Spread the Word: LINK at Chicago Farmers Markets
Groundswell Films created a short video to spread the word about LINK acceptance at Chicago Farmers Markets. The Experimental Station began a pilot program this year to provide LINK at 5 of the 17 City-run markets. Read more about the program here.
This Week at the 61st Street Farmers Market
This is the season for:
• A variety of Veggies: sweet corn; eggplant; tomatoes; green beans; white, red and golden beets; slicing and pickling cucumbers; summer squash; carrots; broccoli; turnips; arugula; salad mix; tropea, bulb, cippolini, and gold coin onions; four kinds of basil; lettuce; kale; greens; cabbage; radishes; swiss chard; mint; herbs; parsley; chives; kohlrabi; fennel; mushrooms and much much more!
• Fresh Fruit: cantaloupe, apricots, peaches, nectarines, plums, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, and cherries
• Beef, Chicken, Pork, Lamb, Goat
• Eggs and Cheese
• Honey, Jams & Preserves, Salsas, and Sauces
• Smoothies, Raw and Vegan Cuisine, and Crepes
• Fresh cut flowers
Blackstone Bicycle Works Matching Grant!
An anonymous foundation has just awarded Blackstone Bicycle Works, the Experimental Station's youth education program, a $5,000 matching grant for each of 2010 and 2011! To receive the grant, Experimental Station must bring in at least $5,000 in donations from NEW donors each year. If you have not previously contributed to the Experimental Station and would like to help us make this match, please click on the 'Make A Donation' button on the right side of the screen. Your contribution will go twice as far!!!
You can learn more about our community bike shop and youth program by clicking on 'Blackstone Bicycle Works' above.
Experimental Station Offers Double Value Incentive Program at Five Chicago Markets
Thanks to a generous grant from Wholesome Wave Foundation (CT), when the Experimental Station launches our EBT/LINK (food stamp) program at five City of Chicago farmers markets beginning May 13, we will also be launching a Double Value Incentive program that will match LINK beneficiary purchases up to $5 per cardholder per market day. The 'LINK Bucks' issued to LINK recipients will be valid at any of the five City of Chicago farmers markets at which Experimental Station is providing EBT/LINK service (Daley Plaza, South Shore, Beverly, Division Street, Lincoln Square). 'LINK Bucks' will be valid throughout the 2010 season.
Video from WBEZ's Community Meeting on Racial Fairness in Juvenile Justice
The Experimental hosted "Singled Out," WBEZ's discussion of racial fairness and juvenile justice moderated by WBEZ hosts Richard Steele, Allison Cuddy, and Steve Edwards. Click here to see see a video of some of the evening's comments, as well as thoughts from attendee and Senior Editor of In These Times, Salim Muwakkil.
Experimental Station providing EBT/LINK for City of Chicago
Not wanting to let our entrepreneurial spirit flag, the Experimental Station decided to team up with Chicago's Mayor's Office of Special Events, Department of Community Development and Department of Family and Support Services to launch a LINK/EBT Pilot program at 5 City of Chicago farmers markets this season! As of May 13 at the Daley Plaza Farmers Market, Experimental Station will be on site accepting LINK payments for fresh, nutritious, local food.
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Check Out Selections from AREA Chicago's Upcoming Tenth Issue
AREA Chicago, the local journal of arts and activism of which the Experimental Station is a sponsor, recently released selections from their upcoming tenth issue, on the theme of Institutions and Infrastructur: read Kari Lydersen on the incredible history of Pilsen bar and social center Decima Musa and a proposal from local organizers for a citywide Cultural and Community Center, and check out a gallery of illustrations
Video from Whoop Dee Doo's Experimental Station Show
If you missed Kansas City arts group Whoop Dee Doo's October performance at the Experimental Station (or simply want to relive the evening), an edited video is available here on Vimeo. The performance was part of the Smart Museum's Heartland show, which exhibited art from and inspired by the Midwest.
Blackstone Bicycle Works In The News
Blackstone Bicycle Works, a program of the Experimental Station, was featured on WGN in a piece by Marcus Leshock, which is now available on YouTube:
Click here to see another short clip about Blackstone Bicycle Works and its youth program. This clip was shot and aired last month on Fuel TV, a cable channel focused on action sports and music.
Return of the Baffler
For those of you familiar with the Experimental Station's history, you'll know that for many years before our building formally became the Experimental Station, it housed the Baffler, a journal of cultural and political criticism whose creed was to "blunt the cutting edge." Founded by fringe intellectual-cum-bestselling author of What's the Matter with Kansas? and The Wrecking Crew Thomas Frank along with current publisher of Congressional Quarterly Keith White, The Baffler published issues on a decidedly irregular, roughly annual basis until disappearing from bookstore shelves in 2006.
