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SUMMARY:Nando's Weekday Lunchtime Specials
DESCRIPTION:Nando’s Weekday Lunchtime Specials \nThe Hyde Park Nando’s (1447 E. 53rd Street) is offering weekday lunchtime specials through Friday\, October 31: \n• Valid Monday-Friday until 2 p.m.\n• Valid for dine-in or take-out with the Nando’s app\n• Specials range from $9.99 to $13.99 with beverage \n \nClick HERE for more information.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/nandos-weekday-lunchtime-specials/2025-10-01/
LOCATION:Nando’s PERi-PERi\, 1447 E. 53rd Street\, Chicago\, 60615\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dining
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SUMMARY:Committed Knitters
DESCRIPTION:Committed Knitters\nCommitted Knitters meets bi-weekly at the Arts Incubator Flex Space for a cozy\, creative gathering open to all skill levels. \nCommitted Knitters invites you to our bi-weekly gatherings at the Arts Incubator Flex Space. Whether you’re a longtime knitter or picking up needles for the very first time\, you’re welcome here. Come spend time in community\, exchange ideas\, and make steady progress on your projects in a relaxed\, creative setting. \nSupplies are provided—just bring yourself. \nDrop in anytime. \nRegistration is not required\, but encouraged to receive email updates and reminders about the other dates in this series.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/committed-knitters-2/2025-10-01/
LOCATION:UChicago Arts Incubator\, 301 E. Garfield Boulevard\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art/Arts & Crafts/Fashion,Community,Free
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SUMMARY:Fashion Geek Ribbon-Cutting Event
DESCRIPTION:Fashion Geek Ribbon-Cutting Event\nWednesday\, October 1\, 12 p.m.\n5241 S. Harper Avenue \nJoin the Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce at the ribbon cutting for Fashion Geek on Wednesday\, October 1\, at 12 p.m. at 5241 S. Harper Avenue. \nSince its founding in 2000 by Alonzo Jackson\, Fashion Geek has grown from a homegrown streetwear brand into a cultural mainstay\, known for its bold graphics\, vibrant colors\, and authentic Chicago origins — while rooted in creativity\, individuality\, and authenticity. Jackson’s designs have been embraced by celebrities\, athletes\, and tastemakers nationwide — while always remaining true to the brand’s South Side origins. \nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/1047020257345907
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/fashion-geek-ribbon-cutting-event/
LOCATION:Fashion Geek\, 5241 S. Harper Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60615\, United States
CATEGORIES:Business,Community,Shopping
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SUMMARY:Tour the Arts Block
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to take a walking tour of all four venues managed by Arts + Public Life: Arts Incubator\, Green Line Performing Arts Center\, L1 Retail Store\, and the Arts Lawn. We will discuss the rich cultural history and current context of the Arts Block as it relates to the Washington Park neighborhood and offer details about the purpose and function of the venues along the historic block of East Garfield Boulevard. You’ll also have the opportunity to learn more about the APL programs and community engagement initiatives. \nWe are excited to add a stop at the forthcoming Chicago Torture Justice Memorial. Towards the end of the Arts Block tour\, at the corner of 55th Place and King Drive\, a member of the Chicago Torture Justice Memorial Foundation will lead a brief tour segment. You will learn about the forthcoming public memorial mandated by the historic 2015 reparations legislation for survivors of police torture\, and how it is designed as a hub for community organizing\, job training and employment\, arts and culture programming\, and field trips for CPS students learning the Reparations Won! curriculum. \nThe tour will begin at the Green Line Performing Arts Center | 329 E. Garfield Blvd and is 45 minutes.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/tour-the-arts-block-2/
LOCATION:Arts + Public Life\, 301 East Garfield Blvd\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art/Arts & Crafts/Fashion
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SUMMARY:Learn Embroidery
DESCRIPTION:Learn the basics of embroidery while making a cute and useful needle case. Students will learn how to thread a needle\, tie knots\, and do chain stitch\, star stitch\, stem stitch\, and French knots. \nLevel:  Beginner. No prior experience needed. \nPre-requisites: Ages 12+. \nIncluded in class:  A kit that contains soft wool-mix felt\, a needle\, DMC embroidery thread\, instructions\, templates\, and a stitch guide.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/learn-embroidery/
LOCATION:Fiber Friends Studios\, Inc.\, 1744 E 55th Street\, Chicago\, 60615
CATEGORIES:Educational/Class
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SUMMARY:Sunset Yoga
