Rogers Park Community Calendar

May 2008

• Monday

  12th

  Touhy Park Advisory Council Meeting

  Location: 7348 N. Paulina
  Time: 7:30 - 9:00 pm
  
  

   

  METRA GARDEN PLAN AND COMMUNITY UPDATE

  Location: Rogers Park Library, 6907 N. Clark Street, 2nd Floor Community Room
  Time: 6:30 pm
  RP Garden Group. Join the Metra Garden neighbors to see the final plan and hear updates on fundraising.
  Email: rpgardengroup@comcast.net
  Website
  

   

• Tuesday

  13th

  International Art Discussion at Insight Arts

  Location: 1545 W. Morse
  Time: 6pm
  Our goal as International Art Group of Rogers Park is, to improve our art through lively and progressive dialog, critical feedback and through a firsthand chance to experience each other's language, culture and philosophy through art. What We Do We meet once a month at the United Church of Rogers Park to share new works in visual art, dance, poetry, mime and multi-media performance art. Each work is discussed by the group in terms of technique, quality of expression in broad cultural and social implications. material fee: $5.00
  Website
  

   

• Wednesday

  14th

  RP BizArts Networking Breakfast

  Location: B1E Gallery - 6902 N. Glenwood
  Time: 7:30 to 9am
  You probably have seen the new artwork in the parkways all around Rogers Park. Come to this month's networking breakfast and meet the artist. Feel free to bring guests and be part of the community-building achieved through Rogers Park BizArts networking! $6.
  Email: sandi@devcorpnorth.org
  

   

• Thursday

  15th

  B2B XPO

  Location: In Fine Spirits Wine Bar. 5420 N. Clark St. (in Andersonville)
  Time: 4:00 - 8:00 pm
  Learn helpful tips from industry experts so you can take your business to the next level! Network with other entrepreneurs while tasting wines from select regions of the globe! B2B XPO brings knowledge experts to the table, each prepared to meet with you one-on-one for a hands-on session focused on what you can do now to improve and grow your business. Hors doeuvres and wine tasting. Cash bar. $30 pre-register $40 at the door. Experts on-site to help you with: Accounting, Banking, Brand Promotions, Business Coaching, Commercial Real Estate, Financial Services, Insurance, Interior Design, Marketing Offline, Marketing Online, Telecommunications, Web Development Participating organizations: Andersonville, DevCorp North, Edgewater, Lakeview, Lincoln Squre and more...
  Contact Person: To Register
  Website
  Phone: 773.769.1992
  

   

  PRIDE Up North Social Club

  Location: Eng's Asian Cuisine, 7300 N. Western
  Time: 6:30-8:30pm
  Rogers Park, West Ridge, 49th Ward LGBT and friends welcome. Join your LGBT neighbors for food and fun! Bi-monthly get-togethers and special events. No extra charges - you pay for what you order.
  Email: prideupnorth@hotmail.com
  

   

• Friday

  16th

  Meet ?n? Greet Gourmet Buffet

  Location: 1418 W Howard St
  Time: 6pm-8pm
  Enjoy All-You-Can-Eat Vegetarian, Vegan, Organic Dinner and Dessert Watch live performances; meet with the initiator of I.M.U., Bhashkar Perinchery; and join our awareness exercise.
  Website
  

   

  A Spring Thing - Greenlear Art Center

  Location: 1806 West Greenleaf
  Time: Fri. 5-8pm
  Group Show and Open Studio Event at the Greenleaf Art Center
  Website
  Phone: 773-465-4652
  

   

  Principal Coffee and Tour at New Field

  Location: New Field School at Morse and Clark
  Time: 9 a.m.
  Prospective parents can come and meet New Field's principal, tour the school and observe a preschool classroom in action. Come see this up and coming school right in our very own neighborhood.
  Email: peggy@friendsnewfield.org
  

   

• Saturday

  17th

  FAMILY MATTERS 19th ANNUAL WALK-A-THON

  Location: Gale Academy (corner of Marshfield and Jonquil in Chicago)
  Time: 10:00 A.M, Registration will open at 9:00 A.M.
  Lace up your shoes and step out with our family to raise funds and make friends! Family Matters is recruiting walkers for its 19th annual Walk-a-thon. 5 miles. Family Matters is a family-centered organization in the North-of-Howard neighborhood that seeks to be a catalyst for change - building and strengthening the community through programs that support personal growth and leadership.
  Website
  

