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SUMMARY:Hyde Park Used Book Sale
DESCRIPTION:Hyde Park Used Book Sale \n2025 dates – Always the 2nd weekend in October  \nSaturday October 11th 9am-6pm \nSunday October 12th 9am-6pm \nMonday October 13th 9am-2pm (Monday is Bag & Box day $4/bag $5/box) \nMonday 12pm-2pm Non-profits and charitable organizations can take books for free! For more information\, and to register for free books email booksale@hydepark.org \nNo preview days. This is not a picked over sale. \nYou know you need more books!! \nThank you for supporting the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference (HPKCC)!! \nFor more information or to Volunteer to help\, email booksale@hydepark.org
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/hyde-park-used-book-sale/2025-10-11/
LOCATION:Kimbark Plaza\, Chicago\, IL\, 60615\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Shopping
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SUMMARY:HPKCC's Annual Used Book Sale
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Annual Book Sale! Find great reads\, meet your neighbors and support the community.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/hpkccs-annual-used-book-sale/2025-10-11/
LOCATION:Kimbark Plaza\, Chicago\, IL\, 60615\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Festival,Lecture/Literary/Book Signing/Storytime,Shopping
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SUMMARY:Learning to Spin Yarn with a Drop Spindle
DESCRIPTION:Learning to Spin Yarn with a Drop Spindle \nExplore the wonderful practice of spinning yarn and discover why Rumpelstiltskin was such a compelling fairy tale for so long as we turn wool fluff into usable yarn to knit\, crochet\, or weave. We will talk about yarn-i-tecture\, or the various properties of fiber materials most commonly spun including various wools\, silks\, cotton\, and flax as well as the evolution and environmental impact of fiber production. All materials will be provided. \nLevel:  Beginner. No prior experience needed. \nPre-requisites: Ages 12+. \nMeet your instructor \nThe workshop is taught by artist and designer Maggie Leininger who currently teaches at the Art School at DePaul University and is the owner of Considered Cloth\, a retail outlet for unique luxury yarn\, hand painted yarns\, weaving kits\, equipment\, and instruction\, as well as one-of-a-kind handwovens. Maggie was formerly a professor at Arizona State University where she instructed graduate and \nundergraduate students in weaving for art and design. Former design experiences include production weaving for a number of established interior designers prior to dedicating her focus on her own unique handwoven goods. \nWebsite for Considered Cloth: www.considered-cloth.com \nWebsite for Maggie Leininger: www.maggieleiningerart.com \nIG accounts: @maggieleiningerartist @consideredcloth
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/learning-to-spin-yarn-with-a-drop-spindle/
LOCATION:Fiber Friends Studios\, Inc.\, 1744 E 55th Street\, Chicago\, 60615
CATEGORIES:Art/Arts & Crafts/Fashion,Educational/Class
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SUMMARY:The Hyde Park Kenwood Food Pantry
DESCRIPTION:The Hyde Park Kenwood Food Pantry\nThe food pantry\, located at Hyde Park Union Church\, provides nonperishable groceries and limited refrigerated and frozen foods to 500 to 800 people every month on Saturdays from 10 am to 1 pm. \nWe serve the area of 39th – 63rd St.\, Cottage Grove east to Lake Michigan\, and patrons can come twice a month. All will be served on their first visit\, regardless of residency. If you are looking for food outside of our service area or hours\, you can visit the website of the Greater Chicago Food depository to find additional services.\n​\nVolunteers order food\, unload deliveries\, pre-pack bags and distribute food. ​If you would like to volunteer\, please contact the Church Office or Margy Mitchell\, the Food Pantry coordinator. \nTime and Location \nEvery Saturday (including Christmas\, New Year’s Day\, and July 4th) from 10 am to 1 pm; \nHyde Park Union Church\n5600 S. Woodlawn — enter by the side door at 1169 E. 56th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/the-hyde-park-kenwood-food-pantry/2025-10-11/
LOCATION:Hyde Park Union Church\, 5600 S. Woodlawn Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:Community,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Hyde Park Union Church":MAILTO:office@hpuc.org
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SUMMARY:Strugglebeard Bakery 2-Year Anniversary Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Strugglebeard Bakery 2-Year Anniversary Celebration \nHappy Anniversary to Strugglebeard Bakery! \nCome by Saturday\, October 11\, at 5221 S. Harper Court from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. for $2 specials\, honey lavender cupcakes\, complimentary wine\, live DJ & performers\, and a Strugglebeard gift box raffle! \nhttps://www.strugglebeardbakery.com/
