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Explore Chinatown with us! There are more spots available for these tours! Click on the specific date to sign up! Discover the art, architecture and history of Chinatown on this…
Explore Chinatown with us! There are more spots available for these tours! Click on the specific date to sign up! Discover the art, architecture and history of Chinatown on this…
By Ed McDevitt, Class of 2010 After months of work on the Aon Building’s south plaza, the dedication of the plaza took place on September 23, 2021. Matt Amato, General…
Dear Docents, Education Guides, Exhibit Hosts, and Guest Services Volunteers, I am sure all of you are aware by now of the Art Institute’s recent decision to terminate all their…
By Marcia Matavulj, Class of 2008 Editor’s note: Marcia's story originally appeared in CAC@Home. Docents and volunteers contributed twenty stories to CAC@Home last year. In case you missed them the…
By Ellen Shubart, Class of 2006 The decade -- called the 20 Tens or the Teens. The years of 2010-2020 highlighted change on all levels, from the U.S. reacting to…
Emily Clott, 2012 Greetings, I teach a course on Chicago economics at DePaul. I’m on the River Cruise architecture boat tour as I write this now, with my freshman class.…
Dear Docents: Have you ever seen the musical “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”? There is a wonderful song in which the Peanuts gang must write a book report on…
Editor's note: Norma Green, class of 1978, served as the Docent News editor from 1979-1984. During that time she compiled Tour Tales, the recollections from various docents of “interesting” tours…
New: Not new but a reminder about our Will Call List: The Will Call lists will be posted on The Bridge after 5 pm the day before your tour. Look…
Last week, we asked and some of you responded – hopefully more of you did it in your heads and just didn’t send the results in. Interestingly, some people said…