Blackstone Bicycle Works, a youth education and retail shop, is running an “Earn-A-Bike” program for young people from South Side neighborhoods through June 6. The program, which consists of daily workshops every weekday, aims to teach participants aged 13–18 about bike maintenance. Youth who participate in the program will also earn a bike of their.
Come summertime on the mid-South Side cyclists take their bicycles out of storage to pedal through and test out the neighborhoods’ tree-lined, potholed streets. With nary a walk-in bicycle shop
click to enlarge Kahari Black, a long time member of the Experimental Station community, helping a young skater at the Experimental Station Union May Day event. Davon Clark It s no secret that Experimental Station (ES) is unique. The Woodlawn space has various tenants but it isn t just art-focused. It’s a museum, it’s a coffee shop, it’s a farmer’s market. When explaining the space to folks who don t live in the area, it can sound like a utopia of sorts, a place where people can create and work alongside one another, a central nervous center of community-focused people working within their neighborhood on projects they are passionate about. Without the employees at ES, there would be no space like the one that exists.