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Events
Thursday, July 2
- 🚣🏻 RiverLab | River Park | Lincoln Square
- 🍽️ Thursday Night Beats & Bites | Roosevelt Collection Shops | Loop | Free
- 🎥 "Tron" | Meyering Park | Greater Grand Crossing | Free
- 🎭 "As You Like It" | Gross Park | Lincoln Square | Free
- 🛶 Intro to Kayaking | Northerly Island | South Loop
- 🎭 "Life Out Loud" | Rosenblum Park | South Shore | Free
- 🎥 Mystery Movie Club | iO Theater | Lincoln Park | Free
- 🖼️ Free admission | Art Institute of Chicago | Loop
- 🎶 Fitzgeralds 43rd American Music Festival | Fitzgerald's | Berwyn
- 🎷Red Line Jazz Project | Sox-35th Station
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Many of Chicago’s contributions to the world debuted at the 1893 World’s Fair.