June 5, 2008 Newsletter - Vol. 2, Issue #23

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Visit Ravinia.org and sign up for “My Ravinia” to get a ton of great information, such as last minute ticket releases.

Take June for example – there are several “Two For One” and “All Tickets Just $15” concerts to choose from. It may not be James Taylor or the CSO, but it’s an inexpensive way to enjoy an evening under the stars or to introduce a younger member of the family to something besides Coldplay!

This weekend’s outdoor art fix comes courtesy of Waukegan and the Dandelion Wine Fine Arts Festival. The name is derived from the book by Ray Bradbury, a past Waukegan resident and favorite son. There’ll be art, music, drama, and dance through art demonstrations, an open microphone program, musicians, dance demonstrations, theatre workshops, and storytellers.

Event: Dandelion Wine Fine Arts Festival
Date: Saturday, June 7th
Location: Bowen Park, 1800 N. Sheridan Rd., Waukegan
Time: 10 a.m.
Cost: None

It’s time for the 6th Annual “Dog Day” at Lake Forest Open Lands! Come on out and play with your pooch outdoors – there’s also chances for a prize for owner/dog look-a-like and gifts for owners.

Event: Dog Day at the Lake Forest Open Lands
Date: Saturday, June 7th
Location: Deer Path Middle School, Deerpath Rd., just west of Hastings Rd., Lake Forest
Time: 9 a.m.
Phone: Register your dog at 847.234.3880 x.10
Cost: $10 in advance, $15 per dog at the event

Touch all that stuff kids and adults that we rarely get to see up close!
At NIPSTA’s Public Safety Awareness event this weekend, you can touch all those way cool cars and trucks, see a fire hose display, watch high rise fire rescue demonstrations, visit with horse-mounted police, learn about crime scene evidence collection and more!

Come rain or shone – there are lots of indoor activities as well.

This wine festival has it all – including more than 250 domestic and international wines from more than 40 exhibitors …. PLUS cooking demonstrations, wine seminars, live music and even a souvenir wine glass! (You’ll get 10 tastings for your admission!)

Event: Wine Festival at the Chicago Botanic Garden
Date: Saturday, June 7 and Sunday, June 8
Location: 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe
Time: Saturday, 12 - 8 p.m., Sunday, 12 - 6 p.m.
Phone: 847.835.5440
Cost: $28 - $30(non-members), plus parking fee for non-members. Designated Drivers can attend for $10 (Insider Tip: Take the train to the Glencoe Metra station and catch the Garden Trolley for $2)

It’s a weekend full of rock and roll for kids and you, beginning with a Motown concert by Highwood’s School of Rock!

Catch these outstanding young musicians in Highwood this Friday night and see what this great musical learning experience for youngsters is all about.

Event: School Of Rock Motown Concert
Date: Friday, June 6th
Location: Bridie McKenna’s, 254 Green Bay Rd., Highwood
Time: 7 - 9 p.m.
Phone: 847.433.ROCK
Cost: $10 in advance /$12 at the door

Kids can also rock out in Wilmette this weekend with Jeanie B and The Jellybeans! The group is a Parent’s Choice Recommended Award Winner and the concert includes a special video and slide show to stimulate all those tot senses!

Event: Jeanie B And The Jellybeans
Date: Saturday, June 7
Location: 1122 Central Ave., Wilmette
Time: 11 a.m.
Phone: 847.251.7424
Cost: $12

Backed up by Chicago’s very own The Bad Examples, Ralph’s World brings their rock act to the kiddies this weekend in Highland Park. Adults can kick back and enjoy it, to, as it’s all based on rock melodies we know and love!

Event: Ralph’s World at Ravinia
Date: Sunday, June 8
Location: Ravinia Festival, corner of Lake Cook and Green Bay Rds., Highland Park
Time: 2 p.m.
Phone: 847.266.5100
Cost: $15 pavilion, $5 lawn

If hanging at a kids’ music show isn’t your bag, get a sitter and head over for the Jazz Festival – especially to see renowned saxophonist Dick Oatts, a recording artist that has worked with the likes of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan.

Event: Jazz Festival
Date: Saturday, June 7
Location: Pick-Staiger Concert Hal, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Phone: 847.467.1831
Cost: $5/$7/$9

Check out the insanely informative article on the best public golf courses on the North Shore here.

