Navy Pier, of course, is a lot more than 30 years old. It first opened as Municipal Pier in 1916 — 109 years ago. But before ...

Fireworks displays are expected to light up Chicago-area skies for the Fourth of July, but one of the region's most popular shows won't be happening on the holiday -- the iconic fireworks at Navy Pier ...

Lame-duck Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan to hold Taste of Chicago on the same July 4 weekend as NASCAR’s first street-course race — but move Taste to a park near Navy Pier — hit a wall of ...

The facility is Chicago's first transient marina, allowing boaters short-term docking at Navy Pier to stop by for lunch or dinner, or park their boats overnight. May 28 ...

New outdoor performance venues open at Navy Pier’s Polk Bros. Park The so-called ‘performance lawns’ will debut with a screening of Sharknado By Jay Koziarz Jul 10, 2017, 10:29am CDT ...

1933: Twenty-four seaplanes, led by Italian Gen. Italo Balbo, landed on Lake Michigan near Chicago’s Navy Pier for the ...

Minju Park of WBEZ in Chicago has the story. MINJU PARK, BYLINE: As an entertainment hub housing Chicago's Children's Museum, the Shakespeare Theater and bustling beer gardens, Navy Pier normally ...

More than 2,000 miles may separate them, but Chicago’s Navy Pier and Santa Monica Pier are coming together to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the iconic invention that connects them: The ...

• Chi-Soul Fest ( June 10-11): Celebrating Black Music Month with performances by Chicago Soul musicians in the Navy Pier Beer Garden, Wave Wall Performance Platform and Polk Bros Park. • Navy ...

Photo credit: Navy Pier. Stop by Pier Park and take a spin on the iconic Centennial Wheel, a nearly 200-foot-tall Ferris wheel that is air-conditioned in the summer and heated in the winter.Other ...

Navy Pier proclaimed itself ready to begin the reopening process Wednesday. Mother Nature was not so sure. Amid gray skies and an intermittent light rain, the carnival midway jutting into Lake Mich… ...

Chicago's Navy Pier Will Host Second Annual Chicago Live! More than 60 of the city's top marquee names will give back-to-back performances from noon to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, and noon to 6 ...