http://livingroomrealty.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:42:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey neighbors! Residents of the Ukrainian Village & East Village get excited...a new branch of the Chicago Public Library is opening on Tuesday September 7th! The new First Ward Library will be housed in the Goldblatt's Building at 1625 W. Chicago Avenue. We here at LivingRoom can not wait until we ... http://livingroomrealty.com/livingroom-loves-to-read/ For No One but Us, curated by Justin Schmitz Gallery Opening Thursday August 5th 6-8pm Show runs until Saturday September 11th, 2010 For No One but Us, is a collection of work by artists using photography as a way to engage in their creative process. Images that would only exist on ... http://livingroomrealty.com/gallery-opening-for-no-one-but-us-curated-by-justin-schmitz/ Join us at LivingRoom on Wednesday July 28th from 7-9PM for a discussion about the exciting world of urban poultry!  Jim Lichon will be here to lead things and answer the many questions you might have along with...wait for it...some of his finest feathered friends! Jim will touch on everything ... http://livingroomrealty.com/raising-caring-for-city-chickens-with-jim-lichon/ We just had to share these adorable pics of the girls from Ag47 hard at work!  Or is it play? Either way it looks like fun and we are so proud to have been a part! Stay tuned for much more! http://livingroomrealty.com/micro-grant-winner-ag47s-first-meeting/ Our friend Kate (when she isn't busy working at the amazing office of Square Root Architecture) spends her time creating awesome furniture pieces made from reclaimed materials with her boyfriend Craig.  They post the pieces, all very reasonably priced, on their blog at Modified Originals. Make sure you take a look ... http://livingroomrealty.com/check-out-the-fabulous-work-of-modified-originals/ We here at LivingRoom are super excited to present the fine folks from The Green Mama and their lecture "Healthy Homemaking 101" on Wednesday August 4th from 7-9PM at LivingRoom.  If you would like to attend this lecture please RSVP. Join us for an informative evening about all the ways you ... http://livingroomrealty.com/the-green-mama-presents-healthy-homemaking-101-at-livingroom/ LivingRoom is hosting a contra dance! The Screaming Laundry Hawks play and Rachel Shapiro calls. The Screaming Laundry Hawks are Edward Wallace (fiddle), Dan Fuchs (guitar) & Steve Hartley (bass), and they will rock the house with a mix of old-time & Irish tunes! Live music and dancing 8-10:30PM, Thursday July 22nd $5 admission All ... http://livingroomrealty.com/livingrooms-first-contra-dance/ Sarah & The Tall Boys bring (and man, can they bring it!) their sweet country blues to LivingRoom on Thursday July 15th.  Sarah's voice will blow you away... ...and Bob Bednarz will pick up the pieces and let you put them all together again as he DJ's three great ... http://livingroomrealty.com/blues-dance-at-livingroom-thursday-715/ A short while ago we posted a blog about The Mobile Garden Project. But there is big new news!  A local donor has offered $15,000 in matching funds to the project, if they raise the same by July 31st. Check out the Mobile Garden's Kickstarter page for more info! http://livingroomrealty.com/the-mobile-garden-gets-a-kickstart/ Come out this weekend June 26th & 27th for the Green Music Fest just a hop and a skip from us here at LivingRoom.  The festivities go down both days on Chicago Avenue between Ashland & Noble. There are ton of bands playing including The Wailers, The Aggrolites, Cloud Cult, David ... http://livingroomrealty.com/check-out-the-green-music-fest-this-weekend/