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2 | December 12, 2019 | The lake forest leader calendar<br />
LakeForestLeaderDaily.com<br />
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Editorial15<br />
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Home of the Week24<br />
Athlete of the Week27<br />
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Thursday<br />
It’s a Wonderful Life: A<br />
Live Radio Play<br />
7:30 p.m., Dec. 12, Gorton<br />
Community Center,<br />
400 E. Illinois Road, Lake<br />
Forest. CenterStage begins<br />
its 49th season with “It’s<br />
a Wonderful Life: A Live<br />
Radio Play” directed by<br />
the longtime CenterStage<br />
in Lake Forest actor/director<br />
Tom Beck. Visit centerstage.org<br />
or call (847)<br />
234-6062 for tickets. $25<br />
for adults and $15 for students<br />
under the age of 18.<br />
An Old-Fashioned<br />
Christmas<br />
Noon, Dec. 12, Dickinson<br />
Hall, 100 E. Old Mill<br />
Road, Lake Forest. There<br />
will be lots of surprising<br />
seasonal facts and toy<br />
trivia to be unwrapped<br />
during this presentation.<br />
$20 members, $25 nonmembers.<br />
Charlie Brown Christmas<br />
Jazz with the Chris White<br />
Trio<br />
7:30-9 p.m., Dec. 12,<br />
Gorton Community Center,<br />
400 E. Illinois Road,<br />
Lake Forest. Join Chris<br />
White and his trio for<br />
a Charlie Brown Jazz<br />
Christmas Concert! Tickets<br />
are $20 online, $25 at<br />
the door, $10 with student<br />
ID. Visit gortoncenter.org<br />
for tickets and more information.<br />
Your Leadership Vision<br />
10:15 a.m., Dec. 12, Career<br />
Resource Center, 40<br />
E. Old Mill Road, Suite<br />
105, Lake Forest. This<br />
presentation will explore<br />
the self-leadership challenge<br />
and guide you to create<br />
a compelling vision of<br />
leadership for your business,<br />
your career and your<br />
life. No matter what point<br />
you are in your professional<br />
journey, you need<br />
to know and understand<br />
how to develop your leadership<br />
possibilities. Free<br />
for members, $20 for nonmembers.<br />
Woodlands Christmas<br />
Concert<br />
6:30 p.m., Dec. 12,<br />
Woodlands Academy of<br />
the Sacred Heart, 760 E.<br />
Westleigh Road, Lake<br />
Forest. The Woodlands<br />
Academy of the Sacred<br />
Heart Music Department<br />
presents its annual Christmas<br />
Concert. The concert,<br />
which is open to the public<br />
free of charge, will take<br />
place in the Chapel of the<br />
Sacred Heart. For more<br />
information, visit www.<br />
woodlandsacademy.org.<br />
Saturday<br />
Ballet Makkai Presents<br />
The Nutcracker<br />
4 p.m., Dec. 14, Gorton<br />
Community Center, 400 E.<br />
Illinois Road, Lake Forest.<br />
The Ballet Makkai Youth<br />
Company and students<br />
from the Irina Makkai<br />
Classical Ballet School<br />
perform The Nutcracker.<br />
Join Clara at her party<br />
where she receives the gift<br />
of a lifetime, battles giant<br />
mice, and travels through<br />
a Winter Wonderland to<br />
visit the Land of Sweets.<br />
See your favorites candies<br />
come to life and dance.<br />
Tickets are $20. Visit gortoncenter.org<br />
for tickets<br />
and more information.<br />
Jingle Bell Run/Walk<br />
8 a.m., Dec. 14, Lake<br />
Forest Metra Train Station,<br />
691 N. Western<br />
Ave., Lake Forest. Come<br />
run the Jingle Bell Run, a<br />
5k/10k fun run/walk along<br />
the Lake Forest beach,<br />
forested streets and bike<br />
paths. Kids can run a special<br />
one mile run along the<br />
bike path accompanied by<br />
some helper elves! Join us<br />
to greet Santa after with<br />
some caroling at the train<br />
station! Yummy after-run<br />
treats will be provided<br />
while supplies last. Free,<br />
