Chicago 250 in Chicago

JUL 5

Chicago 250

WTTW Chicago Stories Documentary Screening: Candy Capital

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM · King

JUL 5

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM · Kelly

JUL 6

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Blues Brothers (1980)

5:00 PM - 7:30 PM · Toman

JUL 7

Chicago 250

Letters to America: Celebrating 250 Years of America

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · Chicago Bee

JUL 7

Chicago 250

Summertime, Chicago Style

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · Scottsdale

JUL 7

Chicago 250

The Teen Collective

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM · Woodson Regional

JUL 7

Chicago 250

The Brainerd Bakers: Chicago Bakes Edition

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM · Brainerd

JUL 8

Chicago 250

Young at Heart: Afternoon Party Games

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM · Harold Washington Library Center

JUL 8

Chicago 250

The Story of House Music with DJ Lady D

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM · Portage-Cragin

JUL 10

Chicago 250

The Chicago River: The Great Reversal

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM · London House

JUL 11

Chicago 250

Make a Bookmark with Native Plants

8:00 AM - 10:30 AM · Dunning

JUL 11

Chicago 250

Yoga with Chicago Tunes / Yoga con música de Chicago

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM · Back of the Yards

JUL 11

Chicago 250

Watercolor Postcard of Chicago

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM · Harold Washington Library Center

JUL 11

Chicago 250

Nuestro Chicago Archives: Photo Scanning Event

11:00 AM - 2:00 PM · Lozano

JUL 11

Chicago 250

Bastille Day Celebration

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM · Near North

JUL 12

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

1:30 PM - 4:00 PM · Scottsdale

JUL 12

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Apollo 13 (1995)

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM · South Chicago

JUL 12

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM · Kelly

JUL 12

Chicago 250

Film Screening: The Fugitive (1993)

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM · Archer Heights

JUL 13

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Candyman (2021)

1:00 PM - 2:45 PM · Avalon

JUL 13

Chicago 250

Murals, Mosaics, and More: The Changing Nature of Public Art in The Loop

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM · Harold Washington Library Center

JUL 13

Chicago 250

Chicago Game Day

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM · Beverly

JUL 13

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Cat City (2023)

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM · South Chicago

JUL 13

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Adventures in Babysitting (1987)

4:45 PM - 6:45 PM · Greater Grand Crossing

JUL 13

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Candyman (1992)

5:30 PM - 7:15 PM · Bucktown-Wicker Park

JUL 13

Chicago 250

Adult Craft: Mosaic Chicago Flag

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM · Budlong Woods

JUL 13

Chicago 250

Chi-Town Showdown Trivia Night

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM · Edgebrook

JUL 14

Chicago 250

The Teen Collective

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM · Woodson Regional

JUL 14

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Blues Brothers (1980)

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM · Whitney M. Young, Jr.

JUL 14

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM · Jeffery Manor

JUL 14

Chicago 250

Reel Queer STI & Film Screening (International Drag Day Edition): Wigstock: The Movie (1995)

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM · Little Village

JUL 14

Chicago 250

Summertime, Chicago Style

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM · Sulzer Regional

JUL 14

Chicago 250

Ho-Chunk Native Americans: An Illinois Indigenous Tribe

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM · Daley, Richard J.-Bridgeport

JUL 14

Chicago 250

Handmade Happiness: Learn to Paper Twill

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM · Lincoln Park

JUL 15

Chicago 250

Chicago Board of Trade Building Walking Tour

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM · Harold Washington Library Center

JUL 15

Chicago 250

Summertime, Chicago Style

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · Scottsdale

JUL 15

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Debt of Honor (2015)

2:00 PM - 4:30 PM · West Pullman

JUL 15

Chicago 250

Hamilton (2020)

3:30 PM - 6:30 PM · Canaryville

JUL 15

Chicago 250

Decorate a Canvas Tote for America 250

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM · West Chicago Avenue

JUL 15

Chicago 250

Chicago Summer Book-Tea Party

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM · Kelly

JUL 15

Chicago 250

Share Your Story:  A Community Archiving Event

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM · Avalon

JUL 15

Chicago 250

Made in Chicago: A Tattooist's story

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM · Sulzer Regional

JUL 15

Chicago 250

Summer Film Screening: Dunkirk (2016)

6:00 PM - 7:45 PM · Rogers Park

JUL 15

Chicago 250

Trivia Night at Canaryville: USA 250 Edition

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM · Canaryville

JUL 16

Chicago 250

Family Game Day at Woodson Regional

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM · Woodson Regional

JUL 16

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Hamilton (2020)

