(Le Sud Mediteranean) photo
First, Chicago Restaurant Week, which is longer than 7 days, is welcoming diners to more than 500 eateries and bars with special prices now through Feb. 28, 2026.
This is a good chance to try that restaurant you’ve heard or read about.
(Photo courtesy of Chicago Botanic Garden)
So glad February means the Orchid Show is here.
OK, so the tulips are not yet pushing through the soil in the Midwest. But there are spring-like activities north in Glencoe to warm or at least brighten the still chilly temps.
The Chicago Botanic Garden’s Orchid Show is now on the calendar. So don your old bell-bottoms (or at least wide pants legs) because the show pays homage to a long-ago, fun decade.
Called “Feeling Groovy,” subtitled “Let the Sunshine in,” the show runs 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 7 to March 22, 2026.
Chicago Botanic Garden is at 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, (bordering Highland Park and Edens Hwy)
Third and no way least is the Chicago Auto Show
The Chicago Auto Show will be at McCormick Place Feb. 7-Feb 16.
Find test drives, new cars and other information at Auto show.
And get off that couch or away from that desk to try some of these events before they disappear with calendar page changes.
Jodie Jacobs