Poetry and Stories @ Chicago Lawn

I Love My People

Date: Thu. July 21, 2011
Time: 6:00 pm
Location:
Chicago Lawn
6120 S. Kedzie Avenue
60629
Program: Summer Reads for Adults
About this event:

Culminating in his original anthem “I Love My People”, Oba William King combines poetry and stories to celebrate the writings of African American leaders including Langston Hughes, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Gwendolyn Brooks.

Red Cross Community Safety Day

Date: Sat. July 23, 2011
Time: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Cost: Free
Location:
West Englewood
1745 W. 63rd Street
60636
About this event:
This course certifies participants to perform First Aid and CPR. The length of the course will vary depending on the components chosen by the participant.  Components to the program can include First Aid and Adult, Child, and Infant CPR.

Class participants should be able to read and comprehend at a 6th grade level or higher.
Registration:
Please call 312-747-3481 to register.

Movies in the Park-Rocky

Movies in the Parks - Rocky (PG)

Date: 07/21/11
Start Time: 8:30 PM
Schedule Notes: All movies begin at dusk.
Cost: FREE
Location : Rainey Park

4350 W. 79th St.
Chicago, 60652
773.284.0696

The 2011 Movies in the Parks season is in progress! Charter One is proud to present over 175 movies in parks all across Chicago.

Click here to download a PDF of our full schedule.

ALL MOVIES ARE FREE AND BEGIN AT DUSK ...you bring the snacks, we'll bring the stars...

Patrons can call the Movies in the Parks hotline for daily listings and updated weather-related cancellations at 312-742-1134.

Summer Camp

 

Camp Rosenthal is located in Dowagiac , Michigan. 

Parents/ Guardians can contact the Crown center for more information  at 773.731-0444.  

 

The remaining sessions are :
July 18- July 28th 11days  7-12 years old
August 1st - August 9th - 9 days, 7-12 years old
August 12- August 19th 8 days, Teen Camp 13-15 years old
August 22 - August 26 , 5 days , Family camp , Ages 3 and up 

 

Rebeca Crown Youth Center 

 

 

Movies in the Park

Legacy Inc. presents Teen Safety Night

 

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Safety Day on July 14th from 2:00-6:00pm

@Gary Comer Youth Center 

A big event for the teens and youth in our community. We focus on 10 different forms of safety in our workshops and performances. There will be sex safety, fire safety, road safety, environmental safety, police Q&A, and our most popular teen panel. Did I mention this event is FREE? There will be free food, free workshops, free performances, and free information. We will even provide bus transportation if needed.

Free Slurpees today at 7-Eleven

In celebration of the store's unofficial birthday, 7-Eleven stores across the country are offering free 7.11-ounce Slurpees. No coupons or secret codes needed. Just stop in and they’ll whip you up one of the icy concoctions that has made the convenience store famous.

Here’s a list of Chicago 7-Eleven locations.

Chinatown Summer Fair

Date:	Sunday, July 17, 2011
Time:	10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location:	Wentworth Ave from Cermak Rd to 24th Pl. | Chicago

Neighborhood Festival featuring: A Lion Dance procession at 1:00 p.m. which starts at the Main Stage (23rd St and Wentworth Ave) with Asian cultural entertainment and a Music Stage (Wentworth Ave and 24th Pl) on the hour. A taste of Chinatown's many restaurants, local unique gift shops, Chinese art's and craft's exhibit, a children area and street vendors with an array of merchandise for a day long family event.

(IVPA) Postitions Available

IVPA is a state agency established to plan, coordinate, fund and evaluate public health and public safety approaches to violence prevention in the State of Illinois. IVPA provides grants to community and statewide groups to implement and evaluate prevention activities in the areas of family violence prevention, youth violence prevention, and community safety (for more info, refer to www.ivpa.org). The Illinois Violence Prevention Authority (IVPA) is currently seeking to fill five (5) full-time positions based in Chicago: Assistant Director of Grant Programs Safety Net Works Program Manager NRI Program Developer NRI Contract Monitor Positions For full job descriptions, please see www.npo.net and the IVPA website at www.ivpa.org . Applicants interested in the NRI positions should fax or mail cover letter and resume to Lorri Jenkins, NRI Program Director at 312.814.1108.

Techie Competition $50,000 in awards!

Four governmental agencies. Over 175 data sets. $50,000 in awards. Real time technical assistance. Connecting communities with software developers.

The Apps for Metro Chicago, IL competition is an unprecedented #opengov software challenge.

The Data | The Awards

We invite software developers, community groups, businesses and individuals to build apps that solve problems and improve services in Metro Chicago. Our goal in this three-phased competition is to increase government transparency by facilitating the building of software applications that are creative, useful, and designed for long-term impact.

Apps for Metro Chicago, Illinois is the first apps competition to be a collaborative effort among four governmental agencies. The City of Chicago, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, Cook County, and the State of Illinois are together providing an exceptional amount of open data, an unprecedented amount of technical assistance and unique efforts to help software developers team up with community organizations to build useful apps.

Any and all software applications are eligible as long as they are for a platform widely available to the public like the web, smart phones, and SMS.

Support for this competition comes from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition, the Motorola Mobility Foundation and The Chicago Community Trust.