3:00 PM - 5:45 PM · West Pullman

JUL 16

Chicago 250

Chicago Made Film Fest: Judas and the Black Messiah (2004)

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM · Little Village

JUL 16

Chicago 250

DIY Mosaic Flag

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM · Pullman

JUL 16

Chicago 250

The History of Jewish Food in Chicago

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM · Lincoln Park

JUL 16

Chicago 250

Adult Craft Night: Mosaic Chicago Flag

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM · King

JUL 16

Chicago 250

Chicago Art Thursday

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM · Mount Greenwood

JUL 17

Chicago 250

Clout City: The Rise and Fall of Chicago's Political Machine

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · Walker

JUL 18

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Rookie of the Year (1993)

10:30 AM - 12:15 PM · Walker

JUL 18

Chicago 250

Letters to America: Celebrating 250 Years of America

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM · King

JUL 18

Chicago 250

Bleach Painting the Chicago Skyline

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM · Whitney M. Young, Jr.

JUL 18

Chicago 250

DIY Adult Crafts: Sculpt like Richard Hunt

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · Chicago Lawn

JUL 18

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Adventures in Babysitting (1987)

2:00 PM - 3:45 PM · Canaryville

JUL 18

Chicago 250

Letters to America: Celebrating 250 Years of America

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM · Sherman Park

JUL 18

Chicago 250

Film Screening: The Lake House (2006)

2:30 PM - 4:15 PM · Walker

JUL 19

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Barbershop (2002)

2:00 AM - 4:00 PM · Kelly

JUL 19

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Chicago (2002)

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM · Walker

JUL 19

Chicago 250

History Belongs to All of Us: Bicentennial Ephemera with Buttons of the Left / La Historia Nos Pertenece a Todos: Efímera Bicentenaria con Buttons of the Left

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM · Little Village

JUL 20

Chicago 250

Chicago Candy: History & Taste Test

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM · Manning

JUL 21

Chicago 250

The Teen Collective

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM · Woodson Regional

JUL 22

Chicago 250

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM · Canaryville

JUL 22

Chicago 250

Chicago Trivia Night

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM · Austin-Irving

JUL 23

Chicago 250

Chicago Summer Trivia!

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM · Gage Park

JUL 23

Chicago 250

Perpetual Calendar Creation

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM · Chicago Bee

JUL 23

Chicago 250

Journaling through Chicago

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM · Scottsdale

JUL 23

Chicago 250

Up Yonder In Buena Park: History Walking Tour

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM · Uptown

JUL 24

Chicago 250

Aging with Dignity: Resources and Support for Chicago's Older Adults

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM · Chicago Bee

JUL 25

Chicago 250

Yoga with Chicago Tunes / Yoga con música de Chicago

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM · Back of the Yards

JUL 25

Chicago 250

From the Archives: 250 Years of Rare Americana Books

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM · Harold Washington Library Center

JUL 25

Chicago 250

Czech Chicago

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM · Clearing

JUL 25

Chicago 250

Linocut a Chicago Handshake

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM · Portage-Cragin

JUL 25

Chicago 250

Your Next Smallest Step: Building Better Neighborhoods with Strong Towns Chicago

1:00 PM - 3:30 PM · Harold Washington Library Center

JUL 25

Chicago 250

The Soul of Rhythm and Blues with Bear Williams

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · Altgeld

JUL 25

Chicago 250

Art for All Abilities: Drawing Chicago

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM · Archer Heights

JUL 25

Chicago 250

Mapping Chicagoland: 170 Years of Surveying and History

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · Jeffery Manor

JUL 26

Chicago 250

America 250: Chicago's Letters to America

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM · Chinatown

JUL 26

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Harriet (2019)

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM · South Chicago

JUL 26

Chicago 250

Letters to America: Celebrating 250 Years of America

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · Edgewater

JUL 26

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Barbershop 2: Back In Business (2004)

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM · Kelly

JUL 26

Chicago 250

Chicago Stories Screening: House Music: A Cultural Revolution

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · Humboldt Park

JUL 26

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

2:00 PM - 3:45 PM · Coleman

JUL 26

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

2:45 PM - 4:30 PM · North Pulaski

JUL 27

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Blues Brothers (1980)

1:00 PM - 3:15 PM · Avalon

JUL 27

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Above and Beyond (2006)

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM · Harold Washington Library Center

JUL 28

Chicago 250

The Teen Collective

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM · Woodson Regional

JUL 28

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

4:30 PM - 6:15 PM · South Shore

JUL 28

Chicago 250

Local History Zine Making Workshop with CPL Archives and Special Collections

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM · Harold Washington Library Center

