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by Ellen Shubart, class of 2006 CAC docents who have led tours for more than 25 years – and, in one case, 45 years – celebrated their service with a…

By Maurice Champagne, Class of 2004 All photographs are by the author unless noted. From 1933 to 1983, Alden Dow designed 112 mid-century modern structures: 9 public buildings, 8 churches,…

by Maurice Champagne, class of 2004 All photographs are by the author unless noted In early June, my wife and I visited Midland, Michigan to tour the Alden B. Dow…

by Jill Carlson, Class of 2013 Churches By Bus, a popular annual tour, will take place next Saturday, September 23. Several busloads of enthusiastic guests will visit churches in the…

by Jill Carlson, Class of 2013 A hybrid Docent Council meeting was held on Tuesday, September 12. It was a really lively meeting, and the full minutes will be posted…

by Rebecca Dixon, Class of 2003 Many long-time docents will remember Charniece Polk.  For years, she was the amiable, faithful, and competent tour scheduler at CAF when we were at…

by Ed McDevitt, Class of 2010 As we have gotten more deeply into the details of our Barry Sears Volunteer Library, we on the CAC Library Committee are discovering how…

Urbs in Horto Words and Music by John Slivka, Class of 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHeF3bviPNg Once a flat prairie, floating on a sea of clay Home to the 3 fires, Potawatomi, Odawa,…

by Ellen Shubart, Class or 2006| Photographs by Richard W. Shubart Greece has been hardwired into many of us since we were kids. In elementary school we learned about Greek…

By Ellen Shubart, Class of 2006 Photographs by Larry Ross More than two dozen docents attended an Enrichment Committee outing on August 18th visiting Chicago’s new Climate Action Museum at…