Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. 6 p.m. meet-up time. We\u2019ll view ART on THE MART, a half-hour, outdoor, live projection on Chicago\u2019s famed Merchandise Mart building. We\u2019ll get together at 6 p.m. at the Wells Street Market, 205 W. Wacker. Located at Wells and Wacker, our meeting place is a go-to chef-driven food hall and market offering standout dining options at the gateway of the Loop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Presented in partnership with Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), ART on THE MART is one of the world\u2019s largest digital art platforms that transforms an architectural landmark into a permanent, larger-than-life canvas. A shining example of Chicago\u2019s long-standing commitment to public art, ART on THE MART brings cutting-edge video mapping techniques to Chicago\u2019s Riverwalk, displaying projections of contemporary art across the 2.5-acre fa\u00e7ade of THE MART, the largest privately held commercial building in the United States, internationally recognized as a global innovator in culture, design, and technology. Our showtime viewing is at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Nice & Naughty Gift Package Exchange<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. Time: 3-6 p.m. Are you on Santa\u2019s \u201cNaughty List?\u201d Then get in the swing of things with our Nice & Naughty Gift Exchange at the Lucky Horseshoe, 3169 N. Halsted in Chicago from 3-6 p.m. We\u2019ll take over the back bar and have a gift exchange (please bring a present between $10-$20). We\u2019ll play a few reindeer games and share good cheer. There will be no charge for event attendance. Cash bar up front. Feel free to bring a snack or two to share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Happy holidays!<\/p>\n\n\n\n In celebration of the holidays, Asians and Friends Chicago is planning two fall gatherings that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5512,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5510\/revisions\/5512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/happy_holidays_fall.png\")
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