Bowls & Spoons Harvest Feast

A celebration of community through food and art

Saturday, October 3rd
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), and a growing network of community partners, this initiative is about creating spaces where people can connect, create, and be 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 3rd, 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 evening will also feature live DJing and potential broadcasting by KRSM Radio.

Main Event

Bowls and Spoons Harvest Feast
Join us for this community meal and celebration on Saturday, October 3rd. Handmade bowls and spoons will be available for purchase. 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.

Bowls & Spoons Community Workshops

As part of the lead-up to the Harvest Feast event on October 3rd, 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.

chicago avenue fire arts center

Community Spoon Making Workshops

• Dates and Registration:

  • July 17th, 4-7pm - FULL!

  • August 1st, 1:30-4:30pm - FULL!

  • August 21st, 4-7pm - FULL!

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

• Details: Free community events to help us work our way towards our 150 spoon goal for the event.

Make One Take One Spoon-Forging

• Date/Time:

  • July 12th, 12-4pm - FULL!

  • September 25th, 3-7pm - Register here!

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

• Details: Paid blacksmithing workshops where participants make two spoons - one to keep, and one to contribute to Bowls & Spoons!

Mudluk pottery

Community Bowl Making Workshops

Make One Take One Bowl Making

• Dates and Registration:

  • Thursday, August 6th, 6-7:30pm- Register here!

  • Thursday, August 13th, 6-7:30pm- Register here!

  • Thursday, August 20th, 6-7:30pm- Register here!

  • Thursday, August 27th, 6-7:30pm- Register here!

  • Thursday, September 3rd, 6-7:30pm- Register here!

  • Thursday, September 10th, 6-7:30pm- Register here!

  • Thursday, September 17th, 6-7:30pm- Register here!

  • Thursday, September 24th, 6-7:30pm- Register here!

• Location: Mudluk Pottery, 2908 Harriet Avenue

• Details: Paid workshops where participants will make one bowl for themselves and one to contribute to Bowls & Spoons

City Food Studio

Culinary Activation Series: "Feast Makers"

• Dates and Registration:

  • Day 1 “Inventory and Pre-Prep”: Wednesday, September 30th, 12-4pm- Registration (TBD)

    • Intake produce from Frogtown, Plant-Grow-Share, Sabathani

    • Wash, sort, label, and store

    • Build prep list and recipe board

    • Assign stations or recipes

  • Day 2 “Base Preps and Stock”: Thursday, October 1st, 4-8pm-Registration (TBD)

    • Chop aromatics, start soups/stews/sauces

    • Fermentation station (quick pickles, kraut, drinks)

    • Roasting, marinating, spice blends

    • Label, date, and store in cold space

  • Day 3 “Cooking Circle and Healing Table”: Friday, October 2nd, 12-6pm-Registration(TBD)

    • Community-building dinner prep

    • Group storytelling + playlist

    • Partial assembly (grain salads, braised dishes)

    • Check equipment, rentals, signage prep

  • Day 4 “Feast Day”: Saturday, October 3rd- Registration(TBD)

    • Morning Shift: 9am-2pm: Reheat, plating, garnishing, setup

    • Afternoon Shift: 4-6pm: Feast

    • Post Feast Shift: 6-8pm: Cleanup & gratitude circle

• Location: City Food Studio, 3722 Chicago Ave

• Details: 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.

Cando/ plant-grow-share

Community Planting/Harvesting

• Dates and Registration:

  • 38th Street Market: Every 1st Saturday of the Month through October from 9am-1pm

    • Saturday, August 1st

    • Saturday, September 5th

    • Saturday, October 3rd

• Location: 3800 Chicago Ave

• Details: The 38th + CHI Small Business Association brings together the businesses, property owners, cultural organizations, and community partners shaping the future of the 38th Street and Chicago Avenue corridor.

  • Seed Circles: Seed Library Volunteer Night: Every 2nd Tuesday from September-April

    • Tuesday, September 8, 5-7pm

    • Tuesday, October 13th, 5-7pm

    • Tuesday, November 10th, 5-7pm

• Location: Hosmer Library, 347 East 36th Street

• Description: Join us for quality time building community with neighbors while maintaining a valuable community resource.

  • Seed Keeping and Cleaning Workshop

    • Saturday, September 19th, 1:30-3:30pm

• Location: Hosmer Library, 347 East 36th Street

• Details: Are you interested in learning more about saving your own seeds? We resume Beginning Gardener classes at Hosmer Library on Saturday September 19th, 1:30-3:30pm with Seed Keeping and Saving. We will harvest, clean and save some seeds together from the Hosmer Reading Garden. Feel free to bring your own saved seeds and we will share tools and tips and tricks on how to prepare the seeds for winter storage!

  • Bryant Community Garden Tour, October 3rd, 3-5pm- Registration Required or contact networkweavers@mfjn.org

• Details: Join Plant-Grow-Share on the Metro Food Justice Network’s Urban Agriculture tour! Come explore Bryant Community Garden - a multicultural hub of neighbors who have spent the year growing food for one another. Explore the space, techniques and stories of the people and the plants of the Central, Powderhorn, Bryant and Bancroft community at our Garden. After the tour, attendees are invited to taste what has been grown here at our annual Bowls and Spoons Harvest Festival at 38th and Chicago.