Filament Theatre In Portage Park Still Drying Out From Last Week’s Flooding is one of our hand-picked city-news finds for Chicago. The theater is fundraising to pay for repairs and lost materials and looking to borrow dehumidifiers as it also prepares for its fall season.
Why Chicago? Chicago is a lakefront city of bold architecture, deep-dish pride and neighborhood-by-neighborhood character along Lake Michigan. The city is known for architecture and skyscrapers, deep-dish pizza, blues and jazz and the lakefront.
Good to know: Summer and early autumn are glorious on the lakefront; winters are famously cold and windy. The 'L' train and buses cover the city; the lakefront trail is ideal for walking and biking.