Fairs & Festivals

Chicago International Film Festival in Rogers Park

The official schedule for the Festival has been released and can be found on our website at chicagofilmfestival.com From there, you can sort the films by country and category. This year we are doing a "Spotlight on South Asia" that highlights films from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Included in this "Spotlight" are two films that will showing at The New 400 Theater in Rogers Park! The two films are "Flying Fish" and "Azhagarsamy's Horse" and they'll be playing at The New 400 Theater the afternoon of Sunday October 9th. The Festival runs October 6-20th and we'd love for you to come out and see a film.
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Posted on October 05, 2011

Kegs for Kids: Drink Craft Beer to Help Kids Read Good

The annual Kegs for Kids benefit for Edgewater's Helen C. Pierce Elementary is coming up on Saturday. The craft beer tasting festival has grown out of its previous location at Metropolis Coffee, and this year's event will be at Loyola University's Mundelein Auditorium. Read the whole post on Chicagoist here>>

Posted on October 04, 2011

2011 Artist of the Wall Festival

"We are pleased to announce the theme for our 18th Annual Artists of the Wall Festival. May the "Wall of Dreams" be all you wish for! Our 18th annual Father's Day Weekend event will occur over the weekend of June 18th and 19th. Applications for space reservations may be downloaded at this site, rogerspark.com, or picked up at the Loyola Park Fieldhouse, 1230 W. Greenleaf."
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Posted on June 14, 2011

Glenwood Sunday Market - This Weekend!

The last Winter Market of the season gave us a taste of what is to come this summer! Freshly picked asparagus from Hardin Family Farms in Michigan, watercress from Oriana's Orchard, eggs from the best fed chickens in Illinois from Midnight Sun (Nick says he is going to start feeding the chickens flax seed), and amazing mushrooms from River Valley. And that is just a sampling of what was available. For vegatable gardeners, there were beautiful starter heirloom tomato and herb plants, fertile compost and more. And let's not forget about the TREATs from Katherine Anne Confections and amazing baked goods from Bennisons Bakery among others.
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Posted on May 31, 2011

Swap-O-Rama-Rama Chicago - Saturday

Help save the environment and get a new spring wardrobe! Swap-O-Rama-Rama is a clothing swap and series of do-it-yourself workshops in which a community explores creative reuse through recycling.
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Posted on February 11, 2011

Shop Jarvis Square

Spend the afternoon at the intersection of Jarvis and Greenview. Get your holiday shopping done at the annual artisans market (artists will be at 3 different locations this year) and visit local businesses to enjoy special day of discounts and events. It is a great way to meet all your holiday shopping needs and support the Chicago artists community! Check out shopjarvissquare.com for more details.
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Posted on December 08, 2010

MARKET DAZED Nov 7th

Last year this event marked the launch of the Glenwood Sunday Market's community outreach. This year we are celebrating a successful inaugural season, helping to fund a monthly winter market, and ensuring a great second season.
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Posted on November 02, 2010

Jarvis Square Halloween Party

Rogers Park Parents present Halloween in Rogers Park Date: Sunday October 31, 2010 Time: 4 to 6 p.m. Location: Jarvis Square Events 4-4:30pm: A performance from the Lifeline Theatre cast of Click Clack Moo 4:30-5pm: A music show from Miss Aimee Leigh 5-6pm: Join the dance party with Northside Dance Plus continuous fun with: Face painting Cookie decorating Card tricks Family puppet making Fall clay sculpting featuring art therapist and educator Sharon Hyson. And a giant spider web maze! Rogers Park Business Alliance is acting as a fiscal agent of Rogers Park Parents. For more info Rogers Park Parents

Posted on October 22, 2010

3rd Annual Trick-Or-Treat at Loyola

On Sunday, October 31, 20010, Dumbach Hall on Loyola's Lake Shore Campus will be decked in fun and spooky decorations, courtesy of Loyola's students. Local families are invited to bring their children from 4PM - 6PM to trick-or-treat through the hallways and participate in fun games. Loyola students will wait behind classroom doors with plenty of candy on hand so that neighborhood children may have a fun, and above all safe, halloween experience.
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Posted on October 22, 2010

Final 2010 Glenwood Sunday Market and Hog Wild BBQ

Join us on the last day of the 2010 Glenwood Sunday Market for a pig roast and BBQ. Come enjoy live music, food, drinks and fun! Food will be provided by Duke's Bar Morseland Act One Cafe Bar-B-Que Bob's Heartland Cafe Unforgettable Chocolates and more
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Posted on October 04, 2010

Glenwood Sunday Market - Location change this weekend.

