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10 Year Plan to End Homelessness n January 2003, the Mayor endorsed a 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness (the Plan) that was developed in conjunction with hundreds of stakeholders through the Chicago Continuum of Care. Joined together in a common vision, the public and private sectors have begun to implement the Plan, which calls for sweeping changes in how homeless services are delivered in Chicago. The common vision has three core tenets: Prevention, Housing First, and Wraparound Services.

Ailie Cohen Productions present: Cloud Man Featuring a blend of puppetry, storytelling and sumptuous visuals, Cloud Man is a 45-minute show suitable for children aged 4 to 7 years.

Animal Kingdom Animals are the most continuous and ancient subject in art. Since creating bisons and horses in the cave at Lascaux artists have continued through today to craft meaning with animal images. This exhibition of screenprints by Chicago artists looks at a variety of approaches employed by the local creative community in a medium that is widely popular and has an extensive audience nationally and internationally.

Ayako Kato/Art Union Humanscape Contemplate and enjoy the art of being, to experience the moments of letting yourself just be. The evenings introduce the form of contemporary and cutting edge dance, music and video improvisation with award-winning performers from Chicago. Witness how they free themselves caught in the moment, and release from it again.

BrooksDay A marathon reading and works of Gwendolyn Brooks.

Budgetary Power to the People: Chicago's Experiment in Participatory Budgeting Author Joel Handley will lead a panel discussion of the lessons to be learned from how the participatory budgeting program has worked in Chicago, and how effective it has been in empowering residents to take part in the fiscal decisions that impact their communities.

Café Society Café Society is a series of conversations where families, friends, neighbors, and citizens come together to discuss current events and other important political and social issues.

Chicago Air and Water Show The Chicago Air and Water Show presented by Shell Oil Products U.S and the City of Chicago is the largest FREE show of its kind in the United States. The show can be viewed along the lakefront from Fullerton to Oak Street, with North Avenue Beach as the focal point.

Chicago Blues Festival The Chicago Blues Festival is the largest free blues festival in the world and remains the largest of Chicago's Music Festivals. During three days on five stages, more than 500,000 blues fans prove that Chicago is the "Blues Capital of the World." Past performers include Bonnie Raitt, Ray Charles, B.B. King, the late Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy and the late Koko Taylor.

Chicago Blues Festival - Concert Film in Millennium Park “The Blues had a baby,” sang Muddy Waters, “ and they named it rock and roll.” On November 22, 1981 at the tiny Checkerboard Lounge on Chicago’s south side, Muddy Waters and The Rolling Stones took the stage for a jam session with historic proportions.

Chicago Community Cinema Community Cinema is a groundbreaking public education and civic engagement initiative featuring free monthly screenings of films from the Emmy Award-winning series Independent Lens and other PBS presentations.

Chicago Community Land Trust The Chicago Community Land Trust (CCLT) was founded in 2006 to address the increasingly limited supply of funding for affordable housing. The goal of the CCLT is to preserve the long-term affordability of homes created through City programs and maintain a permanent pool of homeownership opportunities for working families

Chicago Cultural Center Drawn by its beauty and the fabulous free public events, hundreds of thousands of visitors come to the Chicago Cultural Center every year, making it one of the most visited attractions in Chicago.

Chicago Cultural Center - May & June Schedules Discover the free visual art and performance programs presented at the Cultural Center by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and its partners. The beautiful, landmark Chicago Cultural Center is one of the city’s ten most popular attractions and is considered one of the most comprehensive arts showcases in the United States.

Chicago Cultural Center Building Tours Gaze at the world's largest Tiffany stained-glass dome, as well as beautifully ornate multi-colored mosaics, marble and molding during guided architectural tours of the Chicago Cultural Center.

Chicago Cultural Center Presents An on-going performing arts series that showcases critically acclaimed local, national and international music, theater, dance and multi-disciplinary artists, newly commissioned works and debut performances at the Chicago Cultural Center, The Storefront Theater, the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, and other locations throughout the city.