   

  A Spring Thing - Greenlear Art Center

  Location: 1806 West Greenleaf
  Time: Sat. 1-5pm
  Group Show and Open Studio Event at the Greenleaf Art Center
  Website
  Phone: 773-465-4652
  

   

  Next Theatre's SECRET LANGUAGE

  Location: Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark Street
  Time: 3:00 p.m.
  Two months ago Evanston's Next Theatre brought together Rogers Park and Evanston residents for several weeks to explore cultural diversity in our communities. SECRET LANGUAGE is the play that M.E.H. Lewis has written in response to those discussions. It reveals the diverse experiences that residents encounter regarding race, our prejudices and assumptions, and our complex identities. Additional performances at Fleetwood Jourdain Community Center on May 15th at 7:00 p.m., and at Next Theatre on May 18th at 3:00 p.m. Performances are free.
  Email: julie@nexttheatre.org
  

   

  Talk with Bhashkar Perinchery

  Location: 1418 W Howard St
  Time: 7:00pm
  Ask the heart where to go, ask the mind how to get there This night is designed for people who are curious about the meditative practice, but have no or little prior experience. Find out some basic factors about how to use the mind creatively in activity, and how to allow inner silence ? a state of no mind ? to come forward in times of rest and celebration. This night also offers a valuable introduction for those who do already practice on their own, but wish to deepen their commitment and share the community with other seekers.
  Email: eric@lifesurfing.com
  

   

  performance, panel discussion, followed by Rocambu Jazz and DJ Leyva

  Location: 6321 N. Clark St.
  Time: 6-10pm
  Cuentos Foundation invites you ... to attend a performance, panel discussion, followed by Rocambu Jazz and DJ Leyva - accompanying the exhibition inside, outside and across, selected works 1997-2008 by Michele Feder-Nadoff. Come Celebrate Ten Years of Cuentos! SATURDAY MAY 17TH 6-10pm Exhibition Runs April 5- June 5 6PM SIDEWALK PERFORMANCE COLLABORATION -- by JayVe Montgomery, Michele Feder-Nadoff, and Mariko Ventura. During the performance community Cuentos/stories will be gathered, taped, and included into the street performance! COME BRING YOUR CUENTOS/STORIES TO SHARE! 7PM PANEL DISCUSSION- ARTISTS WORKING (WITH) IN COMMUNITY Moderator Gonzalo Escobar with artists/ panelists: JayVe Montgomery, Chicago Park District's Inferno Mobile Recording Studio; Michele Feder-Nadoff, Cuentos; Giselle Mercier, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; and Laura Crotte, Molecula Artistica; Mariko Ventura, arts educator and performance artist. 8:30 - 9:30 ROCAMBU JAZZ with Yves Francois 9:30 - DJ LEYVA spins Afro-Cuban Music For more information, see attached flyer.
  Email: info@cuentosfoundation.org
  Phone: 773 761-4165
  

   

  Spring Clean-Up

  Location: 49th Ward Service Office, 7356 N. Greenview
  Time: 9:00 a.m.
  Spring is in the air and it's time to spruce up the neighborhood! Join me for the 18th annual 49th Ward SPRING CLEAN-UP, Saturday, May 17th. We'll meet at 9:00 a.m. for coffee and rolls at my 49th Ward Service Office, 7356 N. Greenview, and then we'll fan out across the neighborhood, picking up trash, cutting down weeds and planting flowers. We'll return to my office at 12 Noon for a fabulous Taste of the 49th Ward with food donated from a vast array of 49th Ward restaurants, guaranteed to satisfy every culinary taste. Come by yourself or with a group! We'll supply shovels, rakes, brooms and garbage bags.
  Contact Person: Please register
  Email: ward49@cityofchicago.org
  Phone: 773-338-5796
  

   

• Sunday

  18th

  I.M.U. Meditation Workshop with Bhashkar

  Location: 1418 W. Howard St
  Time: 10:00am to 5:30pm
  This workshop is for you if you want to care for yourself and have felt a longing to understand the nature of reality as well as to explore your potential, which will open up new visions and will help find a new way of experiencing life. Finding joy within is what makes human life truly a celebration. The meditation workshop is part of an event series with Bhashkar Perinchery.
  Website
  

