Oct. 28, 2018: “The World’s Columbian Exposition in Music and Story” at Second Presbyterian Church (Chicago)

The historic Second Presbyterian Church in Chicago will celebrate the legacy of the 1893 World’s Fair with an event on October 28, 2018. The date marks the 125th anniversary of the assassination of five-time Chicago mayor Carter H. Harrison, Sr. just days before the scheduled end of the World’s Columbian Exposition. The tragic event sent the city into mourning and the closing ceremonies were replaced by a public memorial service. “The World's Columbian Exposition in Music and Story” will feature [...]

By Scott|2024-07-20T08:40:50-05:00September 28th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Oct. 5, 2018: “Art and Design Chicago” episode “If You Build It….” on WTTW (Chicago)

Public Television station WTTW-11 in Chicago will be broadcasting a new four-part documentary series called Art and Design Chicago beginning on October 5 with an episode about the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. “If You Build It....”, hosted by Museum of Contemporary Art curator Naomi Beck, will explore the 1893 World’s Fair and sculptor Lorado Taft through stories told by artist Dessa Kirk and Mark Pohlad, Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture at DePaul University. This first episode [...]

By Scott|2018-10-28T08:29:35-05:00September 21st, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past), VIDEO|Tags: |0 Comments
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Oct. 20, 2018: “The Visual Culture the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893” seminar series at the Newberry Library (Chicago)

The Newberry Library’s Pictures from an Exposition: Visualizing the 1893 World's Fair includes a series of rich programs about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The Newberry’s adult education History and Social Science seminar series will include a seminar on “The Visual Culture the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893” led by Diane Dillon on six Saturdays from 2-4 pm beginning on October 20 and ending on December 1 (with no meeting on November 24). The registration fee is $242 (with a 10% [...]

By Scott|2022-10-10T09:00:58-05:00September 20th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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Oct. 17, 2018: “Music at the 1893 World’s Fair” at the Newberry Library (Chicago)

The Newberry Library’s Pictures from an Exposition: Visualizing the 1893 World's Fair includes a series of rich programs about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. On Wednesday, October 17, 2018, the Newberry will host “Music at the 1893 World's Fair”. A musical performance with accompanying commentary will feature music drawn from the Newberry’s extensive archive of World’s Columbian Exposition material, including pieces actually heard at the Fair in 1893 along with music that was sold as “souvenir” pieces. The performance runs [...]

By Scott|2022-10-17T08:57:55-05:00September 17th, 2018|Categories: AUDIO, EVENTS (past)|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Oct. 13, 2018: “All the World Is Here” at the Newberry Library (Chicago)

The Newberry Library’s Pictures from an Exposition: Visualizing the 1893 World's Fair includes a series of rich programs about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. On Saturday, October 13, 2018, the Newberry will host “All the World Is Here”, a children’s program with music and stories for children, with the Lucky Trikes Storytelling Chamber Band. The event runs from 10-11:30 am in 1-Northwest at the Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago. The event is free and open to the public, [...]

By Scott|2022-10-10T09:00:18-05:00September 13th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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Sept 11, 2018: Remembering Swami Vivekananda’s Address at the 1893 World’s Fair

The state government of Bengal has declared a day of celebration for September 11, 2018, to honor the 125th anniversary of when Swami Vivekananda addressed the World’s Parliament of Religions at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Plans include seminars and symposia and a light and sound program at Swami Vivekananda's ancestral house. From September 7-9, thousands of delegates will gather for the second World Hindu Congress in Lombard, Illinois, with an objective of re-connecting Hindus worldwide with [...]

By Scott|2022-03-05T10:33:49-06:00September 11th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , , , |0 Comments
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Sept. 25, 2018: World’s Fair Auction #32 closes

Columbian Exposition collectors may be interested in World’s Fair Auction #32, now open for preview. Online bidding closes on September 25th, 2018, at 10:00 PM EDT. The auction catalog can be viewed at: http://www.worldsfairauction.com/cgi-bin/CATALL.CGI. Lots 14 through 57 relate to the 1893 World’s Fair, and include: a rare 14-by-11-inch poster of the Viking Ship; a milk glass tumbler depicting the Illinois State Building; a jig-saw puzzle picturing Horticultural Hall; a "Chicago Exposition 1893" globe inkwell; an ornate "Columbian Fair Souvenir" [...]

