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Cynthia Bates 2016 River Cruise November 2022 Dear Architecture Center, I was recently able to take a river cruise with the Chicago Architecture Center, something I had not done in…

By Brent Hoffmann, 2005 “I’m a simple person,” Pat admitted.  “I took a river tour before I became a docent, and the docent threw out the term ‘mullions’. I looked…

Editor's Note: We hope that this piece will provide food for thought as we approach International Holocaust Remembrance Day next Friday, January 27. by Burt Michaels, Class of 2019 I’ve…

My Fellow Docents –  It is an honor and privilege to write my first letter as Docent Council President to this esteemed group!  First and foremost a thank you to…

By Jill Tanz, Class of 2003 All photography by the author My husband Bob and I took the trip of a lifetime in January, 2022, to our seventh continent, Antarctica.…

Here are the final four submissions for the Shining Star award. They include two tales of tours with a single guest by Erica Myles (2019) and Ed McDevitt (2010) and…

Editor's Note: This story is one of a monthly series we will be featuring written by directors of CAC Building and Neighborhood tours. by Susan Jacobson, Class 2008 It’s not…

By Bob Pratt, Class of 2019 We docents like to find threads to pull together on our tours and cruises—connections and comparisons. That’s part of our training, as well as…

By Ellen Shubart, Class of 2006 Leslie Clark Lewis and Donna Gabanski, two long-time CAC docents who reached their term limits as committee chairs, were honored at the recent Docent…

by Tim Thurlow, Class of 2015 On the Walk through Time tour, docents enthuse over the vertical thrust and the deco ornamentation on the exterior of the former Chicago Motor…