Chicago Art Institute Block Party on July 21 from 10:30am to 10:30pm. No registration required, free for members.  Tickets are $10 for Illinois residents with advance registration through July 20. Features performances, talks, art in the making.

Access to John Singer Sargent and Chicago’s Gilded Age, which will be open until 5:00 during Block Party, requires an additional $7 special exhibition ticket.