Bluegrass extravaganza this weekend in Frankfort
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The 11th Annual Frankfort Bluegrass Festival features two days of free string music from some of the best performers in the genre July 8 and 9 in downtown Frankfort.
The festival includes 40 performances by 20 bands over two days, from Travlin’ McCourys, Tim O’Brien Band, Becky Buller Band, Special Consensus and more. Bands will play from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Frankfort Bluegrass Festival is a former “Event of the Year” award holder as named by the International Bluegrass Musical Association.
“The high standard set over the previous decade inspires every artist performing and every volunteer donating time,” said Steve Haberichter, a founding member of the all-volunteer committee. “The extraordinary culture that has evolved is a credit to the musicians, their interaction with respectful audiences and the volunteers who respond every year.”
The event includes a Kids Activity Area, where toddlers to teens can make crafts, play games, and enjoy the performances from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. The Down Home Guitar tent offers a chance for people of all ages to try out bluegrass instruments.
“As always our mission is to promote the preservation and education of bluegrass music, a true traditional American musical art form, in beautiful historic downtown Frankfort,” said Haberichter said in a news release.
More information is at www.frankfortbluegrassfest.com.
Frontier League All-Star Game, Skills Competition set in Crestwood
The Frontier League, an independent baseball league and a partner league of Major League Baseball, will host its Skills Competition and All-Star Game in the Southland for the first time in 20 years at Ozinga Field in Crestwood, home of the Frontier League’s Windy City Thunderbolts.
The action begins at 6:30 p.m. July 11 with the Skills competition and continues at 6:30 p.m. July 12 with the All-Star Game at Ozinga Field, 14011 S. Kenton Ave. Tickets and information are with Terry Bonadonna at [email protected].
Beverly/Morgan Park Garden Walk is Sunday
The 4th Annual Beverly/Morgan Park Garden Walk is planned from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 9 with a rain date of July 16.
Presented by the Beverly Area Planning Association, the event features seven private spaces that showcase a variety of growing conditions and plant varieties, as well as unique and artistic art and décor, according to a news release. The Garden Walk will begin at the Edna White Community Garden, 1850 W. Monterey Ave. All tour-goers must start the event by 1 p.m., at which time ticket will call and day of sales will close.
Featured gardens are located throughout the neighborhood, and include a shade garden, a garden that’s been worked for more than 25 years, a space that explores the boundaries between full sun and full shade and a garden restored to its 1930s luster using historic photographs of the property, along with other properties.
The event includes an array of garden experiences including beverage and food tastings from local restaurants and music.
Garden Walk tickets are $30 in advance at www.bapa.org and $35 on the day of the event. More information is at 773-233-3100 or [email protected].
Morgan Park students tour Boston
Morgan Park Academy’s annual middle school summer trip saw students explore history in and around Boston in June.
Rising seventh and eighth graders walked the Freedom Trail and the Black Heritage Trail, explored the Revolutionary War battlefields of Lexington and Concord, visited the Salem Witch Museum and the Plimoth Patuxet settlement near Plymouth Rock and saw the legendary USS Constitution.
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The Cardinal Bernardin Council of the Knights of Columbus based in Evergreen Park recently presented $2,500 to the Courage Program at St Germaine Parish in Oak Lawn to support its work with mothers and babies, $500 to support Newman Centers at five public Illinois universities. The group also presented five $500 scholarships to area eighth grade graduates. Two more grants of $500 each are to be awarded to current seminarians to assist in their education for the priesthood.
Pop-up food pantry offered in Robbins
Meals in the Meantime is partnering with the village of Robbins for our next pop-up food pantry. Free, fresh, healthy, high-quality grocery bags of food are available starting at 10 a.m. July 15 at the William Leonard Public Library, 13820 Central Park Ave. in Robbins.
All who need food are welcome, according to a news release from the group. The food will be distributed first come, first served.
Send news to [email protected].