Monday, June 23

 

Tuesday, June 24

11:00 am-12:00 pm – Summer Science at Lake Bluff Public summer-science

6:30 pm-7:30 pm – Intro to Canva: Build a Digital Travel Postcard at Lake Forest Library canva

6:30 pm-8:00 pm – Art Impact Project: Wellness Through Arts Workshop at The Art Center Highland Park wellness-arts

6:30 pm-9:00 pm – Figure Drawing Drop-in at The Art Center Highland Park figure-drawing

 

Wednesday, June 25

8:00 am-8:45 am – Forward Focus Walking Club walking-club

5:00 pm-7:00 pm – Craig Bergmann’s “The Art of Fine Gardening” Reception & Interview at History Center Lake Forest-Lake Bluff art-of-fine-gardening

5:30 pm-7:30 pm – Live Music on the Patio with Lake Forest Parks & Recreation music-patio

6:00 pm-7:00 pm – Lake Forest Bookstore In-store event with author Brooks Whitney Young "The Grove"bookstore-event

 

Thursday, June 26

9:00 am-2:00 pm Friday – Middle School Summer Work-Stay with CROYA croya

11:00 am-12:00 pm – Storytelling, Strategy & the Power of AI (Zoom) at Suite Escape power-of-al

4:00 pm-6:30 pm – Full Bloom Memory Care Open House & Ribbon Cutting open-house-ribbon-cutting

6:00 pm-7:30 pm – The Ultimate Unconventional Charcuterie Workshop at Assured Healthcare Staffing charcuterie

6:00 pm-8:00 pm – Summer Grill Night at Elawa Farm farm-dining

6:00 pm-9:00 pm – Cooking Class: Fruit and Fire: A Summer Supper at Elawa Farm cooking-class

6:30 pm-9:00 pm – Free Outdoor Concert with Lake Forest Parks & Recreation: Featuring: Rhythm Rockets (vintage R&B) outdoor-concert

7:00 pm-9:00 pm – Democracy Tour 2025 at Gorton Center democracy-tour

7:00 pm-10:00 pm – Where Olive Trees Weep at Gorton Center olive-trees

 

Friday, June 27

7:00 am-12:00 pm – Farmer's Market - Lake Bluff farmer-s-market

8:00 am-1:00 pm – Garden Market at Elawa Farm market

9:00 am-9:30 am – Storytime on the Green with Lake Bluff Public Library storytime

9:00 am-12:00 pm – Lake Forest College Summer Visit Day summervisitdays

10:00 am-5:00 pm – DL1961 Trunk Show Event at Smith’s Men’s Store events

 

Saturday, June 28

8:00 am-1:00 pm – Garden Market at Elawa Farm market

9:00 am-10:00 am – Yoga on the Farm at Elawa Farm programs

9:30 am, 12:00 am – Youth Class: Feathery Friends: A Chicken Experience at Elawa Farm classes-programs

10:00 am-2:00 pm – Lemonade 4 Brighter Futures with Fill a Heart 4 Kids lemonade

10:00 am-10:45 am – Farm Tours at Elawa Farm farm-tour

10:30 am-11:30 am – Goat Yoga at Elawa Farm classes-programs

10:30 am-12:00 pm – A Tour of Howard Van Doren Shaw's Market Square with History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff tour-market-square

11:00 am-12:00 pm – Kids Summer Workshop at Lake Forest Flowers floral-workshops

  1:00 pm-2:30 pm – Dungeons & Dragons 101 at Lake Bluff Public Library dungeons

5:00 pm-10:00 pm – Brewing Company Downtown Block Party block-party

 

Sunday, June 29

10:00 am, 10:30 am, 11:00 am – Hooves & Hugs at Elawa Farm classes-programs

4:00 pm-6:00 pm – Tennessee Whiskey: Chris Stapleton Tribute at Gorton Center tribute

4:00 pm-7:00 pm – Foodstock by Cool Ministries on Lake Bluff Village Green foodstock

7:30 pm-9:15 pm – The Uptown Room at Wayfarer Theaters uptown-room

 

Get outside…be sure to check the status of our amazing community outdoor facilities!

