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PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND (PARK RENDERING) // calendar // FAIR WEATHER 1. Shop décor, furniture, jewelry, and more from the 200-plus artists featured at Hyde Park's 57th Street Art Fair, including jeweler Rosario Garcia and private pilot-turned-watercolor painter Phil Schmidt. June 6–7, main entrance at Woodlawn and Kenwood Aves.; 57thstreetartfair.org 2. Wander the leafy streets of Old Town for the Old Town Art Fair, where 250 artists will show- case everything from paintings and photography to 3-D mixed media and jewelry. June 13–14, main entrance at Lincoln Ave. and Wisconsin St.; oldtowntriangle.com/old-town-art-fair exhibit Eighty-five years after first opening its massive bronze doors, Shedd Aquarium continues to widen visitors' eyes with exhibitions of marine life from around the world. The Shedd's latest wonder is the exhibit "Amphibians," which highlights more than 40 fascinating species, from the Amazon milk frog (PICTURED) and fi re-bellied toads to specimens that are literally child-sized. "Usually when people picture a salamander or frog, [they] think of guys that are a couple of inches," muses special exhibits collections manager Mark Schick, describing the 30-pound, nearly four-foot-long Japanese salamander. "That's a big, impressive animal." Beginning May 16, 1200 S. Lake Shore Dr., 312-939-2438; sheddaquarium.org HOPPED UP 1 2 Grand Tour WITH ITS WRIGHT PLUS HOUSEWALK, THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TRUST SHOWCASES A BOUNTY OF HISTORIC STRUCTURES. Celebrating the legacy of iconic architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the Wright Plus Housewalk provides an interior tour of Wright- designed buildings, with this year's event offering glimpses inside five historic properties new to the tour. Decorated with geomet- ric-aligned windows, low-pitched roofs, and a lily pad pool, Frank Lloyd Wright's restored Avery Coonley Residence ( PICTURED) expands Wright's design roots to Riverside, along with two other buildings connected to the wealthy Coonleys. "The home itself is quintessential Prairie," says Sue Blaine, Wright Plus research cap- tain of the estate, noting the structure's horizontal walls, banded art-glass windows, and centered chimney. Six additional private residences throughout Riverside and Oak Park (including non- Wright homes) and three public Wright buildings will be showcased. May 16, The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust, 312-994-4000; flwright.org MA must- see "The 606 is going be Chicago's next great park. We're taking a piece of our industrial heritage and transforming it for the next 100 years for future youth. We like to call it a 'living work of art.'" —Beth White, Chicago region director of the Trust for Public Land, which hosts The 606's inaugural gala, "Above the Rails," on June 5 at 6 PM at the Western Trail Head, 1821 N. Ridgeway Ave. For tickets, visit the606.org. // urban oasis // WALK THE LINE 60 MICHIGANAVEMAG.COM CULTURE Spotlight