Best Things to do in Chicago! Kayak + Escape Artistry Guide
Looking for the best escape rooms in Chicago? Escape Room Data has compiled a list of all the 20 best in Chicago.
Escape Room Data : 20 Best Escape Rooms in Chicago, IL for 2022
Looking for the best escape rooms in Chicago? Escape Room Data has compiled a list of all the 20 best in Chicago.
Mommy Poppins: Best Kid-Friendly Escape Rooms in Chicago
Looking for the best kid-friendly escape rooms in Chicago? Mommy Poppins has compiled a list of all the best in Chicago.
Art Room Events: Chicago Bachelorette Party Guide 2022
Escape Artistry works great for bachelorettes, girl's night out, birthday celebrations, or any other special occasion to celebrate.
Travel Lemming: Where to Stay in Chicago, By a Local (Best Areas & Places)
Wondering where to stay in Chicago? Then you’ve come to the right place! There are plenty of great options for areas and places to stay in Chicago as it’s such a vast and action-packed city.
One Can Save Three: Fall Blood Drive
The need for local blood donations remains high as COVID-19 vaccines become more available and people begin to resume more of their normal activities. This month we are partnering with our friends at Uprising Theater for another chance to give back to our community through a blood drive!
My Chicago Podcast Interview
Carrie Rubin, My Chicago Podcast, explores the business of escape rooms with Chicago entrepreneur and Escape Artistry owner, Maren Rosenberg.
Give Blood & Save A Life
We have partnered with our friends at Uprising Theater to ring in the autumn season with another chance for our community to give blood! Coordinated through Vitalant (formerly Life Source), this event will be held on Monday, March 22nd from 2-8 pm at our Time Gallery location: 1342 N. Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Floor.
Gift Memories in 2020: Chicago Tribune
Our friends at the Chicago Tribune stopped by to chat about gifting in 2020! Our virtual experiences let you adventure together, wherever your team may be.
2020: A Year of Creative Innovation
Using creative innovation and partnering with Chicago’s diverse artistic community has kept our business healthy during this pandemic.
Doing Good That Begets Good...It Saves Lives
Our Urban Times | Escape Artistry owner, Maren Rosenberg, recognized the importance of empowering people and put that drive to good use.
Chicago Escape Rooms Are Once Again Open for Business
Escape rooms are once again open for business. Even with new safety protocols in place, owners promise the core experience hasn't changed.
We Are Facing Precarious Times
Our facility has closed to the public, but that doesn’t mean Escape Artistry is pausing our mission. Right now, we’re protecting our Chicago community by getting face masks to as many people as possible.
Escape Artistry Honored With BBB Torch Award
Going into the New Year, we are proud to be an honored recipient of the 2019 Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Ethics!
Thrillist: Chicago's Best Escape Rooms to Get Lost in Now
Think you have what it takes, Chicago? Grab your friends and step into a real-life mystery with some of the best escape rooms in Chicago.
10 Top-Rated Escape Rooms in Chicago
Think you have what it takes, Chicago? Grab your friends and step into a real-life mystery with one of our top-rated escape rooms.
Chicagoland Escape Rooms
Chosen as one of the best escape rooms in Chicagoland by Basharoo.com, Escape Artistry is the perfect outing for friends, families, parties, and travelers!
Problematic Escape Room Themes (And How To Avoid Them)
When it comes to interactive art, no topics are off-limits. However, some can lead to problematic escape room themes and should be approached sensitively.
Best of Chicago: Culture & Fun
2018 Best of Chicago Room Escape Escape Artistry was named Best of Chicago for 2018 in the Culture & Fun category. "A team-building activity that doesn’t suck: Six meticulously rendered Chicago-themed options — from an apocalyptic L car to a…
Escape Artistry and Sofar Sounds Inventive Collaboration
Inventive collaboration is a cornerstone of Escape Artistry. Collaboration with Sofar Sounds brings new energy to the artists that come to their space.
Top Chicago Escape Rooms: Beat the Clock
Can you beat the clock at our top-rated Chicago original escape rooms? Pirates Dungeon, a network of spying grannies, or uncovering a radioactive nuke.
Thrilling Escape Rooms for Chicago Families
Grab your family to help save the city in our "Railcar" escape room game - one of our many thrilling escape rooms for Chicago families!
Beat The Clock: Chicago Escape Rooms
Chosen as one of the best escape rooms in Chicago by ChooseChicago.com, Escape Artistry is the perfect outing for friends, families, parties, and travelers!
