May programs, exciting videos and free activities for the family

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APRIL 30, 2020 • ISSUE 05

CAC LIVE

The Future of the Office
Wednesday, May 6 at noon

The office environment, collaborative by nature, presents distinct challenges in a world still recovering from a pandemic. To instill confidence and ensure public health, it will take imaginative redesign to reopen many workplaces under spatial distancing restrictions. Hear how architects, designers and their clients are exploring creative solutions.

The Future of the Office

An Energy Revolution to Spark Chicago’s Post-COVID Recovery
Friday, May 8 at noon

Join architect and urban planner Doug Farr as he introduces Carbon Free Chicago, a 30-year campaign to equitably decarbonize our region’s economy. Farr is also a lead curator for the CAC’s upcoming exhibition, “ENERGY REVOLUTION: Creating Our Carbon-Free Future.”

Energy Revolution program

CAC LIVE: VIRTUAL TOURS

Beaux Arts tour

Beaux-Arts
Friday, May 1 at 5:30pm
Sunday, May 3 at 1pm

Get out while you stay in! Design-themed walks led by CAC docent Mike McMains continue with the exploration of Beaux-Arts buildings—an eclectic form of Neoclassicism with roots in 1830s Paris that blossomed in the United States from the 1890s through the 1920s.

Art Deco tour

Art Deco
Tuesday, May 5 at 5:30pm
Sunday, May 10 at 1pm

Also led by CAC docent Mike McMains, this tour gives an overview of period influences that led to Art Deco and its defining characteristics, exemplified by buildings of the ’20s and ’30s along the Chicago River and around the Loop.

 CAC FOR THE FAMILY

FREE FIVE-DAY DESIGN CLUB
STARTS MAY 11

CAC For the Family: Design Club helps children ages 6−12 explore the ways architecture and design impact them every day. The club runs Monday, May 11 through Friday, May 15 with approximately two to three hours of activities per day. Each day’s activities are entirely self-guided and use materials already found around the house. Admission is FREE with advance registration. Have questions? Contact us at education@architecture.org.

Building historic skyscrapers video

BE A SKYSCRAPER

A shift in construction methods around the time of the earliest skyscrapers changed city skylines forever. Let’s look at two neighboring buildings on Jackson Boulevard and use a physical activity at home to help us feel why these structures are so sturdy!

All CAC docents and staff practice safe spatial distancing while taking walks in their own neighborhoods. Please do the same!

Two-flat video

NEIGHBORHOOD STROLLERS

Understanding people’s needs at various points in history often helps you understand why buildings of the same age look alike. CAC Director of Interpretation Adam Rubin gives a quick summary of the classic Chicago “two-flat,” and why they were so popular among families new to the city early in the 20th century.

TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK

Previously on “Storytime with the CAC,” CAC Interim Education Coordinator Mizael Robledo brought you "Iggy Peck, Architect" in Spanish and English. This Friday, May 1 at 12:30pm Central Time, tune into the CAC’s Facebook page to read "Mighty, Mighty Construction Site" by Sherri Duskey Rinker, with CAC Manager of School and Family Programs Rebecca Boland.

Meigs Field

DOWN TO EARTH

Years before Meigs Field became today’s park on Northerly Island, another area airport went green and was transformed into public space. CAC docent Dick Clark has the story.

CAC RECOMMENDS

CAC Recommends

People detained and working in jails and prisons are among the most vulnerable to contracting and transmitting COVID-19. This week’s installment of CAC Recommends gathers audio, video and written reporting that sheds light on how design choices affect the health and wellbeing of those incarcerated.

ONE MORE THING

Jean Klingle knows how to get the most out of her CAC membership. The marketing professional, who recently moved back to Chicago from Phoenix, has taken three CAC bus tours and 20 walking tours—so far. We caught up with Klingle to hear more about her personal history with the CAC and why she decided to support the organization.

Jean Klingle

THE LATEST

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