CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS – NORWOOD PARK LINCOLN PARK LOOP GOLD COAST OAK PARK

CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS – NORWOOD PARK LINCOLN PARK LOOP GOLD COAST OAK PARK

NORWOOD PARK

Join Grand Marshal John Joyce to celebrate Memorial Day and local scholarship winners with your neighborhood parade! Monday 5/26 at 10:00 a.m. (gather) with 11:00 a.m. (step off) starting at Onahan School located at 6634 West Raven and ending at 12:15 p.m. (tribute ceremony) at Taft High School located at 6530 West Bryn Mawr Avenue. This event is FREE! Please call 773-269-9904 for more information.

LINCOLN PARK

Want to take your love of beer to the next level? Check out Goose Island’s monthly Beer Academy. Each month the brewmaster will take you through a different style of beer. This month? English beers. Wednesday 5/28 at 6:30 p.m. for $20 per person at Goose Island Brewpub located at 1800 North Clybourn Avenue. Please call 312-915-0071 for more information.

LOOP

The hills are alive with the sound of music! A movie made famous by Julie Andrews in 1965 and a classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music comes to Chicago for four spectacular performances. Friday 5/23 and Saturday 5/24 at 7:00 p.m. Saturday 5/24 and Sunday 5/25 at 1:30 p.m. for $35-$119 per person at Civic Opera House located at 20 North Wacker Drive. Please call 312-332-2244 for more information.

GOLD COAST

Flowers? Yup. Tomatoes? Yup. Cheese? Yup. So much more? You betcha! Check out the weekly Division Street Farmer’s Market. Saturday 5/24 until October from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Division between State and Clark. This event is FREE! Please call 312-920-9885 for more information.

OAK PARK

For the May Exploration Station children will get their hand dirty learning to plant seeds and cultivate them to grow plants. Saturday 5/24 and 5/31 at 10:00 a.m. and Sunday 5/25 at 1:30 p.m. at Oak Park Conservatory located at 615 Garfield Street. This event is FREE! Please call 708-725-2400 for more information.

CATHY MALLERS & DEAN’S TEAM CHICAGO

Posted: Thursday May 22 2014 5:46 AM by Dean’s Team