Common Threads provides after-school programming to children between eight and 12 years old.
Students learn basic kitchen skills, cooking techniques, and the importance of fresh ingredients as they prepare healthy ethnic cuisine together. Chef Instructors incorporate nutrition tips and cultural information into lessons that teach our students how to connect with their bodies, their neighbors, and their world in a healthy way.
Classes are offered in eight-week sessions throughout the school-year—fall, winter, and spring. Classes meet once per week and are free to students who qualify for free or reduced school lunches. Common Threads currently provides programs in eight different Chicago neighborhood locations, and now at the Accelerated School in South Central Los Angeles.
Upcoming Classes Chicago- Class:Cooking Skills & World Cuisine
- Date:Mondays, January 12, 26; Feb 2,9,23; March 9,16,30; April 12,20,27; May 4
- Time:3:30-5:30pm
- Location:Comer Youth Center
7200 S. Ingleside Avenue
- Class:Cooking Skills & World Cuisine
- Date:Mondays, January 12,26; Feb 2,9,23; March 9,16,30; April 13,20,27; May 4
- Time:4:00 - 6:00 pm
- Location:Whole Foods South Loop
1101 S. Canal Street
*Open enrollment available at this location! Sign up at the Whole Foods Customer Service Desk prior to class.
- Class:Cooking Skills & World Cuisine
- Date:Mondays, January 12,26; Feb 2,9,23; March 9,16,30; April 13,20,27; May 4
- Time:3:30 - 5:30 pm
- Location:Washburne South Shore Cultural Center
7059 South Shore Drive
- Class:Cooking Skills & World Cuisine
- Date:Tuesdays,January 13,20,27; Feb 3,10,17,24; March 3,10,17,31; April 14
- Time:3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
- Location:Abraham Lincoln Centre
3858 South Cottage
- Class:Cooking Skills & World Cuisine
- Date:Tuesdays,January 13,20,27; Feb 3,10,17,24; March 3,10,17,31; April 14
- Time:3:30-5:30
- Location:Washburne South Shore Cultural Center
7059 S. South Shore Dr.
- Class:Cooking Skills & World Cuisine
- Date:Wednesdays, January 14,21,28; Feb 4,11,18,25; March 4,11,18; April 15,22
- Time:3:30pm-5:30pm
- Location:Chopping Block
4747 N. Lincoln
- Class:Cooking Skills & World Cuisine
- Date:Wednesdays, January 14,21,28; Feb 4,11,18,25; March 4,11,18; April 15,22
- Time:4:00- 6:00p.m.
- Location:Washburne Kennedy King College
6301 S. Halsted
- Class:Cooking Skills & World Cuisine
- Date:Wednesdays, January 14,21,28; Feb 4,11,18,25; March 4,11,18; April 15,22
- Time:4:00- 6:00 p.m.
- Location:Washburne Kennedy King College
6301 S. Halsted
- Class:Cooking Skills & World Cuisine
- Date:Wednesdays, January 7,14,21,28; Feb 4,11,18,25; March 4,11,18; and Thursday, April 2
- Time:4:15-6:15 p.m.
- Location:Jordan Community School
7414 N. Wolcott
- Class:Cooking Schools and World Cuisine
- Date:Thursdays, January 15,22,29; Feb 5,19,26; March 5,12,19; April 2,16,23
- Time:4:00- 6:00 p.m.
- Location:Robert Morris College
401 S. State
- Class:Cooking Skills & World Cuisine
- Date:Thursdays, January 15,22,29; Feb 5,19,26; March 5,12,19; April 2,16,23
- Time:4:00-6:00 pm
- Location:Robert Morris College
401 S. State
- Class:Cooking Skills & World Cuisine
- Date:Thursday, January 15,22,29; Feb 5,19,26; March 5,12,19; April 2,16,23
- Time:4:00- 6:00 p.m.
- Location:Chinese American Service League
2141 S. Tan Court
- Class:Cooking Skills and World Cuisine
- Date:Mondays, January 12,16; Feb 9,23; March 2,9,16; April 13,20,27;
May 4, 11, 18 - Time:2:30-4:30 pm
- Location:The Accelerated School
4000 S. Main Street
Los Angeles, CA
- Class:Cooking Skills & World Cuisine
- Date:Wednesdays, January 14-March18; April 15,22
- Time:4:30-6:30 p.m.
- Location:Challenger's Boys & Girls Club
5029 S. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA
