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LAKE FOREST/LAKE BLUFF COMMUNITY CALENDAR
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Ragdale Open House
Time:
1:00pm - 4:00pm
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Home Sweet Ragdale: A Family Open House
Visit the Ragdale Foundation, a nationally renowned artists' community, for a day of art projects, family tours, and good old-fashioned fun! You won’t want to miss the family tours of the Ragdale House, art projects with Ragdale artists, hayrides, scavenger hunts, musical entertainment by The Buckthorns, food and fun!
FREE! Call for reservations. 847-234-1063 x205.
Sponsored by Harris Bank of Lake Forest.
Location: Ragdale House and Ground; 1260 N. Green Bay Road
Rain date: Sunday, October 8. Call for event status in the case of inclement weather.
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Ragdale Tour
Time:
2:00pm
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Join a tour of the historic Ragdale House and grounds as well as a studio visit with a Ragdale artist-in-residence.
$10 (free to Lake Forest residents). Reservations required.
Private Group Tours scheduled separately. Call 847-234-1063 x201 for more information.
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Yom Kippur
Author dinner
Time:
6:30pm
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Speaker: Ward Just, National Book Award-winning author of "Forgetfulness". Sponsored by Lake Forest Book Store at Froggy's French Cafe, 306 Green Bay Road, Highwood. Cost: $38.
For more information call 847-234-4420 or visit www.lakeforestbookstore.com.
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LEAD
Time:
9:45am - 11:00am
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"Who's In Charge, Anyway?"
Speaker: Mimi Kravitz DeWoskin
When did everything between parents and children become negotiable? Bedtime, screen time, chores optional... Attend this workshop and learn useful strategies for achieving appropriate balance within your family.
Mimi Kravitz DeWoskin, MSW, LCSW, is an author, teacher and ally.
Gorton Community Center, 400 E. Illinois Road, Room 1861, Lake Forest
For more information contact LEAD at 847-295-9075.
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Ragdale Tour
Time:
10:00am
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Join a tour of the historic Ragdale House and grounds as well as a studio visit with a Ragdale artist-in-residence.
$10 (free to Lake Forest residents). Reservations required.
Private Group Tours scheduled separately. Call 847-234-1063 x201 for more information.
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Ragdale Four-Week Workshop
Time:
7:00pm - 9:00pm
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FOUR-WEEK WORKSHOP
Cover to Cover: Creating Coptic-bound Books, with Regin Igloria
This is the workshop for novelists (or journal writers), draftsmen (or doodlers), and literary scholars (or bookworms). Learn how to create and bind the pages you normally fill with words, images, and musings using the ancient Coptic stitch binding technique. Tools and methods will be discussed, and you will learn through both demonstrations and hands-on creation. All materials included. Limit 10 people. Igloria is a Chicago artist (who binds all his own sketchbooks!) and Ragdale’s Director of Artists in Residence. He also teaches at Marwen.
Location: Ragdale Barnhouse Conference Room; parking at 1230 N. Green Bay Road
Call to register. 847-234-1063 x205
Registration Deadline: Sept. 28, $260
Pre-Registration Deadline: Sept. 21, $245
Materials included.
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The Toy Station
Time:
7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Don't miss the review of "The Top Holiday Toys" at The Toy Station in Market Square every Thursday night in October.
Save 10% off your purchases every Thursday from 7 - 8 p.m.
For more information, contact The Toy Station at 847-234-0180 or visit www.toystation.net.
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Citadel Theatre Company
Time:
8:00pm
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Citadel Theatre is pleased to announce its 2006-2007 season. The first production will be Anton in Show Business by Jane Martin. A hilarious comedy about a bare bones production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, complete with an ambitious sitcom star, crazy director, jaded Off-Broadway actress and an innocent third-grade teacher from La Vernia, Texas. Commerce, art, capitalism and casting crash headfirst into each other as the question is pondered: Will any of these three actresses make it to Hollywood?