Escape Artistry Doesn't Play Games With Street Safety
Wicker Park, Bucktown businesses to use employees to patrol streets
The Chicago Tribune interviews our very own Maren Rosenberg about a new rebate program that allows local business to get involved in patrolling areas of Wicker Park and Bucktown. The program will be organized by the Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce and focuses on promoting safety in the community.
Maren says "It’s important for us to take the time to physically walk through the street. While safety is a concern, it’s so much more than that, it’s welcoming people to the neighborhood, giving directions … doing things preventatively, rather than waiting until a crisis occurs to call in (help).”
Cast your Vote in the Time Out Chicago Love Awards
It's time for the Love Awards!!
Time Out Chicago is asking the public to vote for their favorite local spots in the city - from music venues to places to drink in the sun! Other categories also include shops, club/party, landmarks, LGBTQ hangouts, restaurants, parks, culture spots, movie theaters, and coffee places. We are thrilled to have been nominated as one of the city's favorite culture spots. So if you also love our games, visit Time Out Chicago and cast your vote!
Chicago's Best Escape Rooms to get Locked In
Hailed as some of Chicago's best escape rooms, Escape Artistry offers original games and local artisan built rooms. You will not find these anywhere else!
Voted One Of The Best Escape Rooms In Chicago
Timeout Chicago lists Escape Artistry as one of the best room escapes in Chicago. November 7, 2017 Click here to read more...
Escape Room Addict Plays Roaring Dan's Pirate Dungeon
Roaring Dan's Pirate Dungeon review by Escape Room Addict "Without giving anything away, there was an amazing and logical flow from the briefing video to the room itself. " Click here to read more...
Operation G.R.A.N.I.E. review by ESC Room Addict
Operation G.R.A.N.I.E. review by Esc Room Addict "The set was very realistic. Imagine walking into the stereotypical grandma’s house—you’re picturing the set. The materials used, for the most part, were authentic..." Click here to read more...
Escape Room Artists Visit The Railcar
Sustainable Dystopia: Escape Room Artists at Up The Game Room Escape Conference Escape Room Artists came to play our original escape game The Railcar last year. They recently published a video from their talk at the Up The Game room…
The Role of Small Business in Social Change
Insights from Maren Rosenberg and Melissa Schlesinger of Escape Artistry (Wicker Park) When it comes to social change, we all have a role to play in creating the kind of world that we want to live in. Businesses have a…
Brian Noonan Radio Show 7/2/17: Escape Artistry
Maren Rosenberg and Melissa Schlesinger from Escape Artistry stop by to discuss their new “escape room” games located in Wicker Park. In addition to The Railcar, which Brian and his producer Cody Gough played a year ago (and talked about…
Wheels/Transportation: Escape Artistry- The Railcar
Dawn & Chris try a transportation-themed escape room at Escape Artistry. With only 1 hour and the clues that are hidden around the futuristic railcar, the group of strangers has to work together to solve puzzles and ultimately escape before their train…
Meet Maren Rosenberg, Escape Artistry In Wicker Park
Today we’d like to introduce you to Maren Rosenberg, owner of Escape Artistry in Wicker Park. Maren, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.In December of…
Can You Find The Missing Agent? Operation G.R.A.N.I.E.
A special agent has gone off the grid and retired agents, like Granny, are being reactivated to help find her. A metal container which holds the key is locked shut by 9 different locks. The combinations and keys can be…
12 of the Best Places to Meet Singles in Chicago
Another escape room venue makes our list! With Escape Artistry, you’re going to be given 60 minutes to find your way out of a locked room that is filled with puzzles that drive a story forward. These stories are intended…
Jake's Takes at Escape Artistry's The Time Gallery
Fox News sends Jake of Jake's Takes to the Time Gallery for live coverage of ongoing escape games on April 5, 2017. Click Here to watch the video...
Gamer's Strategy @ Escape Artistry
Gamer's Strategy @ Escape Artistry Students in the Game Changers class have been pursuing the question, how can you harness the power of play?. More specifically, students have been taking a closer look at the thought process behind creating a game during the…
9 Things To Do In Wicker Park Bucktown This Weekend
Get Trapped In a Room. The Escape Artistry team has added a second "escape room" in addition to its popular Railcar. In the immersive "Doll Killer," guests are locked in a room and given 60 minutes to work together on solving a murder…
Escape Artistry Opens Second Location: The Time Gallery
The Time Gallery is dedicated to protecting Chicago history. The new facility is located at 1342 N. Milwaukee Avenue – 2nd Floor just minutes away from Escape Artistry’s first room escape experience – The Railcar.
