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By Lisa Ciota, Education Guide Editor's note: Lisa's story originally appeared in CAC@Home. Docents and volunteers contributed twenty stories to CAC@Home this season. In case you missed them the first…
By Lisa Ciota, Education Guide Editor's note: Lisa's story originally appeared in CAC@Home. Docents and volunteers contributed twenty stories to CAC@Home this season. In case you missed them the first…
Dear Docent Family, It is the time of year to give thanks, yet many of us are not feeling so thankful for 2020. What a bleak year. I know many…
Dear CAC Docents and Volunteers – In accordance with the state guidelines, the Chicago Architecture Center will remain closed through the end of year. Below you will find additional details.…
By Brent Hoffmann, Class of 2005 One of CAC’s newest docents, Bob Pratt, has been educating us with postings about Walter Ahlschlager in The Bridge. In the second of his…
Dear Tour Directors, This is the time of year when we are usually planning our tour director meeting. In consultation with staff, we have decided to forgo the meeting in…
By Bob Pratt, Class of 2019 Six miles north of the Loop, the Uptown neighborhood around the intersection of Broadway and Lawrence has had its ups and downs. But in…
Hello Docent and Volunteers! Give the gift of architecture this holiday season! Gift memberships are now available! To purchase a gift membership with your 10% discount, please use these links:…
Dear CAC Docents, I would like to thank all of you who attended last Saturday’s All Docent Day program and presidential election announcement (not necessarily in that order). For those…
Dear Docents and Volunteers, It is hard to believe that we are now 8 months into this pandemic and the last time the staff and volunteers were in the office…
By Steve Redfield, Class of 2019 An important decision about landmark status for Pilsen is under consideration right now. This year marks the 50th anniversary that the first two buildings…