“PUBLIC TRANSIT: Lots of good options, depending on where you’re coming
from:

CTA Blue Line (O’Hare branch) to Montrose. From Montrose Avenue, follow the sidewalk alongside the northeast (outbound) side of the expressway, behind people’s garages, for two blocks to Knox Street, and then continue one more block north on Knox to the center.

>From the North Side, take the Red Line to Lawrence, or the Metra UP North Line (Kenosha) to Ravenswood, or the Brown Line to the end of the line at Kimball, and transfer to a Westbound #81 Lawrence bus to Knox Street. (The #81 bus runs 24/7, and has a 9-12 minute frequency on Saturday afternoon.)

>From O’Hare, take the Blue Line “L” to Jefferson Park, and transfer to an Eastbound #81 Lawrence bus to Knox Street, and walk 1 block south on Knox to the center. You can also take the Metra UP-Northwest Line (Harvard, Palatine…) to Jefferson Park to transfer to the Lawrence bus. There is a train leaving Oglvie Station Downtown at 12:30, and trains back home to Downtown at 5:01 and 7:01. Inbound, trains leave Harvard at 10:35 and 11:35, and trains back home at 5:48, 6:48, and 8:48.

>From the Northwest Burbs, or from Union Station in Downtown Chicago, take the Metra Milwaukee District North Line (Fox Lake, Libertyville…) to the Mayfair Station. Walk north on Cicero Avenue across the Kennedy Expressway, and turn right (east) on Wilson Avenue across the Edens Expressway one block to the center. This walking route is almost entirely composed of underpasses or bridges - bring your camera! There is a train that leaves Union Station at 12:35 that arrives at Mayfair at 12:54 - perfect. There’s a train back home Downtown from Mayfair at 5:56. Inbound, there is a train that leaves Fox Lake at 10:45 that arrives at Mayfair at 11:56, and trains back home at 5:54 and 6:54.

TIP: After the event, enjoy the Chicago area’s most perfectly poured pint of Guinness downstairs at the Fifth Province Pub, on the first floor of the IAHC. Live Irish music! (Just don’t stay too long, you’ve got another party coming Sunday!)”

Thanks

Elizabeth