Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago IL | Nearby Businesses

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N Cannon Dr at W Fullerton Pkwy
Chicago, IL 60614
(312) 742-2000

The Museum provides award-winning exhibitions and programs to 70,000 students annually and trains and provides resources for more than 2,000 Chicago teachers. The Nature Museum is one of the city’s best examples of eco-friendly building technology, including a green roof, solar panels, natural light sources and native landscaping. The Academy and its Museum are engaged in important conservation and research work, such as its Butterfly Restoration Project. Admission Adults: $9 Students: $7 Seniors: $7 Children: $6 (Age 3 and under are free!) Thursdays are suggested donation days. Our members always get in FREE!

The Old Town School of Folk Music is a Chicago teaching and performing institution that launched the careers of many notable folk music artists. Founded by Folk musicians Frank Hamilton and Win Stracke, and Dawn Greening, the School opened in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago in 1957 (the original location has since been demolished). It began by offering guitar and banjo lessons in a communal teaching style and hosting performances by well-known folk musicians. Currently the school is led by executive director Bau Graves and has an enrollment of about 6,000 students per week, 2,700 of them children.HistoryFoundingThe Old Town School was originally founded by musicians Win Stracke and Frank Hamilton and opened December 1, 1957. Stracke was a classically trained singer and Hamilton was a young multi-instrumentalist and teacher of folk music; Hamilton had previously studied under Bess Lomax Hawes, daughter of folklorist John Lomax. Stracke and Hamilton met at the Gate of Horn nightclub in Chicago where they were both performing. Together Hamilton and Stracke developed a classroom technique based upon traditional oral and folk teaching methods: listening, watching, trial and error, and playing by ear. Where other music schools taught sight reading and performance, Stracke and Hamilton wanted the Old Town School "method" to retain its emphasis on participation and development of aural skills. Early Classes were held in a dining room at the home of co-founder Dawn Greening

The Lincoln Park Conservancy identifies a park asset in need, raise private funds to restore the site to its full potential, then commit to co-managing the restored site under a Master Agreement with the Chicago Park District. Management of our restored park sites protects the financial and emotional investments of our donors and prevents the site from falling into a cycle of neglect during budget cuts and personnel changes common to city government.

Founded in 1910, the Lincoln Park Boat Club provides boats, classes and sheltered water for recreational and competitive paddling, rowing and sculling.

Founded in 1912 by Lucy McCormick Blair Lynn, we reach out to women of all races, religions and national origins who demonstrate an interest in and commitment to voluntarism. Our 1,500 members donate 200,000 volunteer hours each year to build better, healthier communities in the Chicagoland area. Together, we empower 2,100 at-risk women and children each month through mentoring, education, advcacy and 15 on-going community projects.

The Lincoln Park Community Shelter (LPCS) is comprehensive social service agency serving adult men and women who are experiencing homelessness. To learn more, visit www.LPCSonline.org. Located in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood, the LPCS has been providing shelter and other basic needs to our homeless neighbors for 25 years. Today, the LPCS provides interim housing, meals, and a targeted array of social services to over 300 people each year.

Established in 2011, the Auxiliary Board of Lincoln Park Zoo’s signature fundraiser quickly became one of Chicago’s most popular charity fundraising events. Initially a 650-person party, Zoo-ologie now attracts over 1,000 guests to this upscale cocktail party which features a special VIP lounge, live music, a silent auction, raffles, and food stations from premier restaurants located in and around the Chicagoland area. With the event held at Lincoln Park Zoo, Zoo-ologie guests also enjoy rare twilight access to zoo grounds, with the Chicago city skyline and Zoo’s wildlife population as a backdrop for the party. Proceeds raised from the event help feed the animals who inhabit Lincoln Park Zoo, and help keep the Zoo open to the public free of charge 365 days per year. Please contact or email Lincoln Park Zoo for individual and corporate sponsorship opportunities.