Citadel Theatre is a professional, not-for-profit theatre that has established itself on the far North Shore. Citadel is currently housed in the Grotto, a 70-seat black box performance space, in Gorton Community Center, 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances begin at 8 p.m. and on Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickest are $25 for adults, $22 for students and seniors. For more information or to purchase tickets, call the Citadel box office at 847-735-8554 or go to Citadel's website at www.citadeltheatre.org.
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Farmers Market
Time:
7:00am - 12:00pm
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Lake Bluff Village Green (southwest corner of Scranton and Center Avenues).
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Deer Path Gallery
Time:
5:00pm - 7:00pm
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Art opening sponsored by Deer Path Art League at Deer Path Gallery, One Market Square Court, Lake Forest. Free admission.
For more information call 847-234-3743 or visit http://www.deerpathgallery.citymax.com.
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Dickinson Hall Artists Show
Time:
5:00pm - 7:00pm
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Dickinson Hall Watercolor Artists Show sponsored by Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Senior Center at Dickinson Hall, 100 E. Old Mill Road, Lake Forest. Free admission.
For more information, call 847-234-2209.
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Citadel Theatre Company
Time:
8:00pm
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Citadel Theatre is pleased to announce its 2006-2007 season. The first production will be Anton in Show Business by Jane Martin. A hilarious comedy about a bare bones production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, complete with an ambitious sitcom star, crazy director, jaded Off-Broadway actress and an innocent third-grade teacher from La Vernia, Texas. Commerce, art, capitalism and casting crash headfirst into each other as the question is pondered: Will any of these three actresses make it to Hollywood?
Citadel Theatre is a professional, not-for-profit theatre that has established itself on the far North Shore. Citadel is currently housed in the Grotto, a 70-seat black box performance space, in Gorton Community Center, 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances begin at 8 p.m. and on Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickest are $25 for adults, $22 for students and seniors. For more information or to purchase tickets, call the Citadel box office at 847-735-8554 or go to Citadel's website at www.citadeltheatre.org.
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Citadel Theatre Company
Time:
8:00pm
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Citadel Theatre is pleased to announce its 2006-2007 season. The first production will be Anton in Show Business by Jane Martin. A hilarious comedy about a bare bones production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, complete with an ambitious sitcom star, crazy director, jaded Off-Broadway actress and an innocent third-grade teacher from La Vernia, Texas. Commerce, art, capitalism and casting crash headfirst into each other as the question is pondered: Will any of these three actresses make it to Hollywood?
Citadel Theatre is a professional, not-for-profit theatre that has established itself on the far North Shore. Citadel is currently housed in the Grotto, a 70-seat black box performance space, in Gorton Community Center, 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances begin at 8 p.m. and on Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickest are $25 for adults, $22 for students and seniors. For more information or to purchase tickets, call the Citadel box office at 847-735-8554 or go to Citadel's website at www.citadeltheatre.org.
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Columbus Day
Fern Schumer Chapman Workshop
Time:
10:30am
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Fern Schumer Chapman workshop, "Finding Story in Your Life" at the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Senior Center, 100 E. Old Mill Road in Lake Forest.
Open to grades 7 to adult. Free program offered by Friends of Lake Forest Library. To register, please call 847-615-4583.
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Ragdale Four-Week Workshop
Time:
7:00pm - 9:00pm
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FOUR-WEEK WORKSHOP
Cover to Cover: Creating Coptic-bound Books, with Regin Igloria
This is the workshop for novelists (or journal writers), draftsmen (or doodlers), and literary scholars (or bookworms). Learn how to create and bind the pages you normally fill with words, images, and musings using the ancient Coptic stitch binding technique. Tools and methods will be discussed, and you will learn through both demonstrations and hands-on creation. All materials included. Limit 10 people. Igloria is a Chicago artist (who binds all his own sketchbooks!) and Ragdale’s Director of Artists in Residence. He also teaches at Marwen.
