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27 things to do on 5/3/2008

03.01-05.31 9am-5pm
George Washington Carver Exhibit
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago, IL 60605
312.922.9410
www.fieldmuseum.org
Born into slavery, George Washington Carver became a trail-blazing scientist whose experiments with plants laid the groundwork for today’s research on plant-based fuels, medicines, and everyday products. A true humanitarian, his extraordinary persistence and compassion nourished a lifelong mission to bring practical knowledge to those in need.

03.22-05.08 10am-5pm
Fair Game
Estudiotres
5205 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL. 60640
www.estudiotres.com
kristen at graceprgroup.com
Fair Game focuses on six phenomenal artists with ties to Chicago, who work with concepts, materials and images lifted from contemporary culture in creating the artwork. Fair Game features the work of– Debbie Carlos, Chris Lin, Jeoren Nelemans, Ryan Swanson, Lindsay Packer and Amy Honchell. Monday through Friday, Saturday and Sunday by appointment

03.25-05.27 6:30-8pm
Ballet In french-Intermediate
Alliance Française de Chicago
810 North Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60610
312.337.1070
www.af-Chicago.org
info at af-Chicago.org
Perfect your stretches, first position, second position and arabesques!

03.26-05.14 7-8:30pm
Creating Space; Clarity and Insight through Meditation
Family Health Resources, 1342 W. Belmont, Chicago
773.784.5460
www.jewelheart.org/chapters/chicago/chicago.html
chicago at jewelheart.org
This course provides instruction in the basic elements of meditation – breathing, posture, stabilizing the mind, and establishing a daily practice. Wednesdays.

03.28-05.30 9:15-10am
Pilates in French
Alliance Française de Chicago
810 N Dearborn St
Chicago, IL 60610
312.337.1070
www.af-chicago.org
info at af-chicago.org
This workshop will offer a new and effective way to broaden the ability to speak and think in French!

03.28-05.30 10-11am
Yoga In French
Alliance Française de Chicago
810 North Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60610
312.337.1070
www.af-Chicago.org
info at af-Chicago.org
In Hatha yoga, the body undergoes a transformation through purification and physical strengthening.

03.29-05.31 10:30am-12pm
Ballet In french-Beginners
Alliance Française de Chicago
810 North Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60610
312.337.1070
www.af-Chicago.org
info at af-Chicago.org
Perfect your stretches, first position, second position and arabesques!

04.01-05.06 11:15am-12:30pm
Mama & Baby Belly Dancing
Bloom Yoga Studio
4663 N Rockwell
Chicago, IL
773.463.9642
www.bloomyogastudio.com
info at bloomyogastudio.com
Learn Belly Dancing while wearing your baby! You’ll learn an ancient art form that is also a great postpartum workout. Tuesdays.

04.09-05.14 4:30-5:30pm
Kids’ Yoga (Ages 7-10)
Bloom Yoga Studio
4663 N Rockwell
Chicago
773.463.9642
www.bloomyogastudio.com
info at bloomyogastudio.com
Discover new ways to stretch, breathe, relax and have fun!

04.11-05.03 7pm-11
’Act Natural’ Group Art Exhibition
3201 South Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60608
773.842.1754
www.32ndurban.com
thirty_second_urban at yahoo.com
The exhibition ACT NATURAL brings together artists and designers to meditate on the capacity for our interior surroundings to ‘bring us closer to nature’. The exhibition also challenges us to consider how our domestic spaces reflect the greater environment; in form, material or function.

04.17-05.31 9am-5pm
Melting Ice / A Hot Topic: Envisioning Change
The Field Museum
1400 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605
312.922.9410
www.fieldmuseum.org
The effects of climate change are taking place from the Andes to the Arctic, and throughout Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Come see how 26 artists from around the world respond to the threats posed by melting ice and rising temperatures.

Saturdays 1-2:30pm
Yoga for a Healthy Back
Bloom Yoga Studio
4663 N Rockwell
Chicago, IL
773.463.9642
www.bloomyogastudio.com
info at bloomyogastudio.com
Build a gentle yoga practice to relax your neck and back, gain mobility, and strengthen supportive muscles.

05.02-05.04 pm
Going Green Wisconsin EXPO
Exibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center
1919 Alliant Energy Center Drive
Madison, WI 53713
www.goinggreenwisconsin.com/EXPO
Going Green Wisconsin EXPO is being held at Exhibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center on May 2-4, 2008. The EXPO is hosted by Madison Magazine and will feature over 100 diverse local and national green businesses. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door.

05.02-05.08
Environmental documentary “The Unforeseen”
Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL
312.846.2800
www.siskelfilmcenter.org
Produced by Robert Redford and Terrence Malick, “The Unforeseen” explores the bitter environmental battle over a parcel of land in Texas which becomes a monster subdivision in Austin, depleting natural resources and threatening a limestone aquifer that feeds Barton Springs.

