For more winter laughs than you can shake a stick at, come see the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival at Stage 773 January 7-17, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! Where can you see 186 comedy shows in 8 days on 4 stages? Come to all or parts of the Chicago […]
Celebrate the holidays by taking the family to see the Winter Flower and Train Show at the Lincoln Park Conservatory December 4-January 4, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! The Winter Flower and Train Show will make your spirits bright and your bodies warm! The show is inside the stunning […]
Bring your kids to see Emerald City Theatre company’s “A Night in New Orleans: a Magic Treehouse Adventure” at the Apollo Theater through January 2, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! “A Night in New Orleans: A Magic Treehouse Adventure” is a musical based on the 42nd story of a […]
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 […]
Bring your beautiful family to the Ugly Sweater Run starting at Soldier Field December 12, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! Nothing says “holiday” like an ugly, seasonal sweater, especially for a good cause. Add five extra dollars to your entrance fee for The Ugly Sweater Run, which goes to […]
You gotta laugh when you come to Zanies Comedy Club to see comic Jake Johannsen November 5-6, and you gotta smile when you stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! If comedy was politics, Jake Johannsen would be president. He is the master of the inane, finding humor in common household items, […]
Bring the kiddies if you dare to the Chicago Toy and Game Fair at Navy Pier, November 21-22, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! Pop Quiz: In what city in the world were Radio Flyers, False Chattering Teeth, Mouse Trap, Lincoln Logs, Beanie Babies, Inchworm, Toss Across, and TMX Elmo […]
If you’re feeling bookish, come to the Chicago Book Expo at Columbia College November 21, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! The Chicago Book Expo is a celebration of Chicago independent presses and authors. Just about every genre of literature you can name will be represented! You can buy books […]
For a killer experience, come to Chicago’s Museum of Broadcast Communications to see Assassination Theater through November 8, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! Assassination Theater is a must see for conspiracy buffs and skeptics re the killing of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. Written by investigative reporter […]
Bring your goblins and ghosts for a smashing pumpkins good time at the Halloween Party at Chicago’s Navy Pier starting October 5, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! Your family will love the Halloween Party at Navy Pier. Below is a list of activities for young and old: Seadog Cruises […]
Bring the movie lovers in your family to the 51st annual Chicago International Film Festival October 15-29, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! The Chicago International Film Festival is the largest competitive film festival in the United States. It began as a venue to show non-commercial films and quickly developed […]
Come to Chicago’s famous Steppenwolf Theatre to see John Steinbeck’s “East of Eden,” through November 15, and stay at the nearby and affordable Chicago Lake Shore Hotel! “East of Eden” is American novelist John Steinbeck’s masterpiece. It is a sort of retelling of the Book of Genesis, with a patriarch, Adam Trask, his “monster” (Steinbeck’s […]