 | What's New This Week? We will continue to keep you posted on the innovative ways businesses along Harrison Street are functioning under COVID-19 guidelines. #openforbusiness #shoponharrisonstreet. |  Click for class details | MORA Asian Kitchen: The Asian Fusion restaurant is offering Live Stream Cooking Classes! Adobo Fried Rice kits will be available this Friday, May 1st from 5 -8 pm for pick up at any MORA location for only $10. Tune in the next day, Saturday at 2pm and join Chef Garnet for another cooking lesson as he goes through prepping the ingredients through cooking the wonderful dish.
Before the lesson, there will be a recap of last week's class on Pancit Noodles. Those kits will be available as well so you can follow along just in case you missed it last week or because you want to do it again! 201 Harrison | Rare Bird Preserves: Now through May 30th, all Rare Bird Preserves gift cards purchased online will go directly to the Rare Bird Kitchen Employee Relief Fund. You can use gift cards online or in the store upon reopening!
The kitchen will be hosting a Mini Market Pop-up Series in May! In collaboration with Mick Klug Farms, RBP will be Oak Park's Thursday morning destination. The market will feature Mick Klug CSA's, bouquets by Petals, and pre-ordered Rare Bird Preserves and more! 8 - 10 am. Please email any questions to TheShop@rarebirdpreserves.com. 211 Harrison | Elevate Hair and Beauty Boutique The salon's online beauty boutique is the resource to keep your spirits up and to keep the kids in the tub longer! Shop for fresh, fun bath items like Immunity Shield Bath Bombs and Spongelle Body Wash Infused Sponges. Home wax strips by No-Mo and Style Edit Touch Up Powder are helpful products to maintain your look on all those video calls you're making. Owner Gail Coughlin recommends the Aloxxi Conditioning Color Mask to refresh color on your ends. SHOP! |  Registration is now open for L'Institut Français d'Oak Park's Summer Session. Find Summer Camp info too! |  Join the Virtual Conversation Cafe at L'Institut Français d'Oak Park. Click for details. | | | Val's halla Records: Record Store Day has been postponed to June 20th. Record Store Day and Dualtone have collaborated to make a black, not concert t-shirt with proceeds going to help record stores that are currently struggling. #SaveYourRecordStore and place your order today.
Remember mom with a gift certificate or an album from the online shop! | Bead in Hand: In solidarity with independent bead shops, a Czech glass wholesaler has come up with a brilliant plan for artisans and crafters to be able to shop its beads, buttons and findings at retail and support their local shop as well. Visit Viralbeads.com and enter the code BEAD IN HAND (all caps) at checkout. Bead in Hand will receive a percentage of your purchase. | | Mother's Day is Sunday, May 10th! | Bead in Hand: The bead store has added handmade by you Mother's Day gifts to its collection of Kits for Sheltering in Place.
The shop also has projects suitable for everyone ages 6 and up. Many of which would make great gifts for mom as well. Visit the website to order. Email info@beadinhand with questions. Curbside pickup or shipping are offered. SHOP 145 Harrison | Open for Business Online Take a class, work out, make art, make music, shop... you can still do it all with help from the businesses of the Oak Park Arts District. Please support them now so their doors can swing open later.
Please note, many businesses prorate classes so it's not too late to sign up if the session has already begun. | Music Together You and Yours: Build your child's natural enthusiasm for music and movement while you shelter in place. Music Together You and Yours has moved online for the spring Maracas collection. The session runs eight weeks starting April 3rd. (Friday at 10 am, Saturday at 10 am, Monday at 11:15 am) on Zoom, plus enjoy additional prerecorded activities through the website. $100 per family. For more information visit Musictogetheryouandyours.com | RC Training & Fitness: The fitness studio is hosting free athlete training sessions on Mondays at 4 pm for athletes ages 12 & up, parents and coaches. These comprehensive sessions will focus on developing strength, speed, power, and recovery strategies through effective programming with little to no equipment.
Reach out to Coach James at james@rc-fit.com to get weekly Zoom call invites! | Katie Kamholz, ATR, LCPC: Offering art therapy and counseling via telehealth (therapy online) on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. | INTUIT Dance: INTUIT Dance is Zooming all classes and they are a hit! It isn't too late to sign up, the studio prorates! As always, INTUIT has classes for three-year-olds to seniors. INTUIT is also videotaping classes if people prefer a taped class instead of a live class.
People can sign up at intuitdance.org, call 312.505.0186 or email intuitdance@gmail.com.
