Tips & Tricks – Finding Docent Council Minutes
Want to know what’s going on in Docent Council, but can’t find the time to attend the monthly meetings? Well, you’re in luck. Shortly after each month’s meeting, a brief…
Want to know what’s going on in Docent Council, but can’t find the time to attend the monthly meetings? Well, you’re in luck. Shortly after each month’s meeting, a brief…
Despite the snowy weather, Spring is right around the corner! Earlier this week, I received an update that our river cruise schedule will be starting a bit earlier than planned..…
By Donna Gabanski, Class of 1994 It’s January and time to welcome the 2024 docent class. Training begins on January 20th with 34 participants. Ten of the trainees will go…
This snowy weekend is the perfect time curl up on your couch and check out the line-up to the upcoming Architecture & Design Film Festival at the CAC (Jan 31-Feb…
Weather Update: As many of you know, a blizzard and cold front are hitting Chicago this weekend! All walking tours were cancelled for Friday, January 12th, but the center remained…
** The CAC will be open Friday through Monday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. from now until March 23rd. We will then resume our 7-day schedule, hours to be…
CAC will be hosting the Architecture & Design Film Festival again this year between January 31st through February 4th! We will still be open Friday through Monday and giving tours,…
Tours don’t always go as planned. These four Short Tales are a tribute to the flexibility, adaptability, perseverance and patience of CAC docents. Emily Clott, 2012, describes an interesting first-of-the-season…
By Leslie Clark Lewis, Class of 2009 Just before the pandemic shut everything down, I spotted a Public Notice sign in the window of the Covent Hotel, a single-room-occupancy (SRO)…
by Jessica Williams, Class of 2017 Photos by the author unless noted London offers an architectural assortment—from the very old to the very new, as well as the adaptively reused.…