2016/2017 Season: An Age of Enlightenment PIRANDELLO'S HENRY IV By Tom Stoppard Directed by Nick Sandys October 5 - November 13, 2016 PYGMALION By George Bernard Shaw Directed by Shawn Douglass November 23, 2016 - January 8, 2017 BORN YESTERDAY By Garson Kanin Directed by David Darlow March 22 - April 30, 2017 and announcing a special American premiere co-production with Silk Road Rising! GREAT EXPECTATIONS By Charles Dickens Adapted by Tanika Gupta Directed by Nick Sandys and Lavina Jadhwani May 11 - July 2, 2017

Marillac St. Vincent Family Services has been serving the needs of the poor and working poor throughout the city of Chicago for 100 years. Sponsored by the Daughters of Charity, we provide vital programs and services in the areas of child development, social services, outreach to at-risk families and individuals, senior services and youth programs.

The Trotter Project, an alumni-driven initiative, seeks to unite those interested in the culinary arts, along with the hospitality and service industries, through a variety of events and programs designed to educate and inspire. The Trotter Project engages youth in mentorship and internship programs that help open doors and inspire minds through the culinary arts. Learn more at www.thetrotterproject.org.

PRINCIPAL OBJECT: The object for which this Foundation is created is the promotion, improvement, and expansion among the peoples of the world of the comprehension and understanding of Cosmology and the relation of the planet on which we live to the Universe, of the genesis and destiny of Man and his relation to God, and of the true teachings of Jesus Christ; and for the inculcation and encouragement of the realization and appreciation of the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man--in order to increase and enhance the comfort, happiness, and well being of Man, as an individual and as a member of society, through the fostering of a religion, a philosophy, and a cosmology which are commensurate with Man's intellectual and cultural development. CONCORDANT OBJECTS: The concordant objects for which the Foundation is created are to perpetually preserve inviolate the text of The Urantia Book and to disseminate the principles, teachings, and doctrines of The Urantia Book.

Established in 2011, the Auxiliary Board of Lincoln Park Zoo’s signature fundraiser quickly became one of Chicago’s most popular charity fundraising events. Initially a 650-person party, Zoo-ologie now attracts over 1,000 guests to this upscale cocktail party which features a special VIP lounge, live music, a silent auction, raffles, and food stations from premier restaurants located in and around the Chicagoland area. With the event held at Lincoln Park Zoo, Zoo-ologie guests also enjoy rare twilight access to zoo grounds, with the Chicago city skyline and Zoo’s wildlife population as a backdrop for the party. Proceeds raised from the event help feed the animals who inhabit Lincoln Park Zoo, and help keep the Zoo open to the public free of charge 365 days per year. Please contact or email Lincoln Park Zoo for individual and corporate sponsorship opportunities.

Founded in 1910, the Lincoln Park Boat Club provides boats, classes and sheltered water for recreational and competitive paddling, rowing and sculling.

The Auxiliary Board of Lincoln Park Zoo supports the zoo through event-based fundraising activities. Established in 1985, the Auxiliary Board is comprised of 100 young professionals who are proud to be part of one of the longest-running junior boards in Chicago. The Board’s fundraising events extend throughout the year. On May 21, 2011, the Auxiliary Board welcomes you to the first-annual Zoo-ologie - a hip cocktail party held in Chicago's most exotic locale - where guests can take a spin on the carousel before hitting the dance floor. They also organize Lincoln Park Zoo’s Spooky Zoo, a Halloween event designed to give 25,000 Chicago kids a free, safe alternative for trick-or-treating. Spooky Zoo remains one of the largest community service activities in Chicago, welcoming over 400 volunteers who make the day a reality.

The Chicago Herp Society is made up of people from many different walks of life, from the first time pet owner to the seasoned researcher. We work to improve the existence of reptiles in both captive and wild location through educational events and partnerships with conservation organizations.

The Great Gay Play and Musical Contest seeks the best new works for the stage with LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Five finalists win $400 in cash, plus a chance to workshop their scripts with PFP Company Members, and see a staged reading of their work in Chicago. Entries are accepted each fall, with the new play fest in May. Check www.pridefilmsandplays.com for details.

