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Hi, fellow docents, The Wolcott College Prep School, formerly the Union League Boys/Girls Club building, will be a stop on CAC’s May 20 bus tour of Adapted Schools. Wheeler Kearns…

by Ross Wirth, Class of 2019 True to form Chicago Spring has sprung, a weekend of 80 degree days followed by a snowy Monday.  We are getting to that coveted…

by Emily Clott, class of 2012 Occasionally, volunteering as a CAC Docent, Exhibit Host, or Education Guide feels like a thankless task. Traveling to the Center to give a tour…

 Contributed by the Photography Features Group. Get to know us - see below. Chicago Interiors Hello and welcome to our second year of the Photography Features! 2022 was fantastic and…

By Brent Hoffmann, 2005 “I admired CAC docents for years,” Mark said.  “As I contemplated retirement, becoming a docent was high on my priority list. The role of a docent…

by Michael Weiland, Docent class of 1984 As an “outer suburbanite,” now working full-time at home, I almost always depend on my automobile to take me to CAC. Here is…

by Ron Becker, Class of 2019 Venetian Gothic is an attractive architectural style demonstrating lightness and grace with an essential element being the the ogee arch. Its revival since the…

by Jill Carlson, Class of 2013 Here’s an overview of the April 4 Docent Council meeting held on Zoom. The rest of the 2023 meetings will be hybrid or in…

by Ron Becker, Class of 2019 If you were to believe Frank Lloyd Wright, Adler & Sullivan did not design houses, except when they were forced to by clients. In…

By Richard L. Keal, Class of 2013 Most Chicagoans know about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and many Chicago history buffs know of the Iroquois Theater Fire of 1913. …