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  • Art & Museums , Beyond , Event , Gallery , Suburbs and exurbs

Gallery: Don’t Miss It! Chicago Botanic Garden’s India Blooms Enters Final Weekend

Midwesterners talk about the weather a lot. We try to avoid it, but with the way things have been this past week, let’s face it: March isn’t the time for […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • March 21, 2025
    • Beyond , Soapbox

    Dear Cinnamon: Not Too Cool to Take a Shot

    Dear Cinnamon is a monthly column based on the idea that all of life’s questions can be answered by art, because, after all, art is the spice of life. To […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • September 1, 2024
    • Art & Museums , Beyond , Event , Event , Installation , Parks and zoos , Suburbs and exurbs

    GALLERY: Lightscape at the Chicago Botanic Garden Sparkles in 2021

    If you haven’t spent a lot of time hanging around any botanic gardens, conservatories or arboretums in the area, you might think the season is long past over once the […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • December 2, 2021
    • Beyond , Parks and zoos , Suburbs and exurbs

    GALLERY: Spring Fling–The Chicago Botanic Garden is in Full Bloom–Get Out and See It!

    Spring is in the air–even if there’s sometimes a pretty stiff breeze coming with it lately. It’s beyond time to fling open the windows and start to get moving again, […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • May 13, 2021
    • Beyond , Event , Parks and zoos , Suburbs and exurbs

    Brilliance Showcases the Beauty of Simplicity at Chicago Botanic Garden’s Annual Orchid Show

    We may have been seeing the sun more since the beginning of this month, but it’s still winter, and we’re tangling with icy winds, snow and grey days more often […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • February 12, 2020
    • Art & Museums , Beyond , Event , Installation , Museums , Parks and zoos , Suburbs and exurbs

    Chicago Botanic Garden Dazzles with New Holiday Show, Lightscape–Act Now if You Want to Get a Glimpse!

    Tradition is typically king at the holidays, with meals, movies and destinations remaining the same year after year and creating that sense of cozy familiarity. This always seems particularly true […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • December 27, 2019
    • Beyond , Parks and zoos , Suburbs and exurbs

    Gallery: Celebrate Spring in Any Weather at Chicago Botanic Garden’s Orchid Show

    [soliloquy id=”48701″] Whether it feels like it or not, spring has officially arrived today. Eventually, parking restrictions lift, green will replace grey and we’ll be headed to the lakefront for […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • March 20, 2019
    • Beyond , Parks and zoos , Suburbs and exurbs

    Chicago Botanic Garden’s Butterflies and Blooms a Fresh Breath of Air for Your Summer

    Spring’s been sprung and skipped straight into summer, but that’s no reason not to stop and smell the roses. If you don’t mind taking the trip to Glencoe, IL to […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • June 4, 2018
    • Beyond , Event , Interviews , Parks and zoos

    Spike the Corpse Flower, 2.0–Chicago Botanic Garden’s First Corpse Flower Finally Blooms Big

      Back in the summer of 2015, I was working for Chicagoist and in covering arts and culture there, had gotten myself unofficially on museums and park duty (no surprise […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • April 27, 2018
    • Beyond , Museums , Parks and zoos , Suburbs and exurbs , Uncategorized

    Gallery: Color and Calm at Chicago Botanic Garden’s Asia in Bloom Orchid Show

    [soliloquy id=”23969″]     There’s a certain part of winter that can drive you absolutely nuts. The groundhog has either seen its shadow or declined to, and you know, because […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • February 14, 2018
    • Beyond , Parks and zoos , Suburbs and exurbs , Uncategorized

    GALLERY: Chicago Botanic Garden Sweetens the Pot for 2017’s Wonderland Express

      [soliloquy id=”21907″]   Wonderland Express is something of an institution at the Chicago Botanic Garden. For years, it’s been delighting families with its classic model trains, unique local botanical […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • December 22, 2017
    • Beyond , Parks and zoos , Suburbs and exurbs

    Winter Wonderland – 7 Great Chicago Holiday Adventures Outdoors

      I’m of the opinion that we don’t appreciate winter enough here in Chicago. On the face of it, there doesn’t seem like much to appreciate- snow makes traffic even […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • December 15, 2017
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