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DNA Extraction Lab for Teens
DNA Extraction Lab for Teens
Crave the epic sense of discovery in forensic science? Join your peers in a fun, gross and informative workshop in which you'll either smash up fruit to extract its DNA or create a keepsake with your very own human DNA! Through hands-on activities and discussion, you’ll demystify the wonders of biology and genetic engineering. Open […]
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Books & Brews: The Hike
Books & Brews: The Hike
Join us at Roots Pizza for our monthly Books & Brews book discussion, a book club that meets at a bar/restaurant. This month we'll discuss The Hike by Drew Magary, a fantastical novel about a guy who takes a routine walk and finds himself on a trail that is totally surreal, scary and wholly original. Copies of […]
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ChiTown Stand Up Workshop for Teens
ChiTown Stand Up Workshop for Teens
Chicago is a city with so many untold stories, and 826CHI is here to help you tell yours! In this workshop, you'll take a journey through the city by looking at its art, people and culture to inspire your own truths about the city. This program series is part of a line-up of events for […]
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Valen-SLIME’s Day
Valen-SLIME’s Day
We’re celebrating science on Valentine’s Day by mixing glue, borax solution and food coloring together to start a chemical reaction which creates that slime everyone is talking about!
Oral Traditions: Spoken Word Workshop
Oral Traditions: Spoken Word Workshop
This workshop will teach participants about the art of spoken word performance and provide tips on how to create a spoken word tribute to family history and traditions.
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Tax Assistance: Ladder Up
Tax Assistance: Ladder Up
Free tax assistance provided by Ladder Up.Assistance is provided on a first come, first serve basis. Ladder Up notes: All sites operate on a first-come, first-served basis. Many sites will stop taking new clients well before the official closing time, so please arrive early. For more information about the tax services available please visit Ladder Up's site.
Afternoon Book Club: What Are You Reading?
Afternoon Book Club: What Are You Reading?
What have you been reading lately? Stop in to our afternoon book club and share your reads with others or even find some great new reads from others in the group. No specific title or genre is required- read and discuss whatever you like. Looking for a great read? Check out recommended read of the […]
Chess Club / Club de Ajedrez
Chess Club / Club de Ajedrez
Make new friends while playing chess in a community environment. Beginning and advanced players are welcome. The club focuses on Spanish pronunciation and grammar. Join us for activities highlighting the culture and history of Spanish speaking countries. Open to teens and adults. Haz nuevos amigos mientras juegas ajedrez en un entorno comunitario. Los jugadores principiantes y […]
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Game Night For Kids
Game Night For Kids
Play board games and card games like Guess Who?, Uno, Spot it!, Jenga, Rummikub, Robot Turtles, Connect 4!, Checkers and Chess.
Adult Book Discussion: Electric Arches
Adult Book Discussion: Electric Arches
For African American History Month we will be discussing Electric Arches by Chicago author Eve L. Ewing. Electric Arches is an eclectic blend of poetry, prose, and visual art exploring black girlhood and womanhood through Ewing's experiences growing up and living in Chicago. Some stories take place in Ewing's past while others envision Chicago's futurehood and span from more […]
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Spanish Language Club / Club del idioma español
Spanish Language Club / Club del idioma español
The club focuses on Spanish pronunciation and grammar. Join us for activities highlighting the culture and history of Spanish speaking countries. Open to teens and adults.
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After School Arts & Crafts
After School Arts & Crafts
Come join us for an after school program where we explore our creative side with arts and crafts. For ages 5-10.
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Westside Stories: A Performance by the Homan Square Story Elders
Westside Stories: A Performance by the Homan Square Story Elders
Storytelling is going on all over Chicago and the nation and now it comes to the Westside. The Homan Square Story Elders are part of the Goodman Theater's GeNarrations writing workshops. They tell stories of the Westside and their family's migration from Mississippi roots to Lawndale. Stories of family gatherings, church and work. Conflicts and reconciliation. Their stories are […]
Books & Brews: Red Clocks
Books & Brews: Red Clocks
Join us at Roots Pizza for our monthly Books & Brews book discussion, a book club that meets at a bar/restaurant. This month we'll discuss Red Clocks by Leni Zumas, a fictional novel in the vein of Margaret Atwood about five women in a post-reproductive rights America. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the West […]
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Film Screening: Ella es el Matador (She is the Matador)
Film Screening: Ella es el Matador (She is the Matador)
“For Spaniards — and for the world — nothing has expressed their country's traditionally rigid gender roles more powerfully than the image of the male matador. So sacred was the bullfighter's masculinity to Spanish identity that a 1908 law barred women from the sport. Ella Es el Matador reveals the surprising history of the women who […]
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