Here is the latest list of where to Eat, Shop & Play in our community this week, October 28-November 3, 2024

 

Monday, October 28

 

Tuesday, October 29

🩷 8:00 am-11:00 am – Support Breast Cancer Awareness with the Lake Forest Police at Gerhard's Elegant European Desserts breast-cancer-awareness

9:00 am – Expressive Explorers (Pop-up) with Classes & Events at Giggles Play expressive-explorers

11:00 am-12:00 pm – Advanced Funeral Planning (virtual) with Elderwerks funeral

11:00 am-12:00 pm – Examine the Art of LinkedIn: A Digital Workshop with Madeline Fetterly (Zoom) with Suite Escape digital-event

11:00 am-12:00 pm – Make Your Website Work For You (virtual) with SCORE website

12:00 pm-1:30 pm – The 5 Best Pricing Methods - How to Choose a Pricing Strategy for Your Business (virtual) with SCORE pricing-strategy

2:00 pm-3:00 pm – Changing Your Brain Can be as Easy as Child's Play at Elderwerks child-s-play

4:00 pm-4:30 pm – Middle School Halloween Party at CROYA croya

6:30 pm-8:00 pm – Art Impact Project: Wellness Through Arts Workshop at The Art Center Highland Park wellness-through-arts

 

Wednesday, October 30

8:15 am-9:00 am – Low-Impact Strength Class/Aerobics (virtual) with Elderwerks strength

10:00 am-11:00 am - Gray Divorce (virtual) with Elderwerks divorce

4:30 pm-5:30 pm – Highland Park Community Foundation Annual Grant Awards at The Art Center Highland Park grant-awards

6:00 pm-7:00 pm – 50 Year of Happy Days: A Visual History of an American Television Classic: an instore event with Brian Levant and Fred Fox Jr at Lake Forest Book Store lakeforestbookstore

6:00 pm-8:30 pm – Essentials of Tuscan Cooking at Elawa Farm tuscan-cooking

7:00 pm-8:00 pm – High School Meeting and Spooktacular at CROYA croya

7:00 pm-9:00 pm – The Shape of Water at Gorton Center the-shape-of-water

7:30 pm-9:00 pm – Orchestra Concert (RMA) - Lake Forest School District 115 orchestra

 

Thursday, October 31

12:00 pm-1:00 pm – How AI Changes the Search Landscape of Reaching Your Website

(virtual) with SCORE search-landscape

4:00 pm-7:00 pm – Trick or Treat Hours Lake Bluff trick-or-treat

4:00 pm-8:00 pm – Trick or Treat Hours Lake Forest trick-or-treat

6:00 pm-9:00 pm – Intro to Homemade Cheese at Elawa Farm homemade-cheese

7:00 pm-9:00 pm – Blithe Spirit at Lake Forest College Blithe-Spirit

7:00 pm-9:00 pm – Lake County Film Festival at Gorton Center film-festival

 

Friday, November 1

8:15 am-9:00 am – Low-Impact Cardio Class/Aerobics (virtual) with Elderwerks cardio

10:00 am-4:00 pm – Artisan Guild French Market Holiday Boutique french-market

10:00 am-6:00 pm – Grab & Go Crafts at Lake Bluff Public Library crafts

12:30 pm – Apple Cider Stroll at History Center Lake Forest-Lake Bluff cider-stroll

7:00 pm-9:00 pm – Blithe Spirit at Lake Forest College Blithe-Spirit

7:00 pm-10:00 pm – Live Music: Bobby K. Music at Oaken Bistro+Bar live-music

7:00 pm-8:15 pm – An Evening with Shelby Van Pelt at Gorton Center shelby-van-pelt

 

Saturday, November 2

10:00 am, 11:00 am – Hooves and Hugs at Elawa Farm hooves-and-hugs

10:00 am-11:15 am – Keeping the Writing Process Playful with Shelby Van Pelt at Lake Forest Library writing-process

