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DECEMBER 2016

 
Featured Events
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McCormick Tribune Ice Rink
Through Early January
Celebrate the season in the most iconic of Chicago settings. Enjoy the 103rd City of Chicago Christmas Tree and tell Santa what's on your wish list (open Saturdays & Sundays, noon-6pm, through December 18). And on Friday evenings, through December 16, local choral groups will lead holiday favorites in concert sing-alongs. More information at cityofchicago.org/holiday.
Through March 5 (weather permitting)
Now in its 16th season, the Chicago winter tradition offers free skating lessons on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and during the Chicago Public Schools' winter break, one hour before the rink opens. Admission is free, with skates available to rent for $12. Visit millenniumpark.org for more information. 
 
December Events
Bollywood Groove
Wired Fridays
The Orange Story
Juicebox featuring Bollywood Groove
December 2 & 3
Chicago Cultural Center & Garfield Park Conservatory
December 2       
Chicago Cultural Center
Film Screening of The Orange Story
December 2
Chicago Cultural Center
Caroling at Cloud Gate Dance-Along Nutcracker_ Dame Myra Hess Concerts
Caroling at Cloud Gate
December 2, 9, 16
Millennium Park
Chicago Cultural Center 
December 7, 14, 21, 28
Chicago Cultural Center 
SAG-AFTRA Senior Radio Players
OpenICE_ Photo by_ Armen Elliott Lurie Garden Family Workshop_ Basket Weaving
December 7      
Chicago Cultural Center
December 7    
Chicago Cultural Center
Millennium Park
St. Lucia Day Celebration Parsons _ Charlesworth_ Spectacular Vernacular Jazz Links Jam Sessions
December 13    
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago Cultural Center
December 14    
Chicago Cultural Center
Human Tim_Robot Tim Wired Fridays Image credit_ Ritual_ 1962. Oil on canvas_ 51 x 63 _ inches. Courtesy of Tom Burrell_ Chicago. _Estate of Norman W. Lewis_ Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery_ LLC_ New York NY.
December 16 & 17     
Chicago Cultural Center & Garfield Park Conservatory
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago Cultural Center
Krista Franklin_ Other Bodies That Orbit _detail__ 2015. Photo by Tempestt Hazel Laura Davis_ Jewelry for My Mother_s_ and Other Microaggressions Tom Denlinger_ Ekstatic Edgewater _Photo credit_ Tom Denlinger_ Elmdale 19_ 2016. Courtesy of the artist_
Through January 8     
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago Cultural Center
Image credit_ Image_ Garage Sale_ Parsons _ Charlesworth_ 2015
Through January 22      
Chicago Cultural Center

 
 

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Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago Cultural Center Arts Organizations in Residence
Congratulations to the 2017 Chicago Cultural Center Arts Organizations in Residence: Ayodele Drum & Dance, the National Museum of Mexican Art, Open TV, the Public Square in collaboration with University of Illinois Chicago's Social Justice Initiative, Sixty Inches from Center, Walkabout Theatre, Women Made Gallery. Stay tuned as we talk about their series of ongoing free public programs at the Chicago Cultural Center in the coming months.

This program is underwritten by the NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) Art Works initiative.

Don't Miss
Oscar Brown Jr.
Join the Chicago Park District and the Jazz Institute of Chicago for free world-class jazz in your local parks. This month, vocalists Maggie and Africa Brown celebrate the 90th birthday of their father - singer, songwriter, playwright, civil rights activist, poet and actor Oscar Brown, Jr. - at a December 9 concert at Hamlin Park (513 W. 72nd St.)

 

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