Location: Ragdale Barnhouse Conference Room; parking at 1230 N. Green Bay Road
Call to register. 847-234-1063 x205
Registration Deadline: Sept. 28, $260
Pre-Registration Deadline: Sept. 21, $245
Materials included.
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The Toy Station
Time:
7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Don't miss the review of "The Top Holiday Toys" at The Toy Station in Market Square every Thursday night in October.
Save 10% off your purchases every Thursday from 7 - 8 p.m.
For more information, contact The Toy Station at 847-234-0180 or visit www.toystation.net.
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6th Grade Halloween Dance
Time:
7:30pm - 9:30pm
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Following the tradition of offering a special dance for sixth graders only, Gorton welcomes 200 of the sixth grade population of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff to the 6th Grade Grotto Night. This event has a Halloween theme and will feature for the first time the DJ's from Bizar Entertainment.
Activities will include games and dancing, a raffle, photo opportunities and other goodies. School dress and conduct codes will be adhered to, and the evening will be chaperoned by experienced volunteers.
Tickets will be available for purchase at the Gorton office or on their website starting at 9 a.m. on Monday, September 25. Cost: $10. Limit: 2 tickets per family.
For more information contact Gorton Community Center at 847-234-6060 or visit www.gortoncenter.org.
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Lake County Chamber Players
Time:
8:00pm
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Lake County Chamber Players: Fall Frolic at Lake Forest College's Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel.
Admission: Free.
For more information call 847-735-6010 or visit www.lakeforest.edu.
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LF Symphony
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Lake Forest Symphony, under the musical direction of Alan Heatherington, will perform an All Mozart Concert at the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts in Grayslake on the College of Lake County campus. Soprano Michelle Areyzaga will be the featured soloist. The concert will begin at 8:00 p.m., with a free pre-concert talk by music researcher and composer Jim Kendros offered at 7:00 p.m.
Following each concert, a free reception will be held for Symphony patrons. Details will be provided in the concert program.
Tickets may be purchased by calling either the Lake Forest Symphony office at 847-295-2135 or the James Lumber Center box office at 847-543-2300. Be sure to state that your ticket request is for a Lake Forest Symphony performance. Tickets may also be ordered online at www.lakeforestsymphony.org. For season subscriptions or general information about the concert season, contact Lake Forest Symphony at 847-295-2135.
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Pumpkin Chase 2006
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Pumpkin Chase race package pick-up/registration at East School from 6:45 - 7:30 a.m.
5K start at 8:00 a.m.
1 mile family run/walk start at 9:15 a.m.
Pumpkin Fest at Middle School and Artesian Park from 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
All proceeds benefit District 65 programs.
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Sewing at Gorton
Time:
9:30am - 11:00am
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For the first time ever, as CenterStage presents Velveteen Rabbit, Gorton Community Center welcomes sewing expert Wendy Koch as she gathers all interested 5-8 year olds and instructs them on the simple, slip stitch construction of a soft and cuddly Velveteen Rabbit. Learn new techniques, listen to a reading of the book, enjoy a simple snack together and prepare for a terrific performance of the Velveteen Rabbit presented by CenterStage (tickets sold separately).
Cost: $25 (includes all materials and snacks)
For more information, contact Gorton Community Center at 847-234-6060.
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Art at Mellody Show
Time:
10:00am - 4:00pm
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The 5th Annual Art at Mellody Exhibit and Sale will be held at the Lockhart Family Nature Center at 350 Waukegan Road in Lake Forest. The show brings together some of the best Midwestern landscape and still-life painters working today. For more information please contact Holly Meeks, Membership and Special Events coordinator, at 847-234-3880, x10.
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LF Hospital Benefit
Time:
5:30pm
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The Women's Auxiliary Board of Lake Forest Hospital is planning a wonderful evening of fun and entertainment with Mary Wilson of the Supremes. Onwentsia Club in Lake Forest will provide the setting for the hospital's annual benefit.
For more information, call the Lake Forest Hospital Philanthropy Department at 847-535-6111.
