Jun. 19, 2021–Jan. 9, 2022: “Chicago: When the Comics Came to Life” (Chicago Cultural Center)

Chicago’s role in the development of the early comic strip is the focus of a temporary exhibit at the Chicago Cultural Center. Curated by artist and author Chris Ware, and Chicago Cultural Historian Emeritus, Tim Samuelson, “Chicago: When the Comics Came to Life” features the works of prominent Chicago artists and publishers from circa 1880 to 1960, with most artifacts coming from the curators’ personal collections. The vibrant and colorful story of the history of comics runs through the [...]

By Scott|2022-01-25T07:43:20-06:00October 24th, 2021|Categories: EVENTS (past), EXHIBITS (past)|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Oct. 8, 2021: “City on Fire” opens at the Chicago History Museum

Embers of the Great Chicago Fire continue to smolder. Stories of tragedy and triumph from October 8–10, 1871, and the years of rebuilding that followed have been cause for somber remembrance and jubilant celebration throughout the years, including at “Chicago Day” held at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Fire, the Chicago History Museum has opened a new permanent exhibit, “City on Fire: Chicago 1871." Several displays and artifacts connected to the 1893 [...]

By Scott|2022-08-11T15:27:02-05:00October 16th, 2021|Categories: EVENTS (past), EXHIBITS (current)|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Sept. 21, 2021: World’s Fair Auction #39 closes

Columbian Exposition collectors may be interested in World’s Fair Auction #39, now open for preview. Online bidding closes at 10:00 PM EST on Tuesday, September 21, 2021. The auction catalog can be viewed at: http://www.worldsfairauction.com/cgi-bin/catalog.cgi. Lots 21 through 71 are items related to the 1893 World’s Fair, and include several products commemorating various building of the White City: a china vase decorated with an image of the Horticultural Building; Report of the Committee on Awards World's Columbian Commission two-volume [...]

By Scott|2021-09-12T12:43:33-05:00September 12th, 2021|Categories: ANTIQUES, EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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Sept. 12, 2021: “Walking the White City” tour (Chicago)

The Glessner House is offering a "Walking the White City" tour of the former fairgrounds of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition on Sunday, September 12, 2021, from 10 AM to noon. Architect and historian John Waters will guide participants on a walking tour of Jackson Park to see the sites of landmarks of the 1893 World's Fair, explore the fascinating vestiges, and learn how the Fair influenced the design of Jackson Park as we know it today. The tour [...]

By Scott|2022-03-05T11:04:20-06:00August 12th, 2021|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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June 24, 2021: 1893 Chicago World’s Fair Celebration (online)

GreenFields Geneva, a senior living center in Geneva, Illinois, will host an “1893 Chicago World’s Fair Celebration” online lecture on Thursday, June 24 at 11 AM. Local historian Bob Dion will provide a tour of this triumph of American spirit and ingenuity. Viewers will experience the thrill of the fairgrounds and discover how the fair changed everything from packaged food to city planning. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required and available at [...]

By Scott|2021-07-08T18:12:02-05:00June 9th, 2021|Categories: EVENTS (past)|0 Comments
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Dec. 16, 2020-July 11, 2021: “Fantastic Fairs: The Fields at the World’s Fairs” (St. Louis)

The Field House Museum in St. Louis is dedicated to preserving the legacy and birthplace of author Eugene Field. A temporary exhibit in the museum’s main entryway showcases objects relating to Eugene Field’s involvement at the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago and his wife Julia Field’s position as juror at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis. Columbian Exposition books, stereoview cards, tickets, souvenir spoons, and a holograph letter from Mr. Field to Clara Doty Bates fill one display [...]

By Scott|2021-08-08T09:45:30-05:00June 7th, 2021|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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July 8, 2021: Designed the Dazzle and Delight: Chicago’s 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition (Chicago)

The Newberry Library in Chicago will offer a one-day seminar on the 1893 World’s Fair on Thursday, July 8, 2021. Parks historian and preservationist Julia Bachrach will lead the Newberry Adult Education Seminar “Designed the Dazzle and Delight: Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition” from 6–8 pm online using Zoom. In 1890, when Congress awarded Chicago the honor of hosting the next World's Fair, civic leaders and exposition designers had a daunting task ahead of them. After a 600-acre windswept [...]

