Join Chelsea Heikes for an active session on the wilder side with punk and hard music. Chelsea comes to us from her practice at Limber Mind and Body Wellness. Come have fun!

$5 - Ages 12+

Join President of Kankakee Arts CoLAB, Brian Prairie, for an informal artists gathering with dinner! Enjoy hearing from other artists and what they are working on and hear about how you can get involved with Kankakee Arts CoLAB!

Come and learn the basics of soapmaking. You will make your own bar and pick it up when it cures. $5

Ages 8+

Come and help garden in our new raised beds. You will get to garden and make garden art in this class.

All Ages, Children under 6 with parent

Register at kvpd.com un Kankakee Arts CoLab

Come and explore your creativity with artist and teacher Chelsea Heikes. Chelsea will help you plan a project tailored to your interests.

$5 for supplies

7th-10th Grade in 2025/26

Help tend the garden, learn about plants and their care, and make some for or from the garden.

All Ages, Children under 6 with Parent, Free

Register kvpd.com

Join Artist and teacher Chelsea Heikes to create and explore new materials, new ideas, and processes. All levels of artists are welcome and needed. Grades 7th-10th

$5 per artist

Crochet Club is open to all skill levels. Beginners will be able to choose a yarn to work with and will learn how to start with one of our instructors. Advanced students will learn something new from one of our expert teachers. This is a great time to learn something new and relax with friends!

A meaningful and joyous day in which all forms of artistic expression are welcomed for the purpose of celebrating race amity (friendship and collaboration between people who look different from each other).  We will endeavor to recognize that race is a social construct and that we are all One Humanity in one world, our Mother Earth.  We will celebrate the beauty of diversity, as we are like different colored flowers in one garden.  

There is a small interfaith local team of friends planning this event for the benefit of our community.  

We are planning an open mic for poetry, music, storytelling, and discussion.  We also want visual arts supplies to be provided on the tables including colored pencils, crayons, magazines to cut up, glue sticks, paper, poster boards, stickers, etc.  The arts are a great way to explore this topic and come together in unity.  

We also want to have some snacks and drinks.  We want to ideally put a couple of tables outside as well as a bunch inside.  

Pastor Christopher Clark of the Free Christian Center (of Kankakee) has volunteered to be a special guest speaker at the event.  He will discuss race amity and use some humor to help foster connection and discussion.   We also plan to provide some printed quotes about the topic.  At around 3:30pm we will have our open discussion inside using the microphone so that everyone can be heard.  

Drillbit Wisconsin

Curbstomp

Nullify

Doors open at 6:30, Music at 7

$10-Proceeds to Bands

Crochet Club is open to all skill levels. Beginners will be able to choose a yarn to work with and will learn how to start with one of our instructors. Advanced students will learn something new from one of our expert teachers. This is a great time to learn something new and relax with friends!

$5 for Beginners & Yarn Thrift Shop Available!

Unleash your creativity and enjoy drawing without expectations or judgement. THis is a relaxing environment filled with drawing supplies, paper, and endless possibilities. Whether you’re sketching landscapes, abstract patterns, or playful cartoons, Doodle Day is your opportunity to disconnect from daily pressures and reconnect with your innate artistic spirit. 

Free to the Public!

Register in person or at: https://secure.rec1.com/IL/kankakee-valley-park-district-il/catalog

Open Studio welcomes artists over 12 to bring a project to work on in community with other creatives. Come and get a fresh perspective on your work or maybe start something new!

Last Saturday of every month.

Free to the Public!

90’s Coffee House Open Mic Night: Dress your best in your best 90’s look and join our coffee house style open mic. Bring your instrument and sign up at the door to share a song, poem, or talent or two. 

$5 per person

Cueball

Crunch

Situational Hazard

Doors open at 6:30, Music at 7-10$

$10

801 W. Station St.

Slap Bunt

Junebug

Polly Rockets

Doors open 6:30pm, Music at 7

Bird Park Field House

801 W. Station St.

Unleash your creativity and enjoy drawing without expectations or judgement. THis is a relaxing environment filled with drawing supplies, paper, and endless possibilities. Whether you’re sketching landscapes, abstract patterns, or playful cartoons, Doodle Day is your opportunity to disconnect from daily pressures and reconnect with your innate artistic spirit. 

Free to the Public!

Register in person or at: https://secure.rec1.com/IL/kankakee-valley-park-district-il/catalog

Still Burning

Reject Modernity

Premeditated

Loot

Doors at 6:30, Music at 7

$10

Artrageous Experience Art is a dedicated time for free creation with a variety of building materials and art mediums. Students of all ages can explore creating with different prompts and inspiration from our resident artists. Children under 6 must be accompanied by a parent. Artrageous is set up with stations to inspire each kind of artist from painter to fiber arts to sculpture.

$5/participant, $10 family cap

Register in person of at KVPD.org

Polly Rockets

Squiggle

Katzpa Jammas

Doors open at 6:00, music at 6:30

$10, Bird Park Field House

Winter Clothing Exchange!

Majestic Location Upstairs in Room 203

$5.00 Participation Fee ($1.00 for Students)

Bring up to 10 items of clothing, shoes, and accessories and receive one trade ticket for each item. Adult Sizes Only.

Kirtan is a form of meditative devotional singing that comes to us from India. You don’t have to be Hindu or hold any religious convictions at all to sing Kirtan. It’s just a simple way to honor the life and light within each of us and to draw our lives closer to that light. It’s also fine if you aren’t very musical. Come and join us and raise the vibe in Downtown Kankakee!

www.keycitykirtan.com/what-is-bhakti-yoga/

Join us for a book discussion group. We will be reading “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art” by Madeline L’Engle. Hosted by Mary LeRoy

Join us for our first annual fundraiser! There will be art, music, food, and things to buy! Come on out and support us!

Join us the 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month for open studio! Bring a project you want to work on and get input from other artists and teachers. OR Try a new project with CoLAB supplies for a small donation.

"Stitchery Kitchery"is a time set aside to do ALL the fiber arts. Bring your project to work on or come empty handed and ready to learn a new thing! There are lots of supplies to share. Every third Tuesday of the month!

Bovice

MDOP

Adieux

Loot

Doors at 7:30, Music at 8, Art at 6.