COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Come celebrate Squeezebox’s 15 year birthday in Evanston! We’ll have 20% Off ALL the Thursdays in October AND live music EVERY Saturday in October!

October 3 all day - Our Favorite DJ's

October 10, 3pm - Justin Roberts

October 10, 6:30pm - Paul McComas

October 17, 3pm - Jamie Gilmartin

October 24, 3pm - Evanston Jazz Dads

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

Sat 10/3 7pm - Live Music

Sat 10/10 6pm - Karaoke

Sat 10/ 17pm - Trivia

Sat 10/24 6pm - Music Bingo

Sat 10/31 - Halloween TBD

Come Sip, Shop & Celebrate! We’ll be hosting a pop up trunk show with T X T I L E - come check out this Chicago based, upcycled line! We’ll have a selection in store Oct. 8 -Oct. 11 (15% Off during our celebration Oct.8th!)

Come raise a glass with us and celebrate another year of events, programs and placemaking installations. YAY.

Energy Healings

Saturday October 10

11a-12p

Intro to Men's Meditation Saturday October 17

6-7:30p

Peace Meditation

Sunday October 18

11a-12p

Step 1: Buy at banned or challenged book from the Banned Books section at Squeezebox Books & Music.

Step 2: Read it with like minded friends at Hive on October 10th.

Improve awareness of your own strength with Coach Heather from Monarch and Dr. Meggie from Cora Health

Work with a maternal energy - yours!

GET YOUR SPELL ON! We're popping up at Sketchbook Evanston for our inaugural themed adult spelling bee, called SPELLED! This month's theme is Horror and Halloween! So come out and show us how good you are at spelling spooky words!

Open to all (adults)! Twelve contestants, $10 entry, one winner, PRIZES, and spooky vibes galore!

MDM Honorees at this event include:

• Bagel Art
• Campagnola
• Cross-Rhodes
• Evanston Lumber Company
• JD Mills Health Foods
• Marie Parie Boutique
• Pony Shop
• Pot Shop
• Sher-Main Grill

Campagnola, Marie Parie Boutique, and Bagel Art are celebrating 30 years and Pot Shop is celebrating 50 years (and new ownership)!

Rally for Rescues is back for its sixth year! Join us Saturday, October 17 for our much-anticipated, family-friendly, fan-favorite, fall festival community event.

Bring your family, gather your friends, and come enjoy an afternoon at Baker Park in Evanston. We'll be at the corner of Keeney St. and Forest Ave. from 12-3pm, and you're welcome to drop in whenever works for you and stay awhile!

$10 entrance fee for everyone!

Enjoy pumpkin decorating, carnival games, silent auction and raffle, food and bevvies, music, crafts, cuddly cats, photo booth, and more!

All admissions and activities fees help to support your favorite feline nonprofit, Paws and Claws Cat Rescue.

"Complex Conversations" is a new collaboration between The Musical Offering, Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre, and the Evanston Public Library. This initiative is designed to stimulate thoughtful and spirited dialogue between artists, educators, and the public regarding the arts and the institutions behind them. This event marks the first in a series of conversations scheduled throughout the year.

Complex Conversation No. 2: Music of Undine Smith Moore

Using the music of Undine Smith Moore (the "Dean of Black American Women Composers") as our touchstone, we will facilitate a discussion of the various institutionalized obstacles that women creatives across all artistic disciplines have faced (and continue to face) in order to bring their work to the public sphere.

At all Outpost After Dark concerts, enjoy complimentary beer by Sketchbook Brewing (while supplies last) & Complimentary appetizers by La Principal

Trick or Treat the businesses and stop off at the Spooky Saturday Block Party at City VW while you're walking from Main to Dempster and back!

• Classic Cars in Costumes
• Pumpkin Carving Contest
• Kids Costume Parade
• Pet Costume Contest

Come dressed in your costume and join author and illustrator Alex Willan for a Monsters Are the Worst! story time and draw-along on Halloween!

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.

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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Paws & Claws Book Club

Paws & Claws Cat Rescue

829 Chicago Ave

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Sunday Smut Book Club

Booked, 506 Main St

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Cooked at Booked

Booked, 506 Main St

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Adventurers Guild Book Club
Booked, 506 Main St

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Booked Club for Grown Ups

Booked, 506 Main St

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Eat Their Words Book Club

Hive Center, 840 Custer

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Get Real! Non-Fiction Book Club

Hive Center, 840 Custer

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Wednesdays at 10:30am

Booked

506 Main St

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

Nov 5:

• Stumble & Relish Holiday Open House
• niceLena & Friends Mystery Pop-Up

Nov 6:

• Shop Evanston Made Group Show Open House

Nov 7:

• Life: Styled by Jackson Open House at Compass Allie Payne Group
• First Saturday Art Events

Stay tuned for updates!

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.

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

Join Kristen Simons from Embodied Healing for a discussion of how pregnancy and the post partum period impact health. Learn strategies to support yourself and others in this time.

Hop on the Holiday Trolley and head to your favorite shopping destinations in Downtown Evanston and the Main-Dempster Mile.

Sing along with Carolers on the trolley and enjoy quick entertainment stops along the way!

Stay tuned for details.

MDM is partnering with Booked for a Holiday Shopping Bingo Party!

Make a purchase of any amount at participating shops and get a stamp.

Every five stamps gets you a raffle ticket in the grand prize drawing. Winner drawn in January 2027.

Special "instant" prizes at Booked if you score a vertical, horizontal or diagonal bingo.

Stay tuned for more details!