These 153 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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November 5 at 11:30am +119
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel · Hyde Park • $0-$5
Climb 271 steps to the top of a 200-foot neo-Gothic tower and stand among one of the world's largest carillons. The views over Chicago and the Hyde Park neighborhood are worth every step.
November 5 at 7:15pm +16
Chicago Cultural Center · Chicago Loop • Free
Stand beneath the world's largest Tiffany stained-glass dome on a free docent-led tour of this 1897 landmark. Marble staircases, mother-of-pearl mosaics, and stories galore inside the People's Palace.
November 5 at 1:15pm +51
Chicago Cultural Center · Chicago Loop • Free
Look up: this free docent-led tour winds through a landmark of marble staircases, hand-laid mosaics, and a glowing stained-glass dome. Forty-five minutes of pure gilded-age wow.
November 7 at 1pm (This weekend)
Smart Museum of Art · Hyde Park
Curator Allison Martino leads a fifteen-minute micro-tour of the Tokyo-based art collective teamLab at the Smart Museum of Art, offering an introduction to two key artworks before visitors explore the galleries at their own pace.
November 17 at 6pm
North Park Village Nature Center Park · North Park
Two guided walks through the preserve, split between a family-friendly session and an adults-only excursion, invite participants to search for nocturnal raptors at North Park Village Nature Center Park in partnership with the Chicago Ornithological Society.
November 21 at 3:30pm
Glessner House · Near South Side • $30
H. H. Richardson's 1887 fortress of a house rewrote the rules of American home design, and this eight-person tour goes where regular visitors can't: basement to attic, capped off with Richardson's original sketch.
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Thu, Nov 5 · 6:00 PM
Chicago Private Tours · Chicago Loop
$0-$27
Thu, Nov 5 · 5:00 PM
The Peninsula Chicago · River North
$409-$611
Thu, Nov 5 · 5:00 PM
Chicago Cultural Center · Chicago Loop
$1729
Thu, Nov 5 · 5:00 PM
Intelligentsia Coffee Monadnock Coffeebar · Chicago Loop
$1739
Thu, Nov 5 · 5:00 PM
Wendella Tours & Cruises · Chicago Loop
$476
Thu, Nov 5 · 5:00 PM
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago Loop
$633
Thu, Nov 5 · 5:00 PM
Millennium Park · Chicago Loop
$1729
Fri, Nov 6 · 11:00 AM
Pequod's Pizza · Lincoln Park
$100-$200
Fri, Nov 6 · 11:00 AM
425 S Financial Pl · Chicago Loop
$89-$95
Fri, Nov 6 · 6:00 AM
Cloud Gate · Chicago Loop
$27
Fri, Nov 6 · 10:30 AM
Pioneer Court · Streeterville
$30-$45
Fri, Nov 6 · 9:00 AM
Field Museum Store · Near South Side
$626
Fri, Nov 6 · 10:00 AM
Chicago Cultural Center · Chicago Loop
Free
Fri, Nov 6 · 1:00 PM
Taste Of River North · Chicago Loop
$0-$399
Fri, Nov 6 · 11:30 AM
Bobby’s Bike Hike · Streeterville
$89
Fri, Nov 6 · 11:00 AM
William Shakespeare Monument · Lincoln Park
$90-$125
Fri, Nov 6 · 1:00 AM
Downtown Chicago · Chicago
$800
Fri, Nov 6 · 1:00 AM
Downtown Chicago · Chicago
$640
Fri, Nov 6 · 9:00 AM
Vietnam Veterans Memorial · Chicago Loop
$0-$10
Fri, Nov 6 · 11:30 AM
Chinatown Visitor Center · South Loop
$10-$85
Fri, Nov 6 · 10:00 AM
Chicago Cultural Center · Chicago Loop
Fri, Nov 6 · 9:00 AM
Chicago · Chicago
$79-$109
Fri, Nov 6 · 4:00 PM
34 W Erie St · River North
$30-$35
Fri, Nov 6 · 6:00 AM
16th St Murals (Westside - S Wood to S Canal) · Lower West Side
$0-$35
Fri, Nov 6 · 9:00 AM
Chicago Loop
$0-$10
Fri, Nov 6 · 1:15 PM
Chicago Cultural Center · Chicago Loop
Fri, Nov 6 · 8:00 AM
Field Museum · Near South Side
$0-$73
Fri, Nov 6 · 1:00 AM
See Sight Tours - Chicago Tours · Chicago Loop
$960
Fri, Nov 6 · 8:00 AM
Lizard Investors LLC · Streeterville
$15-$49
Fri, Nov 6 · 7:00 AM
Chicago
$6
Fri, Nov 6 · 10:30 AM
2189 S Wentworth Ave · Armour Square
$0-$30
Fri, Nov 6 · 11:30 AM
Bobby's Bike Hike - Chicago Bike, Walking & Food Tours · Streeterville
$179
Fri, Nov 6 · 1:00 PM
Chicago Loop
$0-$25
Fri, Nov 6 · 10:00 AM
Tours & Boats Architecture Tours · Chicago Loop
$199
Fri, Nov 6 · 6:00 AM
Chicago · Chicago
$425
Fri, Nov 6 · 1:00 PM
Chicago Loop
$0-$263.09
Fri, Nov 6 · 9:00 AM
401 N Wabash Ave · River North
$195
Fri, Nov 6 · 9:00 AM
Skydeck Chicago - Willis Tower · Chicago Loop
$109-$149
Fri, Nov 6 · 10:00 AM
Chicago Cultural Center · Chicago Loop
Free
Fri, Nov 6 · 10:30 AM
300 E Monroe St · Chicago Loop
$72.15
Sat, Nov 7 · 3:30 PM
132 S Wabash Ave · Chicago Loop
$9.99-$49.99
Sat, Nov 7 · 9:00 AM
Mary Meyer School · Lake View East
Sat, Nov 7 · 11:00 AM
Ground Up Coffee & Bites · River North
$$
Sat, Nov 7 · 8:00 AM
Wooded Island · Jackson Park
Free
Sat, Nov 7 · 10:30 AM
Chinatown Visitor Center · Armour Square
$0-$30
Sat, Nov 7 · 9:30 AM
Bobby's Bike Hike - Chicago Bike, Walking & Food Tours · Streeterville
$10.99-$59
Sat, Nov 7 · 12:00 PM
Mon Ami Gabi · Lincoln Park
$80
Mon, Nov 9 · 11:00 AM
Chicago Loop
$60
Tue, Nov 10 · 10:00 AM
Swedish American Museum · Andersonville
Free
Tue, Nov 10 · 10:00 AM
Chicago Cultural Center · Chicago Loop
Thu, Nov 12 · 8:30 AM
Immaculate Conception – St. Joseph School · Near North Side
Thu, Nov 12 · 3:15 PM
Emily Oaks Nature Center · Skokie
$140
Fri, Nov 13 · 9:00 AM
St. Josaphat School · Lincoln Park
Sun, Nov 15 · 9:00 AM
Park West Cooperative Nursery School · Sheffield & DePaul
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