05.03 5:30-10:30pm
Infinity Foundation’s 11th Annual Birthday Benefit
Highland Park Country Club
1201 Park Avenue West
Highland Park, IL 60035
847.831.8828
www.infinityfoundation.org
InfinFound at aol.com
Dinner, silent auction, raffle, practitioners’ fair, after dinner program. Neale Donald Walsch honored as 2008 Infinity Foundation Spirit Award Recipient.

05.03 9:30am-12pm
The “Ins” and “Outs” of Composting
Angelic Organics Learning Center
1547 Rockton Road, Caledonia, IL 61011
815.389.8455
www.learngrowconnect.org/calendar.html
workshops at learngrowconnect.org
Learn what makes a successful compost pile, and decide which methods will work best for your household. Please pre-register. $45.

05.03 1-3:30pm
Build a Raised Garden Bed
Angelic Organics Learning Center
1547 Rockton Road, Caledonia, IL 61011
815.389.8455
www.learngrowconnect.org/calendar.html
workshops at learngrowconnect.org
Together we’ll build, fill and plant a raised garden bed with wooden sides. Please pre-register. Program Fee: $45.

05.03 9am-6pm
”Ancient Chicago” Day Trip
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
3001 Central St.
Evanston, IL 60201
847.475.1030
www.mitchellmuseum.org
The museum hosts a daylong bus tour of significant early Native American sites in the Chicago area.

05.03 10am-12pm
Love at First Sight?
The C. G. Jung Center
817 Dempster Street
Evanston IL 60201
847.475.4848
www.cgjungcenter.org
jung at cgjungcenter.org
Fairy-tales and movie clips will be used to illustrate what prompts love-or hate- at first sight.

05.03 1-4pm
Transference and Countertransferece
The C. G. Jung Center
817 Dempster Street
Evanston IL 60201
847.475.4848
www.cgjungcenter.org
jung at cgjungcenter.org
For mental-health professionals. Lecture and clinical examples will be included. Confidentiality is assumed.

05.03 11am-3pm
Highland Park Earth Festival
Jens Jenson Park
Downtown Highland Park, Illinois
www.hpearthfestival.org
Activities will include a pre-festival bike ride, environmental service project, informative lectures, eco-themed activities for kids, live music, food and more.

05.03 10am-2pm
Come to a MayaWorks Fair Trade Spring Sale!
MayaWorks Distribution Center
1732 W. Hubbard, Suite 1A
Chicago, IL 60622
Near the corner of Grand & Ashland.
312.243.8050
www.mayaworks.org
info at mayaworks.org
Support Maya women by shopping our selection of beautiful products from textiles and home accents to bags/accesories, jewelry and children’s items. MayaWorks develops sustainable markets for partner artisan groups in Guatemala. MayaWorks pays fair wages, funds training, scholarship, and microcredit programs.

05.03-05.04 am
Stillness Moves™ - Move from your own Wisdom
Masterpeace Studios - St. Louis
J. Milton Turner Office Building
1099 Milwaukee, Suite 10
Kirkwood, MO 63122
928.274.0386
www.stillnessmoves.com
Experience the fundamentals that define your movement, work with these to continuously embody new potential, evolve and align your practice with your needs and aspirations.
Stillness Moves is an embodiment path where practice, inquiry and contemplation are one.
Pre registration required.
12 NCBTMB CEhours

05.03-05.04 2pm
Men’s Spiritual Retreat
Chicago
773.915.3174
Explore connections to self, others and Creator through traditional Cherokee healing Wisdom. Connect to the Earth in this unique natural wooded setting. Join Rev. Swimming Otter Saturday, 2pm-Sunday afternoon. Suggested donation $55, meals included. No one refused for lack of donation. Limited space. Call for more information.

05.03-05.04
Earth Day Celebration & Stelle Open House
Community of Stelle (90 minutes south of Downtown Chicago)
708.828.4325
Web site
julie at centerforsustainablecommunity.org
Includes workshops & tours of the solar homes, windmills, the solar powered telephone company, community gardens,and a strawbale home.

Eight consecutive Saturdays, beginning May 3rd. 1-5pm
Five Elements Energy Work
Craniosacral BioDynamics of Evanston
725 Washington
Evanston
847.328.8433
www.craniosacralevanston.com
info at craniosacralevanston.com
Explore how the elements earth, water, air, fire, and ether manifest and express themselves in our physical, emotional and mental bodies. Learn to use that awareness in bodywork. $450 for the series. See our website for details.

Saturday 11am-3pm
Earth Fest!
Jens Jensen Park & Ravinia Metra Station
1800 St. Johns Ave.
Highland Park, IL 60035
847.433.4875
www.hpearthfestival.org
amylohmolder at yahoo.com
Earth Fest!- an Earth Day celebration and sustainability festival. Organic food, live music, green speakers, games, rickshaw rides, and other fun activities! Learn current sustainable practices and green lifestyle options. Cosponsored by League of Women Voters HP, Oxfam America, and Ravinia Neighbors Association.

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