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/strugglebeard-bakery-2-year-anniversary-celebration/
LOCATION:Strugglebeard Bakery\, 5221 S. Harper Court\, Chicago\, IL\, 60615\, United States
CATEGORIES:Business,Community,Concert/Live Music/DJ/Karoke,Free
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SUMMARY:Ja' Grill Sunday Brunch
DESCRIPTION:Ja’ Grill Sunday Brunch \nHyde Park’s Ja’ Grill\, located at 1510 E. Harper Court\, began a new Sunday brunch service on Sunday\, January 26. \nThe weekly Sunday brunch hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with all-you-can-eat options served family-style for $30 per person. Cocktail options include carafes of everyone’s favorite Ja’ Rum Punch\, a Ja’ Mimosa\, and Ja’ Bloody Mary. \nBrunch menu items will rotate periodically\, but diners can look forward to Jerk Chicken & Waffles\, Ackee & Saltfish\, Scrambled Eggs & Jerk Chicken Sausage\, and more. \nJa’ Grill owner Tony Coates celebrated the restaurant’s 10th anniversary in August 2024\, reflecting to the Hyde Park Herald\, “We were well received well beyond what I would imagine. We opened the doors and\, I say this without any hesitation\, the Hyde Park community really embraced us and that’s why we’re open today.” \nCoates commented\, “Our regular customers have asked about adding a brunch menu many times\, and we’re very excited to try out this new offering. Ja’ Grill is the perfect place to enjoy your Sunday morning and afternoon with our authentic Jamaican cuisine and extensive drink menu.” \nJa’ Grill is open Sunday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. There’s a Tropical Happy Hour Monday through Thursday from 4-6 p.m. During NFL season fans can enjoy an Extended Happy Hour from 4 p.m. until closing time on Sunday\, Monday\, and Thursday. Don’t miss Wine Down Wednesday with 1/2 price bottles of white\, red\, and sparkling wines. \nVisit the Ja’ Grill website and follow on Instagram for more information about specials and events.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/ja-grill-sunday-brunch/2025-10-11/
LOCATION:Ja’ Grill\, 1510 E. Harper Court\, Chicago\, IL\, 60615\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dining
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Birds of the Great Lakes with Dexter Patterson
DESCRIPTION:Book Talk: Birds of the Great Lakes with Dexter Patterson \nJoin us as we welcome Dexter Patterson in celebration of his new book\, Birds of the Great Lakes: How They Look & Sound\, Where To Find Them\, and How to Protect Them! Dexter will be joined in conversation with local birding enthusiast (and Call & Response bookstore husband) Karlos Bledsoe\, followed by signing and meet & greet! \nAbout the Book \nThe Great Lakes region is teeming with scores of beautiful birds\, and the Birds of the Great Lakes will help you find them. This easy-to-use book will help you identify more than 100 commonly seen birds that help make the Great Lakes the natural wonders that they are. \nAn emphasis on best practices and habitat sustainability help empower conservation and ensure that birding around our most precious resources will be possible for years to come. Perfect for budding and experienced birders alike\, this sleek and compact guide is the ideal travel companion for every trip to the region. \nDexter Patterson is the co-founder of the BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin\, an organization dedicated to making birding more accessible and inclusive for people of color. In addition\, he is the CEO of operation Bird Joy\, a venture aimed at spreading joy and encouraging people to enjoy the wonders of bird watching. He has been featured in several prominent birding publications\, including Birds & Blooms\, Sierra Club\, and National Audubon magazines. \nKarlos Bledsoe is an avid birder who has always had a love for spending time outdoors and captures fascinating nature moments through photography. You can often find him birding at Jackson Park\, as well as other parks throughout the city. He is a member of the Chicago BIPOC birding group\, a nonprofit in Chicago that organizes birding events for birders of all levels of experience. He is a proud bookstore husband and lives in Chicago with his wife Courtney\, the owner of Call and Response books.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/book-talk-birds-of-the-great-lakes-with-dexter-patterson/
LOCATION:Call and Response Books\, 1390 E Hyde Park Blvd.\, Chicago\, 60615
CATEGORIES: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/2025-10-11/
LOCATION:Court Theatre\, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance/Theatre/Cabaret
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