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By Linda S. Englund, VEV We all know how much fun it is to build with Legos in our Design Studio. I have marveled at the creations visitors make every…

Greetings fellow volunteers, Can you believe it is February already! Remember when we were kids in school and for those of us in the Chicago-area, the February doldrums of gray…

by Diane Wagner, 2005 We docents chat up perfect strangers and think nothing of it. Indeed, many of us think it’s part of the job as it’s a fine way…

By Chris Wilson and Alice Walker The model of downtown Chicago that stands in the atrium of the Railway Exchange Building often collects a crowd. Fortunately, a Visitor Experience Volunteer…

By Leslie Clark Lewis, Class of 2009  Northwest - Coyote - Robey  The Northwest Tower, the 12-story Art Deco office building by Perkins, Chatten and Hammond, has stood sentry at…

Happy New Year to all docents from the 2017 Docent Council and from me, its president. I would like to start my term in office with deep and heartfelt gratitude…

By Brent Hoffmann, Class of 2005 “I talked with a young Italian woman who was admiring the Chicago model in the lobby,” says Harvey Goldman, a VEV (Visitor Experience Volunteer).…

THE GUARDSMEN. These figures stand guard protecting our buildings. Where are they located, what are their names, and who are the artists that created these works of art? Please send…

By Bill Shapiro, Class of 2000 On a recent trip to Montreal, my wife and I paid a visit to what is probably the most unusual work connected with Mies…

By Diane Wagner, 2005 Party, party, party!! Graceland Cemetery docents held their annual get together at the home of Karen Dimond. While the popular view is that nothing much happens…