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THURSDAY
Meet the Author: Mary
Lane — Hitler’s Last
Hostages
7-8:30 p.m. Oct. 10,
Highland Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave.,
Highland Park. Mary Lane
discusses her new book
“Hitler’s Last Hostages:
Looted Art and the Soul of
the Third Reich.” In 2012,
the German government
confiscated roughly 1,300
works by Matisse, Monet
and other masters from the
Munich apartment of Cornelius
Gurlitt, the reclusive
son of one of Hitler’s
primary art dealers. Lane
presents the story of those
works of art, their theft and
their long restitution.
FRIDAY
Explore S’more Parks
6-7:30 p.m. Oct. 11,
Sunset Woods Park, 1801
Sunset Road, Highland
Park. Explore Sunset
Woods Park like never before.
Hike with a naturalist
that ends around a cozy
campfire with s’mores.
SUNDAY
Geocaching
1:30-3 p.m. Oct. 13,
Heller Nature Center, 2821
Ridge Road, Highland
Park. Find hidden clues
along our trails as a family.
Investigate and identify
plants, animals and enjoy
family fun in our woodland
environment. Leanr
to use a GPS. Children under
two are free.
MONDAY
Competition in the Woods
10 a.m.-12 p.m. Oct.
14, Heller Nature Center,
2821 Ridge Road, Highland
Park. Do you have the
skills and strength needed
to complete common outdoor
tasks? Push, pull, cut
and race your way through
the woods to become the
outdoor champion. Compete
as lumberjacks and
lumberjanes to cut a wood
cookie, build a sustaining
fire and test the strength of
your own rope.
Primitive Tools
12:30-2:30 p.m. Oct. 14,
Heller Nature Center, 2821
Ridge Road, Highland
Park. Build your own tools
with natural materials.
Try to construct a wooden
spoon, throw a fart with
an atlatl and try out flint
knapping. And if you don’t
know what that is...come
and find out. Test your survival
skills using primitive
technology or what you
can find on the ground.
HP Historical Society
Presents Sears Homes of
Chicagoland
7-8:30 p.m. Oct. 14,
Highland Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave.,
Highland Park. From 1908
to 1942, Sears Roebuck
and Company sold readyto-build
kit homes through
catalogs. Lara Solonickne,
architecture enthusiast,
discusses the Sears homes
still standing in Hihgland
Park and neighboring
communities and how to
identify them.
TUESDAY
Pirates of the Lake
10 a.m.-12 p.m. Oct.
15, Rosewood Beach Interpretive
Center, 883
Sheridan Road, Highland
Park. Ahoy matey, an old
map we found and hidden
treasure awaits. Come help
us find it — we need you
shipmate!
Super hero Hike
12:30-2:30 p.m. Oct. 15,
Rosewood Beach Interpretive
Center, 883 Sheridan
Road, Highland Park.
Have your favorite toy or
super hero come alive at
the beach. We will hike,
zip and play with our tiny,
plastic friends on this exciting
outing. Be sure to
bring your favorite toy
with you and introduce it
to your human friends.
WEDNESDAY
The Science of Well-Being
3-4 p.m. Oct. 16, Highland
Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave., Highland
Park. Join us at the library
to take part in Yale’s most
popular course, which is
now offered online for
free. We will be watching
video lectures led by Laurie
Santos, a professor of
psychology and cognitive
science, to learn about the
psychology of happiness.
UPCOMING
Princesses, Princes and
Superheroes
5:30-7 p.m. Oct. 18,
Recreation Center of
Highland Park, 1207 Park
Avenue West, Highland
Park. Ghouls and guys
come dresses as your favorite
superhero, prince
or princess and shake your
spookys out. A pizza dinner,
decorating taffy apples,
dancing and playing
games will be part of the
Halloween fun.
Trick and Swim
6-8 p.m. Oct. 18, Recreation
Center of Highland
Park, 1207 Park Avenue
West, Highland Park.
Swim the first hour, then
decorate pumpkins and
taffy apple.
Lilac Tree Artisan Market
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 19,
Highland Park Country
Club, 1201 Park Ave. W.,
Highland Park. You will
find more than three dozen
potters, fabric and jewelry
artists, woodworkers
and handmakers of
all kinds, all together in
one place. Admission is
free. Proceeds will benefit
The Lilac Tree, a nonprofit
that for 30 years has
helped people undergoing
the trauma of divorce by
providing access to legal
information, support networks
and professional
resources.
Bat Houses
10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Oct.
20, Rosewood Beach Interpretive
Center, 883
Sheridan Road, Highland
Park. Sick of mosquitos
and insects all over your
yard? Come build a bat
house to attract insect eating
bats of Illinois. Learn
why we need these creatures
of the night.
Wayne Thomas Family
Bash
3-6 p.m. Oct. 20,
Wayne Thomas Elementary
School, 2939 Summit
Ave., Highland Park.
The fun-filled evening will
include games, bounce
houses, food, a kids raffle
and an adult silent auction.
This is one of the
PTO’s largest fundraising
efforts and raises money
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Yoga for Fertility
Community Class
7-8:30 p.m. Oct. 21,
Pulling Down the Moon,
1770 First St., Highland
Park. Curious about yoga
and how it can support
fertility? Learn about Pulling
Down the Moon’s
six-week yoga program,
meet amazing women
and practice yoga. Practice
a sequence of poses
with Cassie Harrison RYT
RPYT that are supportive
of your fertility journey
and safe during any part of
the fertility cycle, including
during ART cycles.
ONGOING
Ukulele Lessons
6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
Aloha City Ukes,
453 Roger Williams Ave,
Highland Park. Come
learn how to play simple
chords and songs on the
ukulele with music lovers
from the community.
Strum along with experienced
and just beginning
ukulele players, no
need to register. If you
don’t have a ukulele, you
can borrow one from the
stores extensive collection.
For more information
contact Aloha City
Ukes on their website
alohacityukes.com.