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Free Continuing Education Event for Professionals
8:30 to 10 a.m. Thursday, June 14
Creative Responses to Challenging Behaviors in Dementia
Westminster Place Assembly Hall, One Calvin Circle, Evanston, IL 60201
Professional continuing education credit of 1.0 clock hour provided free to registered nurses, social workers, nursing home administrators, speech/language pathologists, audiologists, and occupational, physical and respiratory therapists.
For more information and to reserve, please call Barb at 847-866-1659.
See what residents are enjoying...
Photography By Ansel Adams
View a rare exhibit of 70 Ansel Adams prints, made for his daughter, on display at the Lake County Dscovery Museum. The photographs cover a wide range of his work to indclude wilderness images, national parks, close-up phtography of ferns and other flora, some portraits and houses of workship.
Pritzker Military Library
A visit to the Pritzker Military Library. Memories of World War II: Photographs from the Archives of the Associated Press. More than 100 photos from all theaters of the war and the home front.
Chicago By Air See photos in the photo gallery!
From Midway Airport, you'll fly east on a tour with Midway Aviators to Lake Michigan, over Northerly Island, the Chicago Museums Campus and Millenium Park. Enjoy the Chicago Skyline up close! Expect a 30 minute flight.
Paddle Your Own Canoe See photos in the photo gallery!
Navigate the Chicago River by kayak or canoe with experienced instructors from Chicago River Canoe and Kayak. Before leaving our launch site in Roscoe Village, close to where the old Riverview Park once stood, we'll start with a brief orientation on paddling and safety tips. Then we'll paddle to River Park where we'll enjoy a riverside picnic on the grass. You can choose from a kayak, a tandem kayak or a canoe.
ONGOING
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Wednesday matinee series
2012 begins with Mozart's The Magic Flute and Verdi's Aida. Then on to Jerome Kern's "Showboat" and Handel's Rinaldo.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Friday matinee series
Riccardo Muti conducts Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4 and Mahler's Symphony No. 4 will be performed with Bernard Haitink conducting.
Theater Opportunities
Theater productions abound and residents are attending Stephen Sondheim's "the Follies" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater; "RENT" at Ethel Barber Theater at Northwestern University; a subscription and lunch group for the 2012 season at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre to include "The Pirates of Penzance"; "A Walk in the Woods," the Pulitzer-nominated Lee Blessing paly at Chicago's Timeline Theater; and this season of four plays at Writer's Theater in Glencoe to include Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing" and Harold Pinter's "The Caretaker."
Toastmasters Group
2nd and 4th Monday of each month
Meets on campus and open to residents, staff and the community. Call Carol at 847-866-1615 to learn more.
Zumba Gold
Monday and Friday afternoons
Zumba combines high energy and motivating music with unique moves and combinations that allow the participants to dance away their worries. It's based on the principle that a workout should be "fun and easy to do," allowing participants to stick to the fitness program and achieve long-term health benefits. Zumba is a feel-happy workout that is great for both the body and the mind. Movements are performed while seated on a chair.
Yoga
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons
A certified yoga instructor will lead you through this class in order to help maintain and improve your range of motion, flexibililty, strength and balance. Movements are performed on and off a chair. Experience a new approach to stress relief through mind/body connection.
Water Dynamics
Monday afternoons and Tuesday mornings
This 45-minute class is held in the large pool. Water dynamics is a great workout that includes a variety of exercises designed to use major muscle groups, increase heart rate, raise metabolism and burn calories. The focus is on balance, muscle strength and toning as we use the water's natural properties for maximum benefit.
First Monday Book Club
The popular First Monday Book Club features reviewers of a wide range of books. Recents reviews have been given by Denise Philpot about Mark Seals' "The Man in the Rockefeller Suit," and Jenny Riddle reviewed "Home: A Memoir of My Early Years" by Julie Andrews. Ms. Riddle's review included vocals.