Chicago Cultural Center Visual Art Program The Visual Art Program at the Chicago Cultural Center is dedicated to presenting compelling exhibitions of fine art in all media, encompassing historic as well as contemporary art. Special emphasis is placed on emerging and underrepresented artists, particularly those who live and work in the Chicago area.

Chicago Gospel Music Festival The 28th Chicago Gospel Music Festival, presented by The Black McDonald’s Operators Association (BMOA) and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) is June 20-23. Once again the Bronzeville neighborhood, the birthplace of Gospel music, will serve as the festival’s main home – with the weekend portion of the festival featuring two stages of music at Ellis Park (37th and Cottage Grove).

Chicago Jazz Festival Known for its artistic creativity, the Chicago Jazz Festival is a favorite Labor Day Weekend tradition. It promotes awareness and appreciation for all forms of jazz through free, quality live musical performance.

Chicago SummerDance The largest annual outdoor dancing series in the United States, Chicago SummerDance will return in 2013 for its 17th year of jumping, jiving and bringing joy to Chicago’s residents and visitors.

Chicago Workforce Centers - Services for Job Seekers Chicago's five Workforce Centers and more than 30 community-based affiliate organizations offer a range of services to help. Chicagoans find and keep good-paying jobs. The Chicago Workforce Centers and affiliate organizations comprise the largest component of the Mayor's WorkNet Chicago, a citywide service delivery system of more than 130 community-based and private organizations.

Chicago's 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness

Chicago's Memorial Day Parade Chicago's annual Memorial Day Parade will step off at noon and proceed south on State Street from Lake Street to Van Buren Street on Saturday, May 25, 2013.

City Gallery in the Historic Water Tower A resplendent venue showcasing the work of local photographers and artists, the City Gallery in the Historic Water Tower, is centrally located along the city's famed Magnificent Mile.

Clarke House Museum Built in 1836 for Henry B. Clarke, the Clarke House Museum is Chicago’s oldest house. The house shows what life was like for a family in Chicago during the city’s formative years before the Civil War.

Clarke House Museum Tours Hour long guided tours of Clarke House Museum are offered Wednesday through Sunday at noon and 2 pm.

Classical Monday Concerts Classical Monday concerts offer classical, chamber, and opera music in the Chicago Cultural Center's Preston Bradley Hall.

Columbia College Chicago Library presents The Big Read film screening: Code Name: Butterflies The Columbia College Chicago Library presents The Big Read, a 6-week series of lectures, performances, film screenings, and art exhibitions. This evening will be a special screening of the documentary film Code Name: Butterflies, a look at the history of the Dominican Republic under Trujillo and the efforts of the Mirabal sisters to overthrow his dictatorship.

Creative Living in the City Lecture Series The 2013 Walter Netsch Lectures are organized and curated by Friends of the Parks. Friends of the Parks is the only citywide, independent park advocacy organization working on behalf of all Chicago neighborhood parks, playgrounds, the lakefront and forest preserves.

Creatives At Work Our Creatives at Work Music Forums bring together experts from the music industry to talk about the most current and pressing issues relative to working musicians and music business owners.

Dame Myra Hess Concerts Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts features solo and ensemble performances of classical music that showcase emerging performers. Held year round on Wednesdays at 12:15 pm in Preston Bradley Hall.

Downtown Parades Find out when your favorite parade is taking place in downtown Chicago.

ERTH Visual & Physical Inc. presents Dinosaur Petting Zoo™ ERTH’s Dinosaur Petting Zoo™ is an experiential theatre production which takes audiences on a prehistoric journey into a new dimension where they get to meet a menagerie of insects, mammals and dinosaurs that once roamed the planet millions of years ago.

Family Fun Festival The Family Fun Festival presented by Target returns offering interactive activities, arts and crafts and games for kids of all ages.

