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Revisit the abortion plot in Dirty Dancing, without which the entire movie falls apart

Learn about three eras of Hollywood's history, from 1893-1970

Discover Chicago's connections to 'The Wizard of Oz'

Discover how Chicago helped advance film and create movie stars

Uncover the histories of three movie theaters in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood

Become an expert on Festivus and its place in pop culture, Chicago's included

Encounter four ways Hollywood has traditionally represented women onscreen

Learn the basics of movie editing

Learn about artwork featured in the movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'

Explore the lives of three stars via massive murals in Chicago 

Walk across a peninsula and uncover its connections to classic Hollywood

Consider what three Chicago-based Christmas movies say about social class

Learn about the Chicago connections of a few giants of American comedy

Get an overview of Hollywood’s darkest timeline: film noir

Explore settings, props, actors, costumes, makeup, and lighting

Visit one of Hollywood's best song-and-dance man with a tour to his homes

Celebrate the 1980 Chicago-based movie in all its iterations

Walk to the site of the studio that filmed cinema's first Black kiss

Stroll through Union Station and learn about its link to movies

Learn about three Chicago movie theaters that survived the 1918 flu pandemic

Learn about Chicago-area locations from the pandemic horror movie 'Contagion'

Explore four typical depictions of men in Hollywood film

Get introduced to cinematography to experience movies on a new level

Walk Chicago’s Union Station and Grant Park while hearing about their links to movies