Glenwood Sunday Market Open this Sunday Glenwood Sunday Market will be relocating this weekend during the Glenwood Arts Fest. The market will be relocated for this weekend only -- 2 blocks north on Glenwood between Lunt & Greenleaf. Market Hours: Sunday, August 21st 9:00am - 2:00pm. Market Location: Glenwood & Lunt 7000North/1400West

Posted on August 19, 2010

Second Annual Pooch Party!

Join us at this year's Pooch Party on Saturday, August 14th from 11am to 2pm at Glenwood & Morse. Enter your pooch in one of 4 contests to win great prizes. For more information, call (773) 508-5885.
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Posted on August 06, 2010

OPEN CALL for audio material @ Mess Hall

ROGERS PARK PEOPLE'S RADIO (RPPR), or the radio next door, will be broadcasting LIVE from Mess Hall during the Glenwood Ave Arts Fest--AUG 21 & 22! We invite YOU to join us & Radio Populares Collective members as we BUILD a LOW-POWER FM RADIO STATION from the ground up this Sunday & next--AUG. 8 & 15. & we invite YOU to SUBMIT AUDIO CONTENT to be aired on RPPR. Let's hear what's ours.
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Posted on August 06, 2010

Glenwood Ave Arts Festival - Starts Tonight!

The Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest (GAAF) is a free, weekend-long arts festival that features 100+ artists, open studios, and live entertainment on three outdoor stages. Experience art of all disciplines, music, theater, food and drink on the cobblestone streets of the Glenwood Avenue Arts District in Chicago’s historic Rogers Park neighborhood. The 9th annual Fest takes place the weekend of August 21 & 22, 2010. There will be a kickoff party on Friday night with the artists' market on Saturday and Sunday afternoons from noon to 9pm.

Posted on July 30, 2010

Market For All Fest - Sunday July 11th

The Glenwood Sunday Market, in Rogers Park, presents the Market for All Fest. This night of local music and entertainment at The Morseland will provide funds to support the Market for All program at the Glenwood Sunday Market. The program enables families who rely on the Illinois LINK card to have access to fresh, nutritious local products. In addition, the program will match up to $10 in LINK purchases per card-holder, per market day.
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Posted on July 08, 2010

Celebrate Clark Street Festival

Delight your senses with rhythms that make you dance and rich "avors from around the world without leaving Chicago. The Rogers Park Business Alliance will host the 5th Annual “Celebrate Clark Street Festival” on Saturday, July 24 (1 to 11 PM) and Sunday, July 25 (1 to 10 PM), on Clark Street between Morse and Touhy.
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Posted on July 08, 2010

Local aouther reads from her first novel this weekend at Printers Row Lit Fest

Millions of readers across generations have laughed and cried with the March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, Little Women. And there has never been a more beloved heroine in the history of American letters than Jo March, Louisa’s alter ego and an iconic figure of independent spirit and big dreams. But as Louisa knew all too well, big dreams often come at a cost. Kelly O’Connor McNees reads from her novel, The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott, Sunday June 13 at 11am at Dearborn Station.
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Posted on June 09, 2010

Spring Thing 2010 @ Greenleaf Art Center

2010 Group show and open studio event. Friday May 21st, 6:00 - 10:00 PM
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Posted on May 17, 2010

Chicago Waldorf’s May Fair Family Festival and Rummage Sale Is This Weekend!

The Chicago Waldorf School was the super-amazingly-awesome host of our 2010 event. SORR was not directly involved in this event, but we figured if you liked Swap-O-Rama-Rama Chicago you'll also enjoy Waldorf's May Fair - and you'll LOVE the Waldorf School's mission of incorporating handcrafting into all aspects of education. Isn't that a great mission? Don't you want to support it? We thought so... here are the details:
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Posted on May 13, 2010

2010 Artist of the Wall Festival - June 19th - 20th

Loyola Park Advisory Council and Rogers Park Community Council in cooperation with Chicago Park District and Chicago Streets & Sanitation presents 17th Annual Artists of the Wall Festival Saturday, June19, and Sunday, June 20, 2010 Mural Theme: “Together We Art”
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Posted on May 10, 2010