Please call 708.848.1976 for more information about or to register for any of the listed events.

In The Wright 3, super-sleuths Calder and Petra are drawn into another art mystery, along with Tommy, this time involving Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House. Now, a special The Wright 3 tour of the Robie House is available for kids of all ages. Led by Junior Interpreters, specially trained 5th-10th graders, The Wright 3 tour will allow kids to experience the space and mystery of the Robie House for themselves.

Date: Every Saturday
Time: 1:30 pm
Location: Robie House, 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago.
Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.
Admission: $12/adult, $10/youth (11-18) and seniors (65+), $5/youth (4-10)

PURCHASE TICKETS NOW or the day of tour at the Robie House Museum Shop.

Explore the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio to uncover the secrets of his ground-breaking designs. Your family will experience how America's most famous architect "broke the box" of traditional design during this interactive tour.

Time: 1:30 pm
Location: Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, 951 Chicago Ave., Oak Park
Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.
Admission: $12/adult, $10/youth (11-18) and seniors (65+), $5/youth (4-10)

PURCHASE TICKETS NOW or at the Home and Studio Museum Shop

Geek's Guide to Wright's Robie House
Saturday, January 10, 2009 (Second Saturdays Themed Tour)

Discover how Wright was ahead of his time with a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) tour. Analyze historic plans and construction photographs, assess building and design technologies of 1910 in contrast to current technologies and explore how Wright's revolutionary concepts were translated through innovative use of materials and construction.

Time: 4 pm
Location: Robie House Museum Shop, 5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago.
Admission: $16 Preservation Trust members, $18 non-members.

Table of Twelve Charity Gala

The Signature Room at the 95th®
John Hancock Center
January 21, 2009. 7pm-10pm.

Experience Chicago's amazing architecture from 1128 feet. The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust has been selected to the 2009 Charity of the Month program of the Signature Room at the 95th. The Table of Twelve reception kicks off the program celebrating the 12 selected non-profit organizations to be honored throughout 2009.

Tickets are available at the Signature Room website for $75.

As part of the program, the Preservation Trust has been designated as the non-profit of the month for October 2009, during which the Trust receives 10% of sales from the four-course Signature Selection menu. Founded in 1983 by owners Rick Roman and Nick Pyknis, the Signature Room's community giving program has donated over $560,000 to 184 non-profit organizations in greater Chicago.

Family Froebel Block and Pentomino Workshop at the Hyde Park Art Center
Sunday, February 8, 2009

Froebel blocks were developed in the 1830’s by Friedrich Froebel, the father of kindergarten, who believed that children learn through play. His series of smooth wooden blocks present geometric shapes and patterns in increasing complexity and Frank Lloyd Wright, who played with them extensively as a child, credited them with inspiring his innovative Prairie style.

Now your kids can discover the fun and excitement of building with Froebel blocks as well as Pentominos, the three-dimensional building blocks used by the characters in The Wright 3 novel by best-selling author, Blue Balliett. These interactive workshops inspire children of all ages to learn the fundamentals of design, problem solving and critical thinking.

Time: 12 – 4 pm
Location: Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Avenue, Chicago
Admission: Free
Part of the Hyde Park Art Center's Fun for All program made possible through funding from Chase and the Leo S. Guthman Foundation.

Geek's Guide to the Home and Studio: Restoration Tour
Saturday, February 14, 2009

Discover how a dedicated crew of volunteers saved the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio from ruin. Focusing on the alterations to the Home and Studio from 1909 to 1974, made by Wright and subsequent owners, the Geek's Guide tour of Wright’s Home & Studio in Oak Park details the inspirational story of how the historic museum was returned to its 1909 appearance. Survey photos, drawings and other items from the Preservation Trust collection documenting the restoration process. Discussions include controversial restoration decisions made and on-going restoration questions about this historic landmark.

Time: 4pm
Location: Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, 951 Chicago Ave., Oak Park
Admission: $16 Preservation Trust members, $18 non-members.

PURCHASE TICKETS NOW or at the Home and Studio Museum Shop.

