Art Through Gardening Block Party

Head to the Altgeld-Sawyer Community Garden, at the corner of Altgeld and Sawyer avenues, today from 10am to 2pm for the Art Through Gardening Block Party, where a variety of arts and botanical organizations will come together to promote access to sustainable art & living through using materials from your garden. Chicago Rarities Orchard Project will feature a tasting of rare apples. Sol Air, Urban Worm Girl, Joe Baldwin of Noisivelvet, the Midwest Bonsai Society and Fluer flower shop will give demonstrations. Aaron Straus will assemble a sculpture made of organic materials that will degrade into the garden over the course of the summer focusing on the themes of Community, Privet Vs Public and Alternative Materials, while art collective Ibid will add an interactive layer to the day's activities through the technology of QR codes. Everyone who attends is invited to paint rain barrels. Free.

Fork and the Road Tours: Ice-Cycle

Fork and the Road Tours leads today's bike-guided tour of several of the city's best ice cream and gelato joints. Event runs 11am-3:30pm and starts/ends at Kitchen Sink Cafe, 1107 West Berwyn. Tickets $50.

Do Division Street Fest

Do Division Street Fest runs from noon to 10pm Saturday and Sunday on Division Street from Damen to Leavitt. Shop local stores and crafters, eat tasty food and drinks and enjoy music on two stages -- plus children's programming on a separate stage. $5 donation requested. Here's today's lineup:

Damen Stage:
1pm Daniel Knox
2:30pm Royal Bangs
4pm Omar Souleyman
5:30pm White Mystery
7pm A Place To Bury Strangers
8:30pm Big Freedia & The Divas with Rusty Lazer

Leavitt Stage:
5pm California Wives
6pm Empires
7pm Big Science
8pm This Must Be The Band

Cheetah Gym Family Stage:
12pm: Mary Macaroni
1pm: Super Stolie
2pm: Sarah Jayne Parker
4pm: Gorilla Tango Theater
4:20pm: Baby Take a Bow Hip Hop Workshop
5pm: Pritzker School Band

Printers Row Lit Fest

It's the last day of Printers Row Lit Fest: today, Printers Row (Dearborn Street, Congress to Polk streets) will be filled with literary events, authors/speakers, and of course many, many books. Check out the full event schedule (all free, but you need to reserve your ticket for Harold Washington Library Center and University Center events) and full list of appearing authors. Find out about exact details, contact information, kids' activities and more here.

Comic Book Swap Meet @ Evil Squirrel Comics

If you're sitting on a stack of comic books that are collecting dust, and maybe not quite worth the hassle of eBay or Craigslist, check into the Evil Squirrel Comic Book Swap! It's recommended you arrive by 2pm with a typed (or well written) list of the books you wish to swap. The swapping will begin promptly at 2:30pm. It's recommended to limit your comics to swap to a short-box. Evil Squirrel Comics 6928 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626. Begins at 2pm ends when all swapped out or 4pm. RSVP via Facebook.

Opening Day: Wicker Park and Bucktown Farmers Market

The Wicker Park & Bucktown Farmers Markets begins today and runs Sundays from 8am-2pm at the actual Wicker Park, at Wicker Park & Damen.

Opening Day: Pilsen Community Market

The Pilsen Community Market begins today at 1800 South Halsted and runs Sundays from 9am-3pm.

Opening Day: Logan Square Farmers Market

Drama aside, the Logan Square Farmers Market begins today and runs Sundays from 10am-3pm at the southeast corner of Logan and Milwaukee.

Opening Day: Glenwood Farmers Market

The Glenwood Sunday Market begins today at 6950 N. Glenwood (between Morse & Lunt) and runs Sundays from 9am-2pm.

Lincoln Square Maifest

Maifest makes a mess of Lincoln Square June 2-5 this year. The festival celebrates the (hopefully) good spring weather with German food, music and lots of beer. The revelries continue at Lincoln and Leland avenues today from noon to 1opm.