CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS – NORWOOD PARK LINCOLN PARK LOOP LINCOLN SQUARE OAK PARK
CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS – NORWOOD PARK LINCOLN PARK LOOP LINCOLN SQUARE OAK PARK
Get outside get some exercise and all for a good cause! Check out the inaugural Oriole Park Sunshine Run/Walk 5K followed by the Kids Dash a quarter of a mile run. After the race family fun ensues with face painting balloon twisting live music food beer garden and much more. Sunday 5/18 at 10:00 a.m. for $40 per person to run $35 to walk and $15 for Kids Dash (10 and under) at the Oriole Park Library located at 7454 West Balmoral Avenue. Please call 773-319-1060 for more information.
LINCOLN PARK
You know it is almost summer when the fabulous Chicago Green City Market moves outdoors! Shop for locally produced food check out a chef demo taste something or head over for a workshop. Saturdays and Wednesdays at 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. through October at the Chicago Green City Market located at 1750 North Clark Street. This event is FREE! Please call 773-880-1266 for more information.
LOOP
Focused on children five years and older this messy but fun workshop with teach them how to make a shadow puppet from scratch bring it to life and interact with other puppets to create a show. Saturday 5/17 at 1:00 p.m. at the Chicago Cultural Center located at 77 East Randolph Street. This event is FREE but registration is required! Please call 312-494-9509 for more information.
LINCOLN SQUARE
It is like the Amazing Race but on bikes in Chicago with a team (two or four people) for a scavenger hunt! Check out The Urban Bike Adventure with riddles challenges leaderboard scoring checkpoints and prizes! Saturday 5/17 at 2:00 p.m. for $35 per person at Roots Handmade Pizza located at 2200 West Lawrence Avenue. Please call 502-208-0883 for more information.
OAK PARK
There goes the neighborhood! Check out the Oak Park River Forest Gangster Tour where you visit fifteen houses once owned by renowned gangsters including Sam Giancana "Machine Gun Jack" McGurn Paul Ricca and Tony Accardo and learn about the history of organized crime from Prohibition until now in Chicago. Sunday 5/18 at 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for $30 per person at the Oak Park Visitor’s Center located at 1010 Lake Street. Please call 708-848-1500 for more information.
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