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October means moving and rummage and the Mega Sale at Holy Covenant United Methodist Church. Assorted furniture, appliances, linens, office equipment, and miscellaneous whatnots will be on sale in the basement and outside the church. Hungry rummagers can step inside for the simultaneous “Egg-cellent Breakfast,” with omelets made to order. Breakfast costs $5 and is served from 7 AM until 1 PM, the same hours as the sale, which is free. The day’s proceeds will go toward the renovation of the church, at 925 W. Diversey. Call 528-6462 for more.
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A surge of Native Americans moving from reservations to cities after World War II gave Chicago one of the largest urban Indian populations in the country, with nearly 100 tribes represented. Their needs and concerns will be addressed at Chicago Native American Community Today, a panel discussion featuring Sam Keahna, director of the American Indian Center; Faith Smith, president of NAES College; and Yvonne Murry-Ramos, executive director of the American Indian Economic Development Association. The panel and a later reception are sponsored by the Mitchell Indian Museum as part of an Illinois history exhibit. Today’s discussion begins at 3, and admission is $5. The museum is located in Kendall College, 2408 Orrington in Evanston. Call 708-866-1395 for more.
Today’s performance of bomba and plena music by the Puerto Rican Grupo Yuba will be the first of several live performances as the Field Museum of Natural History celebrates Latin American Heritage Month with Celebracion Festival ’93, four days of music, dance, games, and presentations by museum staff. Performances will include music and dancing from Guatemala, Brazil, Mexico, Panama, Bolivia, and the Dominican Republic. Grupo Yuba’s performance takes place today at 10:30. Admission to the museum is $5 for adults, $3 for children, students, and seniors, and free to school and community groups who register in advance. The museum is at Lake Shore Drive and Roosevelt Road. Call 922-9410, ext. 351, for information and to register.
Recreational and commuter bicycling appears to be growing in popularity exactly 100 years after Chicago went through its first bicycle craze. Tonight James Hurd, curator of the Bicycle Museum of America, will discuss the explosion of interest in bicycles during the 1890s and the role of bicycles at the 1893 world’s fair. The talk takes place at 7 at the Conrad Sulzer Regional Library, 4455 N. Lincoln (744-7616). Admission is free and so are the refreshments.
