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North Shore-Chicago by CAC Docent, Ellen Shubart Ellen Shubart,Class of 2006 Docent Ellen Shubart (Class of 2006) will appear on the WGN-TV Morning News at… Read More

Mark Campbell 2023, Mark Lenhart 2023, or Mark Purdome 2019 River Cruise October 2023 Our cousins were in town so we took them on a… Read More

By Brent Hoffmann, class of 2005 “The Apple store’s structural walls are three plies of glass,” says Burt on a What’s New? tour. (Brent Hoffmann… Read More

Author Ron Becker by Ron Becker, Class of 2019 If Chicago is determined that it had lived up to its motto, Urbs in Horto, during… Read More

Author Jill Carlson By Jill Carlson, Class of  2013 This is a summary of the December 2023 Docent Council hybrid meeting. The full minutes will… Read More

John Slivka Seldom has a post on The Bridge engendered the level of enthusiasm that 2023 Docent John Slivka’s song “Urbs in Horto” created. You… Read More

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles   It has been a busy time for docents and the CAC!  With Thanksgiving comes the end of River Cruise season –… Read More

By Bill Page, Class of 2001 Photos by the author unless noted Recently my wife and I visited Milan, Italy, home of La Scala, high… Read More

Author Ron Becker by Ron Becker, Class of 2019 This year marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Harry Weese; he died on October… Read More

by Tom Carmichael, class of 2007  and Jill Tanz, class of 2003 On first encounter, the Heald Square Monument presents more questions than answers. Where… Read More