Chicago Arts and Culture Guide

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Art Institute of Chicago (Loop)
One of the great art museums of the world - Kid Friendly!

Boeing Galleries (Loop)
Space for public exhibitions - Millennium Park

Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art (River West)
The museum exhibits, and collect examples of intuitive and outsider art;

Chicago Architecture Foundation (Loop)
Explore Chicago’s outstanding architectural legacy.

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts (River West)
The multi-venue entertainment complex CCPA has also played host to numerous film & television productions including American Idol, Elimidate, Project Greenlight, Fame, and many more.

Chicago Cultural Center (Loop)
One of the most visited attractions in Chicago.

Chicago Jazz Ensemble (Lincoln Park)
Founded and conducted by William Russo, the Chicago Jazz Ensemble specializes in the repertories of Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton and more.

Chicago Symphony Hall (Loop)
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, one of the world best, performs at the historic Symphony Center.

Chicago's Hyde Park Historical Society (Hyde Park)
Chicago's Hyde Park Historical Society is housed in a building which originally was a waiting room for cable cars.

Civic Opera House (Loop)
Home to the world renowned Lyric Opera of Chicago

Daley Plaza (Loop)
The city’s meeting place for many of it’s events.

DePaul Art Museum (Lincoln Park)
The DePaul University Art Museum is a 4,000-square-foot facility on the university’s Lincoln Park campus.

Doc Films (Hyde Park)
Doc Films is on record with the Museum of Modern Art as the longest continuously running student film society in the nation, looking back on a more than 75 year old history.

Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House (Oak Park)
One of the most important buildings in the history of American architecture.

Gallery 400 (Near West Side)
Gallery 400 regularly exhibits new work by Illinois artists. In group exhibitions Gallery 400 often premieres new works by local and national artists together.

Goodman Theatre (Loop)
The Goodman Theatre is Chicago’s oldest and largest not-for-profit theater.

Harold Washington Library (Loop)
The Harold Washington Library is the main library for the Chicago, named for former Mayor Harold Washington.

Harris Theater (Loop)
The Chicago Harris Theater is used by some of the city’s world-renowned and emerging performing arts companies.

Hubbard Street Dance (West Loop)
Chicago’s leading contemporary dance company. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago serves as an emblem of the city’s international cultural profile.

Hyde Park Art Center (Hyde Park)
The Hyde Park Art Center's mission is to stimulate and sustain the visual arts in Chicago.

Joffrey Ballet (Loop)
Director Gerald Arpino brings a uniquely American style of dance featuring ballets from the great choreographers of the 20th century.

Lyric Opera of Chicago (Loop)
The Lyric Opera of Chicago performs at the Civic Opera House.

Muntu Dance Theatre (Hyde Park)
Since its founding in 1972, Muntu Dance Theatre has grown to be one of the most artistically-accomplished and stable dance companies in Chicago

Museum of Contemporary Art (Streeterville)
The MCA os one of the nation's largest facilities devoted to the art of our time.

The Renaissance Society (Hyde Park)
Concerts, performances, film and video screenings, poetry and fiction readings, and lectures by noted contemporary artists, critics and scholars.

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