• COMMUNITY CALENDAR

    Support local businesses and Evanston organizations!

    Paws & Claws Catalyst Ball

    May 30

    6pm-10:30pm

    Women's Club of Evanston

    1702 Chicago Ave

    Paws and Claws Cat Rescue is excited as our 2nd annual gala, The Catalyst Ball, is right around the corner!

    Our most critical fundraising event, The Catalyst Ball brings people together—in person and virtually—for a single evening of both celebration and compassion in action. The presence, support and investment of every person—individually and collectively—serve as a catalyst for life saving and a conduit for community building.

    Sketchbook Saturday Socials

    See Dates Below

    Sketchbook Evanston

    821 Main St

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

    Sat 5/30 7pm - True Colors Drag Show

    Sat 6/6 7pm - Live Music

    Sat 6/13 6pm - Valentine's Day Bash!

    Sat 6/20 7pm - Trivia

    Sat 6/27 7pm - Music Bingo

    EVANSTON MADE:

    First Saturdays!

    June 6

    CLICK HERE to see exhibits, events and details

    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

    Sketch at Sketchbook! No Experience Needed

    June 6

    1:00pm

    Sketchbook Evanston

    821 Chicago Ave

    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.

    Plant Parenthood Class at Cultivate

    June 7

    1:00pm

    Cultivate Urban Rainforest & Gallery

    704 Main St

    This fun & informative workshop will help teach you the basics of selecting houseplants appropriate for your space, how to care for them, and prepare you to be a successful plant parent in the future! There's usually plenty of time for Q&A and conversation afterwards.

    Reading Hour

    June 6

    11am-12pm

    Clairvoyant Center

    941 Chicago Ave

    Get a 10 min reading on various topics! Colors in your aura is a popular one.

    Stay Tune for June's Workshop

    June's Topic:

    Preventative Medicine Strategies for Women Across the Healthspan

    presented by Dr. Susan Alt, Andersonville Internal Medicine

    Women's Intuitive Class

    June 11

    6:30pm-7:30pm

    Clairvoyant Center

    941 Chicago Ave

    Work with your awareness to guide your female energy to nourish you. This directly related to having energy and being well. Learn about your female creative energy and have ownership of it, learn about flow, and week by week use optimum grounding to discover how capable you really are

    WORKSHOP: Nature and Forest Therapy: Working with Nature as Medicine for a Resilient Life

    June 13

    10:00am-12:00pm

    CG Jung Center

    817 Dempster St

    Participants will enjoy a guided, fully embodied, sensory experience of forest bathing in a natural setting near the Jung Center. This experience is gently informed by a holistic approach to well-being.

    Healing Hour

    June 13

    11am-12pm

    Clairvoyant Center

    941 Chicago Ave

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

    Evanston's Juneteenth Celebration

    June 19

    9:30am Opening Ceremony

    10:30am Step Off

    Arrington Lagoon

    1647 Sheridan Rd

    We are proud to name Mrs. Dione Sims, President and Founder of Unity Unlimited and the "Granddaughter of Juneteenth," as Grand Marshal of Opal's Walk for Freedom in Evanston.

    As Illinois' host city, Opal’s Walk For Freedom, Evanston IL will represent the entire state.

    Participants will walk 2.5 miles along our beautiful lakefront to symbolize the two-and-a-half years between the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation and the moment freedom was finally enforced in Texas on June 19th, 1865. The walk is a powerful reminder that freedom in America has often arrived unevenly — and that justice requires collective action to move it forward.

    WOCKS PARTY with Booked and Art Makers Outpost

    June 20

    10:30am-11:30pm

    Art Makers Outpost

    609 South Blvd

    Celebrate the launch of Lucy Knisley's picture book, Searching for Wocks, with storytime, rock painting, and the Temporary Wocks Museum!

    Booked is partnering with Art Makers Outpost to celebrate Lucy Knisley's newest picture book, Searching for Wocks!

    Join us for storytime with Lucy, rock painting, and the inaugural installation of the Temporary Wocks Museum!

    You can BYOW (bring your own wock) to display in the museum! All wocks will return to wock collectors after being displayed, along with their museum placard.

    We will also have an Adopt-a-Wock box for anyone who needs a new wock.

    Out North Pride Night on Dempster Street

    Join Out North and Demspter Street retailers for a night of sips and shopping on Dempster!

    MAIN STREET FAIR!

    June 27

    11:00am - 9:00pm

    Main St * Custer Ave * Washington St

    BIG ANNOUCEMENTS COMING SOON!

    WORKSHOP: The Cup that Heals the World

    June 27

    1:00pm-4:00pm

    CG Jung Center

    817 Dempster St

    Drawing on the work of Jung and Joseph Campbell’s exploration of myth, this program follows three Grail heroes—Lancelot (the Divided Heart), Galahad (the Way of Purity), and Parsifal (the Overcomer)—as archetypal guides through the soul’s transformative journey. Through the lens of the Grail legend, participants will encounter a symbolic map of what Jungians call individuation: the process of becoming one’s most authentic self. In this telling, the Grail is not an object to be possessed, but a call to service. The journey inward—through conflict, purification, and integration—becomes how one not only transforms oneself but contributes to the healing of the world.

    Intro to Energy of Crystals

    June 30

    6:30pm-7:30pm

    Clairvoyant Center

    941 Chicago Ave

    Learn about the energy of crystals and add to all you know and have discovered about them. Put into perspective of how they work, what you can do with them and learn about their nature. Hosted by Daves Rock Shop and held at: Clairvoyant Center.

    What's Happening this month at SPACE

    Evanston SPACE

    1245 Chicago Ave

     

    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.

    Find a Trivia Night on the Mile!

    See Below for Details

    Tuesday Night Trivia

    at Pour!

    Every Tuesday

    6pm-8pm

    Evanston Pour

    528 Dempster St

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

    DETAILS

    Wednesday Night Trivia at Firehouse Grill!

    Firehouse Grill

    750 Chicago Ave

    DETAILS

    Sunday Trivia at Sketchbook!

    Every Sunday

    3pm

    Sketchbook Brewing

    821 Chicago Ave

    Free to participate!

    DETAILS

    Join a Local Book Club!

    See Below for

    Dates and Details

    May 31, 3:30pm

    Booked, 506 Main St

    Sunday Smut Book Club

    DETAILS

    June 3, 7:00pm

    Booked, 506 Main St

    Cooked at Booked

    DETAILS


    June 14, 3:30pm Booked, 506 Main St

    Adventurers Guild Book Club

    DETAILS

    June 17, 7:00pm

    Booked, 506 Main St

    Booked Club for Grown Ups

    DETAILS

    June 15, 7:00pm

    Hive Center, 840 Custer

    Eat Their Words Book Club

    DETAILS

    June 22, 7:30pm

    Hive Center, 840 Custer

    Get Real! Non-Fiction Book Club

    DETAILS

    STORYTIMES FOR KIDS

    Wednesdays at 10:30am

    Booked

    506 Main St

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

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    SPOTLIGHT: YEA FESTIVAL Urban Gallery Walk

    Starting May 15th, you can see the work of young Evanston Artists hanging in shop windows on the Mile. This year's pandemic-friendly YEA Fest "Urban Gallery Walk" showcases and celebrates the art of Evanston's youth. We are thrilled that so many of our businesses will host these budding artists' work.

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