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The Windy City, of course, is a haven for art lovers all year round, what with outstanding institutions such as the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the National Museum of Mexican Art as well as an extensive collection of galleries. In September, Chicago ups the... Continue reading

Celebrate autumn while experiencing a bit of transplanted Bavaria at Oktoberfest Chicago at St. Alphonsus, and call Hotel Chicago here in River North your festival headquarters for the occasion! There’ll be beer, brats, lederhosen, and dirndls aplenty for this 17th edition of one of the Windy City’s merriest events, coming up fast... Continue reading

Calling Hotel Chicago your home base in the Windy City, you’ve got some of the best-known urban landmarks in the country within minutes of your Autograph Collection room or suite. Among them is the spectacular public space of Millennium Park just across the Chicago River. Opened in 2004 as part... Continue reading

Chicago is one of the country’s musical epicenters, no question, and some of the best performances are yours to enjoy without laying down a dollar. Summer in the Windy City means a lineup of free concert events, among them some of the largest of their kind in the world. Let’s... Continue reading

The Windy City, of course, is one of the great, formative epicenters of blues music in the country, and a visitor here can catch amazing musicians in the genre on a nightly basis. Music lovers, though, will want to make an extra effort to come here in early June, when... Continue reading

Ease into summer at the Do Division Street Fest, a lively fresh-air shindig featuring some amazing live music and other revelry the first weekend of June. And with plush River North accommodations at Hotel Chicago, you’re within shouting distance of all the action! (more…)