WNDR Museum: Chicago's futuristic world of fantasy, colour and immersive art

WNDR Museum: Chicago's futuristic world of fantasy, colour and immersive art

If your colourful, sometimes wacky, sometimes artsy Instagram posts are modern-day trophies, then this museum in Chicago's West Loop is for you. 

by Sujoy Dhar July 10, 2024

Chicago paints the city green to celebrate St. Patricks Day

Chicago paints the city green to celebrate St. Patricks Day

Throngs of revelers, comprising both locals and tourists, sporting the signature gears and cheering lustily, painted the windy city in the colour of St. Patrick's Day as the Chicago River bled emerald green after the river dyeing, a ritual since 1962.

by TRANS WORLD FEATURES March 17, 2024

Chicago by Night: The windy city's evening symphony

Chicago by Night: The windy city's evening symphony

On a September evening in Chicago, as we got off the Uber at the Symphony Center, home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, after a short ride from our hotel in the theatre district known as The Loop, we barely knew how lucky we were to be witnessing a performance of Riccardo Muti.

by Sujoy Dhar October 16, 2023

Chicago 48 Hours: Five compelling experiences in Chi-town

Chicago 48 Hours: Five compelling experiences in Chi-town

During my last visit to Chicago, my go-to city in the US, I was wondering what new things I could experience. Choose Chicago, the official tourism body of Chi-town, was forthcoming with ideas for me, someone who has already covered over years all the "been-there-done-that" places of the city that I can never get enough of. If you are not a first timer to Chicago (well, you can be a first timer too) and have just a day or two to encounter something really invigorating, that range from immersive cultural experience to some easy-going fun, here is the list beyond the river cruise and Skydeck thrills of the Willis Tower. 

by By SUJOY DHAR June 20, 2023

Chicago to host US premiere of Immersive Van Gogh in a new venue dedicated to immersive art

Chicago to host US premiere of Immersive Van Gogh in a new venue dedicated to immersive art

CHICAGO: Lighthouse ArtSpace Chicago, a new venue within Chicagos recently renovated landmark Germania Club Building, will open on Feb. 11, 2021 with the U.S. premiere of the blockbuster art experience Immersive Van Gogh.

by Trans World Features November 24, 2020

Conde Nast Traveler names Chicago best large city to visit for third consecutive year

Conde Nast Traveler names Chicago best large city to visit for third consecutive year

Cond Nast Travelers 2019 Readers Choice Awards are the longest-running and most prestigious recognition of excellence in the travel industry. This year, more than 600,000 Cond Nast Traveler readers across the globe submitted a recording-breaking number of responses rating their travel experiences to provide a full snapshot of where and how we travel today.

by Trans World Features October 15, 2019

A Thirsty Dragon's Chicago Evening

A Thirsty Dragon's Chicago Evening

In Jack Kerouac's iconic book On the Road, which kind of became a Bible for roadtrippers across the world for nearly seven decades now, main characters Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty reach Chicago in a borrowed 1947 Cadillac and then frantically hop from bar to bar and club to club looking for sensational times.

by Sujoy Dhar May 02, 2018