The studio is also looking to add a FAMILY DANCE JAM- a Zoomed class that families with small children can do together. INTUIT would like feedback as to when a good time to hold a Family Dance Jam would be so call 312.505.0186 or email Diane at intuitdance@gmail.com if you are interested.
If there is a time you would like a class but don't see it on the schedule - let the studio know! | CrossFit Spero: The fitness studio offers Online Coaching for all athletic ability. No experience necessary. Spero has always offered remote coaching as part of its services. But in this difficult time for all of us, it has expanded the online offerings to include: free "at home” workout programming, free “recess classes” for kids, virtual classes, 1-on-1 personal training, nutrition coaching, stress management/wellness coaching and a weekly “At Home Transformation” membership. Please email dave@crossfitspero.com if you’d like more information. Or schedule a 15 minute virtual consult HERE. | Dye Hard Yarns: The online shop is is still open 24/7 with free shipping on any size package and curbside pick up. Wednesday's Fiber Fun Night will move to the interwebs. Sign up for our Zoom video conference invitation HERE.
The fiber studio is taking phone orders and video shopping requests by appointment only. Special orders can be placed for a variety of yarns. Need pattern suggestions or kits for a new project? Dye Hard Yarns is happy to put something together for you! (708) 613-4456. 210 Harrison | Studio 928 Time for Art: The creative studio hosts a Free Family Activity on Recycled ART Wednesday to help you fill the hours after e-learning and before dinner. Studio 928 offers a bevy of live stream art activities which you can find on its Facebook page. 911 S. Lombard Ave | The Actors Garden: The studio will be offering online classes and one on one coaching sessions beginning March 30th. Look for information on the website or email gigi@theactorsgarden.com
Also check out The Actors Garden FB page or the Website www.theactorsgarden.com for daily fun. The daily episodes of Climbing the Walls lets you enjoy interviews, singalongs, choreography lessons, mini concerts and much much more from members of the Actors Garden Family. Check out the fun AND if you would like to contribute to the page email gigi@theactorsgarden.com. |  Musikgarten of Oak Park's Spring Session dates will be announced soon. Stay tuned! | | Studio 144 Boutique: Support a small business by purchasing all your lotions, body wash, hand soaps, shampoo, tooth paste and more from owner Marcia Brown-Jackson's website. 40% percent of your purchase will help keep the business afloat until it can reopen. Thank you for being valued customers and supporting small businesses. 144 Harrison |  The Birth Boutique's Virtual Studio offers pre and postnatal classes, new baby gifts and family photography packages for a later date. | | Oak Park Fitness Trainer: Tommaso Sanna hosts a live streaming workout session every day at 10 am. And very generously, if you or someone you know is in need of meal assistance, Tommaso will cook healthy meals for you. Contact him at 708.627.0710 for details. |  Click for live stream class info | Kadampa Meditation Center Chicago: Awaken your spiritual potential and make a special connection to the enlightened founder of Buddhism in this world. Kadampa Buddhist monk Gen Kelsang Zamling will grant the blessing empowerment of Buddha Shakyamuni ("The Buddha"). An empowerment bestows upon us special blessings that heal our mental continuum and awaken our Buddha nature. It is like a formal guided meditation empowering us with the blessings, inspiration, and energy to transform and engage in the self-generation of Buddha Shakyamuni. Everyone is welcome to attend! Partial-weekend and full-weekend options available. Supreme Unchanging Friend, The Blessing Empowerment of Buddha Shakyamuni, Friday, May 1 - Sunday, May 3. LIVE ONLINE | GOOD EATS! Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Fresh food from our Harrison Street restaurants to you and your family. |  Stay up to date on this week's pies! | | | Buzz Cafe is offering carry out, curbside pick up and Uber Eats delivery. Enjoy Specials every day and Breakfast all day! Plus, organic eggs from the Wettstein Farm sold by the dozen for $5. 708-524-2899. 905 S. Lombard Ave. |  Order Up! DKT reopens for delivery and curbside pick up this week. | | What's Blooming on Harrison would have been Saturday, May 16th. Visit our website for a glimpse of who was coming to the festival. When possible, links have been provided to the artisans', crafters' and musicians' websites. All of these people have been greatly impacted by the cancellation of spring and summer events. Please consider supporting them through their online shops. We look forward to blooming in 2021. Now more than ever, thank you for supporting all the small businesses of the Oak Park Arts District. Be well. | | |