By Scott|2021-05-05T14:19:42-05:00September 7th, 2018|Categories: ANTIQUES, EVENTS (past), NEWS|Tags: , , , |0 Comments
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Sept. 1-30, 2018 World’s Fair Diorama at The Whistler (Chicago)

Natural history exhibits from the 1893 World’s Fair are on display in the front window of The Whistler, a bar in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago, throughout the month of September. In celebration of our 125th anniversary, the Field Museum has lent the specimens from their original 1893 World’s Fair collection for the pop-up diorama. The Field and Whistler will team up for a series of “Science of Alcohol” discussion series, including “The Biology of Beer” (Sunday, Sept. [...]

By Scott|2023-04-09T08:58:48-05:00September 7th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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Oct. 6 & 7, 2018: Masks & Myths: Devils and Dancers from Sri Lanka (Chicago)

Mandala, a South Asian performing arts organization in Chicago, will present Masks & Myths: Devils and Dancers from Sri Lanka on Saturday, October 6 at 7 pm and again on Sunday, October 7, at 3 pm at the Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 East 60th St. in Chicago. Not since the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition have Sri Lankan dancers appeared as part of a highly visible international exchange. At that time, Kandyan artists performed in cages [...]

By Scott|2022-12-29T18:44:54-06:00September 6th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past), THEATER|Tags: , , |0 Comments
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Oct. 4, 2018: “The Vanishing City: Excavating the World’s Fair” at the Newberry Library (Chicago)

The Newberry Library’s Pictures from an Exposition: Visualizing the 1893 World's Fair includes a series of rich programs about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. On Thursday, October 4, 2018, the Newberry will host “The Vanishing City: Excavating the World's Fair”. Rebecca Graff, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Chair of American Studies at Lake Forest College, will speak about her archeological and archival research focused on the ephemeral “White City” and Midway Plaisance of the 1893 Chicago Fair. The lecture runs [...]

By Scott|2022-10-10T09:00:13-05:00September 5th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , , |1 Comment
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Aug. 30, 2018 – Feb. 24, 2019: S.S. Columbus Whale Boat Exhibit at the North Point Lighthouse and Museum (Milwaukee)

"A Whale of a Ship" exhibit at the North Point Lighthouse and Museum in Milwaukee. The S.S. Christopher Columbus, the only whaleback ship ever built for passenger service, transported millions of visitors to the 1893 World’s Fair between downtown Chicago and the Columbian Exposition fairgrounds. The excursion liner operated on the Great Lakes through 1933. A new exhibit running from August 30, 2018, through February 24, 2019 at the North Point Lighthouse and Museum in Milwaukee explores [...]

By Scott|2022-01-22T12:50:54-06:00September 3rd, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past), EXHIBITS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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Sept. 8-Oct. 13, 2018: “Chicago’s Gold Coast Patronage and the 1893 World’s Fair” Tours (Chicago)

In conjunction with their exhibit “Treasures from the White City: The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893," the Richard H. Driehaus Museum in Chicago is offering a series of walking tours titled “Chicago's Gold Coast Patronage and the 1893 World's Fair” on Saturdays from 1-2:30 pm between September 8 to October 13. Led by Sally Kalmbach, the tour will explore Chicago’s famous Gold Coast neighborhood. Still one the most beautiful and architecturally rich neighborhoods in the city, the Gold Coast [...]

By Scott|2022-03-05T10:34:28-06:00September 2nd, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments
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Aug. 25, 2018: Historic Marker for the Norway Building

On Saturday August 25, 2018, an Illinois State Historical Society (ISHS) marker commemorating the Norway Building was dedicated in Jackson Park on the exact site where the building stood during the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. A delegation of Norwegians traveled to the event from Orkdal—where the building was originally constructed and then returned to in 2017 as a museum and heritage center (see "The Long Journey of the Norway Building.") They were joined by members of the Norwegian-American community of [...]

