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Tree Lighting Ceremony |  Daley Plaza, Chicago
25 Nov 2009 (annual)
Chicago's Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony is really something. The enormous tree illuminates the plaza and festive crowds are entertained with a special programme of live music from local choirs and marching bands. |
Chicago Thanksgiving Parade |  Chicago
26 Nov 2009 (annual)
Dating back to 1934, the Chicago Thanksgiving Parade tempts 350,000 people onto the streets, with another 1.5 million watching on TV. In the nippy autumn air marchers proceed up State Street - from Congress Street north to Randolph Street. |
Zoolights Festival |  Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago
27 Nov - 13 Dec 2009; Fri, Sat, and Sun only (various dates)
Giant illuminated animal figures and a magical holiday glow descend on Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo during the annual Zoolights Festival. Chicago boasts many fine light displays at Christmas time, but few can compete with the Zoolights Festival. |
Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago |  Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
6 Sep 2008 - 15 Dec 2009
This exhibition brings the architect, Daniel Burnham's 1909 plan for the city to the Art Institute of Chicago for the enjoyment of anyone interested in architecture and the social ideals that influenced the early planning of the United States. |
Christkindlmarket Chicago |  Daley Plaza, Chicago
25 Nov - 24 Dec 2009 (annual)
The centre of Chicago takes on some of the trappings of a typical German Christmas - with a rather better chance of snow - as Daley Plaza hosts the annual Christkindlmarket. |
Holiday Magic at Brookfield Zoo |  Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield
5 - 31 Dec 2009; Weekends only (annual)
The Brookfield Zoo in Chicago's western suburbs comes alive for the holiday season with 750,000 lights. Visitors can enjoy celebrity storytelling and musical performances, theatricals and personal appearances by Frosty the Snowman and Santa Claus himself. |
Wonderland Express |  Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe
27 Nov 2009 - 3 Jan 2010 (annual)
The "Wonderland Express" pulls into the Chicago Botanic Garden this Christmas with twinkling lights, garden-scale trains, miniature versions of Chicago's favourite landmarks and an array of family activities. |
Victorian Photocollage |  Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
10 Oct 2009 - 3 Jan 2010
The Victorian Photocollage exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago looks at the surprising contribution to the art of photocollage made by aristocratic Victorian women years ahead of the more famous work of the avant-garde movement. |
St Patrick's Day in Chicago |  Chicago
Mar 2010 (annual)
The first St Patrick's Day parade in Chicago took place on 17 March, 1843. Now every year a magnificent street parade thrills spectators in the downtown area of the city. |
Mayor Daley's Kids and Kites Festival |  Lincoln Park, Chicago
May 2010 (annual)
The sky in Chicago fills with colourful kites during Mayor Daley's annual Kids and Kites Festival, held on Cricket Hill, at Lake Shore Drive and Montrose, in Lincoln Park. |
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