Hot Times at Old Town

Appearing below are selections from the hard copy Hot Times. The objective is to highlight activities at the School and in the larger community, especially those featuring or of special interest to teachers and staff. Your suggestions are welcome. Enter a comment (under any item); it will come to me rather than automatically appearing.

Sconefest, October 19-21

This unique event is having its third anniversary — a weekend of festivities accompanied by pan after pan of those funny, bumpy, little baked things emerging from the oven. Let me add a modifier to that - those WONDEFUL, funny, bumpy, little baked things.

The venue is the Pickacup Coffee House at 1813 Dempster in Evanston, where Carol Kent is the proprietess and baker. All the baked goods are from her oven in the back room, and that includes everything from cookies to quiches. Last week her offerings included a chocolate cheesecake, almond scones, ginger scones, and chocolate chip cookies -but the selection is always changing. Once last year she made pineapple macademica nut muffins which one patron described as “the best proof to date that God exists” (and, presumably, that he and Carol are very chummy).

Pickacup (named after what you do before getting your coffee) is a friendly, old-time, independent coffee shop — free wi-fi, comfy chairs, tables, and a small stage that welcomes performers. On the lineup for Saturday are some groups from the School — harmonica classes at 2 pm and Two for Road and Friend at 7 pm — but also everything from the Story Lady at 9 am (for the kids), bellydancing at noon (for dads), and Electric Medicine (for anyone who needs a dose) at 9 pm.

There are also performances on Friday night and Sunday.

Pickacup is easy to reach by car: in Evanston at Dodge and Dempster. Dodge is a continuation of Chicago’s California Avenue (2800 West) and Dempster is a big cross street, the third after Howard. You can go North on Western and turn left on Dempster or go North on McCormick and turn right. 1813 Dempster is on the northeast side of the street, next to a Burger King. Street parking is usually easy.

Filed under: Interesting elsewhere by Skip | October 14, 2007 |


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