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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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!
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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