Leen Yassine

1 week ago | blockclubchicago.org | Leen Yassine

CHICAGO — Popular Chicago farmers markets — including Maxwell Street Market and the city-sponsored farmers markets — are returning to neighborhoods citywide this month. The markets kick off this spring and summer and run through October, bringing fresh produce, local artisans, street food and multicultural programs to Chicago streets. Some neighborhood farmers markets — like the Lincoln Square and Wicker Park markets — kicked off earlier this month.

1 week ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Leen Yassine

CHICAGO — The weekend is looking to be warm and sunny, and there will be plenty of ways to enjoy the city, from a spring bird walk and a University of Chicago carillon music festival to an Asian Heritage Month celebration in Chinatown Square. There’s also an Illinois Craft Beer Week kickoff event at Begyle Brewing, a SAUCED Night Market at Half Acre, a Czech music concert with Rembrandt Chamber Musicians, a Bronzeville mural tour led by artist Chris Devins, an Elastic Arts benefit and much more.

1 week ago | blockclubchicago.org | Leen Yassine

CHICAGO — The weekend is looking to be warm and sunny, and there will be plenty of ways to enjoy the city, from a spring bird walk and a University of Chicago carillon music festival to an Asian Heritage Month celebration in Chinatown Square. There’s also an Illinois Craft Beer Week kickoff event at Begyle Brewing, a SAUCED Night Market at Half Acre, a Czech music concert with Rembrandt Chamber Musicians, a Bronzeville mural tour led by artist Chris Devins, an Elastic Arts benefit and much more.

1 week ago | blockclubchicago.org | Leen Yassine

CHICAGO — Whether you’re looking to celebrate your mom, mother-in-law, grandma or another maternal figure this Mother’s Day, there are plenty of ways to do so. Local markets, paint-and-sip workshops, a cookie-decorating class, yoga sessions, a rooftop party and more are all on deck. Here are 22 ways to celebrate Mother’s Day in Chicago this weekend:3-6:30 p.m. Friday Sunny Village Cafe, 5918 W. Lawrence Ave.

1 week ago | blockclubchicago.org | Leen Yassine

CHICAGO — With Cinco de Mayo around the corner, there are plenty of ways Chicagoans can celebrate the Mexican holiday across the city, from live mariachi and music to day parties and Latin-inspired eats like a chicken tinga pizza. We’ve also got a list of ways to celebrate Cinco de Mayo — a holiday honoring the Mexican army’s victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla in 1862 — in Little Village, the Mexican capital of the Midwest. Find that list here.