Comments on: Headed to Chicago for ALA? http://arlisnap.org/2009/06/28/headed-to-chicago-for-ala/ Art Library Students & New ARLIS Professionals Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:02:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ALA Annual Conference Roundup « [ArLiSNAP] http://arlisnap.org/2009/06/28/headed-to-chicago-for-ala/#comment-25780 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:42:47 +0000 http://arlisnap.org/?p=1716#comment-25780 [...] Headed to Chicago for ALA? [...]

]]> By: mmacken http://arlisnap.org/2009/06/28/headed-to-chicago-for-ala/#comment-25774 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:45:37 +0000 http://arlisnap.org/?p=1716#comment-25774 I love the Chicago Cultural Center — it is the old main public library. The Tiffany Stained Glass Domes are beautiful, and it’s always quiet, cool, free, and right across from Millennium Park.

]]> By: tbergstrom http://arlisnap.org/2009/06/28/headed-to-chicago-for-ala/#comment-25764 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:40:17 +0000 http://arlisnap.org/?p=1716#comment-25764 If you read conference guides, as I did a lot of last year when we were working on our Conference Survival Wiki, one of the tips you see often is to give yourself time to escape the conference and venture out into the non-conference world. ALA can be really overwhelming, so allow yourself a break when you need it. There will still be tons of people to meet, sessions to attend, and vendors to browse when you get back.

That said, one of my favorite things to do in Chicago is to pack a picnic and head to the Frank Gehry-designed Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. The concerts are free; a schedule of upcoming performances can be found here.

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