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June 12, 2008 Newsletter - Vol. 2, Issue #24
Tips and Deals You Can Use
Volume 2, Issue 24
Home, A City Condo... Or Just Curious?"
Offer of the Week:
Introducing Salt ‘n Pepper Chefs Gourmet Box Lunches ideal for Ravinia, Corporate Lunches, Picnics, Birthday Parties, and the list goes on! Salt 'n Pepper is all about fresh and simple gourmet food, offering all inclusive meeting packages for breakfast, lunch and breaks. Salt ‘n Pepper uses only the finest Boars Head meats and cheeses and the outstandling freshly baked daily bread from Red Hen. CALL 847-215-8223 TO GET 25% OFF YOUR FIRST BOX LUNCH ORDER FOR RAVINIA or ANY CORPORATE EVENT.
Insider Tips Of The Week:
Catch a free movie! With kids out of school all summer, there are sure to be a few days you run out of ideas and need a cheap entertainment option... Check out Kerasotes summer Movie Program! The program begins next Wednesday, June 18, with 10 a.m. showings on Wednesdays and Thursdays. You can visit their web site at www.kerasotes.com for specific movie titles each week. Locations: The Glen 10 Village Crossing 18 Where to Go: Hit the beach on Father’s Day for an early morning Continental Breakfast! It’s a beautiful venue to kick off your day with Dad, and you can stick around for the summer concert series opener with 215 West!
Event: Father’s Day Continental Breakfast For the ideal Father’s Day field trip head to the North Shore Auto Show! It’s one of three scheduled car events this summer featuring classic and vintage cars along with a NASCAR simulator. You can get in on the voting action and enter for your chance win a $1,000 gift certificate to the Glen Town Center!
Event: North Shore Auto Show Enjoy Light Opera Work's presentation of "Gigi" – Lerner and Lowe’s romantic Oscar-winning follow-up to “My Fair Lady.”
Event: Light Opera Work’s “Gigi” There’s always something musical going on somewhere on the North Shore – and we’ve got the details here: Friday, June 13: Roberta Flack and Isaac Hayes, Ravinia Battle of the Bands, Port Clinton Square Saturday, June 14: Ally and the Wolf Band, Norton’s Sunday, June 15: 215 West, 1 p.m., Tower Road Beach Kenny Loggins, 7 p.m., Ravinia Monday, June 16: Carillon concerts, 7 p.m., Chicago Botanic Garden Tuesday, June 17: Final Say, Glen Town Center
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1850 Tower Rd
Glenview
847.729.7291
7000 Carpenter Rd.
Skokie
847.673.8581
Date: Sunday, June 15
Location: Tower Road Beach, Winnetka
Time: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. (Concert begins at 1 p.m.)
Phone: 847.501.2040
Date: Sunday, June 15 (also July 20 and August 17)
Location: Glen Town Center, 2671 Navy Blvd., Glenview
Time: 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Cost: None
Date: Now through June 15
Location: Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson St., Evanston
Time: Friday, June 13 at 8 p.m., Saturday, June 14 at 8 p.m., Sunday, June 15 at 2 p.m.
Phone: 847.869.6300
Cost: $29 - $85, with 21 and younger at half off!
Tix are $15 lawn, $50 pavilion, park opens at 5 p.m.
Corner of Green Bay and Lake Cook Rds, Glencoe
Concerts are free and begin at 9 p.m.
Central Ave. and Second St., Highland Park
Concert begins at 9:30 p.m.
1905 Sheridan Road, Highland Park
Concert is the opener for Winnetka’s summer series
Follows a Father’s Day breakfast at the beach!
Tower and Sheridan Rd., Winnetka
Tix are $15 lawn, $50 pavilion, park opens at 4 p.m.
Corner of Green Bay and Lake Cook Rds, Glencoe
Concerts are free, Parking fee of $15 applies
Refreshments, adult beverages available for purchase
100 Lake-Cook Rd., Glencoe
Concerts are free every Tuesday, food booths and music from 4 - 9 p.m.
2671 Navy Blvd., Glenview
Get yourself over to the Art Walk 2008 benefit and bid on items in the silent auction while enjoying food from local restaurants and listening to the Jim Jacobs Trio!
Event: Highland Park Art Walk 2008 Benefit
Date: Saturday, June 14
Location: Highland Park Community House, 1991 Sheridan Rd.
Time: 7 - 9 p.m.
