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THURSDAY
Silverado Lunch and Learn
12-1:30 p.m. May 16,
Highland Park Police Department,
1677 Old Deerfield
Road, Highland Park.
Please join us for an informative
lunch and learn.
Our medical director,
Borna Bonakdarpour, MD
FAAN, neurologist and
instructor at Northwestern
University will be speaking
on ‘Memory and Aging:
What’s normal, what’s
not.’ Tours and treats after
presentation across the
street at Silverado Memory
Care Community Highland
Park.
FRIDAY
Infinity Foundation 22nd
Annual Anniversary Gala
5:30 p.m. May 17,
Ravinia Green Country
Club, 1200 Saunders
Road, Riverwoods. Support
and celebrate the
Infinity Foundation community
at a vital fundraising
evening event, All in
Spirit. A practitioner’s
fair with mini demonstrations
and silent auction
precedes an elegant dinner.
2019 Spirit Award
receipient Lisa Williams,
author of “Survival of the
Soul,” “Life Among the
Dead,” and “Was that A
Sign from Heaven?” will
be the keynote speaker.
Ice Show - Happy Campers
7 p.m. May 17, Centennial
Ice Arena, 3100 Trail
Way, Highland Park. This
year’s ice show “Happy
Campers” features over
100 figure skaters from
Centennial Ice Arena who
will perform and bring first
rate entertainment to our
rink. Our show includes a
wide range of talent from
beginning skaters to national
champions. Tickets
available for sale to
the general public started
April 29 at Centennial or
online.
SATURDAY
Zero Waste Family Picnic
12-2 p.m. May 18, Sunset
Woods Park, 1801 Sunset
Road, Highland Park. Pack
a lunch, bring some toys
and join Go Green Highland
Park at our BYOE (everything)
Zero Waste Picnic
and Toy Swap. Learn
about residential composting,
get answers to your
recycling questions, make
a T-shirt bag and more. Get
a refill at the water wagon
and enter our raffle to win
a Winermobile. Suggested
$5 per family.
Fort Sheridan Historic
Home Tour
1-5 p.m. May 18, Fort
Sheridan Water Tower, 211
Whistler Road, Highland
Park. This annual event
opens up a selected group
of homes in the Fort Sheridan
Historical District for
tours. The tour starts at the
water tower in the center of
Fort Sheridan. Tickets for
the tour can be reserved at
fortsheridanhistoricalsociety.org.
Tickets are $45
each.
SUNDAY
The Highland Park Strings’
present The New World
Symphony
3 p.m. May 19, Highland
Park High School, 433
Vine Ave., Highland Park.
Highland Park Strings, under
the direction of Principal
Conductor Dr. Robert
G. Hasty, is pleased to
conclude its 40th anniversary
season with The New
World Symphone, a free
concert. The concert will
feature Highland Park High
School graduate cellist Ben
Fried, who will perform
the extraordinarily difficult
Concerto No. 1 by Shostakovich.
MONDAY
Barry Bradford Presents
George Gershwin
8:30 a.m. May 20, Lakeside
Congregation, 1221
Lake Cook Road, Highland
Park. The Men’s Club
meets for breakfast at 8:30
a.m., scheduled speakers
present at 9:30 a.m. The
program fee is $15 per
person for breakfast and
speaker.
HP Historical
Society Presents: An
Anthropologist on Log
Cabins
7-8:30 p.m. May 20,
Highland Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave.,
Highland Park. Highland
Park resident Robert F.
Sasso, Ph.D., from University
of Wisconsin-Parkside,
will discuss log cabins
studied in Racine and
Kenosha counties.
TUESDAY
Champions Banquet 2019
6-8:30 p.m. May 21,
Highland Park Country
Club, 1201 Park Ave.
West, Highland Park. Join
us as we celebrate Highland
Park’s talented young
athletes and their dedicated
coaches along with
featured guest speaker
Mike Ditka, former NGL
football player, coach of
the Chicago Bears and
television commentator.
The evening includes dinner,
program and silent
auction.
Meet the Author — Julie
Orringer
7 p.m. May 21, Highland
Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave., Highland
Park. Julie Orringer, the
bestselling author of The
Invisible Bridge, returns
to occupied Europe in her
new historical novel based
on the true story of Varian
Fry’s extraordinary
attempt to save the work,
and the lives, of Jewish
artists fleeing the Holocaust.
Transitions and
Transformations: Thriving
in the Midst of Change
7-8:30 p.m. May 21,
Infinity Foundation, 1280
Old Skokie Road, Highland
Park. The big question
is how do you deal
with change effectively?
What strategies exist to
help ease an experience
that can be so difficult to
handle? Why is change so
difficult? Explore what it
takes to move through that
process with peace and
calmness. Discover how
a simple shift in perspective
can open up a greater
degree of acceptance for
change.
UPCOMING
Stories in the Woods
10-11 a.m. May 23,
Heller Nature Center, 2821
Ridge Road, Highland
Park. Engage in a handson
nature inspired activity,
enjoy a story and take a
short hike with a naturalist.
$8 is for one adult and
one child. Each additional
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Cycle with HP’s Finest
6-7 p.m. May 23, Recreation
Center of Highland
Park, 1207 Park Ave. W.,
Highland Park. Join Deputy
Chief of Police, Jon
Lowman, and the Cycle
Patrol of Highland Park
for their indoor training
kick-off ride at the Recreation
Center of Highland
Park.
ONGOING
Robotics Girls Gone Tech
Program
2:30-4:30, Fridays from
June 7 to Aug. 16, Highwood
Public Library, 102
Highwood Ave., Highwood.
Fourth and fifth
grade girls build robots
by using everyday materials
to build marshmallow
catapults, robotic arms and
more. It is a 10-week session.
Register fast.
Highland Park Senior
Investors Club
1-3 p.m. every fourth
Tuesday of each month,
Highland Park Senior
Center, 54 Laurel Ave.
Investors 50 years and
over can sharpen their financial
knowledge with
likeminded members who
want their funds to earn a
reasonable return and keep
pace with inflation.