Next Door Dinners is back at The Plant on Thurs. Mar. 9 at 6:30pm! Next Door Dinners is a monthly Chicago-based community dinner project with a pay-what-you-can model, donating all profits to local nonprofits. Every month, they hold an informal, communal, three-course meal for 50 attendees.

For this edition, funds will be donated to E’a the Wholistic Artist, aka T.H.U.G. HIPPIE, in support of the Creativity Bus project. The program starts with a salsa class led by E’a in the Packingtown Museum, with dinner held in the Winter Garden upstairs. The menu for this event will feature products made and grown at The Plant and at other local farms. Afterward, participants can linger in the taproom with friends old and new.

Also at The Plant today:

10am: Peace & Education Coalition meeting in the Packingtown Museum

10am-4pm: Pick up your Salad Club order from Closed Loop Farms. For more info on the offerings, including rotating seasonal add-ons, see the details here.

11am-1pm: Pre-order from Great American Cheese Collection by 5am on Thursdays for same-day pickup. Details here.

5-8pm: The Turtle Stop will also be open, offering products made and grown at The Plant, everyday grocery and cleaning essentials, gifts, and more.

4-11pm: Join in for bingo night in Whiner Beer Co.’s taproom for some eats, drinks, and good times. Pizza kitchen will be slinging pies until 10pm. Learn more here.