Now that the gears of summer are finally in motion, the Chicagoland area is brimming with possibilities! This month we celebrate Pride Month, Juneteenth and Father’s Day — and we’ve got festivities surrounding all of those events and more covered in our round-up of the best things to do in Chicago and the North Shore […]
Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month is dedicated to the accomplishments and histories of these minority groups in America, which started as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week in 1978, signed into effect by President Jimmy Carter. May commemorates the immigration of the first Japanese people to the United States in 1843 on May 7, […]
Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month is an annual month dedicated to the accomplishments and histories of these minority groups in America. AAPI Heritage Month started as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week in 1978, signed into effect by President Jimmy Carter. May commemorates the immigration of the first Japanese people to the United States […]
Featured: Mill Valley Music Festival May 7 Bring a lawn chair, a hat and a refillable water bottle to the field behind the Mill Valley Community Center and celebrate the return of live music in a festival format, outdoors in Marin. Hosted by the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce (with Noise Pop Industries) an inaugural, […]
A Marin dad drops a restaurant in San Francisco’s Cow Hollow neighborhood; Starbird Chicken comes to Corte Madera, a design showcase opens in Fairfax, among other newness in the Bay Area Featured: Little Saint Chef Kyle and Katina Connaughton and the team behind three-Michelin star Single Thread in Healdsburg are opening a plant-centric venture in […]
Plus, the San Francisco Film Festival opens and a tomato market at Bon Air Center. Featured: ODC’s Dance Downtown Mar 31–Apr 10 Packing five decades of choreographic adventure and exuberant dance into two weekends of programming hardly seems enough for San Francisco’s seminal dance troupe. Founded by artistic director Brenda Way at Oberlin College in […]
April in Chicago – when the first legitimately nice days start stacking up, and we can all gingerly put our snow boots in the closet (albeit at the front). We don’t know about you, but nothing makes us want to go out and do All The Things more than a beautiful spring day and a […]
With spring almost here, there’s lots to do as people start heading outside. There’s lots going on to our north, with the Sonoma International Film Festival (featuring a special Plates & Places lunch with Joanne Weir) and Wine Road’s Barrel Tasting Weekend making the drive worthwhile. In the city, the arts are flourishing, from Immersive […]
Between Valentine’s Day, the Lunar New Year, Mardi Gras and the Superbowl, there’s a lot going on this year in February. On top of that there’s the usual wealth of art, comedy, music and film not to be missed – especially the exhibition on Sausalito’s own Edith Heath and her work. Featured: Heath Ceramics at […]
From North Shore Restaurant Month and Downtown Evanston’s Hygge Fest to the Chicago Auto Show and The Orchid Show, there’s so much you won’t want to miss this month. All Month Evita at Drury Lane Theatre View this post on Instagram A post shared by Drury Lane Theatre & Events (@drurylaneproductions) Evita tells the story […]