The Museum provides award-winning exhibitions and programs to 70,000 students annually and trains and provides resources for more than 2,000 Chicago teachers. The Nature Museum is one of the city’s best examples of eco-friendly building technology, including a green roof, solar panels, natural light sources and native landscaping. The Academy and its Museum are engaged in important conservation and research work, such as its Butterfly Restoration Project. Admission Adults: $9 Students: $7 Seniors: $7 Children: $6 (Age 3 and under are free!) Thursdays are suggested donation days. Our members always get in FREE!

The Lincoln Park Conservancy identifies a park asset in need, raise private funds to restore the site to its full potential, then commit to co-managing the restored site under a Master Agreement with the Chicago Park District. Management of our restored park sites protects the financial and emotional investments of our donors and prevents the site from falling into a cycle of neglect during budget cuts and personnel changes common to city government.

Route 66 Theatre Company introduces, develops, produces, and exports new work for the stage. The road begins with our new play development process and reaches west, where our World and Chicago Premiere shows are given an advocate for further regional productions along the road less traveled from Chicago to Los Angeles. Our unique approach to the landscape of new plays and musicals incorporates is based on four stages of momentum: Introduce, Develop, Produce, and Export. We introduce new work to Chicago audiences through our Reading Series, inviting our patrons into the artistic conversation. We develop new work with a rigorous workshop process that brings fresh eyes and trusted collaborators to the table to bring out the very best in a script. We produce not only World Premieres, but also Chicago Premieres of plays we’ve workshopped after their initial premieres in other cities. Finally, we export the new work through our partnership with Vs Theatre in Los Angeles and a developing network of theatres in cities along Route 66, advocating for a longer life and regional audience for the plays in which we believe so strongly. Central to Route 66’s approach to new play development is the essential participation of the actor, cast not just for a role, but for their voice in the collaborative process. Route 66 operates under the guidelines of the Actors’ Equity Association and believes that providing a good salary with health and pension benefits is vital to creating a solid and welcoming home for all our collaborating artists.

Founded in 2008, The Greenhouse Theater Center, NFP, continues its commitment to maintain a theater building and artists’ space rich in Chicago theater tradition. Located at 2257 N. Lincoln Avenue in Chicago’s prominent Lincoln Park neighborhood, it was the original home for such theater luminaries as the groundbreaking Body Politic Theater and Victory Gardens Theater. The Wendy and William Spatz Charitable Foundation purchased the theater building from Victory Gardens Theater with a promise to maintain the current function of the building as a multi-stage theater space. The Greenhouse Theater Center is as an “incubator” for small to mid-size theater companies. Its name is a natural progression with a nod to its historic roots and its concept renews the promise of attracting new and diverse art and artists to the center of Lincoln Park. The Greenhouse Theater Center is proud of its commitment to this tradition and to its mission. This multi-stage artists’ space provides four stages, dressing and staging areas, as well as, office space for resident companies to grow. The Greenhouse’s in-house performing arts renters produce and present their own plays and seasons of theater, educational activities and alternative forms of entertainment which provide an environment lush in support, healthy levels of peer competition, communication and a place to make fundamental associations with other companies, their members and their patrons. The result of this “greenhouse effect” is the ability to, literally “grow” theater companies from the ground up in size of budget, membership, board affiliations, patronage, and audience attendance. The Greenhouse Theater Center’s residency program offers further benefits to resident theater companies by offering prime performance slots, rehearsal opportunities, supplementary marketing privileges, and fiscal savings in addition to the common benefits shared by all renters. The Greenhouse Theater Center maintains its focus on being a community center, not only for the Lincoln Park neighborhood, but also for the larger community of Chicago and beyond. Providing warm and welcoming spaces for groups to meet, perform, communicate, and learn is central to our mission. All of the Greenhouse’s lobbies and performance spaces function in a variety of different ways and accommodate a number of different group sizes. As accessibility to the four stages is essential, the building meets ADA standards. The Greenhouse Theater Center would be nothing but brick and mortar without the history, creative energy, drive, unbridled talent, and vision of the artistic community in which it exists. The Greenhouse Theater Center honors the artistic impact of each, and every theater company that has graced its four stages over the past decades, and looks toward a future where the heartbeat of Chicago theater can be heard around the world.