Harvest Dinner at Ox-Bow

This October, Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency (Ox-Bow) invites guests to gather on its scenic meadow for a once-in-a-season celebration: the Harvest Dinner, an evening of food, art, and community.

On Saturday, October 4, at 5:30 p.m., Ox-Bow welcomes Midwestern culinary talent to campus for a harvest feast en plein air, celebrating the arrival of autumn on the shores of Lake Michigan. Amy Thielen, a two-time James Beard award-winning chef and food journalist, will lead the evening’s menu filled with local and seasonal flavors. (The ticket includes a copy of Company: The Radical Art of Cooking for Others). Also lending his culinary talents in collaboration to the event is chef and co-owner of Duck Alley in Saugatuck, Jazer Syed. Together, they will activate a remarkable new addition to Ox-Bow’s campus: Meriem Bennani’s Zig Zag Grill.

To learn more about the event and purchase tickets, please visit www.ox-bow.org/culinary-events

Meriem Bennani’s Zig Zag Grill, created for RenBen 2025, was donated by the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago with support from Richard Wright and Valerie Carberry.