October 2009 Calendar of Exhibits and Events Visit burnhamplan100.org to learn about the plans of more than 250 program partners offering hundreds of ways for the people of Chicago's three-state metropolitan region to dream big and plan boldly. October Events: Public Programs, Tours, Lectures, Performances, Symposia John Marshall Law School Law As Hidden Architecture October 1 Chicago Public Library, Sulzer Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the Regional Library American City Documentary Film October 1 A Portrait of Daniel Burnham: Historical Chicago Ridge Public Library Reenactment October 1 Chicago Architecture Foundation White City Revisited Tour October 3 Burnham and Bennett from the Boat: River Chicago Architecture Foundation Cruise with Geoffrey Baer October 3 Niles Public Library District The Life and Contributions of Billy Caldwell October 4 Museum of Science and Industry Blueprints to Our Past Tour October 4 Daniel Burnham's Chicago: Historical Evanston Public Library Reenactment October 4 Chicago Architecture Foundation Daniel Burnham: Architect, Planner, Leader Tour October 4 & 16 Lewis University The Imprint of the World Columbian Exposition October 5 Chicago Public Library, Harold One Book, One Chicago: The Unraveling of Washington Library Chicago Public Housing October 6 Chicago Public Library, Woodson Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the Regional Library American City Documentary Film October 7 A Portrait of Daniel Burnham: Historical Indian Prairie Public Library Reenactment October 7 Chicago as the Nation's Crossroads: Our Wheaton Public Library Region's Transportation History and Future October 7 Theatre Building, Chicago Writers' Bloc New Play Festival White City: Burnham's Dream Musical October 7 Illinois Institute of Technology, Finding Burnham in the Archives: Spiritual Crown Hall Revelations and the Plan of Chicago October 8 Congress for New Urbanism, Illinois Chapter Context Sensitive Street Design Conference October 8 Chicago Architecture Foundation The Rookery Building Tour October 8 & 22 Burnham and Bennett's Originality, Daring, and Loyola University Chicago Genius: Problems and Prospects October 9 Burnham Plan Centennial Bold Plans. Big Dreams. Community Showcase Committee Tours October 10 Art On Track Bold Plans Big Dreams Art Gallery on the "L" October 10 Evanston History Center Daniel Burnham's Evanston Walking Tour October 10 Evanston History Center Burnham in Evanston Exhibit Reception October 10 Chicago Public Library, YOUMedia Planning Our Urban Future October 10 Deerfield Public Library Chicago: Behind the Skyscrapers October 11 October Events: Public Programs, Tours, Lectures, Performances, Symposia (Continued) Finding Burnham in the Archives: Swedenborgian Northwestern University, Fisk Hall Revelations and the Plan of Chicago October 11 BOLD PLANS. BIG DREAMS. For more information about the region wide Burnham Plan Centennial www.burnhamplan100.uchicago.edu/events History Speaks Lecture Series: Burnham's Naper Settlement Chicago October 11 Illinois Institute of Technology The White City: Burnham's Dream Musical October 11 The Magic to Stir Men’s Blood: Daniel Burnham Palos Park Public Library and His Plan for Chicago October 13 Lewis University The World Comes to Chicago October 13 Chicago as the Nation's Crossroads: Our Orland Park Public Library Region's Transportation History and Future October 13 Ela Area Public Library District A World Fair to Remember October 13 Burnham Pavilions at Millennium Park Talks with the Team October 14 Making Bold Plans: Frank J. Lewis and the Lewis University Founding of Lewis University October 14 Bloomingdale Public Library Make Your Garden Green October 14 Daniel Burnham: Make No Little Plans Historical St. Charles Public Library District Reenactment October 14 Understanding the Make Big Plans: Daniel Niles Public Library District Burnham's Vision of an American Metropolis October 14 GreenTown: The Future of Community Seven Generations Ahead Conference (at Columbia University) October 15 The House That Burnham Built: Tours and Chicago Symphony Orchestra Concerts October 17 Aurora Public Library Eastland Disaster: "Chicago's Titanic" October 18 Deerfield Public Library The Devil in the White City Book Discussion October 