Spring Break Stay-cation: What To Do in Chicago if You're Too Broke to Leave

While all your friends are packing their bags and their flasks for PCB, you're stuck in the Chi for Spring Break. Don't waste your week on the couch--make the most of your break with a stay-cation in the city. 

Louder Than A Bomb Poetry Slam 

March 28th, 2015 @ 6 PM, The Arie Crown Theater

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Louder Than A Bomb is the world's largest youth poetry festival, and it takes places in our very own Chi-city. The festival concludes with the team finals poetry slam, which is open to the public, where the winning teams of poets from previous bouts will compete for the champion title. Learn more about LTAB here, and be sure to check out the documentary Louder Than A Bomb on Netflix before you go to get a feel for the slam. You'll probably spot a few friendly faces from the documentary at the slam.  

Free Museum Days

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Chicago museums have lots of free entry days for Illinois residents. Check out a few that may overlap with your Spring Break! 

FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: Every day in February

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: March 2-6th

ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: Every Thursday, 5-8pm 

CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER: Free admission daily

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: Free admission to Illinois residents every Tuesday

St. Patrick's Day Parade

March 15th, 2015

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Anyone who knows Chicago knows that they tear it up for St. Patrick's Day. This event is especially great for the 21+ crowd, but it's a guaranteed good time for anyone. The parade runs on Western from 103rd to 115th, so dig out your "Kiss Me, I'm Irish" shirt from the 10th grade and check out the famous green-dyed river. 

Second City Training Center Shows

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Second City's Donny's Skybox, 1608 N Wells, 4th floor, Saturdays @ 10:30 pm

Can't afford the big prices of Broadway in Chicago shows? Check out the shows put on by the students at the Second City Training Center. Written and performed by up-and-coming comedians, these shows are as affordable (usually $10-15) as they are hysterical. 

Donuts

No seriously. Dounuts. 

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Unlike your friends on the beach, you've got a few months until you have to have a bikini body. So pursue your doughnut dreams at some of the city's best doughnut shops.

Stan's Donuts: Stan's brews Intelligentsia coffee and delivers, so pretty much a dream come true. 

Glazed and Infused: Their red velvet donuts are the happiest you can be for $3. 

Firecakes Donuts: Ice cream donut sandwich. Need we say more?