A Holiday Walking Tour: The Sights, Sounds, Tastes, & Traditions of the Season
Take a two-hour, all-ages walking tour and experience the spectacular decorations proudly displayed around Chicago's Magnificent Mile area during the holiday season.
During this exciting tour, fourth-generation Chicago historian Sally Sexton Kalmbach S66 will treat you to holiday stories, pictures, and tales about the history of Chicago. As anyone who has been on a Sally tour can tell you, these are not to be missed!
A special visit to Loyola University Museum to view the exhibit of over 100 creches from around the world is also included.
Event Details
We will meet in the downstairs lobby of the Drake Hotel in front of Mangel Florist
140 E Walton Pl
Chicago, IL 60611
65 E Huron
Chicago, IL
$35 for PCC Members
$40 for Non-members
Contact Ronnie Raviv '95
A fourth-generation Chicagoan whose family founded a coffee and tea company in the early 1880s at the same time Potter Palmer was developing Chicago's Gold Coast, Sally has taught classes in Chicago history at the Newberry Library, and has given numerous speeches and customized tours for individuals and small groups. Her expertise and ability to present material in an accessible, yet informative manner have resulted in a loyal following. Her topics include: Chicago's Gold Coast; Revisiting the Columbian Exposition of 1893; Mrs. Potter Palmer's Gold Coast; Women and the White City; Mansions and Millionaires: The McCormickville Walking Tour, offered by the Driehaus Museum; and Mrs. James Ward Thorne's Miniature Rooms.
Sally is a co-founder of the Chicago History Women's Club, a board member of the Chicago Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, a volunteer docent at the Charnley-Persky House Museum, and an active member of the Blue Dolphins Swim Club. She is also a guide for Context Tours, the designated historians for tours of the Art Institute.
Sally has written books about two legendary women from Chicago's history. Mrs. Potter Palmer - The Jewel of the Gold Coast: Mrs. Potter Palmer’s Chicago and Mrs. James Ward Thorne - Mrs. Thorne’s World of Miniatures.
