One-time events and ongoing activities (public and ticketed) in the Emerson-Garfield neighborhood.
The 23rd annual Trinity Catholic School [map] Cow Plop takes place tomorrow (that is, Saturday, June 1) from 11am to 4pm. For the uninitiated, a cow plop lets cows do what cows do best while humans gamble on the deposits. The top prize is $3,100, and there are 50 more cash prizes to be won. In addition to the live bovine bingo, there’s a street carnival with face painting, a mechanical bull, pony rides, arts and crafts, and pizza from Pizza Rita….
Tossed & Found is going to be holding its third annual Barn Sale on Saturday, May 25. This is the event where one of N. Monroe’s most popular vintage stores closes off its parking lot and opens up its barn. It will run from 9am until 5pm and will be held in the rear parking lot of the building [map]. For the past two years, the Barn Sale has been a cornucopia of all things distressed, vintage, antique, and retro….
The Emerson Community Garden will be holding its second work day of the season this Saturday (May 18) from 1-4pm. The garden is located at 3209 N. Madison [map]. Here are some of the things they have planned: Finish roto-tilling the corn bed Prepare the raspberry bed for new starts Build and paint signs to mark the rows of plants Plant seeds and starts A lot got done during the first work day of the season, and the EGC members…
Here are some photos from this year’s Spring Cleanup event on April 27: Thanks go out to Mallory Battista, who snapped all these smiling faces. Any other photographers — hobbyist or pro, it doesn’t matter — who also took some images are welcome to submit them.
Petunia’s Marketplace will be hosting another one of its popular wine dinners on Saturday, April 27. What’s on the menu this time? Halibut Provencal with Bridgepress Cellars Pinot Blanc Olive bruschetta and truffle mac & cheese with Domaine Serene 08 Pinot Noir Warm mushroom, arugula and prosciutto salad with undecided red Chinese five-spice baby back ribs with Robert Ramsay 2010 Syrah Chocolate dessert with Hestia Cellars 08 Merlot The wine dinner starts at 5pm. Seats are $45 each — and…