Fleurotica2013
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Hours: 7:00 pm
Where: Museum of Contemporary Art
Cost: Varies by Ticket Level

We hope you will join us on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 for the best Fleurotica yet! Fleurotica2013 is a haute couture runway show where flowers meet fashion, to benefit the Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance. For more information about the event, please visit fleurotica.org. To buy tickets online Click Here.

Summer Solstice
Backyard Square Dance Celebration
Friday, June 21, 2013
Hours: 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm (6:00pm - 7:45pm - All ages; 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm - Adult Only Dance)
Where: Bluestone Terrace
Cost: $25 for adults; $10 for children under 14 years old

Come celebrate the first day of summer by dancing together in Chicago’s big backyard! Come square dance, contra, polka, and waltz the night away to the locally ... MORE INFO

Juicebox Series: Adolphe’S AX – Excerpts from a Saxophone Opera
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Hours: 11:00 am – Noon
Where: To be determined
Cost: Free performance for kids & whole family!

A man named Adolphe Sax changed the world of music forever when he invented an instrument and gave it his name - the Saxophone. Join us as some of Chicago’s finest saxophonists, including Anthony Bruno, Juli Wood, Nate LePine, Caroline Davis, and Mark Heibert ... MORE INFO 

Chicago Farmers Market
at the Conservatory
Every Sunday, June 23 through October 27
Hours: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Where: Visitor Parking Lot
Cost: Free admission

This summer come enjoy one of Chicago’s small neighborhood farmers markets right in the Conservatory visitor parking lot. Local fresh food vendors, cooking demos, and entertainment are all on the summer schedule. Come shop for fresh local produce ... MORE INFO

Public Practice at
Garfield Park Conservatory

Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Hours: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: Throughout Conservatory and grounds
Cost: Free, donations appreciated

Join us in shared public delight at the Garfield Park Conservatory on 3 Wednesday evenings this summer, where we invite the public to get better at something together! ... MORE INFO

Goats at Work

First week of each month, June-September
Hours: All Conservatory Hours
Where: Prairie Hill in City Garden
Cost: Free!

The Garfield Goats are back! People and goats have lived side-by-side for over 10,000 years, and today’s city dwellers are starting to realize the benefits. The goats that reside part-time at Garfield Park Conservatory belong to a Westside Chicago resident who is experimenting with how small farm animals benefit ... MORE INFO

The Hypocrites’ Romeo Juliet

Sunday, July 7, 2013
Hours: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm, & 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Where: City Garden
Cost: Free – advanced tickets available online (see below)

The footprint of Romeo Juliet is small enough to fit into a few empty parking spaces, a small corner of a park, or nestled next to a historic greenhouse! We invite Chicagoans to join us at the Garfield Park Conservatory to experience this production—and all of its banter, swordfights ... MORE INFO

Conservatory Fire Jam

Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Hours: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: City Garden
Cost: Free, donations appreciated

Visit the Garfield Park Conservatory on this evening, and enjoy family friendly fire arts, performances, and the percussive beats of local musicians. This fire jam unites performing artists and spectators through a love and appreciation of fire art. It is held in partnership with Pyrotechniq and Chicago’s Full Moon Jam ... MORE INFO

Neighborhood Jazz Night featuring Chicago Jazz Guitarist Henry Johnson

Saturday, July 27, 2013
Hours: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Where: Bluestone Terrace
Cost: Free, donations appreciated

As part of the Chicago Jazz’s Festival Neighborhood Nights, the Garfield Park Conservatory will offer a free showcase of Grammy nominated jazz guitarist, Henry Johnson. Bring a blanket, some cheese, a friend, and your relaxation bone ... MORE INFO

Paradis: A Twilight Performance and
Audio Installation

Tuesday - Thursday, August 6 - 8
Hours: 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm
Where: Starts in Sensory Garden
Cost: Free

Paradis is a performance and audio installation performed outdoors at twilight with live piano accompaniment. Inspired by the final section of Jean-Luc Godard’s 2004 film, Notre Musique, Paradis continues Castro’s exploration of the space between performer ... MORE INFO

FIGMENT Chicago

Saturday, August 10, 2013, Noon - 9:00 pm Sunday, August 11, 2013, Noon - 5:00 pm
Where: Bluestone Terrace and City Garden
Cost: Free, donations appreciated

The Garfield Park Conservatory and FIGMENT invite you to the back lawn of the conservatory to make something, create something, be part of something…something that gets people to interact, to participate and collaborate with each other. FIGMENT embodies the belief that everyone can make something of artistic ... MORE INFO

Comedy of Errors

Sunday, August 25, 2013
Hours: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Where: Bluestone Terrace
Cost: Free

Building on the success of last summer’s inaugural Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks, the expanded 2013 program will bring William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, FREE FOR ALL, to neighborhood parks across Chicago. Audiences will experience the wildly entertaining tale of a man and his servant ... MORE INFO

Inspired by Nature Photo Exhibit    
Daily
Hours: 9 am – 5 pm daily
Where: Community Room
Cost: Free! Just drop by!

Formerly at the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the photo exhibit accompanying Julia Bachrach and Jo Ann Nathan’s book Inspired by Nature: The Garfield Park Conservatory and Chicago’s West Side is now at the Conservatory! This exhibit includes photographs ... MORE INFO