DESCRIPTION:Sunset Yoga \nUnwind with a gentle Hatha yoga flow as the sun dips below the horizon. This slower-paced take on the classic sun salutation is designed to ease you into the summer night and is open to all experience levels. The experience includes offerings to engage all your senses: herbal iced teas and fruit waters to support hydration and the immune system\, essential oil blends informed by herbalism and Ayurveda to calm the nervous system\, and Tibetan singing bowls to transition you out of śavāsana and back into a peaceful evening. Led by yoga instructor Rhya Moffitt\, with special guest offerings in alignment with the themes of each month. \n Sunset Yoga will be offered for three months\, each with a specific focus: \n\n\nJuly: “Root” will focus on grounding and creating home and stability within the body and mind \n\n\nAugust: “Express” meditates on the power of the voice and its necessary connection to the heart to communicate truth authentically and courageously \n\n\nSeptember: “Imagine” explores the importance of the imagination within a world that strives toward oppressive conformity\, emphasizing the freeing power of seeing the world anew as a necessary first step to worldbuilding and collective transformation \n\n\nDrawing on connections between yoga and Black liberation struggles (ex. Rose Parks’ and Angela Davis’ yoga practices in prison)\, artistic practice (Alice Coltrane)\, and personal sustenance (Harriet Jacobs’ movement and meditative practices during her seven years in the garret while enslaved)\, this unique program supports self care by invoking Black radical ancestors and contemporaries (ex. Cole Arthur Riley of Black Liturgies). \nSunset Yoga will take place rain or shine! In the case of inclement weather\, we’ll move the session indoors so you can still enjoy your practice in a calm and welcoming environment. Keep an eye on your email or our social media for any location updates.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/sunset-yoga/2025-10-01/
LOCATION:The Arts Lawn\, 335 E. Garfield Blvd\, Chicago\, 60637
CATEGORIES:Community,Film,Health/Fitness
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Oxford Soju Club with Jinwoo Park
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, October 1 at 7 PM as we celebrate the release of author Jinwoo Park’s debut novel\, Oxford Soju Club! Jinwoo will be joined in conversation by Simone Siew\, and a signing will follow discussion. \nThe natural enemy of a Korean is another Korean.When North Korean spymaster Doha Kim is mysteriously killed in Oxford\, his protégé\, Yohan Kim\, chases the only breadcrumb given to him in Doha’s last breath: “Soju Club\, Dr. Ryu.” In the meantime\, a Korean American CIA agent\, Yunah Choi\, races to salvage her investigation of the North Korean spy cell in the aftermath of the assassination. At the centre of it all is the Soju Club\, the only Korean restaurant in Oxford\, owned by Jihoon Lim\, an immigrant from Seoul in search of a new life after suffering a tragedy. As different factions move in with their own agendas\, their fates become entangled\, resulting in a bitter struggle that will determine whose truth will triumph.Oxford Soju Club weaves a tale of how immigrants in the Korean diaspora are forced to create identities to survive\, and how in the end\, they must shed those masks and seek their true selves. \nJinwoo Park is a Korean Canadian writer and literary translator based in Montreal. Born in Seoul\, he has lived in various parts of North America and the UK since the age of 11. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from McGill in 2013\, followed by a master’s in political economics from LSE in 2014\, and a master’s in creative writing at the University of Oxford in 2015. In 2021 he won the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers’ Award for his first fiction manuscript\, Oxford Soju Club\, which will be published by Dundurn Press in September 2025. \nSimone Siew is a Chicago-based writer and literary influencer\, and she also serves as the official social media partner for Penguin Random House. She recently graduated from the University of Chicago with a master’s degree in English literature and creative writing. Prior to that\, she obtained her bachelor’s degree from Indiana University in 2019. She loves blending her Chinese Malaysian roots with her midwestern upbringing\, binging tv shows\, and learning new hobbies. She is currently working on her first novel.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/book-launch-oxford-soju-club-with-jinwoo-park/
LOCATION:Call and Response Books\, 1390 E Hyde Park Blvd.\, Chicago\, 60615
CATEGORIES:Community,Lecture/Literary/Book Signing/Storytime
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SUMMARY:Big White Fog
DESCRIPTION:Big White Fog \nTheodore Ward’s Big White Fog is the big shoulders on which A Raisin in the Sun stands. First completed in 1938\, funded by the Federal Theatre Project\, and influenced by the South Side Writers Group that cultivated such iconic talents as Richard Wright and Margaret Walker\, Big White Fog drove American realism forward by contending with discontent. \nThe United States is on the cusp of the Great Depression and\, like many\, the Mason family is struggling. Between the precarious economy and racial violence on Chicago’s segregated South Side\, something’s got to give. As different generations strive to secure the Mason family’s future\, catastrophic decisions are made\, leading to a heartbreaking twist and a blistering condemnation of America’s Big White Fog. \nCourt Theatre Resident Artist and the nation’s preeminent director of August Wilson\, Ron OJ Parson\, opens the 2025/26 season with this rich portrayal of Black life on Chicago’s South Side. \nAccessible Performances: \n\nTouch Tour: Saturday\, October 4 at 12:30pm\nAudio Description and ASL Interpretation: Saturday\, October 4 at 2:00pm\nOpen Captioning: Sunday\, October 5 at at 2:00pm\n\nArtwork by Ed Watkins.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/big-white-fog/2025-10-01/
LOCATION:Court Theatre\, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance/Theatre/Cabaret
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