JUL 28

Chicago 250

Chicago Trivia

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM · Scottsdale

JUL 29

Chicago 250

Edible Mushrooms of Illinois

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM · Austin

JUL 30

Chicago 250

Chicago Made Film Fest: Intern Film Premiere

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM · Little Village

JUL 30

Chicago 250

Local History Zine Making Workshop with CPL Archives and Special Collections

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM · Woodson Regional

JUL 30

Chicago 250

Journaling through Chicago

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM · Mount Greenwood

AUG 1

Chicago 250

Flower Share

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM · Mount Greenwood

AUG 1

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Rosewood (1997)

12:15 PM - 3:00 PM · South Chicago

AUG 1

Chicago 250

Nuclear Illinois: Past, Present, & Future

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM · Harold Washington Library Center

AUG 1

Chicago 250

Local History Zine Making Workshop with CPL Archives and Special Collections

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM · Sulzer Regional

AUG 2

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Cadillac Records (2008)

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM · Kelly

AUG 3

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Aging in America Survive or Thrive (2025)

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM · South Chicago

AUG 3

Chicago 250

Journaling through Chicago

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM · Toman

AUG 4

Chicago 250

The Teen Collective

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM · Woodson Regional

AUG 4

Chicago 250

Film Screening: DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM · Jeffery Manor

AUG 4

Chicago 250

The Brainerd Bakers: Chicago Bakes Edition

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM · Brainerd

AUG 4

Chicago 250

Letters to America

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM · Sulzer Regional

AUG 5

Chicago 250

Trivia Night at Canaryville: Summer Fun Edition

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM · Canaryville

AUG 6

Chicago 250

Chicago Made Film Fest: Scarface (1932)

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM · Little Village

AUG 6

Chicago 250

Steel, Steam, and Right of Way

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM · South Shore

AUG 8

Chicago 250

Embroider a Native Chicago Flower

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM · Dunning

AUG 9

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Captain America: Brave New World (2025)

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM · South Chicago

AUG 9

Chicago 250

Chicago Stories Screening: Iconic Foods

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · Humboldt Park

AUG 10

Chicago 250

Native American Storytelling with Gerald Savage

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM · Austin-Irving

AUG 11

Chicago 250

The Teen Collective

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM · Woodson Regional

AUG 11

Chicago 250

Handmade Happiness: Perpetual Calendar

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM · Lincoln Park

AUG 12

Chicago 250

Young at Heart: Afternoon Party Games

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM · Harold Washington Library Center

AUG 13

Chicago 250

Chicago Made Film Fest: I, Robot (2004)

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM · Little Village

AUG 15

Chicago 250

Off the Rails: How Transit Shaped Our City

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM · Clearing

AUG 15

Chicago 250

Linocut the Chicago Bean

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM · Independence

AUG 15

Chicago 250

Patricia Liddell Researchers Meeting

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM · Woodson Regional

AUG 15

Chicago 250

Documentary Screening: Mavis! (2015)

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM · Hall

AUG 17

Chicago 250

Film Screening: To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM · South Chicago

AUG 18

Chicago 250

The Teen Collective

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM · Woodson Regional

AUG 18

Chicago 250

Dragged Through the Garden: Our Hotdog's History

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM · Hegewisch

AUG 20

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Summer of Soul (2021)

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM · Harold Washington Library Center

AUG 20

Chicago 250

Journaling through Chicago

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM · Scottsdale

AUG 20

Chicago 250

Chicago Made Film Fest: The Untouchables (1987)

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM · Little Village

AUG 22

Chicago 250

Lincoln Square's Community Spaces

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM · Sulzer Regional

AUG 23

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Hidden Figures (2016)

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM · South Chicago

AUG 24

Chicago 250

Route 66: 100 Years of History

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM · Clearing

AUG 25

Chicago 250

The Teen Collective

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM · Woodson Regional

AUG 25

Chicago 250

Summertime, Chicago Style

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM · Whitney M. Young, Jr.

AUG 27

Chicago 250

Film Screening: The Fugitive (1993)

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM · Greater Grand Crossing

AUG 31

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Chicago (2002)

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM · Toman

SEP 9

Chicago 250

Young at Heart: Afternoon Party Games

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM · Harold Washington Library Center

SEP 17

Chicago 250

Film Screening: Next Goal Wins (2024)

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM · Harold Washington Library Center

SEP 19

Chicago 250

Patricia Liddell Researchers Meeting

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM · Woodson Regional