HPAC Fall Clean-up on October 19th!

With the outdoor park season coming to a close, the Advisory Council would like to see it end on a positive note by inviting the community out for a fall clean-up event. It will be held on Saturday, October 19th, from 9 am to 12 pm. Anyone is welcome to attend; the Park District will provide tools and supplies, and the HPAC will provide refreshments. Volunteers should meet at the fieldhouse at 1440 N. Sacramento.

We would like to encourage community groups, like block clubs and sports leagues, to share this flyer with your members and bring your group out to help make the park a more beautiful place. Please RSVP via email, although no one will be turned away. 

World Music Fest at the Boathouse this Friday

As part of the 11 day, city-wide World Music Festival Chicago, Humboldt Park will host Fareed Haque and Flat Earth on Friday, September 20th, from 6:00 - 7:30 pm at the boathouse. The concert is put on by the City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.

Fareed Haque is a well-known guitarist, originally from Chicago, who draws from a number of different styles in his playing. He and his band will be performing "Hymn of the Ancients." For more on World Music Festival Chicago shows, follow the link or like it on facebook.

AND DON'T FORGET...our September meeting is tonight at 6:30 in the fieldhouse.

Shakespeare in the Park: The Comedy of Errors, this Thursday and Friday at the Boathouse

Chicago Shakespeare's summer collaboration with the Park District to put on mobile theater performances throughout the City is coming to Humboldt Park this Thursday and Friday when they present The Comedy of Error. The production will take place on a mobile stage at the boathouse at 6:30 pm on both days. This is the second year of this series; it is free and open to all ages. Please see below for the press release and flyer from Chicago Shakespeare.

Building on the success of last summer’s inaugural Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks, the expanded 2013 program will bring William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, FREE FOR ALL, to Humboldt Park (just east of the Humboldt Park Boathouse) on Thursday, August 8th and Friday, August 9th, 2013 -shows at 6:30 pm A specially equipped truck will roll into the park, a stage will unfold, and a company of professional actors will share the delight of Shakespeare with families and neighbors of all ages. Audiences will experience the wildly entertaining tale of a man and his servant landing in a foreign land, searching for their long-lost twin brothers. Everywhere they go, strangers insist that they’re old friends. Mistaken identities abound, but in the end, chaos gives way to clarity in this comedy filled with mayhem and madness.  Come to the park with a picnic blanket or lawn chairs and enjoy the show!!!
For more info about the performance - please visit us at www.chicagoshakes.com/parks<http://www.chicagoshakes.com/parks

Children's Magic Show - Tomorrow at the Fieldhouse

Tomorrow morning at 10:30 am the HPAC, in cooperation with the Park District, will be presenting a children's magic show at the Humboldt Park fieldhouse. The event is free, open to all ages, and free beverages will be provided by Tampico.

Come out and join us for this family friendly event - we look forward to seeing you!