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Sites to visit


Cultural Institutions


The Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St. (and Michigan Ave.)
(312) 346-3278

The Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State St.
(312) 747-4300


Museums

The Art Institute of Chicago
Michigan Ave at Adams St. (around 200 South)
free on Tuesdays
(312) 443-3600

The Chicago Historical Society
Clark St. at North Ave. (Lincoln Park, around 1600 North)
free on Mondays
great Early America and Civil War exhibits
watch the movie on the World's Fair of 1893
(773) 642-4600

The Museum of Broadcast Communications
Chicago Cultural Center
Michigan Ave. at Washington St. (around 100 North)
free!
watch the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show
...or a classic Homicide episode
(312) 629-6000

The Terra Museum of American Art
across the street from Niketown
664 N. Michigan Ave.
free for students with I.D.
nice respite from hectic shopping
(312) 664-3939


Sports Teams


Chicago White Sox (baseball)
Comiskey Park
333 W. 35th St.
(773) 924-1000


Movie Theatres


LOEWS/Sony Fine Arts Theatre
418 S. Michigan Ave.
arty flicks in the heart of downtown
(312) 939-3700

Music Box Theatre
3733 Southport
runs classic films and arty flicks
(773) 871-6604

LOEWS/Sony Old Orchard
9400 Skokie Blvd.
Theatre 3 seats 1000 and is great for action films and epics
Skokie
(847) 674-5300


Zoos


The Lincoln Park Zoo
2200 N. Cannon Dr. (Lincoln Park)
free!
(773) 294-4660
Brookfield Zoo
1st Ave. and 31st St.
Brookfield
cool wax sculpture souvenirs a la Museum of Science and Industry, but with animals
(708) 485-2200


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