COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Sketchbook's annual NYE Masquerade Ball features masks, music, and a little magic, with tunes from DJ Morgan Hobbs and a complimentary champagne toast at midnight!

Costumes are encouraged, and patrons get 15% off any costume rental at vintage clothing shop Lost Eras, 1511 Howard Street, if they mention the party. There’s no cover, so grab some friends and raise a toast to 2026!

First Saturday Evanston Art Events invite the community to explore Evanston’s Creative Community, at openings and events across Evanston. Build your art-filled day using the event listing below (all have different times and locations) and the Google Map

Every first Saturday of the month, Sketchbook teams up with @evanston_made for our monthly Sketch at Sketchbook event from 1-2:30 p.m. This family-friendly session offers up sketching tips from professional artists and free materials.

Join your favorite people and drink your favorite beers! If that's not enough ...

Sat 1/3 7pm - Live Music

Sat 1/10 6pm - Karaoke

Sat 1/17 7pm - Trivia

Sat 1/24 7pm - Music Bingo

Meter parking is free city-wide the first Saturday of each month from 6pm-9pm.

Click the link above for more information.

Drop-ins welcome! Get your aura read for free. Let experts from the Clairvoyant Center tell you what color your aura is and what it means.

The City has partnered with LRS to provide holiday tree collection beginning Monday, January 5, and continuing through Friday, January 16, 2026, weather permitting.

The City's annual holiday light recycling program will run from Monday, December 1 through Friday, January 30, in conjunction with Elgin Recycling. All holiday string lighting is accepted. Garlands, live greens, and wreaths are not accepted. CLICK HERE for details.

Join us for another Space cocktail building class curated and hosted by long-time Space bartender Lisa Zielke. This year, our cocktail classes will take place in Space's new lobby!

Class also available at 1:45pm. CLICK HERE for details.

Experts from Dave's Rock Shop will facilitate an introduction to the energy of various crystals.

In Fugue, William Harper explores the visual equivalent of musical counterpoint through motion-intensive photographic techniques, including timelapse, burst sequencing, and drone-based imaging. The exhibition features work that capture the dynamic patterns of landscapes and natural phenomena, revealing hidden harmonic relationships within movement.

A facilitated flow can be useful when you have shifted due to growth or change, and past time energy has surfaced to release.

These monthly events are set at the vibration of "inner sanctuary’ with validation of your connection to your soul self.

If you've ever wondered about your intuitive abilities (or lack thereof), think of this experience as a roadmap to help you embrace your uniqueness. Clairvoyance ("to see clearly") is offered on beginning levels in meditation. Use what you learn in practical ways in any area of your life. Sit down, close your eyes and follow along as you're guided through a gentle meditation.

Learn about your own natural energy flow and how to use it, how to "ground" yourself and create a sense of calm to connect with the beauty that lies within. This workshop is designed to have you trust your inner voice, your inner knowledge and much more.

Teens and adults are welcome at our newest book club: DUMPSTER FIRE! Dystopian fiction, here we come!

Featured Book: Sanctuary

Co-founder of the Women's March Paola Mendoza and award-winning writer Abby Sher's timely, haunting near-future dystopian where a young girl and her brother must escape a xenophobic government to find sanctuary.

Yoga is good for your health, and playing with cats is good for your health, too. So why not do both?

Enjoy a forty-five-minute all-level yoga session led by an experienced instructor while kittens play around (and maybe on) you! This is a small group class for all levels. Please bring your own yoga mat.

This workshop explores how Jungian principles surface in surprising ways through three films: The Truman Show (1998), American Beauty (1999), and John Huston’s Moby Dick (1956). Each portrays a different kind of hero—the Innocent, the Redeemed, and the Tragic—and reveals archetypal struggles we all share.

There is literally always something amazing to do in the neighborhood once you understand that we're the home of one of the most amazing concert venues in Chicagoland. Enjoy browsing the packed schedule at the link.

Cooked Book Club

First Wednesday, 7pm

Booked, 506 Main St

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Booked Club for

Grown-Ups!

Third Wednesday, 7pm

Booked, 506 Main St

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POUR Book Club

Last Wednesday, 7pm

Evanston Pour,

528 Dempster

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Get Real! Non-Fiction Book Club

Fourth Thursday, 7:30pm

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Sunday Smut Book Club

Last Sunday, 3pm

Booked, 506 Main St

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NEW! Wednesdays at 10:30am

Booked

506 Main St

THE STORYTIME DADS! Stories and songs for kids 0-5 and their caregivers

NEW! Fridays at 10am

Little Gems

709 Washington St

Chanda Johnson leads storytime, sensory play or whatever fun activity she thinks up!

Tuesday Night Trivia

at Pour!

Every Tuesday

6pm-8pm

Evanston Pour

528 Dempster St

1st, 2nd and 3rd Prizes, plus Happy Hour Specials

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Wednesday Night Trivia at Firehouse Grill!

Firehouse Grill

750 Chicago Ave

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Sunday Trivia at Sketchbook!

Every Sunday

3pm

Sketchbook Brewing

821 Chicago Ave

Free to participate!

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