10:00 am -4:00 pm – Artisan Guild French Market Holiday Boutique french-market

11:00 am-2:00 pm – Sister2Sister 5k Runathon/Walkathon at College of Lake County Grayslake events

2:00 pm-4:00 pm – Blithe Spirit at Lake Forest College Blithe-Spirit

2:00 pm-4:00 pm – Knife Sharpening at Pasquesi Home & Gardens sales-events

2:10 pm-3:45 pm – Dawn Dusk - A Feature Length Film at the Lake County Film Festival dawn-dusk

5:30 pm, 6:30 pm – Chamber Music Soirees at Midwest Young Artists Conservatory mya

6:00 pm-8:00 pm – Paella and Sangria at Elawa Farm paella-and-sangria

6:00 pm-10:00 pm – Lake County Symphony Orchestra Gala: A Symphonic Journey a-symphonic-journey

6:30 pm-9:30 pm – Jazz & Jokes Benefitting the Friends of Lake Bluff Park District jazz-jokes

7:00 pm-9:00 pm – Blithe Spirit at Lake Forest College Blithe-Spirit

7:00 pm-9:30 pm – Bonhoeffer Special Event at Wayfarer Theaters bonhoeffer

7:30 pm-9:00 pm – Grupo Bella - A Día de los Muertos Concert at James Lumber Center events

 

Sunday, November 3

🪈 9:00 am-5:00 pm – Double Reed Festival with Midwest Young Artist Conservatory double-reed-festival

12:00 pm-2:00 pm – Aulcie: Dani Menkin double feature at Wayfarer Theaters aulcie-dani-menkin

12:00 pm-2:00 pm – Woodlands Academy hosts its fall 2024 open house open-house

1:00 pm-3:00 pm – Lake Forest Academy's Fall Open House visit-lfa

1:40 pm-3:15 pm – Dawn Dusk - A Feature Length Film at the Lake County Film Festival dawn-dusk

2:00 pm-4:00 pm – Blithe Spirit at Lake Forest College Blithe-Spirit

4:00 pm-5:30 pm – Jason Hudy at Gorton Center jason-hudy

7:00 pm-9:00 pm – Blithe Spirit at Lake Forest College Blithe-Spirit

 

Get outside…be sure to check the status of our amazing community facilities!

Lake Bluff Park District: www.lakebluffparks.org

Lake Forest Parks & Recreation: www.lfparksandrec.com

Lake Forest Open Lands – www.lfola.org/recreational-activities

 

Ongoing:

  CROYA – After School Drop-In Hours, Pointsettia Sale Begins (October 16) croya-calendar

Deer Path Art League – Apply for The City of Lake Forest’s Saturday Holiday Market to be held on December 14 & 21 saturday-holiday-market

Dickinson Hall – Special Events, Life Enrichment, Ongoing Programs, Healthy Living Lectures and Fitness for Seniors dickinson_hall 

Elderwerks – Fall Food Drive (October 1-November 30) events@elderwerks.org

Fill A Heart 4 Kids – See Events & Volunteer Opportunities fillaheart4kids

Gorton Center – Calendar of Events: gortoncenter-events

Great Lake Adaptive Sports Association (GLASA) – Calendar of Events glasa.org-calendar

History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff – Exhibit: Modern in the Midcentury

(May 11-November 1), Docent-Led Walking Tours; Self-Guided Tours – 11 Stately Observers: Witness Trees of Lake Forest, Houses of Lake Road; LF-LB History online; Main Exhibit & Digital Exhibits: Milestone Travels: Leaving Home to Find Yourself; Map Stories: The Hidden History in the Maps of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff; The Holiday Collection: from 1898 to Today; 300 Photos, 30 Days: A Candid Look at Covid-19; 20 in the Twenties: A Century of Change; Facing School 2020; History of Epidemics; History of Vaccines; A Spark of Genius: Local Events and Their Discoveries; Arcady Farm and its Neighbors lflbhistory 

