April 24, 2008 Newsletter - Vol. 2, Issue #17

This week we welcome:

HP Electrical Services Inc.
Bizar Entertainment
Ambiance Gallery
C&M Wilkins

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With odds like this (1/1299) it would be crazy not to go for it!

Get your tickets NOW… the event is this Monday evening, April 28th and you could walk away a winner (but you don’t even have to be present to win)

NorthShoreInsider.com is the #1 resource for your farmers’ market information. – Check out the latest information on dates and times the best markets on the North Shore.

This weekend, Wilmette’s French Market kicks off the season at 8 a.m.! You can find the vendors in the Metra parking lot in downtown Wilmette, just off Green Bay Rd. And click here for up -to-date info on when your local market is set to open!

Ben & Jerry’s annual “Free Cone Day is coming up on Tuesday, April 29 – local scoop shops will be serving up free cones all day long, and donations go to charity. Here are a few locations:

1860 Tower Drive, Glenview

1634 Orrington Ave., Evanston

701 N. Milwaukee Ave., Vernon Hills

See what no one else has seen…yet. It’s the circus adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s graphic novel, Neverwhere. Directed by Nathan Drackett This benefit includes the whole shebang… dinner, exotic circus acts, theatre, prizes and an open bar.

Event: Neverwhere
Date: Friday, April 25
Location: The Actors Gymnasium, 927 Noyes St. Evanston
Time: 8:00 PM Showtime, with reception immediately following at Va Pensiero, 1566 Oak Ave Evanston
Phone: 847.328.2795
Cost: $100 per person

Head up to Waukegan tonight to see television personality and comedienne Chelsea Handler live at the Genesee Theatre!

Insider Tip: Her show’s been bumped back to 9 p.m., so you’ve time to make your way up I-94 and grab a bite at Waukegan’s newest Puerto Rican restaurant, Sabor Borinqueno, located at 226 S. Sheridan Road.

Date: Thursday, April 24
Location: Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan
Time: 9 p.m.
Phone: 847.782.2366
Cost: $29.50 per person

Introduce your youngest kids to the majesty of brass band music, for a steal! Maestro Ryan T. Nelson will lead the Illinois Brass Band onto NU’s Pick-Staiger stage. Kids will hear beautiful melodies, marches and bouncy tunes that’ll have them hopping out of their seats – and it’s a kids’ concert – so that’s OK!

Event: Kids Fare: Brass Attack!
Date: Saturday, April 26
Location: 50 Arts Circle Drive, NU Campus, Evanston
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Cost: $5/$4/$3
Phone: 847.467.4000

Why should you be the only one in the house that cooks? Get your teens over to Sunset foods in Lake Forest on Saturday for a “culinary camp” experience – they’ll learn basic knife safety skills, how to make chicken fajitas, guacamole and tarts!

Event: Saturday Teen Culinary Camp
Date: Saturday, April 26
Location: Sunset Foods, 825 Waukegan Rd., Lake Forest
Time: 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Phone: 312.752.2206 to register
Cost: $40

Foreclosure isn’t just something that happens in “other” neighborhoods – it’s happening here. It might not be you, but it could be a neighbor. North Shore Chicago is facing a 67 percent increase in foreclosures – and this seminar will answer any questions you might have, from how it could affect you personally to how it affect neighborhoods and how to get help. Woodstock Institute VP Geoff Smith and HUD representative Michael Roche will lead this informative discussion.

Event: Facing Foreclosure in Our Own Backyard: examining the foreclosure crisis in Chicago's Northern Suburbs
Date: Wednesday, April 30
Location: Wilmette Public Library, 1242 Wilmette Ave.
Time: 6:30 - 8:30
Cost: None

Take advantage of the North Shore’s fantastic spring weather by taking the family for a bike or hike! Deerfield Park District is hosting a Go Green Family Bike or Hike this Sunday at Jewett Park. It’s a great chance to check out Deerfield, as you’ll take part in a scavenger hunt in all the village parks!

Event: Go Green Family Bike Or Hike
Date: Sunday, April 27
Location: Jewett Park, 836 Jewett Park Dr., Deerfield
Time: 1 p.m.
Phone: 847.572.2621
Cost: None

If you’re up for a few funky stares and some public awkwardness, there’s a deal in it for you – Color Me Mine pottery studio in the Glen Town Center will give you 50 percent off your paint time on Friday night if you come ready to paint in your jammies!

