On Friday, June 21, 2019, Chicago will join over 1,000 cities around the world in the largest single-day celebration of music. Inspired by France’s Fête de La Musique, Make Music Chicago is a free, citywide, do-it-yourself festival of music. Chicagoans of all ages and musical abilities, from seasoned professionals to those with no music experience, are invited to make music at any of the Make Music Chicago events, which include free sing-alongs, play-alongs, lessons, and performances. For a full schedule of events please visit makemusicchicago.org/schedule.

June 21st event highlights include:

Chicago Riverwalk – between Michigan Avenue and Lake Street
5:00-7:30PM – Make Music Chicago is thrilled to be offering a full evening of play-alongs, sing-alongs, and free music lessons along the Chicago Riverwalk. Instruments will be provided, just bring yourself!

Gallagher Way – 3635 N. Clark Street
6:30-8:00PM – Make Music Chicago is bringing our much-loved concert band play-along, Sousapalooza, to Gallagher Way! Bring your instrument and play some marches alongside the Navy Band Great Lakes. If you play flute, stick around for a play-along with the Chicago Flute Club later in the evening.*

*Registration required, please visit makemusicchicago.org/sousapalooza and makemusicchicago.org/flutes

Breakey Theatre at Chicago State University – 9501 S. King Drive
2:00-7:30PM Try your hand at steel pans, harmonica and an array of percussion instruments at Breakey Theatre before jumping into a jam session with the South Side Jazz Coalition! Instruments will be provided, just bring yourself!

In case of inclement weather, the outdoor events (Chicago Riverwalk, Gallagher Way) will move to Broadway Armory – 5917 N. Broadway

Despite an uncertain forecast, scores of River North families flocked to Ward Park for the RNRA’s annual Spring Family Festival. Laughter filled the air as the kids enjoyed flower planting, games, crafts, art, music, face painting, bubbles and balloon animals under mostly sunny skies in the beautiful riverfront setting. We sincerely appreciate the many local businesses and organizations whose activities and/or giveaways made the childrens’ experience so special. And a special thank you to our amazing volunteers, Marion Bryer, Margaret Nagala, Gina Spata, Stephanie Westerkamp, Nikki Sclafani and Nancy Kalchbrenner, without whom this wonderful event would not have been possible.

On Friday, May 24 at 5:00 p.m. 18th District Commander Daniel O’Shea led the community in a Faith and Action Prayer Walk from Evergreen and Hudson to Chicago and Larrabee and along the North branch riverwalk to Montgomery Ward Park (Kingsbury and Erie).   Pastor Randall Blakey of LaSalle Street Church led the group in prayer at several stops along the walk. It was a lovely night and a beautiful community experience.

Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts are dedicated to providing performance opportunities for emerging classical musicians while providing free weekly concerts throughout the year for Chicago audiences. Each Wednesday at 12:15pm, a welcoming audience fills Preston Bradley Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center to hear the brightest and best of young classical talent from around the world perform a 45-minute program. For more information and event details, please visit http://imfchicago.org/programs/dame-myra-hess-memorial-concerts/

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Art on theMART is joining the city in celebration of the 2019 Year of Chicago Theatre! This spring, a multi-part projection piece capturing seven significant Chicago theater artists by renowned lighting designer John Boesche will illuminate theMART. Coming this June, Art on theMART will introduce a collaboration piece between scenic designer John Musial and Lucky Plush Artistic Director Julia Rhoads. Visit artonthemart.com for more info. #artontheMART

In May,  Alderman Brian Hopkins  joined Mayor Rahm Emanuel in announcing the expansion of the CTA’s free Wi-Fi network service to all downtown Red and Blue Line station platforms. This new service is available at 18 stations and is ideal for commuters who want to quickly download media, large files or simply access the Internet without using their data from their monthly wireless service packages.

Station platforms now equipped with the new Wi-Fi service include:

The Blue Line’s Belmont and Logan Square stations will be equipped with Wi-Fi by late May. The cost of this new Wi-Fi service in all Red and Blue line subway stations is approximately $1 million and was paid out of CTA’s operating budget.

For more info visit: https://transitchicago.com/wifi

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