Get Out: Fair Trade Day, Troop Pancake Breakfast, Art Show

It's Thursday and you have no idea what you're going to do this weekend. Patch is coming to the rescue. We've got the best bets for your done-with-work-outta-here time. Check out our picks for the activities to hit and new places to explore this weekend.

• When: Saturday, May 12, 2012, 7:00 am
• Where: , 1024 Lake Ave, Wilmette
• Why Go?: All proceeds benefit Troop 3’s leadership and skill-building outings and other activities.“Our scouts look forward to the Pancake Breakfast every year because it’s a lot of fun and we raise money to help support our campouts and service work, “ said Troop 3’s Senior Patrol Leader Mac Lockett. Troop 3 also will be hosting an open house for interested scouts during the breakfast, to give boys 11 to 18 the opportunity to learn more about the troop and talk with scouts.
• Pricing: $5

• When: Saturday, May 12, 2012, 10:00 am
• Where: , 1242 Wilmette Ave, Wilmette
• Why Go?: Sample fair trade coffee and chocolates and see displays of fair trade products at a World Fair Trade Day celebration in the Auditorium.  Ten Thousand Villages of Evanston and The Mustard Seed of Lake Forest will display jewelry, scarves, housewares and home decor products created by female artisans in developing countries.  Chicago Fair Trade executive director Nancy Jones will talk about how by buying fair trade products, you provide a fair wage for producers in developing countries, particularly women who are trying to lift themselves and their families out of poverty.  Learn more at www.chicagofairtrade.org.
• Pricing: Free

• When: Saturday, May 12, 2012, 12:00 pm
• Where: , 1242 Wilmette Ave, Wilmette
• Why Go?: Mona Scheuermann, a Wilmette resident and Oakton Community College professor of English, will present a talk entitled, "Not Quite the Lady You Might Expect: The Novels of Jane Austen."  Her 2009 book, now in paperback, is called Reading Jane Austen.
• Pricing: Free

• When: Saturday, May 12, 2012, 9:00 pm
• Where: , 1122 Central Ave, Wilmette
• Why Go?: A critically acclaimed monthly stand-up comedy series on the second Saturday of each month featuring full length headlining and feature sets from the absolute best comics in Chicago, a Chicago Tribune Best Bet and Time Out Chicago Magazine Critics' Pick. For these shows theWilmette Theatre has partnered with Chicago Underground Comedy, which the Chicago Tribune called "one of the hottest shows in town" and Chicago Magazine raved, "the hippest, hottest stand-up showcase to emerge in years."
• Pricing: Free

• When: Saturday, May 12, 2012, 9:00 am
• Where: , 615 Locust Rd, Wilmette
• Why Go?: The art exhibit features the top-winning student pieces from 21 different Chicagoland high schools – more than 100 pieces will be on display. The artwork includes five categories: painting, drawing, three-dimensional, photography, and graphic communication. The students compete for higher learning scholarships sponsored by the Klitzky’s and Mesirow Financial.
• Pricing: Free

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