Get into a glow-in-the-dark golf groove this Friday in Glenview, with the National 9’s 4th Annual Sundown Scramble.

Play nine holes in a scramble format, with prizes at the end!

Got teens? Give yourself the gift of an hour with the significant other by dropping the kids off at Sunset Valley Golf Course Saturday Night for six holes of glow ball!

Event: Teen Glow Ball
Date: Saturday, June 7
Location: 1390 Sunset Rd., Highland Park
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Phone: 847.432.7140
Cost: $20 per person for kids 13- 19

Event: Pedal For Wishes
Date: Saturday, June 7
Location: Routes begin at Westfield Old Orchard Shopping Center, corner of Old Orchard and Skokie Rds., Skokie
Time: Registration is in the morning, with rides beginning around 2 p.m.
Cost:$10 for kids under 10, $35 for ages 11 and up

Get a little Mommy ‘N Me time in with your boys the old-fashioned way – covered in mud! Explore the Lake Forest wetlands while looking for all sorts of critters, from tadpoles to dragonflies.
Just make sure you’re dressed to get wet.

Event: Wetland Safari
Date: Saturday, June 7
Location: Lake Forest Open Lands, 350 Waukegan Rd., Lake Forest
Time: 10 a.m.
Phone: 847.482.1928
Cost: $8 for members, 412 for non-members

Summer is a great time to catch a campfire – Heller Nature Center in Highland Park is hosting one Saturday night, complete with roasted marshmallows – you can even take a short hike before the fire!

Event: Old Fashioned Campfire
Date: Saturday, June 7
Location: Heller Nature Center, 2821 Ridge Rd., Highland Park
Time: 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Phone: 847.433.6901
Cost: $6 per person

NorthShoreInsider is giving you a heads up for anyone who’s wants to go for the gusto. Enter the Tinman Triathlon in Deerfield designed for novices and regulars who like the punish their bods for the ultimate athletic experience!

Register by June 11 to guarantee a space!

Event: Tinman Triathlon
Date: Saturday, June 14 (Register by June 11!)
Location: Deerspring Pool and Park, 200 Deerfield Rd., Deerfield
Time: 7 a.m. check-in
Phone: 847.945.0650
Cost: $30 resident/$35 non-resident

Father’s Day is coming up – if Johnny Walker Blue Label Scotch is on the gift list, stop by Binny’s in Highland Park this Saturday for free bottle engraving!

Event: Free JWB Bottle Engraving
Date: Saturday, June 7
Location: Binny’s, 153 Skokie Valley Highway, Highland Park
Time: 12 - 3 p.m.
Phone: 847.831.5400
Cost: None (You must buy the liquor, though!)

Several area Farmers’ Markets are opening up for weekly business – including Highland Park, Ravinia, and Northfield!

Fridays, beginning June 6:
Highland Park
Port Clinton Square
7:30 a.m.

Saturdays, beginning June 7:
Northfield
Happ Rd., across from New Trier freshman campus
7:30 a.m.

Wednesdays, beginning June 11:
Ravinia
Dean Ave., between Roger Williams and St. James Ave.
7 a.m.

If you can’t hit the big book festivities downtown this weekend, scoot on over to the Little City Used Book Sale. You’ll find more than 125,000 books for sale, so there’s certain to be something for everyone!

Event: Little City Used Book Sale
Date: Starts Friday, June 6
Location: Westfield Old Orchard, Lawler Ave. side of mall
Time: June 6, 5 - 10 p.m.; June 7 - 14th, 10 a.m - 9 p.m.; June 15, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Phone: 847.673.6800
Cost: None

Here’s a great way to enjoy shopping – an artists’ reception, complete with appetizers, dessert and sale tags! Check out Notice and Las Puertas in Highland Park this Saturday for all the fun!

Event: Highland Park Art Walk
Date: Saturday, June 7th
Location: Notice: Accessories For Living/Las Puertas
Time: 1 p.m.
Cost: None

Stock up on your gourmet picnic treats while you, FoodStuff’s customer gets recognized during for Customer Appreciation Day! Get 10% off all retail items (but not gift cards, duh), free, yummy food samples and enter for your chance to win an Odyssey Brunch Cruise For Two.