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LF Symphony
Time:
8:00pm
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Lake Forest Symphony, under the musical direction of Alan Heatherington, will perform an All Mozart Concert at the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts in Grayslake on the College of Lake County campus. Soprano Michelle Areyzaga will be the featured soloist. The concert will begin at 8:00 p.m., with a free pre-concert talk by music researcher and composer Jim Kendros offered at 7:00 p.m.
Following each concert, a free reception will be held for Symphony patrons. Details will be provided in the concert program.
Tickets may be purchased by calling either the Lake Forest Symphony office at 847-295-2135 or the James Lumber Center box office at 847-543-2300. Be sure to state that your ticket request is for a Lake Forest Symphony performance. Tickets may also be ordered online at www.lakeforestsymphony.org. For season subscriptions or general information about the concert season, contact Lake Forest Symphony at 847-295-2135.
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Art at Mellody Show
Time:
10:00am - 4:00pm
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The 5th Annual Art at Mellody Exhibit and Sale will be held at the Lockhart Family Nature Center at 350 Waukegan Road in Lake Forest. The show brings together some of the best Midwestern landscape and still-life painters working today. For more information please contact Holly Meeks, Membership and Special Events coordinator, at 847-234-3880, x10.
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Ragdale Presents ...
Time:
2:00pm
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"Ragdale Presents ..." Sue Bender, author of "Plain and Simple". Sponsored by Ragdale Foundation and Lake Forest Book Store in the Ragdale Conference Room, 1260 N. Green Bay Road, Lake Forest.
Cost: $10 in advance, $15 at door.
For more information, call 847-234-1063 or visit www.ragdale.org.
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Love & Logic Parenting Class
Time:
9:15am - 10:45am
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Love and Logic Parenting Classes
5 sessions (Tuesdays) October 17, 24, 31 and November 7 and 14, 2006
Lake Bluff Park District Recreation Center
355 W. Washington Avenue, Lake Bluff
$75.00 (includes one workbook)
This five-week program will help shape thoughtful, caring and responsible children. The unique appraoch of Love & Logic philosophy unlocks the secrets of successful parenting and teaching. Participants will receive practical, easy-to-use techniques that they can put to work immediately. Mary Carolyn Embry, certified Love & Logic instructor, will show how love allows children to grow through their mistakes and logic allows them to live with the consequences of their choices. Parents will study shared control, shared thinking and decision-making, consequences of empathy, and ways to maintain children's self-confidence. Scholarships are available.
Contact the LEAD office at 847-295-9075. Childcare is available on site for a small fee.
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Ragdale Tour
Time:
6:00pm
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Join a tour of the historic Ragdale House and grounds as well as a studio visit with a Ragdale artist-in-residence.
$10 (free to Lake Forest residents). Reservations required.
Private Group Tours scheduled separately. Call 847-234-1063 x201 for more information.
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Women in Government
Time:
7:00pm - 8:30pm
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A panel of top women leaders, including Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Senator Susan Garrett, and Arlington Heights Mayor Arlene Mulder, will lead a discussion highlighting opportunities for women to become engaged in their communities including serving on a board or commission or running for public office.
Lily Reid Holt Chapel at Lake Forest College.
Free admission.
For more information, call 847-615-4274.
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Ragdale Four-Week Workshop
Time:
7:00pm - 9:00pm
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FOUR-WEEK WORKSHOP
Cover to Cover: Creating Coptic-bound Books, with Regin Igloria
This is the workshop for novelists (or journal writers), draftsmen (or doodlers), and literary scholars (or bookworms). Learn how to create and bind the pages you normally fill with words, images, and musings using the ancient Coptic stitch binding technique. Tools and methods will be discussed, and you will learn through both demonstrations and hands-on creation. All materials included. Limit 10 people. Igloria is a Chicago artist (who binds all his own sketchbooks!) and Ragdale’s Director of Artists in Residence. He also teaches at Marwen.
