Bowls & Spoons Harvest Feast

A celebration of community through food and art

Saturday, October 4th, 3 to 6pm
3700 block of Chicago Ave

The Bowls & Spoons project is a deeply rooted collaboration that brings together art, food, storytelling, theater, music, and healing in the heart of George Floyd Square. Led by Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center (CAFAC), Mudluk Pottery, Pillsbury House + Theatre, City Food Studio, Central Area Neighborhood Development Organization (CANDO), Healthy Roots Institute, and a growing network of community partners, this initiative is about creating spaces where people can connect, create, and get nourished together.

At its core, this collaboration is nurturing relationships—between artists, organizers, businesses, chefs, farmers, writers, sound healers, and community members. Through a series of hands-on workshops leading up to the Harvest Feast on October 4, we are weaving together existing programs, skills, and traditions to craft something deeply meaningful. From forging, carving, and shaping bowls and spoons to writing, preparing nourishing meals, curating music, and creating collective art installations, each step is an opportunity for creative expression, reflection, and shared experience.

The Harvest Feast will be a sacred celebration—a community meal served at tables stretching down Chicago Avenue between 37th & 38th in George Floyd Square, where attendees will share a meal in handmade bowls with hand-forged spoons. The event will begin with a sound healer offering a blessing over the food, using singing bowls and other healing instruments to set an intention for nourishment, healing, and community connection. The evening will also feature live DJing and potential broadcasting by KRSM Radio, culminating with a performance of A Lesson in Love at Pillsbury House + Theatre.

Main Event

Bowls and Spoons Harvest Feast
Join us for this community meal and celebration on Saturday, October 4th, 3-7pm. Please register here to let us know you’re coming (it will help us prepare enough food!).

Handmade bowls and spoons will be available for purchase at $20 each or $30 for a set. The proceeds will go towards next years Bowls and Spoons Harvest Feast. This is a free event and it is not a requirement to purchase a set to be fed. Come as you are, bring your open heart, and be part of this joyful celebration of community and care.

Please submit accommodation requests, including ASL interpretation, via email to Becca.Cerra@cafac.org by September 19th.

• 3pm Music, art making activities, and games for kids

• 4:30pm Food will be served

• 4:30-6pm Meal

• 6:30pm Wrap up and head to Pillsbury House + Theatre for "A Lesson in Love"

• 7pm A Lesson in Love
  

related events on october 4

Live Art Session by ArtbyGodHands
Before the Harvest Feast, check out an art event at Mystic Healing Stones.

• Date/Time: Saturday, October 4th, Noon to 4pm

• Location: Mystic Healing Stones, 3805 Chicago Avenue

• Details: We are thrilled to welcome back Robert Coleman III, the Gentleman Artist, also known as GodHands. His dynamic live painting sessions show his skill in creating painted masterpieces featuring Prince, Nina Simone, and audience prompts. Open to the public.

A Lesson in Love
After the Harvest Feast, come on down Chicago Ave to take in the latest production at Pillsbury House + Theater!

• Date/Time: Saturday, October 4th at 7pm

• Location: Pillsbury House + Theater, 3501 Chicago Avenue

• Details: A Black rom-com that blends heart, humor, and sharp dialogue. When Monique and David unexpectedly cross paths, what begins as a simple conversation unfolds into something layered, tender, and complicated. Set in real time, this intimate story asks what it takes to truly see someone—and be seen in return. Play by Nubia Monks. Sliding scale pricing. Buy tickets online.

Bowls & Spoons Community Workshops

As part of the lead-up to the Harvest Feast event on October 4, Bowls & Spoons partners are hosting a huge range of workshops and events! Join in art-making, seed sorting, cooking, fermenting, creative writing, storytelling, and more with Mudluk Pottery, CANDO/Plant-Grow-Share, City Food Studio, Pillsbury House + Theater, CAFAC, and Agape Movement.

CANDO/Plant, Grow, Share

Seed Circles with PLANT-GROW-SHARE

• Date/Time: Tuesday, September 9th from 5-7pm

• Location: Hosmer Library, 347 E. 36th St.

• Details: FREE EVENT! Join us for SEED CIRCLES, an ongoing event where you can join PLANT-GROW-SHARE at Hosmer Library to sort and repack seeds to share with the community. Masks are strongly encouraged. Contact PGS Program Coordinator Charls@thecentralneighborhood.com for more info.

Seed Keeping & Saving with PLANT-GROW-SHARE

• Date/Time: Saturday, September 20th from 1:30-3:30pm

• Location: Hosmer Library, 347 E. 36th St.

