Festival Sponsorships Available
The third annual St. Helen Festival is scheduled for September 20-23, 2007. We anticipate that 1,000+ visitors a day will come to enjoy our carnival rides, musical entertainment, beer garden, food, and other attractions. Currently, we are seeking both cash and in-kind donations to help us cover upfront expenses. Festival sponsorship is a great way for businesses and organizations to get their names in front of potential customers-and to help keep St. Helen’s excellent educational program affordable to families of all sizes and backgrounds. Please consider becoming a Festival sponsor or donor yourself—and share the sponsorship/donation form with local business owners you know and other community members who may wish to support St. Helen School.

Click here to download the
Festival Sponor Form

Horticultural Training and Design Studies— Saturdays at 10am-1PM

Register — wpgarden@aol.com or (773) 278-9075

Each week volunteers learn how to plant and tend all the plants in the park’s 8000 sq. feet of gardens. In addition, they learn the basic design concepts that we have employed in creating our award winning gardens. Many volunteers have worked with us to create exciting gardens at their homes from the concepts and tutoring we provided them while they tended the park’s gardens. Join our veteran garden tenders: Richard Tilley, Denise Browning, Jim Angrabright, Larry Clary, Lara Kastner, Susan Fontana, Allen Blaurock, Petrina Patti, Joyce Coffee, Teddy Varndell, Donna Nelson, Doug Wood and the Park Kids Grow Students.

Come, Garden, Learn, Create! Bring your Trowel and Gloves!

Friday, May 4th
8pm-2am

Experience the warm romantic atmosphere
of Bucktown’s hot new hang-out…

Complimentary SilkVodka cocktails, wine & hors d’oeuvres 8-9pm

Groove with DJ Greg Bauer until 2am!
$5 S.V. cocktails all night

IL COVO
2152 North Damen Ave.
(right off the Damen exit on 94, between Webster & Shakespeare)

Serving Rustic Italian Fare With A Modern Flair!

For Dinner Reservations, call 773 862.5555

Please RSVP for the party to:
DowntownMissyB@yahoo.com
(remember to include your name & # of guests)

See you Friday at IL COVO!

Saturday, May 5,
10 am-noon Grand Street Gardens-2200 W. Grand Ave
2-4 PM in Wicker Park…1425 N. Damen…Chicago (During Plant Sale)

REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR WORKSHOP—Limit 20 per class wpgarden@aol.com (773) 278-9075…Pay $15 at door…Cash or Check to

Saturday & Sunday May 5-6, 10am-4pm

Wicker Park, 1425 N. Damen Ave, Chicago – Inside the Field House if Raining

Shop for annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, and grasses; find great stuff for your gardens and planters, or pick up something for Mothers Day and support the park.

Chang’s Martial Arts located in the heart of Wicker park for more than 18yrs invite you and your family to our promotion exam on 05/05/2007 @ 2pm-4pm.

1534 N. Milwaukee
Chicago,IL 60622
773-342-6442

Come and watch exciting breath taken performances by Grand Master, Masters, instructors,and students.

Don’t miss our special 2-4years old performances.They are so cute.And the black belt club members

Refereshments will be served.

Use this opportunity to educate your child about Tae Kwon Do and take advantage of our special program for this event only.

$89.00 for 2months
-Free uniform
-Free T-shirt
-Free DVD
And free registration for chamber members.

WHO: A blossoming shopping district on the east side of Bucktown on the corner of Elston and Webster, the Elston Edge represents fresh concepts in personal style, urbane expression, and cosmopolitan chic.

WHAT: Please join the Elston Edge for an afternoon of “Elegance at the Elston Edge,” an eclectic excursion into the season’s latest looks in décor, stationary, and makeup as curated by the trendsetters and tastemakers of Wicker Park and Bucktown. Join the Elston Edge for complimentary mini makeovers with Motives, a new line of mineral makeup, reflexology with Nourhy of NOW Studio and goody bags from businesses throughout the Wicker Park and Bucktown neighborhood. A portion of the day’s proceeds will benefit the Wicker Park and Bucktown Chamber of Commerce.

