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CTA passes are getting a price cut this summer to encourage ridership!

To encourage more riders to tap a Ventra card and go for a ride, the city and the CTA are introducing a trio of discounted unlimited ride passes that will be available to customers from Friday, May 28 through Labor Day (Monday, September 6). The cheaper one-, three- and seven-day passes are meant to welcome back former regular CTA riders, attract new customers and encourage existing customers to ride more often. Here's the pricing breakdown for the discounted passes:

One-day pass: $5 (down from $10)
Three-day pass: $15 (down from $20)
Seven-day pass: $20 (down from $28)

You'll be able to snag the passes at the discounted prices by visiting Ventra kiosks at CTA train stations, through the Ventra app, on the Ventra website and via more than 1,000 retailers throughout the city that sell CTA passes.

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Morton Arboretum 4100 IL-53, Lisle, IL

Last Friday, a new exhibition called "Human+Nature" officially opened at the 1,700-acre park in suburban Lisle. Visitors can take in five fantastical, 15- to 26-foot-tall sculptures made by South African artist Daniel Popper that explore the intersection between the human and natural worlds.

"Each sculpture has a story behind it, but I like to leave the questions about each piece a little bit open, so people can come and bring their own ideas to it," Popper said in a press release. "I want people to come here and ask questions of themselves about their relationship with nature."

"Human+Nature" opens May 28 and admission is included with regular time-entry tickets to the Arboretum.

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Originally Posted by homoe

Morton Arboretum 4100 IL-53, Lisle, IL

Last Friday, a new exhibition called "Human+Nature" officially opened at the 1,700-acre park in suburban Lisle. Visitors can take in five fantastical, 15- to 26-foot-tall sculptures made by South African artist Daniel Popper that explore the intersection between the human and natural worlds.

"Each sculpture has a story behind it, but I like to leave the questions about each piece a little bit open, so people can come and bring their own ideas to it," Popper said in a press release. "I want people to come here and ask questions of themselves about their relationship with nature."

"Human+Nature" opens May 28 and admission is included with regular time-entry tickets to the Arboretum.

Love the Arboretum! They have so many great events. The trolls were very cool. And the Illuminations event around Christmas is always beautiful. But I think my favorite was when the sled dogs were there. All the puppies!!!

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Art Institute of Chicago.

Free admission for Illinois residents June 18–25

Don’t miss your chance to see the official portraits of President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama at the Art Institute of Chicago. This exhibition marks the first time these groundbreaking portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald come to Chicago.

To share this historic moment, the Art Institute is opening the exhibition with a full week of free admission for Illinois residents, June 18–June 25. Free tickets must be reserved online in advance.

Tickets will be available on June 4!

https://sales.artic.edu/admissions

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Chicago Restaurants and Bars Could Fully Reopen Next Week.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has moved up the city’s relaunch date to align with the rest of Illinois.

I'll update as more info becomes available.

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Restaurants and bars figure prominently in a summer plan to close State Street, the famous strip through the Loop that’s home to the Chicago Theater, for a series of pedestrian-only dining, retail, and arts events dubbed Sundays on State. State will be blocked off to automobile traffic starting on July 11 from Lake to Madison to draw locals and visitors to the area for a block party-inspired gathering with food, drink, shopping, art events, and more.

If successful, and the city draws the right mix of crowds and vendors, this could be a regular summer occurrence with city officials teasing they could block off traffic for up to 12 Sundays. The Chicago Loop Alliance is accepting proposals for pop-ups, demonstrations, and classes — by May 26. Restaurant, bar, and coffeeshop owners are among those invited to apply. For example, organizers are looking for vendors like coffeeshops, offering suggestions like cold-brew coffee carts that could sell cooling drinks to passers-by.

The city will continue to enforce public health guidelines such as masking, social distancing, and capacity caps. When announcing the program last week, city officials said outdoor events would need to abide by a 15-person per 1,000 square foot rule. Over the weekend, several restaurants owners told Eater Chicago they had questions on how the city would enforce the mandate.