Friends of Downtown: 1,001 Days in the Bleachers - A Quarter Century of Chicago Sports Loyal sports fans follow their teams through peaks and valleys, but in no other city have fans experienced the highs and lows of Chicagoans in the past generation. Veteran Chicago Reader sports writer Ted Cox will speak on his latest book which collects his best columns from the Chicago Reader from 1983 to 2008.

Grant Park Music Festival The 2013 Grant Park Music Festival celebrates its 79th season June 12th-August 17th in Millennium Park.

Illinois Department of Fair Housing This event will celebrate the 45th Anniversary of the Federal Fair Housing Act and the 34th Anniversary of the enactment of the Illinois Human Rights Act.

International Screenings Program The International Screenings Program is a free weekly series showcases 20 feature films and 7 short films from around the world, along with a program of local shorts, that are not widely available in the U.S. Embodying a range of genres and styles from laugh-out-loud comedies and quirky coming-of-age dramas to politically-tinged love stories and inspiring documentaries, these films celebrate the richness of the human experience.

Israeli Jazz Festival Hadar Noiberg Trio will perform at the Israeli Jazz Festival on Wednesday, May 22 in Preston Bradley Hall in the Chicago Cultural Center.

Juicebox Juicebox offers Chicago’s best music, dance, and theater in a kid-friendly setting. A free series of cutting edge performances, Juicebox is geared at toddlers but is engaging for the whole family.

LiveWire Chicago Theatre Presents: A Permanent Image Presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and LiveWire Theatre, the Chicago premier of A Permanent Image is coming to the Storefront Theatre in April.

LunchBreak Series The LunchBreak Series in the Randolph Café features music styles from around the world in the Chicago Cultural Center's Randolph Café.

Maxwell Street Market - Sunday Steppers Set Join us for the 4th annual Sunday Steppers Set hosted by Ken Watkins with the National Steppers Society.

Millennium Park Discover a state-of-the-art collection of architecture, landscape design and art that provide the backdrop for hundreds of free cultural programs including concerts, exhibitions, tours, and family activities. In Millennium Park, you’ll find a new kind of town square – a lively, spectacular gathering spot located in the heart of the city and a destination for Chicagoans and visitors alike.

Millennium Park - Chicago Blues Festival Opening Night Concert A special Thursday evening concert will kick off this milestone Chicago Blues Festival with Shemekia Copeland (crowned the “new” Queen of the Blues in 2011) headlining the evening joined by special guest, blues guitar prodigy and Buddy Guy collaborator, Quinn Sullivan.

Millennium Park - Downtown Sound The popular series, Downtown Sound, returns to Millennium Park for a fifth summer, featuring an eclectic mix of music discoveries, cutting-edge indie rock, pop bands and rock veterans.

Millennium Park - Jun Kaneko Exhibition Visitors to Millennium Park will be able to see Jun Kaneko's ceramic sculptures displayed in the Boeing Galleries, beginning April 12 through November 3.

Millennium Park - Loops And Variations Loops And Variations features new music mixed with electronica. Concerts are free and take place on Thursdays at 6:30 pm starting on June 13.

Millennium Park - Made In Chicago: World Class Jazz The celebrated Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz series returns to Millennium Park. The music series is programmed in partnership with Jazz Institute of Chicago and with the support of the Chicago Community Trust.

Millennium Park - Workouts Participate in energizing workouts on the Great Lawn in Millennium Park on Saturdays from June 8-September 7.

Modernism’s Messengers: The Art of Alfonso and Margaret Iannelli Opening on May 18 and continuing through August 27 in the Chicago Rooms at the Chicago Cultural Center, (78 E. Washington) is Modernism’s Messengers: The Art of Alfonso and Margaret Iannelli – 1910 to 1965.

Neighborhood Festivals More than 400 neighborhood festivals take place in Chicago each year, showcasing the city's ethnic customs, music and food.

Neighborhood Parades Find out when your favorite neighborhood parade is taking place in Chicago.

