Channel the artist within using cakes and cookies as your palette with a workshop at Bon Vivant! After feasting on snacks and cocktails, a team of experienced bakers offers tips, tricks and techniques for creating your own creative confections. Workshop themes for Labor Day weekend include “Chicago Cookout” and “Fancy Picnic.” View the full workshop lineup here.
While there's no shortage of ways to celebrate Labor Day, the holiday weekend often lands as bittersweet, marking the unofficial end of summertime and all the sun-soaked bliss that comes with it. Thankfully, there’s still plenty of warm weather fun to be had as we roll into the three-day weekend, from street festivals (like West Loop Art Fest) to live music at the Chicago Jazz Festival downtown and North Coast in suburban Bridgeview. It’s also the final weekend to catch free fireworks shows at Navy Pier. Scroll through for even more stuff to do and have a very happy Labor Day.
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