Thanks for coming out to our WPB Shredding and Recycling event last Saturday! Together we shredded over 3,200 lbs of paper, and donated many computers to local schools. Keep your eye out for our last recycling event of the season, which will be held on Saturday, November 13 from 10am to Noon.
Tour the Make Believe Art in Vacant Storefronts Project
Take a self-guided tour of the WPB Art in Vacant Storefronts project, MAKE BELIEVE. Then VOTE online for your favorite installation. The wining artist will take home CHICAGO's LARGEST ART PRIZE. For a great self-guided walking tour, find the map here:
http://wickerparkbucktown.org/2010/07/tour-the-make-believe-project. Join us for a special guided tour of the art installations on Friday October 1 at 7pm. To RSVP click here: http://pivotalchicago.pingg.com/October1.
THIS WEEKEND
Ecolit Showroom Invitation
You are invited to the grand opening of Ecolit Inc (1945 W Fulton) a new green company in the area with many exciting ideas and products. Come learn about Ecolit's unique business strategy at an open house from 1-8pm on Friday September 17. Call: (312) 492-7010 or visit www.ecolitus.com for more information.
Tabula Rasa Family Fun Run
Make a difference by participating in the Tabula Rasa Family Fun Run that will start in Chicago's beautiful Wicker Park on Saturday September 18 at 9am. Check in begins at 8am. For more information on the fundraiser or the organization, visit www.TabulaRasaChicago.org or call (773) 331-3135.
Putt-Putt in the Park
Join in a mini-golf event with MAXIMUM fun! Commercial Park Advisory Council and Alderman Joe Moreno present a day of mini-golf at Commercial Park Sept. 18 from 11am to 4pm, located at 1845 W. Rice Street. Many great local businesses have sponsored a hole and you are invited to vote on the best decorated hole. Proceeds go to benefit improvements at three local play-lots. The cost is only $2 for 9 holes of putt-putt. Call (312) 742-7558 for more information.
NEXT WEEK AND WEEKEND
Circus in the Park featuring The Midnight Circus
The Midnight Circus is a whimsical assortment of acrobats, aerialists, clowns, contortionists and a dog providing delightful entertainment to all ages in an open air city park setting. Please join the magic and merriment while supporting your local park. The traveling circus will be appearing at Holstein Park (2200 N. Oakley) on Saturday September 25 at 2pm and 5pm and Sunday September 26 at 1pm and 4pm. For more information visit: http://www.circusintheparks.com/.
SAVE THE DATE & ONGOING EVENTS
Open House at the Franciscan Outreach Association Do you want to learn more about homelessness in the Wicker Park/Bucktown neighborhoods? Interested in volunteering to make a positive difference in your community? Then please join the Franciscan Outreach Association for an Open House at the Marquard Center (1645 W. LeMoyne) soup kitchen on Thursday, October 7 at 7pm. This event is free and open to the public. No RSVP necessary. For more information, call Christine Curran, Director of Mission and Community Outreach, at (773) 278-6724 or email chris@franoutreach.org.
Chicago City Creatives Gallery Opening Chicago City Creatives (CCC), a new arts collective in Wicker Park Bucktown announces the opening of its new gallery space, 3C Gallery at 2955 W Lyndale Street (at Sacramento). Join them for the first art exhibition opening reception "No Vacancy: an Urban Artist Studio" on October 7, from 6-10pm. Call (312) 391-8740 or see www.ChicagoCityCreatives.com.
Neighborhood Kids Concert Join Laura Doherty (a great Chicago-based children's musician with an ear for a catchy melody) for a full-band kids show at Subterranean, 2011 North Ave on Saturday October 9 at 3pm, $5 admission at door. Check out http://www.lauradohertymusic.com for more.
CAPS Meetings
Residents in the Wicker Park and Bucktown neighborhoods that are concerned about crime should plan to attend an upcoming CAPS meeting. Wicker Park and Bucktown are located within the 13th and 14th Districts, and there are eight beats that cover the neighborhood. Below is the list of all eight beats and the date and location of each CAPS meeting. All meetings are from 7-8pm unless otherwise noted: Beat 1312 meets on the second Tuesday of every month at St Helen's Church, 2301 W. Augusta in the basement.
Beat 1322 meets on the first Wednesday of every month at the 13th District, 937 N. Wood.
Beat 1323 meets on the third Wednesday of every month at the Northwest Settlement House, 1012 N. Noble, 2nd Floor.
Beat 1424 meets the second Wednesday of every month at the Wicker Park Fieldhouse, 1425 N. Damen.
Beat 1431 meets the first Thursday of every odd-numbered month at the 14th District, 2150 N. California.
Beat 1432 meets the third Thursday of every month at Holstein Park, 2200 N. Oakley.
Beat 1433 meets the second Tuesday of every month, 6:30pm, at St. Mary's Church (in the basement), 1850 N. Hemirtage.
Beat 1434 meets the second Monday of every month, 6:30pm, at the Bucktown Wicker Park Library Branch, 1701 N. Milwaukee.
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