Lunchtime Series at Millenium Park Features Wide Array of International and Olympic Games
2007/06/02
The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the Chicago Office of Tourism and Millennium Park present a special Friday lunchtime series featuring demonstrations of international and Olympic games as part of Art of Play: Summer in Chicago 2007. Games Galore takes places June 15 - August 17 in Millennium Park's Wrigley Square, Michigan Avenue at Randolph Street. Chicago area experts will demonstrate these games each week from 12:15 - 1 p.m. Games range from judo and wrestling to table tennis and badminton. Admission is free.
LUNCHTIME SERIES AT MILLENNIUM PARK FEATURES WIDE ARRAY OF INTERNATIONAL AND OLYMPIC GAMES
Experience Games from Around the World June 15- August 17 The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the Chicago Office of Tourism and Millennium Park present a special Friday lunchtime series featuring demonstrations of international and Olympic games as part of Art of Play: Summer in Chicago 2007. Games Galore takes places June 15 - August 17 in Millennium Park's Wrigley Square, Michigan Avenue at Randolph Street. Chicago area experts will demonstrate these games each week from 12:15 - 1 p.m. Games range from judo and wrestling to table tennis and badminton. Admission is free.
The schedule is as follows:
Friday, June 15 Table Tennis Killerspin
Friday, June 22 Capoeira Capoeira Chicago
Friday, June 29 Lion Dance and Kung Fu Chicago Chinese Cultural Center
Friday, July 6 Aikido Aikido Association of America at the Japanese Cultural Center
Friday, July 13 Wrestling Chicago Wrestling Club Friday,
July 20 Footbag Illinois Footbag League
Friday, July 27 Badminton 2nd City Badminton Friday,
August 3 Judo Tohkon Judo Academy Friday,
August 10 Pétanque Chicago Petanque Club Friday,
August 17 Rythmic Gymnastics, Wrestling and Judo
World Sport Chicago: Chicago 2016 Games Galore is part of Art of Play: Summer in Chicago 2007, a citywide celebration of toys, games and the spirit of play from June 1 to September 30.
Art of Play is a collaborative effort with Chicago community cultural organizations, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the Chicago Office of Tourism, the Mayor's Office of Special Events, and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Bureau of Tourism.
For more information on programs presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, call 312-744-6630, or visit www.chicagoculturalcenter.org.
To view more photos from Games Galore, please visit our Flickr page.