Fall events in Andersonville
38 upcoming. Fall in Andersonville, Chicago: ghost tours, festivals, Halloween events and neighborhood happenings.
SaturdayOctober 31
12 to 3pmFree
ChicagoThe Andersonville Chamber of Commerce hosts Halloween trick-or-treating on Catalpa Avenue: local businesses hand out treats like candy apples, gourds, and pie pumpkins from noon to 3pm on Halloween. Free and family friendly; the Chamber posts a map of participating businesses.
SundayNovember 1
7pm$16
ChicagoChicago country and folk players cover the songs of John Prine, Steve Goodman, and Bonnie Koloc for an evening concert at Ebenezer Lutheran Church on Foster Avenue.
All day, through Nov 15
ChicagoAndersonville Chamber's two-week dining event across the Clark Street corridor. More than a dozen neighborhood restaurants, including Big Jones, Bar Roma, Anteprima, Fiya, and Lady Gregory's, serve special prix fixe menus at set price points. A chance to try new spots or revisit favorites while supporting local businesses.
SaturdayNovember 7
All day
ChicagoEbenezer Lutheran Church pairs its pipe organ with the visiting Candra Kirana gamelan from Northern Illinois University, in town for a residency weekend at the Foster Avenue church.
MondayNovember 9
7 to 9pm
ChicagoChicago mystery writer Sara Paretsky, creator of V.I. Warshawski, appears at Women & Children First for her new thriller Bad Company.
TuesdayNovember 10
7 to 8:30pmFree
ChicagoCartoonist Gemma Correll presents Anxietyland, in conversation with Lucy Knisley. Note the venue: this Women & Children First event is held at the Swedish American Museum. Free.
WednesdayNovember 11
7 to 8:30pm
ChicagoPoet Ebony Walden appears at Women & Children First in conversation with Deborah D. Douglas for an evening of poetry and discussion.
ThursdayNovember 12
4 to 7pm
ChicagoThe Andersonville Jeni's scoop shop hosts an afternoon ice cream social where 25 percent of sales go to the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
SaturdayNovember 14
7:30pm, through Nov 15$20
Chicago Danztheatre EnsembleChicago Danztheatre Ensemble presents the return of its Artists' Residency showcase: ten Chicago-based dance, theater, and visual artists present collaborative work created over four months of rehearsal. Two evenings; pay-what-you-can, $20 suggested.
MondayNovember 16
6pm, through Nov 18
ChicagoArtemisia Theatre's WeWomen Play Festival brings three days of new plays by women to Bramble Arts Loft. Tickets run about $23 to $50, with three-day passes available.
ThursdayNovember 19
7 to 8:30pm
ChicagoWomen & Children First's quarterly Sapphic Storytime reading night turns to monster romance for its fall edition, with local readers at the Andersonville bookstore.
FridayNovember 20
7pm
ChicagoHome makers bring their best glogg, the spiced Swedish mulled wine of the Christmas season, to the Swedish American Museum for a friendly contest to crown Chicago's best batch.
SaturdayNovember 21
All day$65
ChicagoA hands-on November workshop at Gethsemane Garden Center on making a seasonal wreath from pinecones, with materials included.
All day$65
ChicagoGethsemane Garden Center's November craft workshop: build a lantern to carry into the darkest weeks of the year, with materials included in the ticket.
FridayDecember 4
4 to 8pm$11.24
ChicagoA ticketed Friday evening first look at the Swedish American Museum's Julmarknad holiday market, with early pick of the vendor stalls before the weekend crowds.
6 to 9pm$96
ChicagoThe Swedish American Museum hosts its traditional Julbord Christmas dinner at Tre Kronor, the long-running Swedish restaurant on Lincoln Avenue. A full Swedish holiday table, museum style.
SaturdayDecember 5
10am to 5pm, through Dec 6
ChicagoThe Swedish American Museum's annual Christmas market fills the building with gift vendors, live performances, visits from Tomten, and Swedish treats. It is Andersonville's signature Swedish holiday weekend.
SundayDecember 6
All day$65
ChicagoGethsemane Garden Center closes its fall workshop season with a winter terrarium build: a small glass garden scene to keep through the cold months, materials included.
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