By Lisa Ciota, Education Guide “Chicago is part of the traditional homelands of the Council of the Three Fires: the Odawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi nations. Many other tribes—such as the…
It was good to see so many of you at our Annual Meeting – now popularly known as All Docent Day – held on Saturday, November 2nd. Presentations by Paris…
By Ellen Shubart, Class of 2006 It was a year of challenge and discovery, and now there is no going back to so-called normal. That was the message from Lynn…
“An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.” -Irv Kupcinet It’s an appropriate time to quote Kup as we Chicagoans need a dose of optimism…
The Docent Council Nominating/Election Committee is please to announce that the following docents have been elected to serve on the 2020 Docent Council: Re-elected: Jill Carlson Emily Clott Lance Friedman…
We want to add two docents to this building tour. The tour concentrates on the Golden Era of the store, covering the architecture of this State Street landmark by Daniel…
By Brent Hoffmann, 2005 “I’ve always been interested in public art,” said Ed McDevitt. “In 2005 I started casually collecting information on Chicago’s public art. By around 2009, I realized…
In 1970 a singer, who was also a composer and a recording artist, wrote and recorded a song about a famous architect. Who was the singer, who was the architect,…
Cynthia Bates, 2016 I've taken other boat cruises but I would recommend this one because our docent Cynthia gave the passengers a wonderful history of Chicago architecture and a detailed description of…
By Lisa Ciota, Education Guide and Exhibit Host All photos by the author What makes a place memorable? What brings a place alive? It’s the engagement (or dance) of people,…