By Scott|2024-07-20T08:41:59-05:00August 30th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , , |0 Comments
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Sep. 28-Dec. 31, 2018: “Pictures from an Exposition: Visualizing the 1893 World’s Fair” at the Newberry Library (Chicago)

The celebration of the 125th anniversary of the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 will climax this fall with a major exhibit and series of programs at the Newberry Library in Chicago. The Library is simultaneously celebrating the 125th anniversary of the opening of their beautiful building, designed by architect Henry Ives Cobb, architect of the Fisheries Building and several other structures on the Columbian Exposition fairgrounds. Pictures from an Exposition: Visualizing the 1893 World's Fair opens on September 28, [...]

By Scott|2022-12-09T11:18:31-06:00August 28th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past), EXHIBITS (past)|Tags: |1 Comment
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Sept. 8, 2018-Aug. 11, 2019: “Treasures from the White City: The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893” at the Driehaus Museum (Chicago)

The Richard H. Driehaus Museum presents Treasures from the White City: Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, displaying original objects and memorabilia designed for and exhibited at the fair on the occasion of its 125th anniversary. The objects are drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection, as well as the Richard H. Driehaus private collection, and are exhibited in two galleries in the Nickerson Mansion, the building that now houses the Museum, which not only stood during the World’s Fair in [...]

By Scott|2019-08-16T09:34:27-05:00August 8th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past), EXHIBITS (past)|Tags: , , , |0 Comments
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July-September, 2018: “Glory of Germania” on Display at DANK Haus in Chicago

A German ceramic tile tableau exhibited at the 1893 World’s Fair is back on display for a limited time at the DANK Haus German American Cultural Center in Chicago. The Glory of Germania is an 18-by-12-foot tableau constructed of 1,057 individual tiles displayed with the German exhibit inside the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. (See our full post here.) After 93 years on display in the Germania Club of Chicago and another 32 [...]

By Scott|2022-03-05T10:29:38-06:00August 7th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , , , |1 Comment
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July 1-Sept. 30, 2018: “John Singer Sargent and Chicago’s Gilded Age” at the Art Institute of Chicago

A new exhibit running at the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) has reunited a set of paintings by John Singer Sargent that were on display at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. John Singer Sargent and Chicago’s Gilded Age features approximately 100 objects from the AIC’s collection, private collections, and public institutions. Among them are four of the nine portrait paintings that Sargent exhibited inside the Palace of Fine Arts of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition: • Mother and [...]

By Scott|2022-03-05T10:36:39-06:00July 22nd, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , , |1 Comment
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Aug. 9, 2018: A World of Innovation Exploring the Inventions and Engineering of the 1893 World’s Fair

The Chicago Engineers' Foundation (CEF) is hosting a Columbian Exposition event titled A World of Innovation: Exploring the Inventions and Engineering of the 1893 World's Fair on Thursday, August 9, 2018 from 12-1:30 PM at the Union League Club of Chicago. With a mission to encourage and empower the next generation of engineers, the CEF is one of the three foundations with a home at the Union League Club. A World of Innovation is part of a series of [...]

By Scott|2024-09-23T08:14:04-05:00July 21st, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , |0 Comments
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July 21, 2018: “World’s Fare” at Chicago Athletic Association

Experience Columbian cuisine on July 21 at “World’s Fare” held in the new pop-up bar at the historic Chicago Athletic Association (CAA) hotel. To celebrate the exhibition “John Singer Sargent and Chicago’s Gilded Age” running now at the Art Institute of Chicago, the CAA has created a Sargent-themed bar called “Dear Carmencita” (named after Sargent's 1890 painting La Carmencita in the exhibit), which is open from 5 pm to midnight between July 12 and August 5. On Saturday, July [...]

By Scott|2024-04-22T08:53:50-05:00July 20th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments
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July-Sept, 2018: University of Kansas celebrates Dyche’s Panorama

Few full exhibits from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition remained intact after the close of the fair. A notable exception is the “Exhibit of Large North American Mammals” that was on display inside the Kansas State Building. The University of Kansas Natural History Museum is home to the display, which is the subject of a series of events this summer to celebrate its 125th anniversary. Professor Lewis Lindsay Dyche created the panorama to showcase the university’s natural-history and taxidermy [...]

By Scott|2023-04-09T08:58:14-05:00July 12th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , , |0 Comments
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