Lake Bluff Park District: www.lakebluffparks.org

Lake Forest Parks and Recreation: www.lfparksandrec.com

Lake Forest Open Lands – www.lfola.org/recreational-activities

  

Ongoing:

CROYA – After School Drop-In Hours croya-calendar

Dickinson Hall – Special Events, Life Enrichment, Ongoing Programs, Healthy Living Lectures and Fitness for Seniors dickinson_hall

Elawa Farm: Café open Wednesday - Sunday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm cafemarket

Fill A Heart 4 Kids – See Events & Volunteer Opportunities fillaheart4kids 

Gorton Center – Calendar of Events: gortoncenter-events

History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff – Exhibit: Behind the Glamour: Inside (and Outside) F. Scott Fitzgerald's Lake Forest (April 4-October 4), Docent-Led Walking Tours; Self-Guided Tours – Arcady Farm and its Neighbors, Lake Road Walking Tour; 11 Stately Observers: Witness Trees of Lake Forest lflbhistory 

International Chamber Artists – Couch Concerts (Virtual), 2024-2025 Season Musically It’s All Relative concert-series

Lake Bluff History Museum –Lake Bluff Walking Tours App (nearly a dozen tours available): Uptown Commercial District; Lake Bluff Camp Meeting Grounds; Camp Meeting Cottages; Dogs on the Bluff public art display; Green Bay Road Estates; Moffett Road Estates; Sheridan Road Estates; Lake Bluff Commemorative Plaques Tour; Early Settlers of Lake Bluff, and Development in West Lake Bluff. lakebluffhistory

Lake Bluff Public Library – Summer Reading Club (Adult/Teen June 6-August 15, Children June 6-July 31), Summer Reading Club - Jar Challenge (June 9-27), Summer Reading Club - Side Quest #3 (June 23-28), 1000 Books Before Kindergarten 1000-books; Calendar of Events: lakeblufflibrary-events; Voter’s Registration other-services

Lake Forest Civic Orchestra – past concerts and recordings archive past-concerts 

Lake Forest Parks and Recreation – Sunrise Yoga at Forest Park Beach (Monday-Saturday, June 2-September 29 at 8:00 am) fitness-classes

Midwest Young Artists Summer Camps – Summer Evening Orchestras (June 24-July 19), Chicago Flute Workshop (June 23-27), Chicago Chamber Music Workshop (June 30-July 19), Summer Evening Jazz Ensembles (June 23-July 19), New Musical Theater Vocal Workshop (June 23-27), Chicago Jazz Workshop (July 14-18), Chicago Student Composition Workshop (June 30-July 18) mya-summer

Rendezvous Arts – Summer Vignette Series and Patreon Channel (Virtual) rendezvousarts

  

Sales & Specials:

ABLAZE Design Group: 15% off or 1 year interest free financing on interior painting, 20% off all Hunter Douglas Window Treatment Orders promos

Bedside Manor: Join our newsletter and get 10% off your first order shopbedside

  Chalet: 30% off in stock hostas, 30% off flowering hanging baskets sale, 20%-70% off raised beds and outdoor furniture chaletnursery

Chief's Pub:  Monday - $3.50 All Domestic bottles All Day, $3 Cheeseburger Sliders during MNF; Tuesday - $3.75 Corona and Corona Light bottles, $5 House Margarita and 1/2 price tacos; Wednesday - 1/2 price bottle of wine, $3.50 domestic jumbos; Thursday – Thirsty Thursdays $20 Domestic beer towers, $10 domestic pitchers, 1/2 off domestic beer & house wine; Friday - $6 16oz Craft draft beer; Saturday - $15 domestic buckets, $20 Claw and Noon buckets, 1/2 price pizza all day; Sunday - $4 Screwdriver, $5 Bloodys and $6 Mimosas, Kids Eat Free; Happy Hour: M–F 3pm-6pm: $3.50 Miller Lite & Budlight Bottles, $4 16oz pints Miller Lite & Budlight, $4.75 23oz Miller Lite & Budlight, $5 Rail Drinks-House Vodka, Gin, Rum, Tequila & Whiskey + a mixer, $6 House Wine-Red: Cabernet, White: Chardonnay chiefspub

Citadel Theatre: Season Subscriptions (2025-2026 Season Line-up: Misery, Miracle on South Division Street, Admissions, Ruthless: The Musical) $40-$120 citadeltheatre

