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Peace Window at Second Presbyterian Church
Chicago

Secret Chicago Printable Calendar – December 2024

by Jessica Mlinaric / December 1, 2024December 30, 2024

Download a free printable calendar for December 2024 featuring one of Chicago’s hidden gems.

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"Helping Hands" sculpture in Chicago Women's Garden
Chicago

Secret Chicago Printable Calendar – March 2023

by Jessica Mlinaric / February 27, 2023February 27, 2023

Download a free printable calendar for March 2023 featuring one of Chicago’s hidden gems.

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Chicago Loop
Architecture, Chicago

Inside 10 Cool Chicago Architecture Sites

by Jessica Mlinaric / November 6, 2018December 9, 2018

Go behind the scenes of 10 incredible examples of Chicago architecture from Open House Chicago.

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grey-goose-event
Chicago, Culture

The French Riviera Lands in Chicago for Grey Goose’s Boulangerie Bleue

by Jessica Mlinaric / August 12, 2016January 6, 2025

Grey Goose brought the French Riviera to Chicago for an immersive pop-up.

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Chicago, Culture

My Four Favorite Things: Restaurant Week 2012 Recap

by Jessica Mlinaric / March 22, 2012January 6, 2025

Digesting my four favorite bites of Restaurant Week.

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Chicago, Culture

Vintage Chicago Street Scenes: Celebrating a City in Motion

by Jessica Mlinaric / November 9, 2011January 4, 2017

“Where anything might happen – and usually does.”

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Chicago, Culture

Chicago’s Best of the Fests – June 2011

by Jessica Mlinaric / July 9, 2011January 5, 2017

There are over 400 street festivals to choose from in Chicago this summer.

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Readers shopping for books at Printers Row Lit Fest
Chicago, Culture

Book Lover’s Bliss at Printer’s Row Lit Fest

by Jessica Mlinaric / June 20, 2011June 8, 2018

Chicago is shining today, and the crisp white tents lining Printer’s Row point upward as if suspended by strings from the cerulean sky. The South…

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