WHEN: Sunday, May 6th between 12 pm and 5 pm

WHERE: “Elegance at the Elston Edge” will take place at x y zanne, a home decorating boutique, located at 2211 N. Elston, suite 102, and is co-hosted by cardcoctions, hand-designed cards and gift shop; NOW Studio, a massage and reflexology studio and Motives Makeup

CONTACTS:
Suzanne Lauren, 773-276-0799
Deborah French, 773-395-0945
Stephanie Sack, 773-772-7429

There will be live music, a dinner buffet and a fiercely competitive auction to raise funds for educational programming at A.N. Pritzker Fine & Performing Arts/Gifted Center!

Join us at The Green Dolphin Street Restaurant (2200 N. Ashland Avenue) on Sunday, May 6 from 3-7pm at the Green Dolphin Restaurant for a celebration to remember!

Cheers!
Pritzker Parent-Teacher Organization (Pritzker School

Monday, May 7, 7-8:30 PM - Wicker Park Field House, 1425 N. Damen RSVP PLEASE—LIMITED SEATING—$8- wpgarden@aol.com or (7730 278-9075

Good PLANETS Are Hard to Find - ‘Garden Variety Environmentalism’
MIKE NOWAK, WGN Radio, Master Gardener, Tree Keeper, wgnradio

Tickets $8 - Register: wpgarden@aol.com or (773) 278-9075

As host of a radio gardening program, Mike has found himself playing a lot of roles in eight years: interviewer, student, skeptic, advocate, teacher, novice, expert, everyman. In his talk, Mike attempts to make some sense of what he’s learned and present some practical advice about the role of nature in the urban/suburban world.  He will talk a little bit about a lot of things: the soil, water, bugs, lawns, chemicals, and especially the average gardener’s attitude towards them. He will look at where, usually in the name of profits, we’ve been led down the garden path in the wrong direction, and how me might get back to safety and sanity.  Mike Nowak has been the host of WGN Radio’’s “Let’’s Talk Gardening” (Sundays at noon on 720 AM) for nine years. He is a  Chicago Master Gardener and a graduate of the TreeKeeper Program of the Openlands Project, which teaches people how to care for urban forests. He is a co-founder and past president of MELA, the Midwest Ecological Landscaping Association (melaweb), which promotes environmentally  responsible landscaping and horticultural practices among professionals and  the public. Last but not least, he is a writer and award-winning columnist for Chicagoland Gardening Magazine. You can find his sometimes-funny prose and always-funny picture on the inside back page of each issue.

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
-The Chicago Park District
-Chicago Specialty Gardens
-Coorens Communications, inc.
-Clinical Device Group, Inc
-Grand Street Gardens
-Green & Co.
Thinking Outside the Pot
-Wicker Park Committee

Meeting of the Board of Commissioners

Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Bucktown/ Wicker Park Library Branch
1701 N. Milwaukee Ave.

6:30pm Meet and Greet
7:00pm Call to Order

City Treasurer’s Small Business Expo
SPACE IS LIMITED - REGISTER TODAY

May 9, 2007
6:30 - 8:30 p.m

Hull House Small Business Development Center
4520 N. Beacon St.
Chicago, IL 60640

Workshop: “Business Basics”: For those who want to start a small business, including advice for checking the feasibility of your business idea, the basics of writing a business plan, and other business start-up procedures and resources.

To Register For The Workshop Visit Chicago City Treasurer or call Gail at (773) 822-0309

*Michelle Herzog & Colori-Chicago is pleased to invite you to join us as Philip Reno of C2 Paints Presents: *

Why Do We Gravitate Towards Certain Colors?
A Complex Color Evaluation

This course is directed from the suppostion that there are certain paint colors that we gravitate towards. These colors, whether interior or exterior, have a cultural precedent that causes them to resonate in a most profound manner. We will explore the roots of today’s most popular designer paint colors, in fine art dating back to the Renaissance period. Complex and full spectrum colors, mixed using the same techniques as the great masters, have found their way into boutique brands across the country. These brands have laid the foundation for what could soon be a revolution in the way the design industry sees and markets color to the masses.

