From Forest Preserves of Cook County:
Celebrate National Public Lands Day with nature-based activities and bike ride. Divvy bikes provided; limited supply.
Contact 312-415-2970.
From Forest Preserves of Cook County:
Ride Illinois will lead a safety talk before we take off for a fun, casual, family-friendly bike. Loaner bikes available.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED: Call 773-758-8899.
From Forest Preserves of Cook County:
Ride Illinois will lead a safety talk before we take off for a fun, casual, family friendly bike ride. Loaner bikes available.
Registration Required: Call 312-533-5751.
From Forest Preserves of Cook County:
Join us for a family-friendly biking event! Safety demonstration, techniques, tips and guided ride. Helmets/loaner bikes available. In partnership with Ride Illinois.
Registration Required: Call 312-533-5751.
From Equiticity:
Once a month, every fourth Friday, Equiticity and partners will sponsor a series of bicycle rides that focus on the music that moves Chicago. Each bike ride will start and end at a Chicago Park District park, and connect to other parks in the area. The goal of these rides is to (re)connect people with their local parks through conversations, activities, and music that is culturally relevant to the people who call the neighborhoods home. Each ride will have its own musical theme and focus on a particular style of music, with a professional DJ spinning music throughout the ride.
R&B Music: Jackson Park
Friday, October 28, 2022
6401 S. Stony Island Avenue
Register: https://eventnoire.com/e/magic-of-music-ride-series
From Equiticity:
Once a month, every fourth Friday, Equiticity and partners will sponsor a series of bicycle rides that focus on the music that moves Chicago. Each bike ride will start and end at a Chicago Park District park, and connect to other parks in the area. The goal of these rides is to (re)connect people with their local parks through conversations, activities, and music that is culturally relevant to the people who call the neighborhoods home. Each ride will have its own musical theme and focus on a particular style of music, with a professional DJ spinning music throughout the ride.
Afro LatinX & Reggaeton Music: Garfield Park
Friday, September 23, 2022
100 N. Central Park Avenue
Register: https://eventnoire.com/e/magic-of-music-ride-series
From Equiticity:
Once a month, every fourth Friday, Equiticity and partners will sponsor a series of bicycle rides that focus on the music that moves Chicago. Each bike ride will start and end at a Chicago Park District park, and connect to other parks in the area. The goal of these rides is to (re)connect people with their local parks through conversations, activities, and music that is culturally relevant to the people who call the neighborhoods home. Each ride will have its own musical theme and focus on a particular style of music, with a professional DJ spinning music throughout the ride.
House Music: Hamilton Park
Friday August 26, 2022
513 W. 72nd St.
Register: https://eventnoire.com/e/magic-of-music-ride-series
From Equiticity:
Once a month, every fourth Friday, Equiticity and partners will sponsor a series of bicycle rides that focus on the music that moves Chicago. Each bike ride will start and end at a Chicago Park District park, and connect to other parks in the area. The goal of these rides is to (re)connect people with their local parks through conversations, activities, and music that is culturally relevant to the people who call the neighborhoods home. Each ride will have its own musical theme and focus on a particular style of music, with a professional DJ spinning music throughout the ride.
Hip Hop Music: Douglass Park
Friday, July 22, 2022
1401 S Sacramento Dr.
Register: https://eventnoire.com/e/magic-of-music-ride-series
From Equiticity:
Once a month, every fourth Friday, Equiticity and partners will sponsor a series of bicycle rides that focus on the music that moves Chicago. Each bike ride will start and end at a Chicago Park District park, and connect to other parks in the area. The goal of these rides is to (re)connect people with their local parks through conversations, activities, and music that is culturally relevant to the people who call the neighborhoods home. Each ride will have its own musical theme and focus on a particular style of music, with a professional DJ spinning music throughout the ride.
Old School Music: Mandrake Park
Friday, June 24, 2022
3858 S Cottage Grove Ave
Register: https://eventnoire.com/e/magic-of-music-ride-series
From Equiticity:
Once a month, every fourth Friday, Equiticity and partners will sponsor a series of bicycle rides that focus on the music that moves Chicago. Each bike ride will start and end at a Chicago Park District park, and connect to other parks in the area. The goal of these rides is to (re)connect people with their local parks through conversations, activities, and music that is culturally relevant to the people who call the neighborhoods home. Each ride will have its own musical theme and focus on a particular style of music, with a professional DJ spinning music throughout the ride.
For the first ride, meet at 6 p.m. Friday, May 27, at 1440 N. Humboldt Blvd., for a Latinx Music theme. The ride itself will go from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Register: https://eventnoire.com/e/magic-of-music-ride-series
From Equiticity:
Join us for a beautiful ride in support of peace in the Austin neighborhood on the Westside of Chicago, in partnership with BUILD, Inc., Divvy, and Bird.
Arne Gielen and Gertjan Hulster/2020/70 min/Transportation, Climate Change, Social Justice, People & Cultures
FILM DESCRIPTION: The film “Together We Cycle” investigates the critical events that have led to the revival of Dutch cycling culture. For most people, cycling in the Netherlands seems a natural phenomenon. However, until the 1970s the development of mobility in the Netherlands followed trends across the globe. The bicycle had had its day, and the future belonged to the car. The only thing that had to be done was to adapt cities to the influx of cars.
Then Dutch society took a different turn. Against all odds people kept on cycling. Why this happened in the Netherlands has no easy answer. In “Together We Cycle,” key players tell the story of the bumpy road which led to the current state, where cycling is an obvious choice for most citizens.
Tickets available to viewers in any country except The Netherlands.
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/together-we-cycle-watch-party-tickets-138501649161
The feature film will be preceded by the one-minute film “One Choice” by Katrina Larner, Honorable Mention Winner for Animation in the One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest.
Please stay for post-film discussion:
Facilitator Wendy Williams, Executive Director, Community Partnerships Office of Civic Engagement, University of Chicago; One Earth Collective Board Member
Panelists:
Gertjan Hulster, Co-director, Together We Cycle
Arne Gielen, Co-director, Together We Cycle
Daphnay Sagaille, Co-Founder and Executive Member, Streets Calling Bike Club
Pepe Barros Hoffens, Executive Director, Down With Bikes
Gertjan Hulster, Arne Gielen, Marco te Brömmelstroet and Jeroen Dirks/2017/57 min/Transportation
FILM DESCRIPTION: There are more bicycles than people in the Netherlands, but the Dutch don’t seem to notice what a special bike culture they have. Going beyond the obvious health and economic benefits of cycling, “Why We Cycle” explores the egalitarian nature of cycling, as well as its less-obvious effects on a city’s planning and development, its residents, and society as a whole.
After the screening, join us via live facilitated chat on Zoom with Gertjan Hulster and Arne Gielen, Directors of "Why We Cycle."
Conversation will be facilitated by Burrell Poe, Program Manager at The Goldin Institute. Local alternative transportation advocates will also be on hand to share their knowledge and action opportunities:
Trevor Clarke, Working Bikes, Executive Director
Shameka Turner, CDOT Chicago’s SAFE (Streets Are For Everybody) Ambassadors, Bike Ambassador
Amanda Woodall, CDOT Divvy Bike Sharing, Program Director
