Events in Grant Park
Grant Park is Chicago's premier downtown lakefront park district, home to Millennium Park, Buckingham Fountain, the Art Institute of Chicago, and hosting major festivals including Lollapalooza and the Chicago Jazz Festival.
46 events in this neighborhood
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JUL 16 – JUN 17
Free / Free with museum admission; no registration required.
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Mindful Looking (FY27 6:00)
JUL 16 – JUN 17
Free / Free with museum admission; no registration required.
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Mindful Looking
JUL 18 – DEC 19
Free / Free with museum admission, no registration required
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Gallery Tour in American Sign Language (Saturdays)
SEP 3
Free / Free with museum admission, no registration required
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Drop-In Sketching: In the Spirit of de Kooning (Sept 3)
SEP 4
Athletic
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Go Grind Friday Nights at Grant
SEP 4
Free for members, no registration required
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Member Preview: Mary Cassatt—After Impressionism (Fri)
SEP 4
Free / Free for members, registration required
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Member Lecture: Mary Cassatt—After Impressionism (Fri)
SEP 4
Free / Free for members, registration required
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Member Lecture: Mary Cassatt—After Impressionism (Fri, Sept 4)
SEP 5
Festivals & Special Events
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IndigiFest: Celebrating Indigenous Culture at Grant
SEP 5
Free / Free for members, registration required
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Member Lecture: Mary Cassatt—After Impressionism (Sat)
SEP 5
Free for members, no registration required
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Member Preview: Mary Cassatt—After Impressionism (Sat)
SEP 5
Free / Free for members, registration required
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Member Lecture: Mary Cassatt—After Impressionism (Sat, Sept 5)
SEP 8
$25 per person, registration required This tour is limited to 18 participants. Contact luminary@artic.edu to register.
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Luminary Tour: Willem de Kooning Drawing (Sept 8)
SEP 10
Free / Free, registration required
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Teacher Appreciation Day
SEP 10
Free / Free with museum admission, registration required
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Lecture: Ray Johnson's Books as Social Objects
SEP 11
Free / Free with museum admission, no registration required
Arts & Culture
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Gallery Conversation: Corn and Cosmos
SEP 11
Free / Free for members, registration required
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Member Lecture: Mary Cassatt—After Impressionism (Sept 11)
SEP 12 – SEP 13
Festivals & Special Events
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El Grito Chicago
SEP 15
Registration required, $35 per person Contact luminary@artic.edu to register.
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Luminary Curator's Choice: Self, Made—Fourteen Modern Artists from the Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Collection
SEP 16 – DEC 14
Free / Free, no registration required
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The Artist's Studio: Care and Share
SEP 17
Free / Free with museum admission, no registration required
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Mindful Looking (Sept 17 at 12:00)
SEP 17
Free / Free with museum admission, no registration required
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Spotlight Talk: Coronation Stone of Moctezuma Xocoyotzin
SEP 17
Free / Free with museum admission, registration required
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Conversation: New Stories for Ancient Art
SEP 17
Free / Free with museum admission; no registration required.
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Mindful Looking (Sept 17 6:00)
SEP 17
Free / Free with museum admission, no registration required
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Writing in the Galleries: Rupture, Action, Gesture, Collage
SEP 19
Free / Free with museum admission, registration required
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Artist Conversation: Jill Mulleady
SEP 24
Free / Free with museum admission, registration required
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Conversation: Lee Miller—Fearless
SEP 26
Free / Free with museum admission, registration required
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Lecture: The King, His Armor, and His Armorer—Conserving Britain's Royal Collection
OCT 1
Free / Free with museum admission, no registration required
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Drop-In Sketching: In the Spirit of de Kooning (Oct 1)
OCT 1
Free / Free with museum admission, registration required
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Conversation: Mary Cassatt’s Voice—An Artist’s Correspondence
OCT 2
Registration required, $50 per person Contact luminary@artic.edu to register.
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Luminary Curator's Choice: Beyond Form—Abstraction at Midcentury
OCT 10
Free / Free with museum admission, registration required
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Artist Talk: Ralph Johnson on Architecture in a Rapidly Changing World
OCT 15
Free / Free with museum admission, no registration required
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Spotlight Talk: Italian Mannerism
OCT 15
Free / Free with museum admission, registration required
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Lecture: Dressing at the Crossroads—Reconsidering the Traditional Dress of the Arabian Peninsula
OCT 15
Free / Free with museum admission, registration required
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Lecture: Dressing at the Crossroads of the Arabian Peninsula
OCT 17
L.Connect programs are exclusive to members at the Luminary Silver level and above. Email luminary@artic.edu to register.
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Luminary L.Connect: Provenance Research
OCT 27
Luminary receive 2 tickets per household. Email luminary@artic.edu to register.
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Luminary Close Look: Lee Miller—Fearless
OCT 29
Free / Registration required, free with museum admission
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Lecture: Modern Woman—Mary Cassatt's 1893 Mural for Chicago
NOV 3
$60 per person Contact luminary@artic.edu to register.
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Luminary Exhibition Celebration—Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism
NOV 7
Free / Free, no registration required
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Family Day: Picture This
NOV 7
Free / Registration required, free with museum admission
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Artist Conversation: Jordan Ann Craig
NOV 12
Free / Free with museum admission, registration required
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Artist Talk: Hyejeong Kim—The Journeying Potter
NOV 19
Free / Free with museum admission, no registration required
Arts & Culture
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Spotlight Talk: A Copy of Ten Marble Fragments of the Great Eleusinian Relief
DEC 1
Registration required, $35 per person Contact luminary@artic.edu to register.
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Luminary Curator's Choice: Jill Mulleady—The Passenger
DEC 8
Free / Free, registration required
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Artist Talk: Stan Douglas
DEC 18
Free / Free for members, registration required
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