Features

By Brent Hoffmann, Class of  2005 “What are you drinking right now?” Jeff Marcella asked his online audience. “Is it a Chicago-area microbrew, a microbrew from elsewhere, an international beer,…

BOO! I understand it’s “spooky season.”  I’ve heard this term multiple times over the last few days.  And my response is…..”what?!”  I realize Halloween is coming.  I really can’t forget…

By Gloria Hinrichs, Class of 2016 Not know there was a pandemic on the horizon, the Enrichment Committee had brainstormed and planned for lots of fun and enriching gatherings for…

By Nancy Sims, Class of 2015 Editor’s note: Nancy's story originally appeared in CAC@Home. Docent’s and volunteers contributed twenty stories to CAC’@Home this season. In case you missed them the…

Statues. Some our favorite statues find their voices in a free citywide project, a gift of the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. Stars like Steve Carell, John C. Reilly and David…

By Lisa Ciota, Education Guide Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.  – Doug Firebaugh Happy Little Trees Ahead.  What a delightful thought! It…

It’s the little things that pack the biggest punch, especially in these strange times.  So the CAC community is more than delighted to welcome four new little ones into our…

By Suzy Ruder, Class of 2019 I’m a woman who makes plans. My 2020 Spring Agenda: improve my French and learn the CAC French language walking tour. I would polish…

By Bill Coffin, Class of 2004 This is the story of Holabird and Root’s 1929 Michigan Square building told in pictures. You can view the pictures as a simple slideshow,…

By Brent Hoffmann, Class of 2005 Here’s Kathleen, reporting on her July 3rd architecture tour on the first day of CAC’s return to the river: “I picked up my mask…