Unravel The Puzzle Of The Dollhouse Escape Room
The Dollhouse: The divine nightmare known only as ‘The Dollhouse Killer’ has sewn a series of psychotic murders. Unravel the mystery and unveil their identity before you are cast in their sinister series. Click here to read more...
Puzzling Chicago With The Mystery League
Our friends at Escape Artistry — producers of the highly successful Railcar escape game — have just announced their newest endeavor, The Time Gallery. It's five escape rooms in one place, each a dive into the past or future. Click here to read…
Escape Together And Save Chicago This Valentines Day
Love can get tricky. So, what is better than showing your partner or friends how smart you are when trying to get yourself out of a difficult situation such as Wicker Park’s premier escape room! Click here to read more...
Spiel Chicago Sits Down With Maren Rosenberg
Maren Rosenberg, owner of Escape Artistry, was featured on Spiel Chicago's podcast. Listen to the full podcast here. Maren Rosenberg Escape Artistry: Spiel Chicago / Episode 13 Maren Rosenberg is a local performer who moved to Chicago after a stint as…
Escape from the L with Brains, Not Brawn
“Please, everyone, there’s no need to panic. We’re going to get you out of here,” blurts a disembodied voice in a Chicago accent as thick as Ditka’s mustache. I’ve just paid $30 to be locked inside a convincing facsimile of…
Rose Phillips
Wow! Hop aboard Escape Artistry's escape room in Wicker Park, 1579 N Milwaukee Ave! They are a locally grown (which we love) and built their railcar using recycled material (which we also also)! Book your spot today!... Click here to…
THE 10 BEST ESCAPE ROOMS IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Escape Artistry ranked in the TOP 10 ESCAPE ROOMS in Chicago! Games are available 7 days a week. BOOK NOW Escape rooms with an artistic approach, Escape Artistry is the sister company of Room Escape Adventures, known for “Trapped in…
Escape Room Challenge in Chicago
Shortly after we take our seats inside a room that looks eerily like an L train car, the lights go out. A few seconds later, a video screen illuminates the darkness. A man tells us that our train will crash…
Escape Artistry – The Railcar
Made entirely out of recycled and reclaimed materials, we had to escape a railcar set in the future after Chicago’s third fire. The world had burned and people had to rebuild with what was around. The Railcar was built as…
4 Escape Room Games To Try In Chicago
A room escape game is exactly what it sounds like: a game in which you're locked in a room, and you have to figure out how to get out. You have one hour. (For some reason, the time frame is…
Escape The Railcar: A mental maze for group fun
CHICAGO -- It takes wits, communication, and a sharp mind … and still that may not be enough, to Escape the Railcar. Escape Artistry's rail car is inside the Flat Iron Building in Wicker Park is an adventure for corporate…
Brian Noonan Dishes On His Escape Room Experience
Brian attended the Chicago Pride Parade for the first time—and he had a great time marching with the WGN Radio crew! Hear him recount the tale before discussing the recent news of Chicago losing the George Lucas Museum. Then, Brian…
Escaping The Railcar Is No Easy Recipe
WICKER PARK — Imagine being trapped in a train and having just a single hour to escape during a futuristic Chicago setting. That's the premise of "The Railcar," a new "room escape" play in Wicker Park's Flat Iron Iron building…
Chicago Escape Rooms Will Lock You Up For Fun
Behind the door of a room in Wicker Park's historic Flat Iron building are five friends who are trapped, desperate for means of escape. They jiggle combination locks, testing one permutation after another. They mutter riddles under their breaths. They…
No Escaping Logistics For Room Escape Businesses
Maren Rosenberg has a puzzle for you. But she’s also got one of her own. Rosenberg, Master of Mayhem/Principal Producer, has been working with a team of creative professionals to open Escape Artistry, featuring “immersive” room escapes: games in which…
Fundraising Lessons Learned In An Escape Room
The timer on the bomb had seven seconds left. Our team was working furiously to get the control panel off the bottom of a railcar seat. If we didn’t, we wouldn’t escape in time. Last night, several members of the…
Escape Artistry Wants To Lock You Up In Wicker Park
Let us lock you up! Check out Escape Artistry's replica of a CTA blue line rail car. You have 1 hour to escape, before the train derails!
Playing Games In Chicago
Chosen as one of the best escape rooms in Chicago by ChooseChicago.com, Escape Artistry is the perfect outing for friends, families, parties, and travelers!