Food

Come enjoy live music and a view that can't be beat! Bring your appetites too! Will Miller & The Jazz Gang, featuring Smooth on Guitar will be playing.

*Final program scheduled for this event in 2016!* Join the creative Chellberg Farm cooks and learn how to preserve the “vegetable garden’s bounty” for future use. For more information on this or other programs at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, visit the Events Calendar at the park websitewww.nps.gov/indu or contact the park's information desk at 219-395-1882. You can also visit: https://www.nps.gov/indu/learn/historyculture/chellberg.htm for more info about the farm itself.

For much of the 20th century East Chicago was known as Steel-town. It was a bustling city on the southern shores of Lake Michigan that boasted of being the most industrial city in the world. Now, after 40-years of globalization and the flight of capital, East Chicago’s industrial economy is entering new phase while not fully addressing the toxic secrets from its past. The presentation focuses on a recent scandal of the Lead contamination of the Calumet neighborhood, Environmental Justice, Climate Justice and East Chicago's toxic legacy. The Toxic Tour is a story of East Chicago’s existing conditions. Presenter: Thomas Frank is a board member of the Southeast Environmental Task Force and former director of the East Chicago Waterway Management District (ECWMD). The ECWMD was charge with managing the cleanup of the Indiana Harbor Shipping Canal considered to be the most polluted waterway in the country. Thomas is a artist and activist who has been working for environmental justice and Climate Justice in the Great Lakes and Calumet regions for the past decade. He is committed to addressing heavily contaminated region and bringing them back into use for community-focused development and a Just Transition to a low-carbon economy. ***From 6-6:30pm we encourage attendees to network with one another, order food, and get settled in. The guest speaker's presentation will begin at 6:30pm. *Mama Pearl's does not serve alcohol however attendees are welcome to bring their own (byob).*** For additional information on future events please visit Green Drinks Gary’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/GreenDrinksGary, join our Facebook group www.facebook.com/groups/1682928161975070..., and/or check out our website at www.greendrinks.org/IN/Gary. See you December 6th at Mama Pearl's BBQ! Until then... STAY CALM and THINK GREEN. Green Drinks Gary takes place every first Tuesday of the month. It is open to the public, free to attend and all ages are welcome! Green Drinks Gary is organized and managed by Rachel Veronesi.

Come to the Grand Opening of ArtHouse: A Social Kitchen! Taste delicacies from local culinary artisans, enjoy hot apple cider and roast marshmallows around communal fire pits with friends and family! Be there at the official unveiling of the beautiful public art installation! Remarks from Theaster Gates, Artistic Director, and Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson, as will as entertainment! ArtHouse is funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Knight Foundation.