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Austin Eats: Hoodies and Harvest Movie Night
Oct
1
5:30 PM17:30
Advocacy, Community, Education, Family, Food

Austin Eats: Hoodies and Harvest Movie Night

  • PCC Austin Family Health Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Features a screening of two short films: "Street Food: New Orleans" and "Can Food Be Political?"

All Ages!

For people who live, work, volunteer, go to school, or worship in the Austin community on the West Side of Chicago.

Wear your favorite hoodie! This will be an outdoor event, weather permitting.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for dinner bites from three local Austin chefs, cider, s’mores, garden tours, and tabling activities by community organizations focused on health, food, culinary arts and small business resources. 

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Sustainability Market
Sep
28
10:00 AM10:00
Community, Family, Sustainability

Sustainability Market

Join Reduce Waste Chicago for our fourth annual Sustainability Market! Discover eco-focused local small businesses, artists and organizations dedicated to helping us all live more sustainably. Drop off items for reuse, repurposing and recycling with five collection organizations. Connect with and create community in a shared mission to reduce waste in our homes and our communities. See you there!

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One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest Global Awards Celebration
Sep
21
10:00 AM10:00
Contest, Education, Family, Youth

One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest Global Awards Celebration

Winning films will premiere interspersed by short chats with the filmmakers who share the stories behind their work. Adam Joel of Aggressively Compassionate will host.

  • Doors open 9:30 a.m. for check-in/registration

  • Program begins promptly at 10 a.m. Central Daylight Time

  • Program ends 11:30 a.m. Central Daylight Time

  • Free popcorn

  • Free beverage

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Bike Checkup: Keep your Bike Working with Working Bikes
May
18
1:00 PM13:00
Family, Youth, Community

Bike Checkup: Keep your Bike Working with Working Bikes

  • Oak Park Public Library: Main Library Outside Plaza (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Hosted by Oak Park Public Library:

Wish you knew more about how to keep your bike operating smoothly between bike shop checkups? Bring your bike to this drop-by family friendly event in celebration of National Bike Month to learn more about the ABCs of basic bike maintenance. Volunteers from Working Bikes will be on hand to show you how to do basic upkeep of your air, brakes and chain. Keep an eye out for cameo appearances from other friendly local bikes and organizations.

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Idea Box Open House: Crossing Paths: Migrating Birds & You
May
10
2:00 PM14:00
Education, Community, Family, Youth

Idea Box Open House: Crossing Paths: Migrating Birds & You

  • Oak Park Public Library: Main Library Idea Box (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Hosted by Oak Park Public Library:

In celebration of World Migratory Bird Day, drop by the Idea Box for tours of the exhibit CROSSING PATHS: Migrating Birds and You, led by Oak Park Elementary School District 97 students in the Brooks Environmental Action Team (BEAT). 

Learn more about their process and about the human-made obstacles birds face as well as inspiration for actions people can take to help them on their journeys.

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Trashy Mother Earth Market
May
10
11:00 AM11:00
Community, Education, Family, Sustainability

Trashy Mother Earth Market

Join this junky jamboree to celebrate MOTHERS of all kinds: Mommas of humans, Mother of our Earth, and all the mother-junking artisans who transform materials into one-of-a-kind wonders.
There is no other market that offers a "Participatory Production" experience! What does that mean? Not only can you shop for upcycled home goods, art, planters, fashion, body care, and oddball stuff, you can also drop off household supplies to the artisans for their future creative projects. Plus, other hands-on activities.

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Idea Box: Crossing Paths: Migrating Birds & You
May
1
to May 12
Education, Community, Family, Youth

Idea Box: Crossing Paths: Migrating Birds & You

  • Oak Park Public Library: Main Library Idea Box (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Hosted by Oak Park Public Library:

Did you know that Chicago is a major flyway for over 200 species of migratory birds that fly from Central and South America to breed in the northern United States and Canada every year? This exhibit in the Main Library Idea Box celebrates the incredible migration paths these birds travel. 

And, because bird populations have plunged due to habitat loss and human actions, this exhibit also spreads awareness of how we can protect these birds as they fly through our community in spring and fall. 

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Earth Day Upcycle Crafts
Apr
22
3:30 PM15:30
Education, Family, Youth

Earth Day Upcycle Crafts

  • Oak Park Public Library: Main Library Storytime Room (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Hosted by Oak Park Public Library:

It's Earth Day! Celebrate by making something new from something old by repurposing recyclables. We'll provide a variety of art materials and recylables and we'll have ideas to help you get started! 

For ages 4-11. Young children require adult supervision.

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Bird Making Workshop: Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene
Apr
17
4:00 PM16:00
Education, Family, Nature, Youth

Bird Making Workshop: Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene

  • Oak Park Public Library: Main Library (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Do you enjoy crafting and giving back to the community? If so, please join us in this upcycled bird making workshop that will help contribute to raising awareness about bird collision deaths.

The birds made will be part of the Idea Box exhibit Crossing Paths: Migrating Birds and You, created by the Brooks Earth Action Team (BEAT) led by Laura Stamp. After their stay in the Idea Box (May 1-12), the birds will be mailed to artist Holly Greenberg to become part of her project to make 10,836 birds.

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