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Museums / Museum Exhibit

Smart Home: Green + Wired

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Museum of Science and Industry - 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)

Tour a three-story sustainable "green" home constructed on the museum's grounds

Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays : 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. (ends January 4)
Sundays : 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. (ends January 4)

Museums / Museum Exhibit

The Glass Experience

The Glass Experience

Museum of Science and Industry - 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)

An exhibition explores glass and glassmaking. Includes live glassblowing demonstrations, a display of 20 glass baskets by sculptor Dale Chihuly and a...

Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays : 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. (ends September 1)
Sundays : 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. (ends September 1)

Museums / Museum Exhibit

Networld

Museum of Science and Industry - 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)

Experience what it's like to be inside the Internet at this permanent interactive exhibit.

Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays : 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Sundays : 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Museums / Museum Exhibit

The Great Train Story

Museum of Science and Industry - 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)

With more than 1,400 feet of track and 34 operating trains, this permanent exhibit replaces the museum's model train display and depicts the...

Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays : 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Sundays : 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Movies / Film Events

Ancient Near East Film Series

Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago - 1155 E. 58th St. - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)

See 30- to 50-minute documentaries and features.

Sundays : 2 p.m.

Movies / Things To Watch

'Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk'

Museum of Science and Industry - 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)

A film depicts a river-rafting adventure down the Colorado River and explores the challenges and opportunities that exist for conserving watersheds.

Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays : 10 a.m. (ends February 28)
Daily 11:40 a.m., 1:20 p.m., 3 p.m., and 4:40 p.m. (ends February 28)

Museums / Museum Exhibit

Catastrophe! The Looting and Destruction of Iraq’s Past

Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago - 1155 E. 58th St. - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)

A new exhibit explores the looting of the Iraq National Museum and Mesopotamian archaeological sites shortly after the U.S. invasion of the country...

Wednesdays : 10 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. (ends December 31)
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays : 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (ends December 31)

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Museums / Museum Exhibit

Seeing the City: Sloan's New York

Smart Museum of Art - 5550 S. Greenwood Ave. - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)

Features images of New York betwen 1900 and the 1930s by John Sloan.

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays : 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (ends September 14)
Sundays and Saturdays : 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. (ends September 14)

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Events / Community Event

Visual Art Poetry Workshop

Hyde Park Art Center - 5020 S. Cornell Ave. - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)

Poet Valerie M. Wallace leads this workshop that uses the art on display as a point of departure to generate new work.

July 27 : 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Bars & Clubs / Bar/Club Event

$4 mimosas and bloody marys

Bar Louie - 5500 South Shore Drive - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)

Sundays