Date: May 10
Time: 3PM (50-60 min presentation)
Location: 2243 W. North Ave.
Reception to follow light bites and cocktails

Please RSVP to michelle@colorichicago.com if you would be interested in attending.

SAVE THE DATE

Plan to attend an open house at the Center for Neighborhood Technology highlighting innovative tools available to support sustainable communities.

TOOLS FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

Thursday, May 10, 2007 - 3:00-7:00 p.m.
Center for Neighborhood Technology
2125 West North Avenue - Chicago, IL 60647

LEARN ABOUT CNT’s:

Calculators / GIS Analysis / Market Innovations / Planning / Research

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF:

Green Building Tours / Mini-Workshops

CO-SPONSORS:

The Chicago Department of Environment - Chicago Metropolitan Agency for
Planning - Chicago Rehab Network - Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for
Neighborhood and Community Improvement

For more information, email jan@cnt.org

Thursday, May 10 from 5-8 pm.

Virtu (2034 N Damen Avenue, 773.235.3790) will present a trunk show featuring the glass jewelry of verre newyork (verre newyork) Designer Julie Burton, one half of the duo behind verre newyork, will be on hand throughout the evening. A selection of fine truffles from Moonstruck Chocolates will be served with something sparkling all night long.

With more than eighty colors to choose from in over a hundred different designs, verre newyork offers a lovely line of glass and sterling jewelry that is perfectly packaged in tiny glass vials for superior storage and presentation. Virtu has carried a signature collection of earrings and necklaces in specific seasonal palettes for more than five years now. The trunk show presents an opportunity for fans of the line to see some colors and styles rarely stocked in house. Guests of the trunk show will be able to place custom orders on any item in the line.

VIRTU, a curious collection of gracious gifts, is located at 2034 N Damen Avenue in Bucktown, 773.235.3790, VIRTU. Store hours are 11 to 7 Tuesday through Friday, and 10 to 6 Saturday and Sunday. Over the past six years, we have become known as the place to find something for someone who has everything. Each item of jewelry, ceramic, glass, wood or letterpressed paper is uniquely made by hand for you by someone and not something.

Contact: Julie Horowitz Jackson

One of the world’s most popular tourist attractions, Machu Picchu is much more than a remnant of an old Inca city. Discover the sacred architecture of Machu Picchu revealing a powerful worldview of human beings living in harmony with Nature.

Lecture at 7 p.m. on Thursday May 10th.
New Acropolis International Cultural Association
1877 N. Milwaukee
Chicago, 60647.

Fee:10$

Information: 773.857.3124 and New Acropolis Chicago

Friday, May 11th
Rodan
1530 N. Milwaukee Ave.
7pm-9pm

Spring inspired martinis and fashion mix it up for the season. Renew your look and refresh your body with a silent auction offering exclusive spa services.

Celebrating the Wicker Park and Bucktown tastemakers and trendsetters in fashion and living.

Tuesday May 15
12:00-1:00 pm

Are you a small employer who is thinking of offering benefits to your employees? What plans are available? What are their differences? Do I have to offer it to all my employees? How much will I have to contribute for the plan? Why and what is an employee benefit?

This luncheon will answer why health benefits are important for you, your business and your employees and show what is available to you and your business by being a WPBCC Member. Please join us for lunch at the Wicker Park Chamber of Commerce Office.

Please RSVP by 1 PM 5/14/07 by calling the Chamber office at 773-384-2672. by calling the Chamber office at 773-384-2672.