compliments of Lake Forest/Lake<br />
Bluff Running<br />
Club.<br />
Tuesday<br />
Around the World in<br />
Holidays<br />
6:30-7:15 p.m., Dec. 17,<br />
Lake Forest Library, 360 E.<br />
Deerpath Road, Lake Forest.<br />
Sing and dance your<br />
way across the globe during<br />
a multicultural holiday<br />
celebration. Ages 3-12.<br />
Registration required. Call<br />
(847) 234-0648 or email<br />
youth@lakeforestlibrary.<br />
org for more information.<br />
Holiday Hot Cocoa<br />
Networking<br />
5:30-7 p.m., Dec. 17,<br />
Career Resource Center,<br />
40 E. Old Mill Road,<br />
Suite 105, Lake Forest.<br />
Join fellow members, visitors,<br />
volunteers and staff<br />
for good cheer and a hot<br />
chocolate toast to the coming<br />
New Year! Make your<br />
own custom warm drink at<br />
CRC’s hot chocolate bar!<br />
Have your business cards<br />
available to distribute and<br />
to use for the prize drawing!<br />
This year we will do<br />
a festive cookie exchange<br />
– not required to attend<br />
but if you bring you get to<br />
take! Free for all attendees.<br />
Wednesday<br />
Dickinson Hall Holiday<br />
Party<br />
Noon, Dec. 18, Dickinson<br />
Hall, 100 E. Old Mill<br />
Road, Lake Forest. It’s<br />
time to share some holiday<br />
joy with your friends<br />
at Dickinson Hall. Have a<br />
glass of wine and appetizers,<br />
followed by a delicious<br />
luncheon and dessert. Sing<br />
along to traditional carols<br />
sung by singer-songwriter<br />
Rick Pickren. We will finish<br />
with the traditional carol<br />
of the Twelve Days of<br />
Christmas. $20 members,<br />
$25 non-members. Registration<br />
required and due by<br />
Dec. 13.<br />
GO Lake Forest Holiday<br />
Light Stroll<br />
5-6 p.m., Dec. 18, Forest<br />
Park Beach, Lake Road<br />
and Deerpath Road, Lake<br />
Forest. Get in the holiday<br />
spirit and join us as we<br />
stroll along the most decorated<br />
streets in Lake Forest!<br />
Meet in Market Square<br />
at the Christmas Tree at<br />
5 p.m. We will walk for<br />
30-45 minutes admiring<br />
all the lights and beautiful<br />
holiday decorations.<br />
Upcoming<br />
LinkedIn - It’s Only as<br />
Good as You Make It<br />
2 p.m., Dec. 19, Career<br />
Resource Center, 40 E.<br />
Old Mill Road, Suite 105,<br />
Lake Forest. You have a<br />
LinkedIn profile, hundreds<br />
of connections, belong to<br />
groups but you feel you<br />
are not using LinkedIn to<br />
its fullest potential. Find<br />
out what you should be<br />
doing on a regular basis to<br />
LIST IT YOURSE<strong>LF</strong><br />
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Registration required;<br />
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Lake Forest Symphony<br />
Holiday Brass<br />
8-9:15 p.m., Dec. 20,<br />
Gorton Community Center,<br />
400 E. Illinois Road,<br />
Lake Forest. Featuring<br />
members of the Lake Forest<br />
Symphony brass section.<br />
Sip hot cocoa by the<br />
fire while members of the<br />
Lake Forest Symphony<br />
Brass play arrangements<br />
of your favorite carols and<br />
other holiday classics. $35<br />
for admission. For more<br />
information, visit http://<br />
lakeforestsymphony.org/<br />
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Ongoing<br />
Toastmasters Club<br />
6:15 p.m. First and third<br />
Tuesday of the month,<br />
Lake Forest Toastmasters<br />
Club meets at the Gorton<br />
Community Center, 400 E.<br />
Illinois Road, Lake Forest.<br />
Toastmasters is an international<br />
organization that<br />
aims to help develop communication<br />
and leadership<br />
skills for professional and<br />
personal growth. This club<br />
is open to all. For more information<br />
visit www.lakeforest.toastmastersclubs.<br />
org.
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