International Chamber Artists – Couch Concerts (Virtual), 2024-2025 Season Musically It’s All Relative concert-series

Lake Bluff History Museum – The Lake: Lake Bluff and Michi Gami opens July 15 the-lake-lake-bluff-and-michi-gami; Lake Bluff Walking Tours App (nearly a dozen tours available): Uptown Commercial District; Lake Bluff Camp Meeting Grounds; Camp Meeting Cottages; Dogs on the Bluff public art display; Green Bay Road Estates; Moffett Road Estates; Sheridan Road Estates; Lake Bluff Commemorative Plaques Tour; Early Settlers of Lake Bluff, and Development in West Lake Bluff. lakebluffhistory

Lake Bluff Public Library – Phyllis Fox Memorial Writing & Bookmark Design Contest (November 1-30), 1000 Books Before Kindergarten (September 1-November 30) 1000-books-kindergarten, Calendar of Events: lakeblufflibrary-events; Voter’s Registration other-services

Lake Forest Civic Orchestra – past concerts and recordings archive past-concerts

Oaken Bistro + Bar at the Forester Hotel – Entrée of the month – Seared Tuna, Cocktail of the Month: Autumn in the City (October 1-31) specials-events 

Rendezvous Arts – Summer Vignette Series and Patreon Channel (Virtual) rendezvousarts

  

Sales & Specials:

  ABLAZE Design Group: 15% off or 1 year interest free financing on interior painting, 20% OFF ALL Hunter Douglas Window Treatment Orders promo 

Alesia C. Design House: Join our newsletter and take 15% off first purchase alesiac.com

Bedside Manor: Join our newsletter and take 10% off first purchase, 25% off Yves Delorme down comforters, pillows, duvet covers, (through November 3) shopbedside-sale

Chalet: 50% off Outdoor Plants, 40% off on select Corkcicle tumblers and cold cups, 50% off on select Halloween items, Save $15 on a 6" Silver Sword Philodendron (reg $39.99), 20%-70% off Outdoor Furniture chaletnursery

Chief's Pub:  Monday - $3.50 All Domestic bottles All Day, $3 Cheeseburger Sliders during MNF; Tuesday - $3.75 Corona and Corona Light bottles, $5 House Margarita and 1/2 price tacos; Wednesday - 1/2 price bottle of wine, $3.50 domestic jumbos; Thursday – Thirsty Thursdays $20 Domestic beer towers, $10 domestic pitchers, 1/2 off domestic beer & house wine; Friday - $6 16oz Craft draft beer; Saturday - $15 domestic buckets, $20 Claw and Noon buckets, 1/2 price pizza all day; Sunday - $4 Screwdriver, $5 Bloodys and $6 Mimosas, Kids Eat Free; Happy Hour: M–F 3pm-6pm: $3.50 Miller Lite & Budlight Bottles, $4 16oz pints Miller Lite & Budlight, $4.75 23oz Miller Lite & Budlight, $5 Rail Drinks-House Vodka, Gin, Rum, Tequila & Whiskey + a mixer, $6 House Wine-Red: Cabernet, White: Chardonnay chiefspub

Citadel Theatre: Season Subscriptions (2023-2024 Season Line-up: The Cottage, Dames at Sea, I and You, A Jukebox for the Algonquin) $40-$120 citadeltheatre

Club Pilates East Lake Forest: First Class Free clubpilates

Deer Path Inn: Literary Getaway: A Good Book and a Spot of Tea, Babymoon Getaway - Baby On Board, Local's Only Package: Discover the North Shore, Zero-Proof Experience Mocktail Mixology, Gramping Getaway, Girls’ Getaway Tea Time For Two; north-chicago-hotel-deals; Afternoon Tea at The English Room - seatings at 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm and 3:00 pm Wednesday through Saturday; Afternoon Tea available for carry-out Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 4:00 pm with preorder thedeerpathinn.com/dining

