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Oak Park Festival

Add some Hamlet to your family’s three cheese picnic omelets at the Oak Park Festival Theatre, June 14 through July 19 and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside!   Hamlet, William Shakespeare’s classic and masterful tragedy, about a prince of a boy unable to make up his mind about […]

Barry Gibb Concert

Bring the family to The United Center, the House that Jordan Built, on May 27, rock out with the Barry Gibb Concert Mythology Tour and stay at the nearby and very affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! The Barry Gibb Mythology Tour is a tribute to Barry’s deceased brothers Robin, Maurice and Andy. […]

Fitzgeralds

How about a May date night out at Fitzgerald’s Nightclub in Oak Park and a stay at Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside? Fitzgerald’s Nightclub is regularly ranked in the Top Ten list of Chicagoland night spots. Where else can one go for country and western, jazz, folk and blues, with nationally known music […]

Morton Arboretum

Looking for a family spring outing? Spend a long weekend exploring The Morton Arboretum and stay at the affordable and nearby Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Your children will enjoy “Bird is the Word,” a Saturday program in which kids match bird moms to bird babies, play with nest materials, and make a […]

Frank Lloyd Wright Tour

For some Wright Stuff, take a Frank Lloyd Wright Tour in Oak Park and stay at the affordable and nearby Best Western Plus Hillside Hotel! Frank Lloyd Wright began his quest to develop a new order of American Architecture in Chicago and the nearby suburb of Oak Park. Wright designed more than 1,000 buildings, with many of […]

Brookfield Zoo

Enjoy a Brookfield Zoo weekend getaway! Bring the family for spring fun as Brookfield Zoo offers some very special April events. Ape Awareness Weekend, April 5-6, celebrates apes, their plight in the wild, and the need for their conservation. Join Brookfield Zoo staff for ape-related activities inside Tropic World and to help support ape conservation. […]

Garfield Park Conservatory

Visit the Garfield Park Conservatory’s annual Spring Flower Show running through May 11, where you can enjoy and savor dazzling colors, tropical warmth and exotic scents, all in one place! Enjoy hundreds of spring flowering annuals and perennials. Walk among azaleas, camellias and hydrangeas, and feel winter’s chill fade away. The Garfield Park Conservatory, considered […]

Chicago Navy Pier

Chicago is a city with many attractions and events. Each year thousands upon thousands of tourists visit our beautiful city to experience all that the Windy City is famous for including some twenty-one miles of lakefront shoreline. Located along Lake Michigan’s picturesque shore, Chicago’s Navy Pier offers visitors a fun, family friendly experience.  Since its […]

Loyola University Medical Center

Whether visiting a loved one, undergoing treatment or taking a special class at Loyola University Medical Center, stay at nearby Best Western Plus Hotel in Hillside.   Loyola University Medical Center is a nationally recognized leader in providing health care and in conducting groundbreaking research to treat heart disease, cancer, organ transplantation and neurological disorders. […]

Fitzgeralds

Music Lovers: One of Chicago’s great musical treasures is Fitzgerald’s Nightclub, 6615 Roosevelt Road, Berwyn; 708-788-2118. “A musical gem”: The New York Times. Located just six blocks from the Blue Line Train to downtown Chicago and points west, Fitzgerald’s Nightclub is as eclectic as a music venue can be. March 1, the folk music band […]