of Lake Shore Drive on the one day of the year when there are no cars. You can bike the whole […]
Think spring at the Chicago Flower & Garden Show March 14-22 at Navy Pier and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! There is something for everyone at the Chicago Flower & Garden Show! The Kid’s Activity Garden features container gardening (potting party), an interactive bug exhibit, crafts and a large play […]
You and the family ought to show up at the Chicago Auto Show February 14-22 at McCormick Place and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! The Chicago Auto Show is the largest convention of its kind in the country. This year marks the 107th edition of the show! Exhibits include world […]
Shake the winter blues and come to the Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival, January 20 through February 21, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! With such headliners as the great Steve Earle, legendary acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke, The String Cheese Incident, New Orleans Suspects, Mark Broussard, Robert Randolph and the […]
Bring your dreamboat and row, row, row your boat—er, car—to the Chicago Boat, RV and Strictly Sail Show January 14-18 at McCormick Place and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! There is something for everyone at the Chicago Boat, RV and Strictly Sail Show. Paddle boarders will love PaddleFest, with demonstrations […]
One way to handle Christmas is to attend Handel’s “Messiah,” performed by the Apollo Chorus December 6 & 20, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! Supposedly, in 1772, George Frederic Handel was walking with a friend in London when he stopped mid-stride and shouted, “I am seeing God!” Then he […]
Who you gonna call? Myth busters! Bring the family to see the Mythbusters Behind the Myths live stage show at the Cadillac Palace Theatre December 6 and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! Those loveable scamps of myth busting, Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, host one of the most popular cable […]