By Scott|2022-10-10T09:01:33-05:00May 26th, 2021|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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June 9, 2021: “Chicago Encounters Japan: The 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition” (online)

The Driehaus Museum in Chicago will offer an online program on “Chicago Encounters Japan: The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition” on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. Dr. Janice Katz, the Roger L. Weston Associate Curator of Japanese Art at the Art Institute of Chicago, will present on the history and legacy of Japanese Ho-o-den on the Wooded Island. Japan’s presence at the exposition of 1893 in Chicago was tactful, inspirational, and enduring. In particular, the Phoenix Hall (Hooden) situated on an [...]

By Scott|2022-03-05T11:04:14-06:00May 24th, 2021|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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May 20, 2021: “Film Firsts and the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair: Part II” (online)

Chicago Movie Tours will offer the second of two free "mini matinee" online lectures on Thursday, May 20 at 9:30 AM. "Film Firsts and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair: Part II" promises to celebrate the fathers of modern movies and that time they filmed Chicago's famous Ferris wheel. To attend the event, just view their Facebook page at the scheduled time and click on the live video.

By Scott|2022-03-05T11:04:01-06:00May 6th, 2021|Categories: EVENTS (past)|0 Comments
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May 13, 2021: “Film Firsts and the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair: Part I” (online)

Chicago Movie Tours will offer two free "mini matinee" online lectures on Facebook. The first, on Thursday, May 13 at 9:30 AM is "Film Firsts and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair: Part I." The presentation will uncover what human eyesight, galloping horses, and a missed Chicago deadline have in common. The second presentation, on Thursday, May 20 at 9:30 AM, is "Film Firsts and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair: Part II" which promises to celebrate the fathers of modern [...]

By Scott|2022-03-05T11:03:55-06:00May 3rd, 2021|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Apr. 28-July 9, 2021: “ReIMAGINE Aunt Jemima” exhibit (Chicago)

A new exhibit in Chicago explores an advertising campaign launched at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and only recently ended. ReIMAGINE Aunt Jemima is on display in the lobby of the Carter G. Woodson Regional Library (9525 S Halsted Street in Chicago) from April 28 to July 9, 2021. ReIMAGINE Aunt Jemima on display at the Carter G. Woodson Regional Library in Chicago. The exhibit centers on the Chicagoans and "living trademarks" Nancy Green and Edith Wilson, [...]

By Scott|2021-08-08T09:45:55-05:00April 28th, 2021|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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Apr. 26, 2021-2022: Olmsted 200: Celebrating Olmsted and Parks for All People

2022 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, social reformer and founder of American landscape architecture. The National Association for Olmsted Parks and partners have launched a year-long celebration to explore Olmsted’s living legacy. Olmsted 200 offers an array of activities and events across the country designed to introduce you to Frederick Law Olmsted and the importance of his work and ideas. One of the "Pillars of the Fair," Olmsted served as chief landscape architect [...]

By Scott|2021-05-02T11:47:03-05:00April 26th, 2021|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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Apr. 27, 2021: The Amazing World’s Fairs of Chicago (online)

The Elmhurst Public Library in Elmhurst, Illinois, is offering an online presentation "The Amazing World’s Fairs of Chicago" on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, at 7 PM. Explore the two World’s Fairs that put Chicago on the map. The Columbian Exposition of 1893 was built against incredible odds and with a diabolical killer just outside the gates. The 1933 Century of Progress could not go ahead without first getting rid of Al Capone. Learn about both fairs and their tragedies [...]

By Scott|2024-09-23T08:17:09-05:00April 25th, 2021|Categories: EVENTS (past)|0 Comments
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April 14, 2021: “The (Whole) Story of the 1893 Midway” (online)

Join the Chicago Architecture Center (CAC) for a virtual walk down the Midway Plaisance of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, where visitors saw ice and snow in the summer, heard the clang of Egyptian swords, smelled bratwurst in a German Village, tasted Orange Cider, and felt the ground fall away as they ascended the Ferris Wheel. The CAC will be hosting an online lecture "The (Whole) Story of the 1893 Midway" at noon (Central time) on April 14, 2021. This event [...]

