museums are good for the winter cold, they aren't super cheap but the art institute and the field museum are so magical and worth it :) the museum of contemporary art is cheap to enter and i believe the national museum of mexican art is free! if you're into poetry, poetry foundation has a free library and occasionally holds readings or workshops
fun sweet emotional poetry book about an angel who comes down to earth and has a relationship with a man from the suburbs. the whole book is basically back and forth conversation, it's a super quick read, and it's so so good
