Apartment Therapy Chicago | Weekly Events Calendar: 07.12.06

Art & Design Events...

Zoka Zola Studio Tour
- Zoka Zola, AIA, will present her own home and studio - Architecture's 2003 Home of the Year - as well as recent and current projects, including a zero-energy home and her plan for 21st century Chicago.
- 1737 W. Ohio St.
- Tuesday, July 18, 6 pm
Roscoe Village's Sidewalk Sale and Garden Walk
- AT reader Jen says: "It's a beautiful neighborhood, and has some of the most gorgeous hidden gardens in Chicago. It's definitely worth checking out. I live in the neighborhood, and I'm really looking forward to seeing the gardens I can normally just barely see through a fence."
- Begins at Victory's Banner, 2100 W. Roscoe St.
- Sunday, July 16th
Handmade Market
- "A unique event to connect the makers of beautiful things to people who appreciate the unique and handmade."
- Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western Ave.
- Saturday, July 15, noon to 4:30 pm

Chinatown Summer Fair

Neighborhood Festival featuring: A Lion Dance procession at 1:00 p.m. which starts at the Main Stage (23rd St and Wentworth Ave) with Asian cultural entertainment and Chinese arts and crafts exhibits.
Wentworth Ave from Cermak Rd to 24th Pl.
Sunday, July 16, 10 am-8 pm

The Postcard Art Competition/Exhibition

Winners of the sixth biennial competition to create original postcard designs to be reproduced. Sponsored by the Curt Teich Postcard Archives at the Lake County Museum.
Center for Book and Paper Arts, 1104 S. Wabash, 2nd Floor
Monday through Saturdays,10 am to 6 pm, through July 29

MarimekkoFabrics Fashion Architecture

Comprising more than 150 examples of fabrics, fashions, accessories and architecture, the exhibit explores the creation and rise of the Marimekko brand and philosophy.
S. R. Crown Hall , 3360 S. State St.
Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 am to 4 pm, through Friday, July 28