Thousands show up for ‘Chosen Few’ house music festival in Jackson Park: ‘It connects us’

Thousands gathered at Jackson Park Saturday for a day dedicated to dance and house music at the 36th annual Chosen Few DJs ...

Jackson Park’s ‘Gold Lady’ statue to be regilded

Jackson Park’s 24-foot-tall Statue of the Republic, built in 1918, is getting refurbished, Chicago Park District officials ...
WBEZ

What’s That Building? Jackson Park Bathing Pavilion at 63rd Street Beach

They create a spectacular gateway onto a broad, beautiful beach loved and crowded for generations, even before this structure ...
Hyde Park Herald

36 years in, Chosen Few Picnic still packs Jackson Park

Jackson Park has hosted the Chosen Few Picnic and Festival almost every summer since 1990, and this year’s edition showed why ...
WBEZ

Jackson Park’s ‘Gold Lady’ could look like a million again, thanks to a planned restoration

On just the right morning, when things are crisp and clear enough, the sun rises over the lake and lights up the gilded two-story Statue of the Republic in Jackson Park. And the Gold Lady — as she’s ...
Hyde Park Herald

Your guide to Jackson Park

Interested in the themes of civil rights, protest art and native plants? Jackson Park has many locations for you.
Chicago Sun-Times

Obama Presidential Center takes shape after 10 years of delays and construction

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