The Big City Blog
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The Big City Blog: Still feeling the Christmas spirit after the fact? Check out these extended holiday activities and exhibits
ZooLights includes lights synchronized to holiday music, animal-shaped yard decorations and activities like trains, a Ferris wheel and Undersea Adventure. -
The Big City Blog: “Free Days” return to the Field Museum in 2018 for Illinois residents
The Field Museum’s "Free Days" are back in 2018. This includes an entire month of free basic admission for Illinois residents during Free February, ... -
The Big City Blog: We have eight of the best places to see fall foliage in Chicago
Lucky for us, the foliage hasn’t quite reached its peak yet in Chicago, so grab a friend and your portable camera and check out ... -
The Big City Blog: Three Chicago-area local haunted houses perfect for a frighteningly good time this Halloween season
Complete with an eerie churchyard, cemetery, dark castle-like rooms and narrow passageways, this facility is a feast for the senses. -
The Big City Blog: Highlighting the many fun activities and festivals this fall in Chicago
The fields of Chase Park will be converted into a campground with real campfires, marshmallow roasting, food, live music and professionally told ghost stories -
The Big City Blog: City Winery’s river domes, Wicker Park-Bucktown fall dinner crawl, Nature Museum’s “Backyard Adventures” exhibit and more
City Winery Chicago will be offering “river dome” seating for dining guests who want to enjoy a view of the river and city skyline ... -
The Big City Blog: I lost my shoe in a mosh pit, but what else is new? Riot Fest is everything I love about punk music brought out into the open
I lost my shoe in the mosh pit, had it returned in two parts, and then held on to it as a few strangers ... -
The Big City Blog: Adult scavenger hunt at Lincoln Park Zoo, Friday Night Flights beer fest in Ravenswood, North Coast after parties and new happy hours
After a summer full of sampling local craft beers across Chicago’s neighborhoods, the final Friday Night Flights beer festival of the season is this ... -
The Big City Blog: Sunshine, fresh food and community vibes at farmers’ markets keep summer alive in Chicago
Aside from the stands selling all sorts of sprouts, vegetables and fruit, there were also stands for savory crepes, carts selling steaming-hot tamales, and ... -
The Big City Blog: Stolen fidget spinners and homemade tacos — it’s raw Chicago culture at the Maxwell Street Market
Peter explained that if the market looked like it was degenerating, that’s because it was. ... He remained hopeful, however, claiming “the market will ...
