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June Programs & Events
A Glass Act: 100 Years of Transparency Lecture
Chicago Architecture Foundation - John Buck Lecture Hall
224 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago
June 3, 5:30 p.m.
Garfield Park Conservatory, Spertus Institute, and Trump Tower: glass is
an defining element of each structure. Learn about the restoration of
the conservatory's glass, the facade of the new Spertus Institute on
South Michigan Avenue, and the wrap-around glass skin of Trump Tower,
under construction on the Chicago River at Wabash Avenue. Three
architects will present their work: John Eifler, FAIA (Eifler &
Associates) will explain the restoration of the conservatory's roof;
Mark Sexton, FAIA (Krueck & Sexton Architects) will present the design
of recently-completed Spertus; and Timothy Poell, AIA (Skidmore, Owings
& Merrill LLP) will talk about Trump Tower. For more
information visit
www.architecture.org.
"Flower
Power" Summer Flower Show
Garfield Park Conservatory
June 7- September 28,
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily; Thursdays till 8 p.m.
Our summer tropical show will feature showy
flowering plants in addition to those selected for colorful foliage. The
theme “Flower Power” will be enriched by a soundtrack of hit 60’s and
70’s songs playing in Horticulture Hall that include flower and plant
names in them.
Printers Row Book Fair
Dearborn & Polk, Chicago
June 7 -8, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Lecture and book signing for Inspired by Nature: The Garfield
Park Conservatory and Chicago’s West Side at the Printers Row
Book Fair. For more information go
www.chicagotribune.com/about/printersrow.
Newberry Library Book Lecture
60 W. Walton St, Chicago
June 14, 11 a.m. - Noon
Meet the Authors of Inspired by Nature: The Garfield Park
Conservatory and Chicago’s West Side at this Newberry Library
lecture and get your book signed.
For more information visit
www.newberry.org.
The Legacy Music Series
Dong Fang Chinese
Performing Arts
Garfield Park Conservatory
June 19
VIP Preview Event 5:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., Performance 7 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
The dynamic Dong Fang Performing Arts combine Chinese folk song and dance, children’s performance, Beijing Opera, acrobatics and even Kong Fu. Dong Fang is the result of over 150 performers in chorus, dance, theater, opera and Chinese variety arts. Join us as they kick-off our inaugural Legacy Music Series, celebrating diversity through traditional and cultural performances you don’t want to miss. VIP Preview reservations $50 each (includes seat at performance), Performance reservations $10 each.
To purchase tickets, please visit
www.garfieldconservatory.org/online_tickets.htm.
The Legacy Music Series
Fulcrum New Music Project
Garfield Park Conservatory
June 26
Performance 7 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
Embrace Chicago’s leader in new
art music and find yourself on the cutting edge, too. Fulcrum Point is a
critically-acclaimed ensemble of classically-trained musicians who
structures their multi-disciplinary performances on the intersection of
music, art, literature and theater inspired by popular culture,
including folk, rock, jazz, blues, Latin and world music.
Performance reservations $10 each. To purchase tickets, please
visit
www.garfieldconservatory.org/online_tickets.htm.
Please Note: the VIP Preview has been
canceled.
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