• Details: FREE EVENT! Let's learn how to save seeds from Hosmer Library's Reading Garden together! Masks strongly encouraged.Contact PGS Program Coordinator Charls@thecentralneighborhood.com for more info.

City Food Studio

Signs of Hearth Workshop 5: Final Painting Day

• Date/Time: Saturday, September 13th from 2-5pm

• Details: Join us for Signs of the Hearth, a hands-on enamel art-making series where community members will help design and create a large-scale, illuminated enamel sign for City Food Studio. In this final session, we’ll finish painting the large cityscape backdrop and prepare the sign for lighting and installation. Lend your hands in the co-creation of a lasting, beautiful artwork that will glow outside the building as a beacon of creativity, culture, and community. No experience needed! Register on Eventbrite.

Feast Makers Series

Feast Makers is a hands-on, multi-day culinary activation where community members come together to prepare and serve a nourishing Harvest Feast at George Floyd Square. Hosted at City Food Studio and led by Healthy Roots Institute, this series invites youth, volunteers, home cooks, and culinary artists to work side-by-side in the kitchen—chopping, simmering, fermenting, storytelling, and building community through food.

Participants will help process fresh produce from CANDO’s Plant-Grow-Share & Frogtown Farm, craft healing dishes inspired by ancestral foodways, and contribute to one of the most meaningful community meals of the year. Whether you're a seasoned cook or just passionate about food and healing, there's a role for you at the table. Register for each event individually on Eventbrite.

Tuesday, September 30: Kitchen Activation Day 1 – Inventory & Ingredient Intake

• Time: 2:00–7:00 PM

• Focus: Intake produce from Frogtown, Plant-Grow-Share, Sabathani; Wash, sort, label, and store; Build ingredient list and recipe board; Assign stations or recipes to volunteers.

Wednesday, October 1: Kitchen Activation Day 2 – Base Preps & Stocks

• Time: 2:00–8:00 PM

• Focus: Chop aromatics, start soups/stews/sauces; Fermentation station (quick pickles, kraut, drinks); Roasting, marinating, spice blends; Label, date, and store in cold space.

Thursday, October 2: Cooking Circle + Healing Table

• Time: 4:00–8:00 PM

• Focus: Community-building dinner prep; Group storytelling + playlist; Partial assembly (grain salads, braised dishes); Check equipment, rentals, signage prep.

Friday, October 3: Final Assembly & Packing

• Time: 12:00–6:00 PM

• Focus: Reheat/reduce sauces; Portion dishes for service; Pack hotboxes, coolers, garnish kits; Team check-in and logistics briefing.

Saturday, Oct 4: Feast Day

• Morning (9 AM–2 PM): Reheat, plating, garnishing, setup

• Evening (5 PM–7 PM): Feast

• Post-feast (7 PM–8 PM): Cleanup & gratitude circle

Agape Movement

Let’s Get Creative! with Marquise Bowie

• Date/Time: Tuesday, September 16th, 6 to 8pm (and every other Tuesday)

• Location: Agape Movement, 3741 Chicago Avenue

• Details: Join our creative writing workshop for those ready to get creative but not sure where to start. Some of the things you’ll learn include: communication skills, trauma healing, where to get inspiration, the creative process, what mediums to use, where to get your supplies, how to find your own style, why keeping a creative journal is important, and so much more!

put the weight down / connect 2 energy

Decompression Sessions with Mankwe

Date/Time: Tuesdays in September (9/16, 9/24, 9/30), 3 to 4:15pm

Location: Baha’i Center Lawn (green space north of the building)

Mudluk Pottery

Bowls & Spoons Harvest Feast Workshops

• Dates/Times: Wednesday, August 20th from 6-7pm or Wednesday, August 27th from 6-7pm.

• Location: Mudluk Pottery, 2951 Bloomington Ave

• Details: Join us in the studio to craft bowls and spoons for our Harvest Feast at George Floyd Square—a community celebration of nourishment, creativity, and care. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll make two pieces: one to keep and one to donate for the feast. All materials and guidance are provided. No experience needed—just come ready to create and connect. $35 per participant. Includes clay, tools, and firing. Make one for yourself and one for the feast! Register at Mudluk Pottery’s website.

chicago avenue fire arts center

Community Spoon Making

• Date/Time: Saturday, September 6th from 1-4pm

• Location: Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center, 3749 Chicago Avenue

• Details: Free community event to help us work our way towards our 200 spoon goal. Taught by Dani Sanchez. Register using this form.