Galena Events, Live Music, Activities,
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Think you know Chicago? Come test your knowledge, meet the author, and learn about some of Chicago’s most obscure surprises!

Amy Bizzari is a Chicago-based freelance writer fascinated by her hometown’s history. She has published several books about Chicago’s attractions, history, and unique sights. Her freelance work has been seen in Medium, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Lonely Planet, and more. She lives in a turn-of-the-century Chicago home in the north side neighborhood of Logan Square with her two kids. When she’s not at work researching her next story, she’s on the road or on her bicycle, exploring the city from north to south!

 

This Documentary Film Series special event will feature a meet & greet with film director, John Mitchell a cheese tasting!

We will then screen the film and guests will have the opportunity to ask questions.

“Cheeseheads” is a humorous and intimate journey through factories, farms, museums, breweries, and boardrooms in order to explore the deeper meaning of being a Cheesehead and the people who have taken that moniker from local to global as a proud symbol of Wisconsin.

It’s Always a Party With Marty!!

Get SUNDAY FUNDAY off to a great start with Scott Rische and friends.  Bring your instrument and join in or sit back and enjoy the music.

Join us on November 14th for 80’s Trivia Night! This is a free library event held at the Galena Brewing Company

Register your team of between 2 and 6 individuals at the Galena Public Library, 815-777-0200.

$3 pints!

Costumes are encouraged!

DJ Jason Parker will be the emcee!

Get SUNDAY FUNDAY off to a great start with Scott Rische and friends.  Bring your instrument and join in or sit back and enjoy the music.

Raise a glass and celebrate the release of Galena Cellars’ Nouveau wine!

Area businesses offer Nouveau-inspired meals and entertainment. In the afternoon, a traditional horse-drawn wagon parade delivers Nouveau wine to area businesses.

Details of schedule and pricing still to be determined.

Friday
Celebrate at Galena Cellars. Join the Lawlor Family as they unveil their 2019 Nouveau wine! Be a part of the official toast with friends, area businesses, family and soon-to-be friends. Make reservations for lunch on the second floor of their flagship store in Downtown Galena!

A parade of revelers will assemble for a trek down Galena’s Main Street in assorted modes of transportation and merriment from horse-drawn wagons to trollies as the Nouveau wine is handed out to Galena merchants who sport the Nouveau posters in their shop windows.

Wine Tours will be available and Nouveau Dinner’s, live music and celebrations will be held at different restaurants and pubs throughout town.

Saturday
Galena Cellars Vineyard – Public Tour & Tasting
Wine Tours & Tastings
Nouveau Dinners and celebrations at different restaurants and pubs downtown Galena.

Sunday
Galena Cellars Vineyard will be open for tours and tastings.

What is Nouveau?
Nouveau Wine Weekend, based on the French Beaujolais Nouveau celebration, which is named after the region in which it was founded, was launched in 1985 and is spearheaded by Galena Cellars winemaker Chris Lawlor-White. Held the third Friday of each November, it showcases the annual release of Le Beaujolais Nouveau, the practice of bottling the first wine of the harvest just a few weeks after fermentation

Get SUNDAY FUNDAY off to a great start with Scott Rische and friends.  Bring your instrument and join in or sit back and enjoy the music.

Get SUNDAY FUNDAY off to a great start with Scott Rische and friends.  Bring your instrument and join in or sit back and enjoy the music.

Free.
EVENT DETAILS
Enjoy the evening sky as it comes alive with fireworks to kick off the holiday season in downtown Galena. Sing along with live Carolers, and sip hot cocoa on the Galena River levee during this holiday celebration.

– Pre Party at the Elks Lodge
– Kids Activities
– Christmas music on the levee
– After Party (location still to be confirmed)
– Raffle tickets will be sold at the event and also on Friedgreen.com

 

Get SUNDAY FUNDAY off to a great start with Scott Rische and friends.  Bring your instrument and join in or sit back and enjoy the music.

Are

you tired of being bombarded with constant negativity? Are you tiredof feeling like you’re just going through the motions? Just need tomake some time for yourself?

Then

join us for Luna Rising: a women’s new moon empowerment circle.  Each circle will feel like you’ve just pushed an emotional reset button!

You can expect:

– Emotional detox- Deeper connection to intuition- Increased clarity and focus- More peace and calm

Each

month we gather in our local communities on the New Moon. Inspiredby a theme which changes each moon, we Meditate, Inquire, Share &Create Intentions for the Moon Cycle ahead. This circle will be ledby trained facilitator, Kristyn Avalos.

Circles will be held at Galena World Market on 203 S. Main St on the second Thursday of each month.

2019 Dates:

May 9, 2019 – Find Calm
June 13, 2019 – What’s your Truth?
July 11, 2019 – All About Self-Care
August 8, 2019 – Courage
September 12, 2019 – Focus
October 10, 2019 – Balance
November 14, 2019 – Transformation

These

circles are not associated with a singular path or religion, but rather an inclusive coming together with souls from all paths.  We all come from different spiritual/cultural backgrounds and gather around the ideas of: Sister (having each others’ backs, empowering one another), a respect for the earth (wildness, turning to nature as a teacher), & co-creation (the understanding that just as we co-create our experience in circle, so do we co-create life on earth).Tickets are $20 and registration is required.

For more information visit http://bit.ly/lunarisingcircle2 or emailkristyn@kristynavalos.com