Club Pilates East Lake Forest: First Class Free clubpilates

Cluckers Charcoal Chicken: Loyalty Program - Earn 1 point for each $1 spent (25 bonus points to sign up) cluckerscharcoalchicken

Deer Path Inn: A Floral Affair: Petals at the Path, Rest & Reset: Fit for Royalty, Literary Getaway: A Good Book and a Spot of Tea, Baby On Board: Babymoon Getaway, Discover the North Shore: Local's Only Package, Mocktail Mixology: Zero-Proof Experience, Creating Lasting Memories: Gramping Getaway, Tea Time for Two: Girls’ Getaway hotel-deals; Afternoon Tea at The English Room - seatings at 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm and 3:00 pm Wednesday through Saturday dining

Egg Harbor Café: Specials: Lemon Poppyseed Pancakes, Geneva Rosti, Alpine Scrambler, Down Home Biscuits and Gravy, Spiked Strawberry Lemonade, Spiked Lemonade, Spiked Blackberry Lavender Lemonade, Iced Strawberry Matcha Latte, Iced Brown Sugar Latte eggharborcafe

Elements Massage: $30 off first one-hour massage session, New client discounts: One-hour massage session for only $89 (regular $119); 90 minute massage for $129 (regular $159) elementsmassage.com/bannockburn

ENAZ: Sale items collections/sale

The Forester – a Hyatt Place Hotel: Oaken Dining Package, Member Rates theforesterhotel

Forever Om Yoga: $79 new client offer (local clients only); unlimited golden membership $195, $29 single class, packages available foreveromyoga

Gerhard’s Elegant European Desserts – Fourth of July Specials:

Flourless Chocolate Cake, American Strawberry/Blueberry Short Cake, Keylime Tart, Summer Fruit Flan, Mom’s Cherry Kuchen, Brownie, Lemon Bars, Flag Cupcakes, 4th of July Cookies gerhardsdesserts

Gorton Center: 50^th anniversary Gorton tote bag $20, Gorton 50^th branded insulated mug $20 shop-gorton

  Kuro Bistro: Lunch Specials - Maki, Sashimi, Sushi, Classic Roll Choices, Bento, DonBuri kurolakeforest

Lake Forest Civic Orchestra: Season Subscriptions $30-$60 (25% off single ticket price) lakeforestcivicorchestra

Lake Forest Fitness Center: Summer Fitness Special 1, 2 or 3 month memberships (May 1-August 1) fitness-center

Lake Forest Hardware Cards & Gifts: Monthly Specials local-ad

The Lake Forest Shop: Sale items sale

Luke’s of Lake Bluff: 10% off first order; Daily Specials Include Small Fries and Medium Drink, Taco Tuesdays lukeslakebluff

Mathnasium of Lake Forest: Free Assessment promotions

Mustard Seed: Fair Trade Gift Guide and much more mustardseedfairtrade

Oaken Bistro + Bar at the Forester Hotel: June Cocktail of the Month: Sangria; June Entrée of the Month: Chicken & Shrimp a la brasa; Weekday Happy Hour 3-6: drink specials from $5 and starters specials from $7 each; 16.18% Conway Park neighborhood business discount weekdays 11-4; E-Club Special – Free Sapling; Citadel Theatre Goers discount 20% when you show a same day ticket stub, Bottomless Mimosas Saturday & Sunday 9AM-3PM  oakenbistro.com/specials-events

Offshore Marine/Paddling Warehouse: Paddleboard Blowout 30-60% off, Closeouts, Blems, Odds & Ends offshore-chicago

Pasquesi Home and Gardens: Green Velvet Boxwood Sale $49.99 (regular $59.99), ‘Nantucket Blue’ hydrangeas Sale $42.99 (regular $59.99)

Perennial Sale (June 19-July 13) sales-events

Shakou: Loyalty Plan – earn $5 for each $1 spent, special food & beverage items earn 2X to 5X points, 2500 points earn a $25 reward certificate shakou

Sherwin Williams: $10 off $50+; 30% off of Paints and Stains (June 13-23); sherwin-williams

Suite Escape: Shop Women Owned Businesses shop

Sunset Foods: See Weekly Specials weekly-ad

Touched by Jules: 30-minute massage $75, 60-minute massage $130, 90-minute massage $185 touchedbyjules

Vintage Magnality: 20% off $350+ vintagemagnality