Entertainment and Cultural Events

Chicago offers it all.  With great theater, blues and jazz, several major sports franchises and world famous museums, you have unending options for recreation and relaxation. 

If it is shopping you are after, North Michigan Ave. and State Street remain the city’s most distinctive shopping districts.  North Michigan Avenue, from the Chicago River to Oak Street, is known as the “Magnificent Mile” so named by Arthur Rubloff.  The Mag Mile is a mix of high-end couture designers and world renowned brands with impressive flagship stores, such as Niketown, American Girl, and Apple.

 On the cultural front, Chicago has several distinctive museums to satisfy every curiosity.

 Museums

• Chicago Architecture Foundation
  224 South Michigan Avenue.
• Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design
  307 North Michigan Avenue.
• Chicago Children's Museum
  Navy Pier, 700 East Grand Avenue.
• Chicago Cultural Center
  78 East Washington Street.
• Chicago History Museum
  Clark Street and North Avenue
• DuSable Museum of African American History
  740 East 56th Place.
• Field Museum
  Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive.
• Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
  756 N. Milwaukee Avenue.
• The Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA) at Loyola University
  6525 N. Sheridan Road.
• Museum of Broadcast Communications at the Chicago Cultural Center
  820 N Michigan Avenue.
• Museum of Contemporary Art
  220 East Chicago Avenue.
• Museum of Science and Industry
  57th Street and Lake Shore Drive.
• Newberry Library
  60 West Walton Street.
• Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
  2430 N. Cannon Drive.
• Oriental Institute of Chicago at the U of Chicago
  1155 East 58th Street.
• A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum Gallery
  10406 S. Maryland Avenue.
• Shedd Aquarium
  1200 South Lake Shore Drive.
• David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art at the U of Chicago
  5550 South Greenwood Avenue.
• Spertus Museum and Institute of Jewish Studies
  618 South Michigan Avenue.
• Terra Museum
  664 N. Michigan Avenue.
• National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
  1801 South Indiana Avenue.

If you are an avid sports fan, you’ve come to the right place. With 7 different sports teams, every fan can have a favorite team in Chicago.  Click on the team whose schedule you would like to see.

Football: Chicago Bears

Baseball: Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox

Basketball: Chicago Bulls

Hockey: Chicago Blackhawks, NHL and the Chicago Wolves, AHL

Soccer: Chicago Fire

And, at any given time in Chicago, there are several special annual events.  Below is a link to Chicago’s Mayor’s office of Special Events: www.cityofchicago.org/specialevents