Off the Record: A Listening Party The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). DCASE, along with the Elastic Arts Foundation and saki, is launching a free new monthly series that features vinyl recordings, Off the Record: A Listening Party.

Poetry Center of Chicago Presents Poetry Center of Chicago Presents an independent not-for-profit arts organization founded in 1974, The Poetry Center of Chicago's mission is to promote poetry through readings, workshops, residencies and arts education, to make poetry accessible to the general public.

Preservation Snapshots Lecture Series Speakers Nick Kalogeresis, AICP, The Lakota Group and Jean Guarino; Douglas E. Gilbert, AIA will discuss The Architecture of River Forest.

Public Art Collection The Chicago Public Art Collection includes more than 700 works of art exhibited in over 150 municipal facilities around the city, such as police stations, libraries, and CTA stations.

Revisiting a Legacy: Thoughts on the African American Photographer James Van Der Zee This lecture is dedicated to the famous African American photographer, James Van Der Zee. Van Der Zee and his iconic photographs provide a fascinating case study on the role of photography in black urban life.

Rising Up: Hale Woodruff’s Murals at Talladega College Opening March 23 at the Chicago Cultural Center and running through June 16, "Rising Up: Hale Woodruff's Murals at Talladega College" features six monumentally-scaled murals painted in 1939-42 by African American artist Hale Woodruff.

Senior Save Discount Program SeniorSave links seniors to valuable discounts offered by Chicago businesses. A list of participating merchants and their discounts are included in a SeniorSave discount directory. Seniors who apply receive a SeniorSave card to show merchants when making a purchase.

Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good Opening May 24 and running through September 1 in the Chicago Cultural Center Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good features 84 urban interventions initiated by architects, designers, planners, artists and everyday citizens that bring positive change to neighborhoods and cities in addition to a pop-up installation in Millennium Park.

StoryCorps StoryCorps is partnering with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and Chicago Public Media to record, preserve and share the diverse stories of communities in Chicago.

Sunday Salon The Sunday Salon weekly series explores the rich landscape of classical music, from familiar Western orchestral compositions to contemporary improvisational forms and international classical traditions, plus family friendly programs.

Tarim Uygur Song and Dance Tarim Uygur Song and Dance brings to the United States its ancient songs of the Silk Road, the melodies of the Uygurs, the Kazaks, the Kirkiz; the rhythms of the Hui, the Uzbek, and Tatars.

Taste of Chicago Taste of Chicago is the nation's premier outdoor food festival showcasing the diversity of Chicago's dining community.

The East-West Collective Melding the sensibilities of traditional Asian folk music with the sounds of avant-garde jazz and the forms of contemporary new music and improvisation. Featuring musicians from China, France and California. First time performance in Chicago.

Today Show LIVE from Chicago Join Matt, Savannah, Natalie, Willie and Al live in Millennium Park on Wednesday, May 22!

Trickster-P Company presents .h.g. .h.g. is an extraordinary re-telling of “Hansel and Gretel” for an audience of one. Setting off on your journey with only a set of headphones and a torch, listen and respond as you proceed through a series of rooms and passageways, each a world of its own.

Under The Picasso - May Schedule The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events presents FREE cultural programs year round weekdays at Noon at the Daley Civic Center.

University of Chicago - First Friday Lecture Series George Anastaplo is the guest lecturer at the University of Chicago's First Friday Lecture Series on April 5th.

University of Chicago - Works of the Mind Lecture Series The University of Chicago's Works of the Mind Lecture Series will take place on Sunday, April 14th in the Claudia Cassidy Theater with guest lecturer Christina von Nolcken. von Nolcken will narrate a conversation titled Two Professors, the German Code, and the Canterbury Tales.

Wired Fridays Wired Fridays is a series of LunchBreak concerts featuring DJs and electronic music.

World Music Festival: Chicago The 15th Annual Chicago World Music Festival takes place Thursday, September 12 – Sunday, September 22, 2013 and is presented by the City of Chicago and produced by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.