ARUP and the Modern Wing, The Montgomery Ward rehab, Somol at Archeworks

Yes, we're STILL working on the February calendar, but, as always, there's a number of great events bunched up in the first week, so we want to remind you of some of them here.

Tuesday, February 3rd

5:30 - 8:30 - AIA Chicago First Tuesdays Happy Hour at Emerald Loop, 216 N. Wabash Info. Free event.

5:15 cash bar, 6:00 dinner, 7:00 P.M., Dinner, Art Institute of Chicago, Modern Wing, SEAOI event with Matt Briedenthal of Arup, at the Cliff Dwellers. Registration officially closed a while back, but feel free totry to beg your way in for what looks to be a great program. Info. $45.00 members, $65.00 non-members.

6:00 at Archeworks, Robert E. Somol: Poli-Fi. The Director of the School of Architecture at UIC speaks. Free event. RSVP here. Info here.

Wednesday, February 4th

12:15 - 1:00 P.M., John Buck lecture hall at CAF, 224 S. Michigan, 6 North Michigan: Cataloging the Transformation of the Original Montgomery Ward Headquarters. Melissa H. Clark of DeStefano+Partners discusses the project. Guest welcome to bring bag lunch; gum only if they have enough for everyone. Info here.

Hopefully, we'll have the calendar up in time for Thursday's events.