Lisa Key, Executive Director of the Driehaus Museum will discuss

"Tiffany Lamps, Beyond the Shade"

Wednesday January 28, 5:00 pm
at The Cliff Dwellers

5:00 pm Bar opens
6:00 pm dinner
   Members of Cliff Dwellers:  $54; Guests $60
7 :00 pm Program

Reservations are required by January 21

reservations@cliff-chicago.org or call 312-922-8080

From the 1890s to the 1920s, Tiffany Studios created a captivating range of decorative lighting fixtures that embraced the technological shift from oil lamps to electricity and simultaneously met the styles and tastes of nineteenth and twentieth century consumers. Drawn from the expansive collections of the Museum and the private art collection of Richard H. Driehaus (now the Art Exhibition Lending Foundation), the exhibition explores how the artisans at Tiffany Studios used a range of materials— including bronze, enamel, ceramic, and glass—to bring Tiffany’s innovative lighting designs to life.

Show ‘n Tell 2025

The Chicago Chapter’s great annual event

December 9, 2025

The Cliff Dwellers - 200 S. Michigan Ave.

$90 per person

Eight slide presentations, up to 8 minutes each, on interesting architectural subjects. 

Presenters and their presentation subjects

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A Brief and Surprisingly Interesting History of
Brick Architecture in Chicago

By Will Quam

Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 5:45 pm, Kyle's Place, St. James Cathedral, 65 East Huron

Will Quam is a photographer of architecture, a writer and a researcher. He has been called a "brick whisperer" and has been conducting tours of Chicago neighborhoods with a special emphasis on brick, the omnipresent material of so many of our structures. He is convinced that nothing is boring and excitement can be found in anything---even bricks.