UPDATE (11/10/2015): Curio Theatre’s Benefit scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 14 has been postponed to a later date. Stay tuned for more announcements.

Two local arts organizations, University City Arts League (UCAL) and Curio Theatre, are holding delicious and fun events soon, which will help them raise some cash.

The annual Chili Bowl fundraiser supports the Arts League’s pottery studio. (Photo courtesy UCAL)

• UCAL’s annual Chili Bowl event will be held this Sunday (Nov. 8), from 1 – 4 p.m. at 4226 Spruce Street. Everyone is invited to purchase a hand-crafted bowl for $20 and fill it with chili (kids eat free with a bowl-purchasing adult).

The chili, including vegetarian and vegan, is donated by local restaurants: Corner Bakery, Tortas Frontera, City Tap House, Rx the Farmacy, Harvest, Renata’s Kitchen, Milk and Honey Market, Qdoba, Distrito, The Restaurant School, and the Green Line Cafe. After guests stuff themselves with chili they can vote for their favorite.

All of the proceeds from the Chili Bowl supports UCAL and its beloved ceramic studio. Guests are encouraged to get to the Arts League early to insure that they get a ceramic bowl. Each bowl is individually crafted, a unique piece created by a potter, and they are in limited supply. For more information about the event, visit the UCAL website. 

• Next Saturday (Nov. 14), Curio Theatre, Baltimore Avenue’s resident professional theatre company, invites neighbors to join them for an evening of fun, food, beer, and prizes at their first annual BEEF, BEER, AND BINGO Benefit! This fundraiser will take place at St. Francis de Sales School (917 S. 47th Street) from 7 to 10 p.m.

The entry fee of $25.00 includes a bingo card in addition to all-you-can-eat beef as well as vegetarian side dishes. Beer will be donated by local breweries. Additional bingo cards are offered for $1 each.

All proceeds will support Curio Theatre Company’s 11th year of providing quality professional theatre and arts education in West Philadelphia.