20 Contra Burnham: Why We Need More Little Evanston Public Library Plans October 20 Chicago Public Library, Vodak-East From City Beautiful to City Green: Chicago and Side Branch the Evolution of its Regional Environment October 22 Lambda Alpha International Ely Burnham's Plan of Chicago: History or Chapter Inspiration? Symposium October 23 Plan Centennial and Chicago Chicago and the American Metropolis: Urban Matters (at the Art Institute) Policty and Our Region's Future October 23 Chicago Public Library, Harold One Book, One Chicago: Carl Smith: Chicago-- Washington Library the American City October 24 Illinois Humanities Council Wellsprings Eternal panel discussion October 24 Burnham's Vision Today: Open Space as a Aurora Public Library Necessity, Not a Luxury October 25 DuSable Museum of African Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American History American City Documentary Film October 25 Parks, Squares, Lawns, Woods and Dales: The DePaul University Student Center Burghs of Fictive Chicago October 26 Beyond Burnham -- "Global Visionaries: Rami Chicago Matters Nashashibi" on WTTW October 27 Chicago Associate Board Presidents Council & Young Professionals of Find Your Cause Event at the Chicago Cultural Chicago Center October 28 Chicago Public Library, Harold One Book, One Chicago: The Biography of Washington Library Chicago October 28 Metropolitan Planning Council What Makes Your Place Great? Roundtable October 28 Burnham Pavilions at Millennium Park Talks with the Team October 28 Graham Foundation Make No Medium-Sized Plans October 29 BOLD PLANS. BIG DREAMS. For more information about the region wide Burnham Plan Centennial www.burnhamplan100.uchicago.edu/events October Exhibits Graham Foundation for Advanced Actions: What You Can Do With the City Studies in the Fine Arts Opens October 16 National Museum of Mexican Art and El Proximo Centenario Visual and Soundscape Radio Arte Exhibit through October 4 Big. Bold. Visionary. Chicago Considers the Next Chicago Tourism Center Gallery Century. through October 11 Indian Prairie Public Library Daniel Hudson Burnham: In His Nature through October 16 Illinois Railway Museum City Planning in the Age of Steam and Streetcars through October 25 The Burnham Plan, Impetus for Change on Southeast Chicago Historical Society Chicago's Southeast Side through October 31 Millennium Park, South Chase Promenade Burnham Pavilions through November 1 Field Museum in collaboration with the AIA Chicago Foundation Burnham Memorial Competition Exhibit through November 1 Fullersburg: Chicago's Neighbor on the Old Plank Graue Mill and Museum Road through November 15 Make No Little Plans: The Big Shoulders Fund Loyola Museum of Art Schools Plan Their Future Chicago through November 15 Waukegan Lakefront-Downtown Master Plan City of Waukegan Exhibit through November 26 Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Chicago Looks Ahead: 100 Years of Planning, Burnham Libraries 1909-2009 through November 30 Kohl Children's Museum Habitat Park through November 30 More than 60 libraries throughout the region Make Big Plans: Daniel Burnham's Vision of an American Metropolisthrough December 30 Worth His Salt: Joy Morton's Role in the 1909 Morton Arboretum Plan of Chicago through December 30 City Gallery at the Historic Water Daniel Burnham's Enduring Vision for the Tower Philippines through December 31 Evanston History Center Daniel Burnham's Evanston through December 31 Plan of Wilmette, 1922: Following in Burnham's Wilmette Historical Museum Footsteps through December 31 Chicago Architecture Foundation B Like Burnham through January 5, 2010 Glessner House Museum Daniel H. Burnham and Prairie Avenue through January 14, 2010 Northwestern University Burnham and Northwestern through January 15, 2010 Art Institute of Chicago Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago through January 18, 2010 Chicago Public Library Inspiring Dreams: Promoting the Burnham Plan through February 27, 2010 Envisioning Joliet: Burnham, Bennett, and Joliet Area Historical Museum Beyond through May 16, 2010 Chicago Architecture Foundation Chicago Model City through November 30, 2010 BOLD PLANS. BIG DREAMS. For more information about the region wide Burnham Plan Centennial www.burnhamplan100.uchicago.edu/events.