4th of July Picnic at the 61st Street Farmers Market!
Join us at the 61st Street Farmers Market this Saturday, July 4th (9am-2pm, rain or shine) to celebrate our independence with a farmers market picnic!
No need to bring a bag lunch, as our vendors will have specially prepared Independence Day offerings:
- Brunos Organics will be selling grilled grass-fed beef burgers and hand-churned ice cream with Ellis Family Farms berries
- Faith's Farm will be cooking up breakfast sausage sandwiches, brats and pork burgers
- Mint Creek Farm will be grilling Italian lamb sausage
61st Street Farmers Market SATURDAY, JUNE 13!
The 61st Street Farmers Market's second season is officially under way! Under the expert oversight of Market Manager Dennis Ryan, the Market will connect you with more products, more farmers, more food demonstrations and even more fun for the whole family than last year.
61st Street Farmers Market SATURDAY, JUNE 6!
The 61st Street Farmers Market's second season is officially under way! Under the expert oversight of Market Manager Dennis Ryan, the Market will connect you with more products, more farmers, more food demonstrations and even more fun for the whole family than last year. The third market of the year promises even more vendors and a wider selection of the quality local food and home products you've come to expect from the 61st Street Farmers Market.
We have another new vendor this week! Faith's Farm and her poultry parlor will be with us this week. Faith's Farm will have delicious pastured pork and farm-fresh eggs.
Hyde Park Community Players at Experimental Station
We invite you to join us at the Experimental Station this weekend for real, live community theater. The newly formed Hyde Park Community Players will be presenting An Evening of One Acts—John M. Synge's tragedy Riders to the Sea and Anton Chekhov's farce The Bear.
The performances will take place on Friday, June 5, 7:30pm (followed by an opening night reception); Saturday, June 6, 7:30pm; and Sunday, June 7, 2:30pm.
Tickets are available in advance at 57th Street Books and Backstory Cafe (at the Experimental Station). Ticket cost is $8.
Experimental Station in this week's Chicago Reader
Pick up a copy of this week's Chicago Reader (5/28/09) and check out Martha Bayne's piece on urban homesteader Erik Knutzen. As you may know, Erik came to visit us last week and talked about his life and work in Los Angeles. He and his wife Kelly Coyne write for their blog www.homegrownrevolution.com, and recently came out with a book, The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficent Living in the Heart of the Metropolis.
61st Street Farmers Market SATURDAY, MAY 30!
The 61st Street Farmers Market's second season is officially under way! Under the expert oversight of Market Manager Dennis Ryan, the Market will connect you with more products, more farmers, more food demonstrations and even more fun for the whole family than last year. The third market of the year promises even more vendors and a wider selection of the quality local food and home products you've come to expect from the 61st Street Farmers Market.
Shifting Politics of Food
 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/fast_food_ban
Here's a link to a story about the L.A. fast food ban. We know these issues impact the quality of life in Chicago too. Lets keep thinking about creative, engaging ways to improve our local food networks and enrich our local food culture. Recognizing the true, detrimental, costs of the fast-food industry and learning what the alternatives are is a good place to begin.
Deepening the Impact of Alternative Education
Blackstone Bicycle Works is pleased to welcome Andy Carter to a growing pool of talented staff and volunteers. Andy, a life long educator and curriculum expert, currently serving on the Board of Trustees at Roosevelt University is working closely with the Experimental Station and staff at Blackstone Bicycle Works as a pro bono educational consultant. Along with serving as lead evaluator on education projects in both Chicago and Boston, Andy has a history of acting locally. One such project was GEAR-UP, funded by the Department of Education, for which Andy was part of a team taught course in enhancing algebra instruction with teachers at five Chicago Woodlawn schools that operated from 2000–2002.
Blackstone Bikes on Chicago Tonight!
Blackstone Bicycle Works was recently featured on Chicago Tonight in a piece by video journalist Jay Shefsky. We highly recommend you take a look..
