Dec. 5-28, 2025: Joffrey Ballet’s “Columbian Nutcracker” (Chicago)

A festive Ferris Wheel, a Dream City, a flurry of snow, dancing dragons, dancing nuts, and dancing rats! It's that time of the year for Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet to stage their spectacular annual production of The Nutcracker, with story set on the fairgrounds of 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Performances run from December 4-28, 2025, at the Lyric Opera House (20 N. Wacker Dr. in Chicago) This ballet by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, which premiered in 2016, invites the audience to [...]

By Scott|2025-11-29T18:24:54-06:00November 29th, 2025|Categories: EVENTS, THEATER|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Sep. 13-Nov 9, 2025: “Nocturne 1893” Haunted House (Schiller Park, IL)

One of Chicagoland’s scariest haunted house attractions invites brave guests to a frightening Fair. 13th Floor Haunted House describes their season attraction “Nocturn 1893”: On the final night of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, the lights begin to fade… and something far more sinister takes the stage. You arrive amid the celebration, unaware that behind the dazzling lights, something methodical and monstrous hunts in silence. Guests vanish, rumors spread, and the truth festers beneath the spectacle. The fair’s once [...]

By Scott|2025-10-04T07:06:59-05:00October 4th, 2025|Categories: EVENTS|0 Comments
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Sep. 19, 2025-Feb. 28, 2026: “Traces” hints at the White City in Jackson Park

Buildings from the 1893 World’s Fair have been reconstructed in Jackson Park. Sort of. A view of "Traces" looking north from the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, a campus once home to the State Buildings of the 1893 World's Fair. For the past decade, the Chicago Architectural Biennial (CAB) has brought many fascinating, provocative, and engaging installations by architects, artists, and designers to sites around the city. This year’s show, SHIFT: Architecture in Times of Radical [...]

By Scott|2025-09-21T09:52:11-05:00September 21st, 2025|Categories: EVENTS, EXHIBITS (current)|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Sep. 10, 2025: “When Bathurst Shone on the World Stage” (Bathurst, Australia)

The Bathurst Library will host a talk on Australian participation in the 1893 World’s Fair on Wednesday, September 10, 2025. Local artist and freelance archivist Kim Bagot-Hiller will discuss “When Bathurst Shone on the World Stage” from 2:30-3:30 PM. The Colony of New South Wales sent people and exhibits on a long journey over the water to share what the Colony had to offer, including displays from Bathurst. The event is free and open to the public at the [...]

By Scott|2025-09-08T08:17:36-05:00September 8th, 2025|Categories: EVENTS|Tags: |0 Comments
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