Sunday is International Women’s Day, a day set aside globally to celebrate the cultural, social, political and economic achievements of women from all walks of life as well as the recognition of their equality.
On this year’s International Women’s Day, aside the numerous celebrations to partake in, we will take a big leap this weekend towards spring when the clock moves forward on Sunday for daylight. Take time to laze in the sun and let that extra daylight be your source of motivation to step out of the house and experience all that Chicago has to offer from conferences and concerts to festivals and fun runs.
Check out hubub’s Best Things to Do in Chicago This Weekend.
1.International Women’s Day Edgewater Crawl
Looking for a great and memorable way to celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day? Take to the streets of Edgewater and experience a neighbourhood crawl targeted on women-owned businesses and organisations along Broadway’s northern corridor between Thorndale and Granville this Sunday, March 8 from 11.00am to 2:00pm. This is an event which gladly supports the rights of women within the community. As you make your way to the venue, you’ll get the opportunity to tour around shops like Bark Bark Club, Edge of Sweetness and Farm Bar among others and also try out samples from local eateries. Proceeds from this event will be put toward Loom Chicago, an organization which offers meetups and weaving workshops for women refugees.
2.Flour Power at Ivy Room
If you are a huge supporter of women, this is your time to show some love and get to fuel your sweet tooth at this year’s International Women’s Day, which has been themed bake sale. Participants can nibble tasty pastries, sup coffee and other variety of confections prepared by lots of female chefs, including Sandra Holl of Floriole Café & Bakery and Katherine Duncan of Katherine Anne Confections across Chicago for the event which will take place on Sunday, March 8 at Ivy Room, River North. Tickets range from $20-$75 and all proceeds from the event will go toward the Chicago Non-profit Women Unite. For more information, visit the event website on https://www.exploretock.com/flourpower/event/97651/flour-power-a-bake-sale-with-purpose
3.First Fridays: Badass Bites & Booze
Celebrating all the badass women in your life is a great opportunity to show them extra love on International Women’s Day this Sunday, March 8. Time Out Market Chicago convenes its courageous female chefs for a never seen before bites bash. You get to enjoy tasting bites from Danielle Dang of HaiSous, Jennifer Jones Enyart of Dos Urban Cantina, Dana Salls Cree of Pretty Cool Ice Cream and more for just $5. A toast will be raised to honour all the wondrous women accompanied by a bar program to complement, including drinks from the ladies of Cambria Winery, Catalina Gaete from Catan Pisco and Shelby Allison of Lost Lake. In addition, some women-owned local businesses such as Tribeca Boutique and Smitten Boutique will be advertising some of their best products. There will also be spectacular performances from comedian Alex Kumin and friends at Tony’s Rooftop Bar at 8pm.
4.The Music Box 70mm Film Festival
Switch up your weekend routine and introduce the entire family to the Music Box Theatre. This theatre isn’t just a renowned place to see a movie in downtown Chicago, it also happens to be part of the only theatres with the equipment needed to project 70mm film left in the world. The Music Box Theatre for two weeks in March will be screening movies in a hyper-detailed, enlarged format. This is currently ongoing and will run through until March 19,2020. Tickets are going for $14 and festival pass $80. You will get to see during the festival, movies such as Arnold Schwarzenegger Vehicle Last Action Hero, Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi story Interstellar, Disney’s ‘80s inspired video game classic Tron and Chicago-set gangster drama The Untouchables. For a complete list of films and their showtimes, check out https://musicboxtheatre.com/events/the-music-box-70mm-film-festival-2020
5.Chiditarod
Dress up in your fleshy costumes and turn up in your numbers to support the course. This year’s Chiditarod will be taking place on March 7, at Cobra Lounge at 7pm. Chiditarod is a charity shopping cart, bar crawl and mobile food drive race which goes down annually in Chicago’s West Town. During this event, a team of five people, comprising of four pullers and one musher dressed up in self designed costumes and their cart of food between bars in the neighbourhood. The race starts off at Ashland corner and Fulton Market, in front of Cobra Lounge this year. All monetary donations are handed to a local charitable entity while food contributions are given to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. All Chicagoans wishing for an epic day this Saturday, this is definitely an event to be part of. Stay connected by checking out https://www.chiditarod.org/race/ for more details and updates.
Mark your calendars for this year’s International Women’s Day and get to explore hubub’s guide to the Best Things to Do in Chicago This Weekend.
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