Event: PJ Night
Date: Friday, April 25
Location: Color Me Mine, Tower Drive, Glen Town Center - Glenview
Time: 6 - 9 p.m.
Phone: 847.729.7602
Cost: 50 percent off paint time!

Grabbing dinner in The Glen Friday night? Make time to visit the community space next to Mitchell’s Fish Market for storytime – the Glenview Public Library will be presenting “The Wright Stuff: A Musical.” There’ll be some theatric reading, along with music, guaranteed to keep your kids entertained!

Event: “The Wright Stuff: A Musical”
Date: Friday, April 25
Location: 2671 Navy Blvd., Glen Town Center (between Jos. A. Bank and Mitchell’s Fish Market)
Time: 7 - 8 p.m.
Cost: None

Stock up for all the summer celebrations at Binny’s in Highland Park, where you can sample more than two dozen champagnes and sparkling wines, including Moet & Chandon White Star and 1999 Dom Perignon!

Event: Champagne Tasting
Date: Friday, April 25
Location: Binny’s in Highland Park, 153 Skokie Valley Hwy.
Time: 5 - 8 p.m.
Phone: 847.831.5400 - Call to add your name to the reservation list
Cost: $10 card members/$15 non-members

New bikes rock… but, maybe you just need a commuter bike to get to the train station. Or you have a kid off to college that is going to trash it riding back and forth. Maybe you want to just have one that you don’t have to worry about getting dinged or clipped.
Check out the Winnetka Community House’s bike sale this weekend!
Get a great bike at an even better price!

Event: Bike Sale
Date: Saturday, April 26
Location: 620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
Time: 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. appraisals, Sale starts at 9:30 a.m.
Phone: 847.446.0537
Cost: None

C’mon, get her something other than perfume this year. Dads - check out the Mother's Day Trunk Show at Gallery 659 in Glencoe. There’ll be all sorts of wearable art on display and for sale, including scarves, jewelry, pins and beads – and many for under $100.

Event: Mother’s Day Trunk Show
Date: Saturday, April 26
Location: Gallery 659, 659 Vernon Ave., Glencoe
Time: 12 - 5 p.m.
Phone: 847.835.0659
Cost: None

Got some shopping to do? Get a great deal at the Northbrook Court Macy’s – a $5 donation to the National Park Foundation will save you between 10 and 20 percent this weekend on most of your purchases! Macy's Turn Over a New Leaf Event

Event: Turn Over A New Leaf Sales Event
Date: Saturday and Sunday, April 26 - 27
Location: Northbrook Court Macy’s
Time: Regular store hours
Phone: 847.509.5252
Cost: $5 donation

Mmmmmm....that succulent smell is from your local Sunset Foods, where this Saturday they’ll be cooking up some choice meats! We’re talking Tallgrass, Boar’s Head and Johnsonville, just to name a few.

Event: Grilling Samples
Date: Saturdays, beginning April 26
Location: Sunset Foods location in Northbrook, Highland Park and Lake Forest
Time: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Cost: None

You CAN’T MISS SMELT FEST! It’s a North Shore tradition, and it’s this weekend in Highland Park! Head over to Park Avenue Beach this Friday to catch your very own smelt, and even taste it. And if you can’t bring yourself to eat the little guy, there’ll be other concessions on hand! Nets will be provided to catch fish, first come, first served.

Event: Smelt Fest
Date: Friday, April 25
Location: Park Avenue Beach, Highland Park
Time: 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Phone: 847.579.3121
Cost: $5/car, $2/per person

Here’s an opportunity for a fun girl’s night out – “Women, Wine & The World” at Wine Styles in Evanston is scheduled for next Wednesday. Check out wines from all over the world, while Women Thrive Worldwide is there to share how women around the world, in some of the poorest nations, fight poverty.

Event: “Women, Wine & The World”
Date: Wednesday, April 30
Location: Wine Styles, 1741 Sherman Ave., Evanston
Time: 6 p.m.
Phone: 847.328.4400
Cost: None