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Bud Billiken Day Parade and Picnic
Martin Luther King Drive from 39th Street (Oakwood Blvd.) to 51st Street
Chicago, Ill.
(773) 536-3710
Bunny Bonanza at Welles Park
Welles Park
2333 W. Sunnyside Ave.
Chicago,
(312) 742-7511
C4 Miles: Making Strides for Mental Health
Montrose Harbor
4400 N. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, Ill.
(773) 868-3010
Caroling at Cloud Gate-Millennium Park
Michigan Avenue between Randolph and Monroe streets.
Chicago, Ill.
(312) 742-1168
Central American Parade
Montrose Ave. from California to Kimball
Chicago, Ill.
Chicago Architecture Foundation
224 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, Ill.
(312) 922-3432
Chicago Astronomer Public Observation Site
Open lakefront areas
Museum Campus
Chicago, Ill.
(773) 299-8171
Chicago by Night!
Riverside Gardens Dock at the lower level and southeast corner of the Michigan Avenue bridge and Wacker Drive
Chicago, Ill.
(312) 332-1353
