Tentative Schedule

4:15 am. Leave Denver
One stop at a “McDonalds”
9:30 am - Arrive Chicago
Chicago Loup - The Loop contains a wealth of outdoor sculpture, including works by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Marc Chagall, Alexander Calder, and Jean Dubuffet.
The Chicago River, which delineates the area, also provides entertainment and recreational opportunities, including the annual dyeing of the river green in honor of St. Patrick's Day.

10:00 am Millennium Park - Cloud Gate sculpture on the AT&T Plaza, Frank Gehry-designed Jay Pritzker Pavilion, an outdoor concert venue.  Cloud Gate is British artist Anish Kapoor's first public outdoor work installed in the United States. The 110-ton elliptical sculpture is forged of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates, which reflect the city's famous skyline and the clouds above. A 12-foot-high arch provides a "gate" to the concave chamber beneath the sculpture, inviting visitors to touch its mirror-like surface and see their image reflected back from a variety of perspectives. 

Inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture is among the largest of its kind in the world, measuring 66-feet long by 33-feet high.  Water features are not turned on until May 1.
http://www.millenniumpark.org/artandarchitecture/cloud_gate.html
(Motor Coach and school bus drop off is on Upper Randolph Street, east of the turn-around by the Harris Theater. Buses may then proceed to Lower Randolph to stage, or wait for their group. The garages that serve Millennium Park can generally accommodate vehicles up to 6'8". Certain areas can accommodate vehicles up to 8'2". For more information, please call the Millennium Park and Grant Park East Garages at 312-744-7644, or the Grant Park North Garage at 312-742-7530.)

12:00 - Art Institute of Chicago - Tour one of the great art museums of the world, the Art Institute of Chicago presents a collection spanning 5,000 years of artistic expression. Paintings, prints and drawings, sculptures, photographs, video, textiles, and architectural drawings and fragments are complemented by a year-round schedule of exhibitions.  Be sure to find Iowan Grant Wood’s painting American Gothic, which he painted in 1930 and entered in a competition at the Institute.  It became the property of the Institute for $300 when Wood won a purchase award and he became world famous overnight.
http://www.artic.edu/aic/
The Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60603-6404
(312) 443-3600

2:30 Navy Pier - consists of more than 50 acres of parks, museums, restaurants, gardens, shops and attractions of every kind. There are many possible choices here for supper. - http://www.navypier.com/home.html
Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows http://www.navypier.com/things2do/rides_attract/smith_museum.html - The Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows is a permanent display of 150 stained glass windows housed in an 800-ft.-long series of galleries along the lower level terraces of Festival Hall. Open since February 2000, it is the first museum in the United States dedicated solely to stained glass windows. It showcases both secular and religious windows and is divided by artistic theme into four categories: Victorian, Prairie, Modern and Contemporary.
Because of the large area you will at no time split from your group of 5, YOU CAN NOT LEAVE THE NAVY PIER GROUNDS.  

6 pm - 2nd Friday - Chicago Arts District - www.chicagoartsdistrict.org
The Chicago Arts District, formerly known as Pilsen East, encompasses several contiguous blocks of lofts, studios and retail spaces for artists, gallerists, and creative individuals. Every 2nd Friday of the month, the more than 30 galleries of the Chicago Arts District invite the public to view new and exciting exhibitions. There is something for everyone here in the Chicago Arts District, from the traditional mediums of painting, photography, and sculpture to avant garde fashion, installation and video art, just to name a few!
Visitors enjoy cutting edge art from local Chicago artists, as well as artists from all over the country and the world! Artists and gallery owners are on hand to discuss the art and help visitors "connect" with and understand the works. Experience art in a welcoming atmosphere with historic architecture and award winning courtyard gardens. This is a truly unique area of the city that welcomes all visitors and offers an opportunity to get up close and personal with the art and the artists!

8 pm - Leave for Home
1 Stop on the way home
1:00 am - Arrive Home