Drive for a Crawl, at the 12 Bars of Xmas Pub Crawl on December 13-14, starting in Wrigleyville, and sleep it off at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! The popular 12 Bars of Xmas celebrates its 19th anniversary as a Chicago event. This years’ theme is TBOX Zoo: The Place for Party […]
Bring the family for the holiday tradition of traditions, “A Christmas Carol,” through December 28 at the Goodman Theatre, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! The Goodman Theatre’s production of “A Christmas Carol,” the new version adapted by playwright Tom Creamer and directed by Henry Wishcamp, always plays to rave […]
Take a journey to Chicago for the Chicago Humanities Festival’s “Journeys,” November 1-14, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! The Chicago Humanities Festival is one of the major annual city events, featuring artists, writers, philosophers, scientists and much more! Celebrating its 25th year, this outstanding cultural event is dedicated to […]
Take a field trip with the Field Museum to see classic movies at the beautifully restored Music Box Theatre and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! The Field Museum presents Science in the Field, as scientists and researchers explain the truth and accuracy behind movie depictions of archaeology and biology. The […]
Attend the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival at Northwestern University’s Nichols Concert Hall November 7-8 and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! This outstanding jazz festival, sponsored by The Music Institute of Chicago, features concerts and a lecture by prominent jazz artists and a historian. “Bird With Strings,” on Friday at 7:30 […]
Put on your tie-dye tee shirts and come see folk/rock legend Bob Dylan and His Band at the Cadillac Palace Theatre on November 8-10, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the Windy City! The fabulous Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan appears in the […]
The doors are open for the free Open House Chicago Architecture Celebration October 18-19, AND our doors are open at the nearby and affordable (not free) Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! Have you ever strolled by a striking building and wondered what was inside? The Chicago Architecture Foundation will answer that question by taking you and […]
“Don’t Stop Believin’ in Tomorrow,” and “Go Your Own Way” to Chicago for the 2014 Fleetwood Mac “On With The Show” tour, rolling in to the United Center on October 2, and rock on at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! Sure, the hair has receded and wrinkles have set in—I’m talking about […]
Come celebrate the 59th anniversary of the Chicago International Film Festival, October 9-23, in River North, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! What do Martin Scorsese, Peter Weir, Mike Leigh, Wim Wenders and Bertrand Tavernier have in common? Their first directed films were presented at the Chicago International Film Festival! […]
Bring the family to see the ultimate haunted house, the Field Museum, and see “Vodou: Sacred Powers of Haiti,” opening October 24, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! It is Halloween so you may be thinking, zombies, evil spells, pins stuck in dolls’ eyes and witches singing Bill Shakespeare’s song, […]
Ride on and eat hardy at the Four Star Bike & Chow charitable event on September 7, sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance of Chicago, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! The Four Star Bike & Chow event starts and finishes at the corner of Morgan and Taylor Streets on […]
Lace up your running shoes and race in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon 2014, on Sunday, October 12, and rest your weary bones at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! The Bank of America Chicago Marathon 2014 is always one of the most popular races in the country, for professional runners and […]