Since 2005, Chicago Chocolate Tours has offered folks—mostly sweet-craving bridal parties, lovey-dovey couples and gastro-curious tourists—a back-door tour of local chocolatiers. Tours depart from the Loop, Gold Coast and Lakeview neighborhoods. Registration required.

Just try to find elbow room at this throwback to the house party days of college when beer pong, 20-ounce brews and hot boys ruled.

Often overlooked, the War of 1812 was a seminal conflict that resulted in the stifling of Native Americans' attempts to protect their land from roaming Americans…

Aguiñiga’s observations of the Midwest's Driftless Area during a 2000-mile voyage from Los Angeles (where she lives and works) to Madison, Wisconsin, inspire the designer's new woven rugs and wall hangings. Opens Fri 15, 6–8pm.

Experimental Sound Studio continues its Florasonic series with Snyder's four-channel audio installation, in which electronic circuits generate ever-changing sounds that mimic bird calls.

Mitchell’s (1925–92) first solo show in the city of her birth since 1974 illustrates the Abstract Expressionist’s love of poetry through artist’s books, her stunning quadriptych painting Minnesota, and letters from poet friends such as Frank O’Hara…

Five Iraqi women artists offer fresh perspectives on the war on terror.

Frau Fiber, the Chicago Coalition of Household Workers, UIC's Center for Urban Economic Development and other artists, organizations and institutions create interactive experiences celebrating early home economists' efforts to secure healthy food, fair labor practices and childcare for all…

This exuberant exhibition chronicles Sahmat’s fight for freedom of expression in India and against the religious extremism that has caused numerous deaths there since 1989…

The 1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art (a.k.a. the Armory Show) attracted a record 189,000 visitors when it stopped in Chicago…