   

• Monday

  19th

  Full-Moon Meditation with Bhashkar

  Location: 1418 W. Howard St.
  Time: 9:00pm to midnight
  The full moon meditation night is a 3-cycle meditation. 3 cycles of 45 minutes silent sitting meditation alternate with three cycles of dance meditation. The meditation will initially be guided. On the full moon more energy is available. , this energy can reveal to us our natural state of inner peace and joy. The full moon meditation is part of an event series with Bhashkar Perinchery.
  Website
  

   

• Tuesday

  20th

  Preschool Pals

  Location: Chicago Public Library
  Time: 10am
  Preschool Pals is a thirty-minute program of songs, finger plays, rhymes, flannel board stories, and books for children and their parent or caregiver. Preschool Pals is designed for children ages 3-5 years. Registration is required.
  Phone: 312-744-2292
  

   

  Toddler Time

  Location: Chicago Public Library, Northtown Branch
  Time: 10:00 AM
  Toddler Time is a thirty-minute program of songs, finger plays, rhymes, flannel board stories, and books for children and their parent or caregiver. Toddler Time is designed for children ages 18 months to 3 years. Registration is required.
  Phone: 312-744-2292
  

   

• Wednesday

  21st

  C.S. Lewis The Great Divorce

  Location: St. Gertrude Gymnasium at Glenwood and Granville in Chicago
  Time: 7:00 PM
  Pass the Hat Productions Presents C.S. Lewis The Great Divorce Wednesday, May 21st 7:00 PM St. Gertrude Gymnasium at Glenwood and Granville in Chicago Free will donations benefit the ministries at St. Gertrude Parish Cash Bar and Snacks
  Email: urbanhandy@rcn.com
  Phone: 773-764-3621
  

   

• Tuesday

  27th

  RP Garden Group Meeting

  Location: Gale School Greenhouse, Jonquil Terrace & Marshfield Ave.
  Time: 7 p.m.
  CONTAINER GARDENING WORKSHOP Bring your favorite container and plant it under the knowledgeable eye of a pro. Jennifer Calhoun, Ball Seed Co. Gale School Greenhouse will have plants available for sale.
  Email: rpgardengroup@comcast.net
  Website
  

   

• Saturday

  31st

  Make A Joyful Noise!

  Location: 1900 W. Greenleaf, Chicago IL 60626
  Time: 3:00 PM
  Rogers Park Baptist Church presents its 2008 Gospel Festival. Several musicians and singers will perform gospel music and it is free to the public.
  Contact Person: Hillari Hunter
  Email: hhalto@yahoo.com
  

   

June 2008

• Friday

  6th

  Jacques Brels Lonesome Losers of the Night at No Exit Cafe

  Location: No Exit Cafe
  Time:
  world premiere of Jacques Brels Lonesome Losers of the Night performed at the No Exit Café opening June 6, 2008. . Features many songs by Jacques Brel that have never been translated into English prior to this production. We want you to see it, not only because of our previous success with other material written by Jacques Brel (A Jacques Brel Revue: Songs of Love and War - 2005) and because of our companys recent success with Cabaret, but because it is the start of another great year for one of Chicagos premiere theatre districts – Rogers Park. See you at the show!
  Contact Person: To reserve tickets:
  Website
  Phone: 773.743.3355
  

   

• Saturday

  7th

  I.M.U. Meditation Workshop for Beginners

  Location: 1418 W. Howard St
  Time: 1:00pm to 4:30pm
  How to find peace in the world of 1000 & 1 things? Learn how to meditate. This workshop offers an introduction into a variety of playful meditation methods, including active meditation and silent meditation practices. The meditation exercises will be guided by the I.M.U. Lifesurfing Meditation Instructors. You will also have time to ask any questions regarding your own spiritual practice.
  Website
  

   

• Monday

  9th

  Crafty Crew

  Location: Chicago Public Library, Northtown Branch, 6435 N. California Ave.
  Time: 3:00 PM
  Crafty Crew is a 45 minute Story-Craft program. Children will listen to a story and then create a craft based on the story. Crafty Crew is designed for children 6-10 years old. Registration is required.
  Phone: 312-744-2292
  