Treat yourself to a winter sojourn in the Arizona sun. Enjoy a tour and dinner at Wright's Arizona Biltmore Hotel, and a full-day, all-access tour of Wright's sprawling winter headquarters, Taliesin West. Experience the spectacular Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium on the campus of Arizona State University, originally designed as the Baghdad Opera House and considered to be Wright's last public commission. Venture into the desert and explore the stunning Arcosanti community designed by former Frank Lloyd Wright Fellow, Paolo Soleri.

Tour Price
Members: $2295 per person, double occupancy, land only
Non-members: $2495 per person, double occupancy, land only
Call 708.848.1976 ext. 257 to register or for inquiries email travel@wrightplus.org.

Now your kids can discover the fun and excitement of building with Froebel blocks as well as Pentominos, the three-dimensional building blocks used by the characters in The Wright 3 novel by best-selling author, Blue Balliett. These interactive workshops inspire children of all ages to learn the fundamentals of design, problem solving and critical thinking.

Time:
Session I, Grades 3-5: 3:30pm-5:00pm
Session II, Grades 6-8: 5:15pm-6:45pm

Location: River Forest Park District, The Depot upper level classroom, 401 Thatcher Ave. River Forest, IL

Admission: River Forest resident $28; non-resident $34
Call the River Forest Park District at 708-366-6660 or visit www.rfparks.com to register. Registration is limited to 20 participants. Presented by the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust and the River Forest Park District.

Enjoy a lecture, coinciding with the Burnham Centennial exhibition, exploring ways in which our society builds upon and/or preserves land. Two speakers will be presenting their opinions on this somewhat controversial topic. John D. Said from the City of Elmhurst’s Department of Planning, Zoning, and Economic Development, will discuss urban planning and specifically Elmhurst’s response to urban planning highlighting the principles and ideas used in the Burnham Plan. Robert Bruegmann, former UIC professor, will present his findings from his recent book titled Sprawl in which he examines the causes of urban sprawl and its historic presence in our nation.

Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Elmhurst Art Museum, 150 Cottage Hill Avenue, Elmhurst IL
Admission: FREE with the price of Museum admission ($4, $3 for seniors)
Call (630) 834-0202 x 110 to reserve your seat by Friday, February 27.

Sponsored by the Elmhurst Art Museum, the City of Elmhurst and the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust.

Within the historic drafting room of the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio in Oak Park, fantasy campers learn basic drafting techniques and execute frameable floor plans of their own dream creations. It is truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Location: Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, 951 Chicago Ave., Oak Park
Time: 9-11:30 am
Fee: $850 Preservation Trust members; $900 non-members
For more information, contact the Education Department at 708.848.1976 ext. 227
or learn@gowright.org

Geek's Guide to Wright's Robie House
Saturday, March 14, 2009 (Second Saturdays Themed Tour)

Time: 4 pm
Location: Robie House Museum Shop, 5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago.
Admission: $16 Preservation Trust members, $18 non-members.

Architectural Salvage Walk
March 28, 2009

Join art historian Rolf Achilles to wander among the treasures of a few of Chicago’s noted architectural salvage shops. Achilles’ expertise in early twentieth century decorative objects, art glass, hardware, and the like will provide a new perspective on their context and possible re-use. A restaurant lunch is included. Space is limited.

Time: 10:30 am-3 pm
Start Location: Salvage One, 1840 West Hubbard Street, Chicago
Admission: $60 Preservation Trust members, $65 non-members

Experience the decorative arts collection and the intriguing spaces in Wright's Home and Studio. Learn about extraordinary Wright-designed furniture, vases, and light fixtures; Wright's approach to interior design in the Home and Studio; and fine and decorative arts collected by Wright during the early years of his career. Pieces vary from Japanese prints and original nature scene paintings to Arts and Crafts vases.

Time: 10 am
Location: Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, 951 Chicago Ave., Oak Park
Admission: $18 Preservation Trust members, $22 non-members

PURCHASE TICKETS

At Home Excursion: The Bradley House
Saturday, April 18

Join us to view a rarely-seen Wright Prairie style interior that is not yet open to the public, the B. Harley Bradley House in Kankakee, IL. In addition, we will view the exteriors of buildings designed by renowned Prairie architect Walter Burley Griffin in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago. Lunch and snacks are provided.