By Scott|2024-10-27T12:20:57-05:00April 3rd, 2021|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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Apr. 30, 2021: “A Day at the 1893 World’s Fair” (online)

Our friends at Chicago Detours have provided engaging and informative virtual programming during our pandemic quarantine, with online events such as “Innovations of the 1893 World’s Fair,” “Wonders of the 1893 World’s Fair,” and “LGBT Chicago History in 1893.” They are heading back to the World’s Columbian Exposition on Friday, Apr. 30, 2021, with a virtual tour called “A Day at the 1893 World's Fair.” They will depart for Jackson Park at 7 PM, and guest can join them [...]

By Scott|2021-05-02T11:48:29-05:00March 30th, 2021|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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Mar. 3, 2021: Columbian Exposition Museum Auction

Hundreds of items relating to Christopher Columbus and the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago will hit the auction block on March 3, 2021. The collectibles come from the Christopher Columbus Museum in Columbus, Wisconsin, and include 1893 World's Fair books, tickets, stereoview cards, souvenir coins and ribbons, and an amazing one-of-a-kind, hand-made mechanical model of the Ferris Wheel. The sale will be conducted by Beloit Auction and Realty at 534 W. Grand Avenue in Beloit, WI. An online [...]

By Scott|2021-04-04T05:45:42-05:00February 24th, 2021|Categories: ANTIQUES, EVENTS (past)|1 Comment
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Mar. 2, 2021: World’s Fair Auction #38 closes

Columbian Exposition collectors may be interested in World’s Fair Auction #38, now open for preview. Online bidding closes at 10:00 PM EST on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. The auction catalog can be viewed at: http://www.worldsfairauction.com/cgi-bin/catalog.cgi. Lots 20 through 92 are items related to the 1893 World’s Fair, and include several products commemorating various building of the White City: a "World's Fair 1893" turquoise art glass creamer, an Agricultural Building china vase, and a Machinery Hall china plate; Machinery Hall cuff [...]

By Scott|2021-04-04T05:46:06-05:00February 19th, 2021|Categories: ANTIQUES, EVENTS (past)|Tags: |2 Comments
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Mar. 11, 2021: “World’s Fair Archaeology in Jackson Park” (online)

The Chicago Public Library is hosting a presentation about “World's Fair Archaeology in Jackson Park" on March 11, 2021. Rebecca Graff, associate professor of anthropology at Lake Forest College (IL), will discuss her new book Disposing of Modernity and her archaeological digs at the site of Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Jackson Park.  This free event takes place online using Zoom from 2-3 PM. Register at least 24 hours before the event at https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/60185f0022fe7d24006eec07 The Ohio State Building, [...]

By Scott|2023-04-09T09:00:10-05:00February 11th, 2021|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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Jan. 18, 2021: “Black History and Arts in Chicago” (Hyde Park Book Club online)

The Hyde Park Book Club of the Hyde Park Historical Society will host an online discussion of books relating to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition at their next meeting honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day. On Monday, January 18, 2021, at 7:30 PM the Club will offer "Black History and Arts in Chicago with Richard Courage and Christopher Robert Reed" and discuss “All the World is Here!” The Black Presence at White City by Christopher Robert Reed, Roots of [...]

By Scott|2022-03-05T11:00:18-06:00January 15th, 2021|Categories: EVENTS (past)|0 Comments
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Dec. 19, 2020: Chicago History Book Club discusses the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition (online)

DATE CHANGE The Chicago History Book Club will discuss three books about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition during their online meeting at 10 am on Saturday, December 19: Robert Muccigrosso's Celebrating the New World: Chicago’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 (Ivan R. Dee, 1993), Erik Larson's best-selling The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (Crown, 2003), and Jeanne Madeline Weimann's The Fair Women: The Story of the Woman’s Building at the [...]

By Scott|2023-01-12T20:31:20-06:00December 5th, 2020|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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