Summertime in Chicago

Recently I’ve become a bit concerned about the upcoming, and my first, Chicago winter. I’m assuming the worst, and perhaps with these extreme expectations, it won’t hurt as bad. What’s really informing me and making me nervous is the sheer ubiquity of summer activities (thus my assumption that nothing happens during winter). I’ve attended numerous street, music and food festivals, fireworks, fairs, farmer’s markets, and beaches and pools. These things seem to pop up not only on the weekends, but on the weekdays as well, and a local must be very careful and discerning of which pursuit interests him more, as there is never enough time to do all things on the calendar of events for any particular day.
Seen below: Tour da Fat, Folk and Roots Festival, Chinese Heritage week