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Docent Council held a hybrid meeting on October 3. Lori Nelson presided because Ross Wirth could not attend. Ed McDevitt took the minutes because John Schneider was also unable to…

By Brent Hoffmann, 2005 “My route to becoming a CAC docent was the confluence of many factors,” said Ron Becker.  “I had free time since retiring from a 47-year career…

By Ellen Shubart, Class of 2006 Her new job, she says, is just right. She’s landed at a workplace that’s between large corporations and small nonprofits –the “happy middle ground,”…

Jim Bartholomew 2008 or Jim Javorcic 1999 River Cruise, September 2023 The Chicago Architecture Center, boat tour was the highlight of our time in your beautiful city. This was our first…

By Steve Redfield, Class of 2019 “Don’t talk about what you can’t see,” they tell us. Maybe good advice for tours, but many things we don’t see make our city…

All Aboard! I’ve always been a fan of trains, maybe due to growing up in New Jersey and taking train into New York City fairly often.  The stations (and sometimes…

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…