Chicago paints the city green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
Throngs of revelers, comprising both locals and tourists, sporting the signature gears and cheering lustily, painted the windy city on Saturday in the colour of St. Patrick's Day as the Chicago River bled emerald green after the river dyeing, a tradition since 1962.
Chicago by Night: The windy city's evening symphony
On a September evening in Chicago, as we got off the Uber at the Symphony Center, home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, after a short ride from our hotel in the theatre district known as The Loop, we barely knew how lucky we were to be witnessing a performance of Riccardo Muti.
Chicago 48 Hours: Five compelling experiences in Chi-town
During my last visit to Chicago, my go-to city in the US, I was wondering what new things I could experience. Choose Chicago, the official tourism body of Chi-town, was forthcoming with ideas for me, someone who has already covered over years all the "been-there-done-that" places of the city that I can never get enough of. If you are not a first timer to Chicago (well, you can be a first timer too) and have just a day or two to encounter something really invigorating, that range from immersive cultural experience to some easy-going fun, here is the list beyond the river cruise and Skydeck thrills of the Willis Tower.
Chicago again wins USA's Best Big City award by readers of Conde Nast Traveler
Chicago: Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, Choose Chicago and World Business Chicago, has announced Condé Nast Traveler recognized Chicago as the #1 Best Big City in the U.S. for the fifth year in a row in the results of its annual Readers’ Choice Awards.
Chicago to host US premiere of Immersive Van Gogh in a new venue dedicated to immersive art
CHICAGO: Lighthouse ArtSpace Chicago, a new venue within Chicago’s recently renovated landmark Germania Club Building, will open on Feb. 11, 2021 with the U.S. premiere of the blockbuster art experience Immersive Van Gogh.
Chicago chosen as Best Large City for fourth consecutive year by Conde Nast Traveler readers
City of Big Shoulders, Chicago, added one more epaulette to its status with Conde Nast Traveler readers choosing it as the Best Large City in the United States for the fourth year in a row.
Chicago/IBNS: Wrightwood 659, the Chicago art space devoted to presenting socially engaged art and architecture, will reopen with an exhibition devoted to the work of visionary Indian architect, urbanist, and teacher Balkrishna Doshi.
Connect with and experience Chicago despite lockdown
Chicago/IBNS: Chicago is known for resilience and its welcoming spirit. So amid Covid-19 and lockdowns, the city in Illionois of the United States is welcoming people from across the country to connect with and experience it.
Conde Nast Traveler names Chicago best large city to visit for third consecutive year
Condé Nast Traveler’s 2019 Readers’ Choice Awards are the longest-running and most prestigious recognition of excellence in the travel industry. This year, more than 600,000 Condé Nast Traveler readers across the globe submitted a recording-breaking number of responses rating their travel experiences to provide a full snapshot of where and how we travel today.
Chicago's newest hotel The Hoxton is inspired by its neighbourhood's industrial past
WHEN I checked in this April in Chicago's newest property for growing tourists, The Hoxton, it was about midnight. But unlike any five star hotel with an orderly lobby of relaxed or stressed out travellers walking in or out toting their suitcases, I encountered the ambiance of a city's popular night joint- it was teeming with young to middle aged good looking souls in a party mood.
A Thirsty Dragon's Chicago Evening
In Jack Kerouac's iconic book "On the Road", which kind of became a Bible for roadtrippers across the world for nearly seven decades now, main characters Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty reach Chicago in a borrowed 1947 Cadillac and then frantically hop from bar to bar and club to club looking for sensational times.