Sponsored by:

A Benefit for Drummond Montessori Magnet School
6-10pm, Thursday, May 17

Rios d’ Sudamerica
2010 West Armitage
Chicago

Tickets: $75 in advance; $85 at the door
Raffle Tickets also are available for $5 with cash prizes ranging up to $500

Event proceeds will go toward some basic but critical improvements for the 114-year-old school building, such as a new air conditioner for the gymnasium, new tile and a fresh paint job, as well as air conditioners in other locations.

The event will feature a silent auction and a raffle, with some incredible prizes,including special activities with Drummond’s very own faculty (examples from last year include a tour of the Art Institute with Drummond’s art teacher and a science-themed bike ride with the science teacher).

Tickets for the event can be purchased online at Friends of drummond or call Monica Lasky at 773.252.6290 for additional information.

Honorary Co-Chairs:
Representative Annazette Collins and Alderman Ted Matlak

Sponsors:
Amazon ($4,500 +): Environs/Kevin Wood, Rubloff
Machu Picchu ($1,000 +): Lipe Properties, The Lowe Group, Howard Orloff
Andes ($500 +): Chase Bank, Allstate, and Property Consultants

City Treasurer’s Small Business Expo
SPACE IS LIMITED - REGISTER TODAY

May 17, 2007
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Chicago Community Ventures
700 N. Sacramento Blvd,
Suite 130
Chicago, IL 60612

Workshop: “Updating Your Business Plan”: A refresher class for existing business owners. Get tips for updating (or re-writing) your business plan to reflect your current business status and goals.

To Register For The Workshop Visit Chicago City Treasurer or call Gail at (773) 822-0309

Join us for this course on several major cultures and philosophies of East and West emphasizing their rich and useful modern-day applications. Highlights of our voyage include the philosophies of India, Tibet, China, Egypt, Ancient Greece and Rome, and Native America.

First free intro class on Thursday May 17th at 7p.m.
New Acropolis International Cultural Association
1877 N. Milwaukee
Chicago, 60647.

Information & Registration: 773.857.3124 & New Acropolis Chicago

Date: 5/19
Time: 6-8 PM
Location: 1336 N. Western Ave.

You are cordially invited to the Grand Opening of Salon Beaumonde (“beautiful world” in french). Salon Beaumonde are here to make an already beautiful Chicago even more beautiful. Oh the glamour!

Highlights:
-Cool Tunes
-Yummy Tunes
-Prizes

Contact 773-276-1884

We turn the heat this summer with a night of live music, spicy eats, cool cocktails and some fun! Aura readings henna tattoos and maybe a little fire eating performance art thrown in. Sparks will fly during the spirited silent auction too! $35 per person. RSVP by June 5th to info@wickerparkbucktown.com

City Treasurer’s Small Business Expo
SPACE IS LIMITED - REGISTER TODAY

May 24, 2007
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

University of Illinois Chicago
601 S. Morgan, Room 2350
Chicago, IL 60607

Workshop: “How to Write Your Business Plan”: Start-up companies can learn the basics for starting their businesses and get advice for writing a successful business plan.

To Register For The Workshops Visit Chicago City Treasurer or call Gail at (773) 822-0309

Stage of Life is partnering with The Chopin Theatre, 1543 West Division Street, for a children’s arts camp this summer. Children 6-12 are invited to join professional Chicago artists for an exciting summer of theatre, dance and visual arts, culminating in a unique, student-created production that will be performed on the historic Chopin Theatre’s main stage. You don’t want your child to miss the fun! Deadline for registration is June 1st, 2007. Sessions begin July 9th and run from 9am to 1pm Monday-Friday up until the performance on August 5th. For more information go to Stage of Life

Take Advantage Of This Great Opportunity By Entering TODAY!

To Register For The Business Plan Competition Visit Chicago City Treasurer

Submit Your Business Plan By Email To businessplans@cityofchicago.org by 5:00 P.M. June 6, 2007

For more information call Gail at (773) 822-0309

Winners will be announced at the:
6TH ANNUAL SMALL BUSINESS EXPO
McCormick Place
Lakeside Center
2301 South Lake Shore Drive
Friday, August 3, 2007
8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.