   

  Crafty Kids

  Location: Chicago Public Library. 6435 N. California Ave.
  Time: 3:00 PM
  Crafty Kids is a 45 minute Story-Craft program. Children and their parent or caregiver will listen to a story and then create a craft based on the story. Crafty Kids is designed for children 3-5 years old and their parent or caretaker. Registration is required.
  Phone: 312-744-2292
  

   

• Saturday

  14th

  15th Annual Artist of the Wall Festival

  Location: Loyola Park
  Time:
  Mural Theme: Winds of Change. Presented by Loyola Park Advisory Council and Rogers Park Community Council, in cooperation with the Chicago Park District & Mayor’s Office of Special Events
  Email: marybao@comcast.net
  

   

  15th Annual Chicago Cares Serve-a-Thon

  Location: Grant Park – Lower Hutchinson Field
  Time: 8am – 5pm
  The Chicago Cares Serve-a-thon is the largest day of community service in Chicago. Join thousands of volunteers to paint a brighter future for Chicago children. Help students succeed as we beautify Chicago school classrooms, libraries and playgrounds! In just one day, Serve-a-thon volunteers transform schools into wonderful, vibrant places to learn and grow.
  Email: sat@chicagocares.org
  Website
  Phone: 312.780.0800 x141
  

   

• Sunday

  15th

  15th Annual Artist of the Wall Festival

  Location: Loyola Park
  Time:
  Mural Theme: Winds of Change. Presented by Loyola Park Advisory Council and Rogers Park Community Council, in cooperation with the Chicago Park District & Mayor’s Office of Special Events
  Email: marybao@comcast.net
  

   

  15th Annual Chicago Cares Serve-a-Thon

  Location: Grant Park – Lower Hutchinson Field
  Time: 8am – 5pm
  The Chicago Cares Serve-a-thon is the largest day of community service in Chicago. Join thousands of volunteers to paint a brighter future for Chicago children. Help students succeed as we beautify Chicago school classrooms, libraries and playgrounds! In just one day, Serve-a-thon volunteers transform schools into wonderful, vibrant places to learn and grow.
  Email: sat@chicagocares.org
  Website
  Phone: 312.780.0800 x141
  

   

• Sunday

  22nd

  I.M.U. Workshop: Aging Gracefully

  Location: 1418 W. Howard St
  Time: 10:00am to 5:30pm
  elebrating All Seasons of Life A ripening and understanding toward the ways of nature is possible with age. The older a person becomes, the more deeply alive, joyous, and grateful he or she can be. Allowing oneself to become familiar with the dimension of ones ?beingness? without trying to be useful, special or powerful allows a new depth to be reached; a place in oneself where one can relax and discover new qualities of life and new aspects and deeper dimensions of reality. Then it is possible to know one?s own inner youth and to live with no regrets.
  Website
  

   

July 2008

• Monday

  7th

  A Family Concert with Jim Gill

  Location: Chicago Public Library. 6435 N. California Ave.
  Time: 2:00 PM
  Enjoy singing, clapping, jumping, and dancing along with children?s musician, Jim Gill. This is an event that will be fun for the whole family! Registration is required.
  Phone: 312-744-2292
  

   

• Tuesday

  8th

  Kidworks Touring Theatre Co.

  Location: Chicago Public Library. 6435 N. California Ave.
  Time: 1:00 PM
  eventdescription: Global Warming! What's a Kid to Do? Journey with Kidworks in an educational and eye awakening theatrical performance for children and their families. Come ride a melting glacier with a penguin, journey to the Amazon rainforest on a monkey, save the coral reef in Australia, and help create a better future for our lives here in Chicago. Kidworks brings Global Warming myths and facts to life, and offeres positive solutions to saving the air, the trees, the oceans and ourselves. Registration is required.
  Phone: 312-744-2292
  

   

• Wednesday

  9th

  Book Worm Book Club

  Location: Chicago Public Library, 6435 N. California Ave.
  Time: 4:30 PM
  The Book-Worm Book Club is a program designed for children ages 6-10. The meeting will include the reading of an age-appropriate book followed by a game or activity related to the book. Registration is required.
  Phone: 312-744-2292
  

   