Location: Ragdale Barnhouse Conference Room; parking at 1230 N. Green Bay Road
Call to register. 847-234-1063 x205
Registration Deadline: Sept. 28, $260
Pre-Registration Deadline: Sept. 21, $245
Materials included.
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The Toy Station
Time:
7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Don't miss the review of "The Top Holiday Toys" at The Toy Station in Market Square every Thursday night in October.
Save 10% off your purchases every Thursday from 7 - 8 p.m.
For more information, contact The Toy Station at 847-234-0180 or visit www.toystation.net.
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The Velveteen Rabbit
Time:
7:30pm
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CenterStage presents The Velveteen Rabbit at Gorton Community Center, 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL.
For information and tickets visit www.centerstagelakeforest.org, or call 847-234-6062.
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Fall Rummage Sale
Time:
8:00am - 3:00pm
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Sponsored by First Presbyterian Church, 700 N. Sheridan Road, Lake Forest. For more information contact Chris Denniston at 847-234-6250.
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The Velveteen Rabbit
Time:
2:00pm
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CenterStage presents The Velveteen Rabbit at Gorton Community Center, 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL.
For information and tickets visit www.centerstagelakeforest.org, or call 847-234-6062.
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The Velveteen Rabbit
Time:
2:00pm
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CenterStage presents The Velveteen Rabbit at Gorton Community Center, 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL.
For information and tickets visit www.centerstagelakeforest.org, or call 847-234-6062.
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Witches Walk
Time:
3:00pm - 5:00pm
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This annual Halloween festival at Middlefork Farm Nature Preserve, is educational and sometimes spooky, but always fun for the whole family. Go in costume and be the guests of the Open Lands witches. Hosted by the Associate Board of Lake Forest Open Lands. Park at Lake Forest Hospital and take the shuttle -- better than a broom! For more information please contact Holly Meeks, Membership and Special Events Coordinator at 847-234-3880, x10. Please leave dogs at home.
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Love & Logic Parenting Class
Time:
9:15am - 10:45am
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Love and Logic Parenting Classes
5 sessions (Tuesdays) October 17, 24, 31 and November 7 and 14, 2006
Lake Bluff Park District Recreation Center
355 W. Washington Avenue, Lake Bluff
$75.00 (includes one workbook)
This five-week program will help shape thoughtful, caring and responsible children. The unique appraoch of Love & Logic philosophy unlocks the secrets of successful parenting and teaching. Participants will receive practical, easy-to-use techniques that they can put to work immediately. Mary Carolyn Embry, certified Love & Logic instructor, will show how love allows children to grow through their mistakes and logic allows them to live with the consequences of their choices. Parents will study shared control, shared thinking and decision-making, consequences of empathy, and ways to maintain children's self-confidence. Scholarships are available.
Contact the LEAD office at 847-295-9075. Childcare is available on site for a small fee.
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Ragdale Four-Week Workshop
Time:
7:00pm - 9:00pm
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FOUR-WEEK WORKSHOP
Cover to Cover: Creating Coptic-bound Books, with Regin Igloria
This is the workshop for novelists (or journal writers), draftsmen (or doodlers), and literary scholars (or bookworms). Learn how to create and bind the pages you normally fill with words, images, and musings using the ancient Coptic stitch binding technique. Tools and methods will be discussed, and you will learn through both demonstrations and hands-on creation. All materials included. Limit 10 people. Igloria is a Chicago artist (who binds all his own sketchbooks!) and Ragdale’s Director of Artists in Residence. He also teaches at Marwen.
Location: Ragdale Barnhouse Conference Room; parking at 1230 N. Green Bay Road
Call to register. 847-234-1063 x205
Registration Deadline: Sept. 28, $260
Pre-Registration Deadline: Sept. 21, $245
Materials included.
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The Toy Station
Time:
7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Don't miss the review of "The Top Holiday Toys" at The Toy Station in Market Square every Thursday night in October.
Save 10% off your purchases every Thursday from 7 - 8 p.m.
For more information, contact The Toy Station at 847-234-0180 or visit www.toystation.net.
