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LACE UP: A Guide To Chicago’s Outdoor Ice Skating Rinks
The forecast is calling for snow this weekend, making it a picture-perfect time time to lace up your skates and hit the ice. From Millennium Park to your neighborhood–we rounded up all of Chicago’s outdoor ice rinks that are now open for the season.
Citywide Outdoor Ice Rinks Open Friday, Nov. 26
Skating Season Runs Through February 27 at Most Rinks Work off Thanksgiving calories by hitting one of the Chicago Park District’s outdoor ice skating rinks when they open for the…
Naperville native Lysacek takes figure skating gold
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Naperville, Ill. native Evan Lysacek won the Olympic gold. Evgeni Plushenko won the argument. The quad, the toughest jump there is in figure skating, is…
Carpentersville figure skater making name in rink
Bradie Tennell isn’t sure how her figure skating career began: she was two years old when she first took to the ice. But while details of the beginnings of Bradie’s…
Chicago Winter Dance Festival Features Free Ice Skating Instruction, Ice Dancing, Dance Lessons in Millennium Park
Whirl and twirl your way through the month of February on the ice or on the stage at the free Chicago Winter Dance festival in the award-winning Millennium Park. From…
“Rink at Wrigley” Set to Welcome Skaters in Shadow of Friendly Confines
A new ice skating rink will welcome skaters to the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field this winter, thanks to the generosity of the Ricketts family, new owners of the Cubs,…
Chicago Park District Outdoor Ice Skating Rinks Open Nov. 28; Chicago Skating Season Runs Through Feb. 28
The Chicago Park District’s ice skating rinks open for the 2009-2010 season Saturday, Nov. 28. Skating season runs through Feb. 28, weather permitting. Click here to watch a video on…
Wonderland Express Celebrates Its Fourth Year; Exhibition Features Replica of President Obama’s Hyde Park Home, Trains, Chicago Landmarks
Wonderland Express chugs into the Chicago Botanic Garden this holiday season and transforms the 385-acre oasis into a winter wonderland of twinkling lights, garden-scale trains, miniature Chicago landmarks, exquisite horticulture…
Chicago Botanic Garden Offers Outdoor Ice Skating and Snowshoeing Activities This Winter
For the first time, visitors to the Chicago Botanic Garden can enjoy ice skating and snowshoeing activities during Wonderland Express. Starting Nov. 27, 2009, through Jan. 31, 2010, the Esplanade…