• Saturday

  12th

  YogaKids Workshop

  Location: 10:00 am - 11:00 am, Ages 4-6 years, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Ages 7-9 years
  Time: Greenleaf Art Center. 1806 West Greenleaf Ave.
  Jennifer Erenberg, instructor. A workshop focusing on the health benefits of yoga with a fun artistic twist! Greenleaf Art Center is offering a great opportunity for your child to try yoga, have fun, and make a craft to take home. So on Saturday, July 12th when it's hot outside, come on in and cool off while your children enjoy the YogaKids program. Designed to inspire, de-stress, and allow your child to be the master of their imagination through stretching, jumping and art.$10.
  Website
  Phone: 773-465-4652
  

   

• Tuesday

  15th

  Mad Science of Chicago

  Location: 6435 N. California Ave. Northtown Branch. Chicago Public Library
  Time: 6:00 PM
  Mad Science of Chicago: The Dirt on Garbage invites you to become a junior environmental engineer and investigate how garbage affects the environment and learn what we all can do to make it better! You will examine different materials and how they decompose, plus you will see how a landfill works?and how it doesn?t work! You will also get the chance to create your own environmental art! Registration is required.
  Phone: 312-744-2292
  

   

• Thursday

  17th

  Concert: White Saddle Band

  Location: Touhy Park (Sherwin and Paulina)
  Time: 7:30to 9:30pm
  A little country, a little rock and roll, a LOT of fun.
  

   

  Toddlers, Tunes and Turtles

  Location: Touhy Park (Sherwin and Paulina)
  Time: 5:30 -7:30pm
  This is an introduction to nature in our parks for the knee-high set! We’ll sing songs with musicians from Old Town School of Folk Music, meet live animals, have toddler-friendly nature activities and healthy refreshments. You’re welcome to bring along a picnic dinner. These events are free and for children 5 and under (with an adult).
  

   

• Saturday

  19th

  1400 Greenleaf 2nd Annual Block Party

  Location: Greenleaf W of Sheridan/ E of Glenwood
  Time: 12 - 6PM
  Come meet your neighbors and enjoy a day of relaxing and fun in the sun! Bring your own drink and food to throw on the barby, and if you'd like you can share one of your own personal specialties. A central food area will be set up with a grill and tables for everyone to use. You can also enjoy a good romp in the Jumping Jack House, visits from the local fire department and aldermans office, fun with sidewalk art and a bean bag toss competition. Please contact Wynn with questions or suggestions at wshawver@mac.com. All fun loving well behaved dogs welcome! (Leash strongly preferred.)
  Contact Person: Wynn Shawver
  Email: wshawver@mac.com
  

   

• Thursday

  24th

  Adventures with Audubon

  Location: Chicago Public Library. 6435 N. California Ave.
  Time: 2:00 PM
  Spend an hour with one of America?s greatest naturalists and wildlife artists. Storyteller, Brian ?Fox? Ellis becomes John Audubon to entertain you with stories of his travels in the wildest places on the planet! Registration is required.
  Phone: 312-744-2292
  

   

• Saturday

  26th

  Ground Up Theatre Shakespeare in the Park

  Location: Touhy Park (Sherwin and Paulina)
  Time: 5:00pm
  Shakespeares Much Ado About Nothing will be performed by GroundUp Theater. Bring a picnic basket and enjoy the play.
  

   

• Sunday

  27th

  GroundUp Theatres Shakespeare in the Park

  Location: Touhy Park (Sherwin and Paulina)
  Time: 5:00pm
  Shakespeares Much Ado About Nothing will be performed by GroundUp Theater. Bring a picnic basket and enjoy the play.
  

   

• Wednesday

  30th

  How Green Is My Heart:: Stories & Songs

  Location: 6435 N. California Ave.. Chicago Public Library
  Time: 6:00 PM
  How Green is My Heart: Stories & Songs to Celebrate a Wonderful World features beloved storyteller, Gwen Hillary, and musician Enoch Williamson. Together, Hillary and Williamson will enchant children and their families with tales and songs from around the world that celebrate Planet Earth: Our Home Sweet Home. Registration is required.
  Phone: 312-744-2292
  

   

August 2008

• Sunday

  3rd

  Movie - Water Horse - Legend of the Deep

  Location: Touhy Park (Sherwin and Paulina)
  Time: dusk
  A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.