Scene in Logan Square: Summer Sessions on the Square

Summer Sessions on the Square, a summer concert music series, takes place Saturday, June 27, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Logan Square monument, and continues the last Saturdays of July, August and September.

Gather your friends and family, yep, even the kids.  Pack a picnic and a blanket.  And enjoy the sounds of Summer Sessions.

Think Ravinia.  But with a distinctly more local flavor.  Summer Sessions kicks off Saturday with music by Grupo Yubá (which, I think, demands dancing in addition to listening!, scroll down to find their video on the left of link), Son del Viento and the raucus soul of bABY ALright.

Planting peace at Paseo Prairie Garden

Last weekend’s Plant Peace, Harvest Justice! event at Paseo Prairie Garden was a great event at one of the Great places in Logan Square on a beautiful sunshiney day.  It was just the first of three Live Arts Events* leading up to the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival.

The day began with participants starting a collaborative painting (photo left) while talking about what brought them to the event and their own commitment to peace.

There were lots of activities to keep things going throughout the day like recorded and live music, artists and budding artists painting their individual masterpieces, which will be on display later this summer at the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival.  Neighbors were stopping in to see what was going on all day long.

One of the highlights for me was a song about the Paseo

Great places in Logan Square

Logan Square Farmers Market.  New Wave Coffee. El Cid’s patio. These are just some of the great places in Logan Square that I’ve mentioned in recent posts. Certainly there are many more.

What Makes Your Place Great? contest

The Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC), in partnership with the Project for Public Spaces (PPS), has a What Makes Your Place Great? contest underway to spotlight great public places in Chicago.

Scene in Logan Square: Logan Square Farmers Market

Logan Square Farmers Market opens its 2009 season on Sunday, June 7, 10:00 a.m., and continues Sundays through October, at the southeast corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Logan Boulevard.

In addition to the early summer produce from farms like Temple Farm Organics (click for a June coupon), Mike and Clare’s Farm, and Jake’s Country Meats, this week there will be prepared food from Vella Café, Fonda del Mar and Cook au Vin (next week Treat will also join the market).

And that’s not all, there will be soaps and cookies and yarns and pies.