Egg Harbor Café: Specials: Cozy Scrambler, Pumpkin Pancakes, Orchard Valley Roll-up, Iced Pumpkin Apple Macchiato, Apple Cider Mimosa, Pumpkin Spice Latte eggharborcafe

Elements Massage: $30 off first one-hour massage session, New client discounts: One-hour massage session for only $89 (regular $119); 90 minute massage for $129 (regular $159) elementsmassage.com/bannockburn

ENAZ: Sale items collections/sale

Foodstuffs Gourmet Food & Catering: 10% off select items (October), Build Your Own Gift Basket, Trick or Treat Halloween Candy, Halloween Gift Basket, Thanksgiving Meal pre-order foodstuffs

The Forester – a Hyatt Place Hotel: Oaken Dining Package, Culinary Experience Package, Great Lake Naval Station Graduation Offer, Member Rates theforesterhotel

Forever Om Yoga: $79 new client offer (local clients only); unlimited golden membership $195, $29 single class, packages available foreveromyoga

Gerhard’s Elegant European Desserts: Austrian Apple Strudel (October) gerhardsdesserts

Gorton Center: Gorton tote bag featuring artist Leslie Gould’s illustration of our beautiful west entrance $20, Gorton 50^th branded insulated mug $20! shop-gorton

Hansa Coffee Roasters: Free Shipping on orders over $75, Espresso Based: Horchata Latte, Sparkling Raspberry Latte, Blueberry Latte, Coconut Latte; Cold Brew Based: Cold Brew Latte, Cold Foam Cold Brew; Tea Based: Cool Down, Galaxy hansacoffee

Kuro Bistro: Lunch Specials - Maki, Sashimi, Sushi, Classic Roll Choices, Bento, DonBuri kurolakeforest

Lake Forest Book Store: 10% discount available for military personnel and educators lakeforestbookstore

Lake Forest Civic Orchestra: Season Subscriptions $30-$60 (25% off single ticket price) lakeforestcivicorchestra

Lake Forest Hardware Cards and Gifts: Bargains of the Month local-ad

The Lake Forest Shop: Sale items sale

Luke’s of Lake Bluff: 10% off first order; Daily Specials Include Small Fries and Medium Drink lukeslakebluff

Mathnasium of Lake Forest: $31 off Enrollment (October), Free Assessment promotions

Mustard Seed: Fair Trade Gift Guide and much more mustardseedfairtrade

Oaken Bistro + Bar at the Forester Hotel: Weekday Happy Hour 3-6: drink specials from $5 and starters specials from $7 each; 16.18% Conway Park neighborhood business discount weekdays 11-4; E-Club Special – Free Sapling; Citadel Theatre Goers discount 20% when you show a same day ticket stub oakenbistro.com/specials-events

Offshore Marine/Paddling Warehouse: Eddyline Color Clearance, 30-60% off Boardworks Paddleboards, Closeouts, Demos and Sales offshore-chicago

Pasquesi Home and Gardens: Howl-O-Ween: Dog Treat Give-away (October 25-31), $3 off Fromm dry kibble; $1 off all canned dog food and $1 off all Fromm dog treats (through October 31) sales-events 

Shakou: Loyalty Plan – earn $5 for each $1 spent, special food & beverage items earn 2X to 5X points, 2500 points earn a $25 reward certificate shakou 

Sherwin Williams: Buy One Get One 50% off Gallons of Superpaint, $10 off $50+ sherwin-williams

Smith’s Men’s Store: Made-to-measure private appointments available smithsmensstore

Sunset Foods: See Weekly Specials weekly-ad

Touched by Jules: 30-minute massage $75, 60-minute massage $130, 90-minute massage $185 touchedbyjules

Vintage Magnality: 15% off $350+, Enter email for 15% off first order and enter to win one of our solid Jewelry Travel Case Wallets vintagemagnality