Chicago Cultural Center Welcome Center and Neighborhood Cultural Spotlight Exhibitions

Open Daily, 10am-5pm

Neighborhood Cultural Spotlights, 2-3pm RSVP

Chicago Cultural Center, 1st Floor North • Free Admission

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Visit the Welcome Center off the Randolph Street (North) lobby for a cultural orientation featuring Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) programming in Millennium Park, the Chicago Cultural Center and citywide.

Check out the current Neighborhood Cultural Spotlights in the Welcome Center and then nominate your favorite neighborhood cultural asset!

Neighborhood Cultural Spotlight features people, places and organizations nominated by Chicagoans for their cultural contribution to their neighborhood’s vitality. Learn about new cultural assets each month in this space, and then visit them in person in their community or online!

Know a person, place or thing in your neighborhood who deserves a spotlight?

Nominate now!

Current Neighborhood Cultural Spotlights

Pilar Audain

Roseland / South Shore

August 2 & 3, 16 & 17
2-3pm | RSVP

Mario Mena

Chicago Lawn

September 6 & 7, 20 & 21
2-3pm | RSVP

Englewood Branded

Englewood

October 4 & 5, 18 & 19
2-3pm | RSVP

Thwack / Anne Marie Loesch

Uptown

November 1 & 2, 15 & 16
2-3pm | RSVP

Epic Steel
at the West Point School of Music

Morgan Park / Roseland

December 6 & 7, 20 & 21
2-3pm | RSVP

SkyART

South Chicago & Garfield Park

February 28 &
March 1, 14 & 15, 2025
2-3pm | RSVP

The South Side Jazz Coalition (SSJC)

South Chicago

April 4 & 5, 18 & 19, 2025
2-3pm | RSVP

Front Porch Arts Center

Austin

May 2 & 3, 16 & 17, 2025
2-3pm | RSVP

Past Exhibitions

B Line Murals

View Past Public Programs

Visit us:

Admission is FREE
Open Daily, 10am–5pm
Exhibitions close 15 minutes before the building closes
(Closed Holidays)

Find us:

Chicago Cultural Center
77 E. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL 60601

Chicago Cultural Center Google Map

Parking:

Nearby parking garages are located at Grant Park North Garage (25 N. Michigan Ave.), Grant Park South Garage (325 S. Michigan Ave.) and Millennium Park Garage & Millennium Lakeside Garage (5 S. Columbus Dr.).

Pay in person at each garage location or pre-pay online for discounted parking. Visit www.millenniumgarages.com/rates or call 312.616.0600 for 24/7 customer service.

Public Transportation:

Take CTA to the Chicago Cultural Center

From the elevated lines: exit at Washington/Wabash and walk east.

From the subway: exit at Lake (Red Line) or Washington (Blue Line) and walk east.

Served by Michigan Avenue buses 3, 4, 19, 20, 26, 60, 66, 124, 143, 147, 151, 157 and Washington St. buses 4, J14, 20, 56, 66, 147.

For travel information, visit www.transitchicago.com. For fare information or to purchase fares in advance, visit www.ventrachicago.com.