Last week, Mayor Lori Lightfoot also announced the return of Windy City Smokeout, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises’ enormous barbecue and country music festival. Slated for July 8 through July 11, it will be Chicago’s first major outdoor festival since the pandemic began.

https://chicago.eater.com/2021/5/3/2...caya-antojeria

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Join Kaystar - Ent & Pure Passion Chicago at "The All White Yacht Party Summer Cruise" on the Anita Dee II Sun, July 11, 2021.
Anita Dee Yacht Charters 200 North Breakwater Access. Docked at Dusable Harbor on the Chicago River at Lake Shore Drive. 2:30 PM – 6:00

Catered to the LGBTQIA+ community and our Allies. Come join us on the Anita Dee II and experience break taking views of Chicago Skyline while cruising 3.5 hrs along Lake Michigan aboard a three story, 140 foot, luxury yacht. The EARLIER you book your tickets, the lower the price!

All attendees must be 21+ with a valid ID. NO EXCEPTIONS!! There will be multiple fully stocked bars serving beer, wine and cocktails. Music will be provided by Dj Paris & Dj Ca$h Era. This event will be held rain or shine!!

Kaystar - Ent & Pure Passion Chicago takes your safety serious. Please understand that you as well as your guest, need to bring your own mask and will wear it when requested. We will be implementing safety measures in line with the CDC & City of Chicago's "Be Safe Chicago."

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Chicago Restaurants and Bars Could Fully Reopen Next Week.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has moved up the city’s relaunch date to align with the rest of Illinois.

I'll update as more info becomes available.

Chicago Restaurants and Bars Fully Reopen After 15 Grueling Months. Masks, capacity limits, and social distancing are no longer required.

The threat of tragedy caused conflicting emotions between customers, restaurant owners, and workers. This has all led up to Friday — barflies can now freely pull up a stool at the bar or mingle with customers. Diners don’t have to worry about quickly masking up as servers stealthily appear. While each establishment has the option to continue social distancing, the rules are no longer mandatory in Chicago and Illinois as Friday marks entry in the final stage of Restore Illinois, the state’s COVID-19 recovery plan.


https://chicago.eater.com/2021/6/11/...inois-restored

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Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago 220 E Chicago Ave. Now until Sept 5th

Are the figures in a painting by Christina Quarles taking shape or dematerializing? Solidifying or dissolving? The viewer can’t be sure. That indeterminacy reflects the artist’s sense of who she is.

A mixed-race queer woman living in Los Angeles, Quarles was the breakout discovery of the New Museum’s “Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon” group show in 2017. In that setting, her paintings seemed to be addressing gender fluidity. But, as she told me then, it’s race, not gender, that has preoccupied her since childhood. “Mom is white, Dad is Black,” she explained. “I am fair-skinned and usually seen as white by white people, but I’m seen more as mixed identity in communities of color.” Her racial profile depends on the context of the moment. “My experience is firmly rooted in whiteness and Blackness, rather than a hybrid of the two,” she said.

Four years later, with her concerns more timely than ever, Quarles, 36, is having her largest solo museum show, which runs through August, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. (The exhibition will travel to the Frye Art Museum in Seattle.) “Legibility, the way we understand things, is through this either/or mentality, but the reality is we have a both/and situation,” “And that’s where a lot of my work comes from.” She endorses what she calls “the idea of ambiguity as an excess of information” and observes that “there can be more legs than would normally go with one torso” in her paintings. “The viewer’s desire to see a cohesive figure will override the ambiguity.”

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Originally Posted by homoe

CTA passes are getting a price cut this summer to encourage ridership!

To encourage more riders to tap a Ventra card and go for a ride, the city and the CTA are introducing a trio of discounted unlimited ride passes that will be available to customers from Friday, May 28 through Labor Day (Monday, September 6). The cheaper one-, three- and seven-day passes are meant to welcome back former regular CTA riders, attract new customers and encourage existing customers to ride more often. Here's the pricing breakdown for the discounted passes:

One-day pass: $5 (down from $10)
Three-day pass: $15 (down from $20)
Seven-day pass: $20 (down from $28)

You'll be able to snag the passes at the discounted prices by visiting Ventra kiosks at CTA train stations, through the Ventra app, on the Ventra website and via more than 1,000 retailers throughout the city that sell CTA passes.

This is good to know. I usually drive from my parents to Rosemont and catch the "L".