Cost: $25 donation
Home, A City Condo... Or Just Curious?"
What to Do:
Get this …it’s the 1st Annual Biofuel Drive – and Whole Foods In Deerfield is calling all food service companies to donate used vegetable oil!
Learn about renewable energy and sustainability on the move – with a Tour Coach that runs on recycled vegetable oil. As if… Samples from Conscious Goods Alliance supported companies throughout the store. This event will include workshops by both organizations, giveaways to restaurants and food service providers who participate, as well as kids activities to teach how students can “green” the earth.
Event: Customer Awareness To Promote Renewable Energy
Date: Friday, June 13
Location: Whole Foods Deerfield
Time: 11-4 – Susan Garrett and Mark Kirk Expected Around Noon!
Cost: None
Fiesta Esta Noche!
Depot Nuevo
The much anticipated Depot Nuevo in Wilmette welcomes you to their Grand Opening inside Wilmette’s historic train station on Wilmette Ave.
Owners Ann and Rob Garrison will host the evening featuring Executive chef Alvaro Chavez’s tantalizing Latin American inspired menu.
The ribbon cutting starts at 5:30 promptly followed by food, drinks and of course great live salsa music! OLE.
Event: Depot Nuevo Grand Opening
Date: Today! Thursday, June 12
Location: 1139 Wilmette Ave., Wilmette
Time: Enjoy the salsa band at 5:30!
Phone: 847.251.3111
Web: www.depotnuevo.com
Parents: Tips To Make Outings With Your Kids A Success
Family Network social worker Ruth Field leads a coffee talk offering ideas for places to go and things to do with your children this summer- and how to make it a successful adventure! Come brainstorm with other parents and share your great ideas.
Event: “Successful Outings With Young Children”
Date: Friday, June 13
Location: Family Network, 330 Laurel Ave., Highland Park
Time: 10 a.m.
Phone: 847.433.0377
Cost: None
Honey Bee. Queen Bee. Killer Bee. The Bees Knees?
Hit the cocktail party circuit with some impressive knowledge about Colony Collapse Disorder… Check out “Bees As Pollinators” at Lake Forest Open Lands – it’s part of a great adult natural history series. You’ll also have the chance to check out a working hive and get a taste of honey!
Event: Bees As Pollinators
Date: Friday, June 13
Location: Lake Forest Open Lands - Lockhart Family Nature Center, 350 N. Waukegan
Time: 10 a.m.
Cost: $30, $20 for Open Lands members
Farmers’ Market Highlight: Lake Bluff and Deerfield
The North Shore is bustling with seasonal farmers’ markets, with Lake Bluff and Deerfield joining the frenzy this week! Check out their weekly offering on Friday and Saturday mornings.
Event: Lake Bluff Farmers’ Market Seasonal Opening
Date: Friday, June 13
Location: Village Green, Center and Scranton. Lake Bluff
Time: 7 a.m.
Event: Deerfield Farmers’ Market Seasonal Opening
Date: Saturday, June 14
Location: Downtown Deerfield commuter lot
Time: 7 a.m.
It’s Ladies’ Night!
C’mon, girls! Grab a friend and had over to Wilmette Village Center! You’ll get world-class treatment from local merchants, with refreshments, massages, makeup, cooking demos, wine, cheese, chocolate and treats of all kinds!
Event: Ladies’ Night Out
Date: Tonight! Thursday, June 12
Location: downtown Wilmette
Time: 5 - 9 p.m.
Cost: None
Where (Or What!) To Eat
Make Like A Farmer And Eat A Hearty Breakfast
Check out the Dairy Breakfast and Farm Day at Wagner Farm in Glenview – not only will you enjoy a farm style breakfast, you can also tour the farm, get a hay rides and partake in other hands-on activities.
Event: Dairy Breakfast and Farm Day
Date: Saturday, June 14
Location: Wagner Farm, 1510 Wagner Rd., Glenview
Time: 8 a.m.
Cost: $10 adults, $5 kids 2 - 10, under 2 are free
Winers Welcome
Check out Winestyles newest location in Northbrook on Thursday nights for free wine tasting! The store opens up 3 - 5 varieties each week.
Event: Wine Tasting
Date: Tonight! Thursday, June 12
Location: Winestyles, 1348 Shermer Rd.
Time: 5 - 8 p.m.
Web: www.winestyles.net/northbrook
Cost: None
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