Time: 9 am-5 pm
Admission: $120 Preservation Trust members, $125 non-members

Experience Wright's famed Fallingwater estate, his late Usonian Kentuck Knob and his stunning Duncan House against a backdrop of springtime beauty in the hills of western Pennsylvania. Delight in an exclusive Fallingwater tour and wine reception, explore the terraces at Kentuck Knob, and relax at the spectacular Nemacolin Woodlands Resort and Spa, designated a Mobil Four-Star and AAA Four-Diamond resort

Tour Price
Members: $1795 per person, double occupancy, land only
Non-members: $1995 per person, double occupancy, land only

Experience Oak Park's wealth of Frank Lloyd Wright-designed homes and other architecturally significant structures during a fun-and-fact-filled 90-minute bicycle tour. Participants must provide their own bicycles. Bicycle rentals are available in the museum neighborhood.

Time: 9:30 am
Location: Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, 951 Chicago Avenue, Oak Park
Admission: $16/members, $18/non-members

Wright Plus Housewalk
Saturday, May 16

Join us for the 35th Annual Wright Plus, an internationally renowned architectural housewalk featuring rare interior tours of eight private homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and his contemporaries, plus entry to three landmark Wright buildings. Enjoy interpretations based on in-depth research of the homes’ history and architecture, including discussions of the original occupants’ lifestyles. Experience the extraordinary mix of famed architectural styles lining the streets of Oak Park, and share in a fun-filled day with visitors from around the world.

Join in the festivities as the Guggenheim Museum, one of Wright’s most iconic designs, celebrates its 50th Anniversary with a spectacular retrospective documenting 50 of Wright’s projects including the Home and Studio and the Robie House. The exhibition will focus on how space can function as a social condenser and influence the way we live. While in New York, stay at the luxurious Waldorf Astoria hotel, an Art Deco masterpiece. Enjoy tours of historic and architecturally significant sites such as Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate, Lyndhurst, Philip Johnson’s Glass House, Radio City Music Hall; the neo-gothic style of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and explore the architecture and design wing of the Modern Museum of Art.

Tour Price
Members: $3,295, double occupancy, land only
Non-members: $3,595, double occupancy, land only
Single Supplement: $1,000

Explore nature's role in Wright's designs with a multi-faceted event featuring a special tour of the Home and Studio, an exclusive display of nature drawings from the Preservation Trust's collection and a demonstration on creating Prairie-inspired botanical arrangements.

Time: 4 pm
Location: Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, 951 Chicago Ave., Oak park
Admission: $18 Preservation Trust members, $22 non-members
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Location: Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, 951 Chicago Ave., Oak Park
Time: 6:30-9 pm
Fee: $850 Preservation Trust members; $900 non-members
For more information, contact the Education Department at 708.848.1976 ext. 227
or learn@gowright.org

Explore the architectural diversity of the neighborhood surrounding Wright’s Robie House. Then survey the neighborhood from a different vantage, the terraces of the Robie House, while enjoying wine, beer and appetizers in a historic landmark designed for entertaining.

Time: 4 pm
Location: Robie House, 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago
Admission: $25/members, $30/non-members

Join the Preservation Trust on an exciting four-day excursion to the Minneapolis area, home to cutting-edge art and architecture from masters of their craft. Experience a Prairie School architectural gem, the Purcell-Cutts house, designed by the team of William Gray Purcell and George Grant Elmslie. Tour Louis Sullivan's influential National Farmers' Bank, a National Historic Landmark, as well as the stunning Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum designed by a modern master, Frank Gehry.

Tour Price
Members: $1595 per person, double occupancy, land only
Non-members: $1795 per person, double occupancy, land only

Time: 9:30 am
Location: Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, 951 Chicago Avenue, Oak Park
Admission: $16/members, $18/non-members

Time: 4 pm
Location: Robie House, 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago
Admission: $25/members, $30/non-members

Time: 10 am
Location: Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, 951 Chicago Ave., Oak park
Admission: $18 Preservation Trust members, $22 non-members

Table of Twelve Charity Gala

Architectural Salvage Walk March 28, 2009

At Home Excursion: The Bradley House Saturday, April 18

Wright Plus Housewalk Saturday, May 16

Architectural Salvage Walk
March 28, 2009

At Home Excursion: The Bradley House
Saturday, April 18

Wright Plus Housewalk
Saturday, May 16