Saturday, February 4, 2012

The Gar Rotunda Chicago Cultural Center


Being with real people who warm us, who endorse us and exhault our creativity
is essential to the flow of the creative life...otherwise we freeze. When women are out in the cold, they tend to live on fantasies instead of action.
-- Clarissa Pinkola Estes


The Chicago Cultural Center, opened in 1897, is a Chicago Landmark building that houses the city's official reception venue where the Mayor of Chicago has welcomed Presidents and royalty, diplomats and community leaders. It is located in the Loop, across Michigan Avenue from Millennium Park. Originally the central library building, it was converted to an arts and culture center at the instigation of Commissioner of Cultural Affairs Lois Weisberg  the Chicago Cultural Center features more than 1,000 programs and exhibitions covering a wide range of the performing, visual and literary arts.stained glass dome in the Grand Army of the Republic rotunda at the Chicago Cultural Center

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