Evanston! I am from there. Sadly not anywhere near Chicago or I'd hang out.
Unsolicited things to do, abbreviated, mostly Evanston version:
The Northwestern campus by the lake is a very nice place to walk (also check out the Deering library-- that's the old, neo-gothic part, not the hideous Brutalist part. They have a replica Gutenberg press outside Special Collections. ), but you've probably figured that out if you've been at a symposium there.
Carmen's or Giordano's are good places to experience Chicago style pizza if you haven't done that and you eat dairy. Personally I'm a big fan of the spinach-stuffed pizza.
Cozy Noodles is good if you like Thai and restaurants with weird robots and other toys.
Check out the Rose Garden at Lake and Oak-- it's a lovely place to sit if it's not too hot, and there's a fountain.
And my #1 funky Chicago thing I suggest people do is Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, which is 30 plays in 60 minutes, new ones added weekly (based on a die roll), performed in the order demanded by the audience, you pay $9 plus the roll of a die (yes, there's a lot of randomness here). Further explained on that page.
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Unsolicited things to do, abbreviated, mostly Evanston version:
The Northwestern campus by the lake is a very nice place to walk (also check out the Deering library-- that's the old, neo-gothic part, not the hideous Brutalist part. They have a replica Gutenberg press outside Special Collections. ), but you've probably figured that out if you've been at a symposium there.
Carmen's or Giordano's are good places to experience Chicago style pizza if you haven't done that and you eat dairy. Personally I'm a big fan of the spinach-stuffed pizza.
Cozy Noodles is good if you like Thai and restaurants with weird robots and other toys.
Check out the Rose Garden at Lake and Oak-- it's a lovely place to sit if it's not too hot, and there's a fountain.
And my #1 funky Chicago thing I suggest people do is Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, which is 30 plays in 60 minutes, new ones added weekly (based on a die roll), performed in the order demanded by the audience, you pay $9 plus the roll of a die (yes, there's a lot of randomness here). Further explained on that page.