Spring Preview
Run like the wind and let your kite soar behind you at this 18th annual family-friendly event. Kids can make their own kites and watch professional kite fliers take to the skies. Cricket Hill, Lincoln Park (
chicagokidsandkites.us). May 7 10am–4pm; free.
16 Look up at the Kids & Kites Festival
Get up early and wait in line at local record stores on the most important day of the year for vinyl nerds. Even if you don’t care about scoring exclusive pressings, you can visit shops like Saki Records, Reckless Records and Gramaphone to the enjoy live music. Various locations (
recordstoreday.com). Apr 16 at various times and prices.
17 Shop small on Record Store Day
It’s the first anniversary party Fischman has put on. Mark 20 years of great beer with kegs from the tavern’s favorite breweries, like Revolution and Half Acre. New kegs will be tapped every two hours—expect rare and reserve brews. Fischman Liquors and Tavern, 4780 N Milwaukee Ave (773-545-0123,
fischmanliquors.com). Apr 17 11am–9pm; free.
18 Drink like a fish at Fischman Liquors
Kids & Kites Festival 19 Stop and smell the roses
Fischman Liquors and Tavern
It’s a given that you can see beautiful flowers during spring in Chicago. Just off the tails of the Orchid Show at the Chicago Botanic Garden are two of the city’s best yearly flower shows, the Macy’s Flower Show (111 N State St; 312-781-1000,
social.macys.com/flowershow) and the Chicago Flower and Garden Show at Navy Pier (600 E Grand Ave). At Macy’s, expect to see floral arrangements centered around a theme, while Navy Pier’s display celebrates the city, its innovations in architecture and green design as well as Chicago’s increasing culinary prowess. Find flowers in the wild on Chicago’s far southern edge at Powderhorn Lake (Exit 68B off I-90/I-94 East, follow road to east entrance), where thousands of acres of former industrial land are being restored to their natural ecology in the surrounding area. The area contains a 48-acre lake bordered by sections of prairie and savannah, replete with native nearly250 other plant species and up to100 bird 0–Apr 3; free · Navy Pier Mar 12–20;
wildflowers, along with nearly 250 other plant species and up to 100 bird species. Macy’s Mar 20–Apr 3; free · Na
Pier Mar 12–20; $5–$17.;$5–$17. PERFECT SPRING DAY: TESS KISNER, DJ
If you’ve ever been to Chicago’s ultimate slow jams dance party, Slo’Mo (a.k.a. slow jams for homos and their fans) at the Whistler, you know the person who has the killer style, laying down all the best R&B tracks is DJ Tess Kisner. It takes skill to pull together a spring look that’s functional, comfortable and fresh, all while spinning records and breaking a sweat. Simplicity and thrift shopping are the name of the game for Kisner. “I like the idea of owning one-of-a-kind pieces that no one else will have.”
Kisner knows a thing or two about spring in the Windy City, having lived here for 14 years. “Spring in Chicago is the victory of a six-month struggle,” she says. “Spring whispers ‘summer’ in our ear, and we live for it.” For Kisner, a perfect spring day wouldn’t be complete without her yellow rain jacket from Gap and a visit to Gaslight Coffee Roasters (2385 N Milwaukee Ave;
gaslightcoffeeroasters.com) for her caffeine kick and a
drive in her Jeep with the top down. “A simple drive down Lake Shore can be so revitalizing.” She ends her day at home in the studio mixing tracks with music blasting.
Photo taken at 606 Records (1808 S Allport St, Pilsen; 312-585-6106,
606records.com). Kisner is wearing a denim duster from TUSK (3205 W Armitage Ave; 423-903-7093,
tuskchicago.com), with copper earrings, a gold rope bracelet and quartz and metal rings from the Silver Room (1506 E 53rd St; 773-947-0024,
thesilverroom.com)
March–May 2016
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PHOTOGRAPHS: (CLOCKWISE FROM CENTER LEFT): MARTHA WILLIAMS; COURTESY CITY OF CHICAGO; ANDREW NAWROCKI
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