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by Marcia Ross, Class of 1994 Photos by Larry Ross Last month, 20 CAC docents and volunteers traveled to a mecca of modern architecture: Columbus, Indiana.  We toured the homes,…

by Ron Becker, Class of 2019 One of our sharp-eyed docents saw a detail in a painting featured in the recent Van Gogh exhibit at the Art Institute that prompted…

by Ed McDevitt, class of 2010 Among the old books donated recently to the Barry Sears Volunteer Library is one containing a goldmine of information about the Columbian Exposition of…

Jim Bartholomew 2008 or Jim Javorcic 1999 River Cruise, September 2023 This was the most outstanding tour we have ever taken. Our guide Jim clearly was passionate about the city…

by Greg Dreyer, Class of 2007 Photos by the author The second Bauhaus School was located in Dessau, population 67,000.  Located approximately 80 miles southwest of Berlin, it is easily…

by Ellen Shubart, Class of 2006 For the 13 years that Open House Chicago has been around, my husband and I have participated in some volunteer capacity – and this…

by Greg Dreyer, class of 2007 Photos by the author It all started with an article my cousin sent me titled, “On the Bauhaus Trail in Germany,” by Charly Wilder…

Open House Chicago Correction: Please note that in the linked photo array, the headshot labeled 'Marisol Kelly' is actually Nancy Schwab. The editors regret the error. The second weekend in…

By Ron Becker, Class of 2019 Edwin Hill Clark might be called an accidental architect. He trained at Yale, taking courses in chemistry, in order to assume a position in…

Leslie Clark Lewis, Class of 2009 Photos by the author unless noted Earlier this year, while waiting for a meeting to start on the 13th floor at 111, I watched…