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The Velveteen Rabbit
Time:
7:30pm
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CenterStage presents The Velveteen Rabbit at Gorton Community Center, 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL.
For information and tickets visit www.centerstagelakeforest.org, or call 847-234-6062.
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Wine Tasting and Auction
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1st Annual Wine Tasting and Auction presented by Gorton Community Center and South Gate Cafe/Bank Lane Bistro. Wine tasting and hors d'oeuvres, silent and live auctions of fine and extraordinary wines and wine-related items and experiences. Proceeds benefit Gorton Community Center.
For more information, contact Gorton Community Center at 847-234-6060 or visit www.gortoncenter.org.
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Ghost Walk
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5:00pm - 8:00pm
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Join us for a spirit-guided tour of Lake Bluff's haunted past. Advance purchase recommended.
Cost: $20 adults, $10 children (8th grade and under).
A dinner/Ghost Walk package is also available featuring dinner at Holly's American Bistro before or after your Ghost Walk tour. Cost for the dinner/walk: $50 adults, $20 children (8th grade and under).
Sponsored by the Vliet Center for Lake Bluff History, 127 E. Scranton Avenue, Lake Bluff, 847-482-1571. Ticket order form at www.lakebluffhistory.org.
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The Velveteen Rabbit
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CenterStage presents The Velveteen Rabbit at Gorton Community Center, 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL.
Performances at 11:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.
For information and tickets visit www.centerstagelakeforest.org, or call 847-234-6062.
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Lake Forest Lyrica
Time:
3:00pm
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Lake Forest Lyrica: Chicago Chamber Musicians at Lake Forest College's Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel.
Tickets: $15 available at the door.
For more information, call 847-735-6010 or visit www.lakeforest.edu.
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Ghost Walk
Time:
5:00pm - 8:00pm
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Join us for a spirit-guided tour of Lake Bluff's haunted past. Advance purchase recommended.
Cost: $20 adults, $10 children (8th grade and under).
A dinner/Ghost Walk package is also available featuring dinner at Holly's American Bistro before or after your Ghost Walk tour. Cost for the dinner/walk: $50 adults, $20 children (8th grade and under).
Sponsored by the Vliet Center for Lake Bluff History, 127 E. Scranton Avenue, Lake Bluff, 847-482-1571. Ticket order form at www.lakebluffhistory.org.
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Halloween
Love & Logic Parenting Class
Time:
9:15am - 10:45am
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Love and Logic Parenting Classes
5 sessions (Tuesdays) October 17, 24, 31 and November 7 and 14, 2006
Lake Bluff Park District Recreation Center
355 W. Washington Avenue, Lake Bluff
$75.00 (includes one workbook)
This five-week program will help shape thoughtful, caring and responsible children. The unique appraoch of Love & Logic philosophy unlocks the secrets of successful parenting and teaching. Participants will receive practical, easy-to-use techniques that they can put to work immediately. Mary Carolyn Embry, certified Love & Logic instructor, will show how love allows children to grow through their mistakes and logic allows them to live with the consequences of their choices. Parents will study shared control, shared thinking and decision-making, consequences of empathy, and ways to maintain children's self-confidence. Scholarships are available.
Contact the LEAD office at 847-295-9075. Childcare is available on site for a small fee.
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Market Square Trick or Treat
Time:
3:00pm - 5:30pm
"Wright in Racine"
Time:
7:00pm
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This talk is in conjunction with the art exhibition "Form Adorned: Architectural Ornament from the Prairie School." The exhibition is curated by Lake Forest faculty member Cheryl Bachand, Curator of the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust.
Meyer Auditorium at the Lake Forest College.
Free admission.
For more information, call 847-735-5183.
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Phantom of the Opera
Time:
7:30pm - 9:00pm
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The Lake Forest College Chamber Orchestra will perform a soundtrack accompanying the 1925 silent film version of the Phantom of the Opera (starring Lon Chaney).
Mohr Student Center at Lake Forest College.
Free admission.
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