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SHORT TALES is here! It will be featured on The Bridge on a regular basis and include brief recollections from docents, exhibit hosts, guest services, and education guides. We all…

Cynthia Bates, 2016 Had a great time on the Walk Through Time tour! Cynthia was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic! It was fun to see the development of buildings changed over…

By Diane Wagner, Class of 2005 Tom Kinsella, docent class of 2006, died in December. Those who knew Tom will feel the gaping hole of his loss. And who didn’t…

Dear Docent Family, It is holiday time---a time to excite the senses.  The wonderful sight of lights twinkling in the trees, the smell of evergreens, Christmas cookies and the oil…

By Ellen Shubart, Class of 2006 Sinhue (Sin-way) Mendoza bubbles; he effervesces as he talks -- about the city of Chicago, his family, his love of sports, his newly acquired…

By Brent Hoffmann,  Class of 2005 “We were doing a medical survey during a polio outbreak in Senegal in West Africa,” said Susan. “The village chief welcomed our team, then…

By Lisa Ciota, Education Guide, Class of 2020 Kids. Students. They’re back. After a nearly two-year hiatus live, in-person, outdoor educational field trips are back! It’s quite the welcome change.…

By Dave Utech, Class of 2003 Editor’s note: Dave's story originally appeared in CAC@Home. Docents and volunteers contributed twenty stories to CAC@Home last year.  In case you missed them the…

Kent Foutty, 2009 Our tour was in the morning, and I think it was 16 November 2021- we had a wonderful time on the River Cruise. The guide (Kent) was…

By Brian Kelly, Class of 2019 Editor's note: This is the second part of Brian's story about Martin L. and Martin A. Ryerson, Adler & Sullivan and S. A. Maxwell. CLICK…