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Sheffield Foundation
Choir!Choir!Choir!
Pamela & David Waud
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Kids Only Holiday Shop
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Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
Three parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers. […]
2 events,
FAN: Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
FAN: Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
During the impeachment crisis of 2019, Heather Cox Richardson, Ph.D., professor of history at Boston College, launched a daily Facebook essay providing the historical background of the […]
After School Art Club with Carole Pearlman
After School Art Club with Carole Pearlman
Calling all artists! This after-school art class will not only provide an incredible outlet for self-expression but also help students to develop motor skills, visual-spatial skills, […]
5 events,
All Level Yoga with Areta
All Level Yoga with Areta
Areta will guide you through a traditional vinyasa flow yoga class incorporating poses, breath work and meditation. This bi-weekly one-hour practice will help release tension and […]
Private Guitar & Bass Lessons with Dave Hiltebrand
Private Guitar & Bass Lessons with Dave Hiltebrand
PLEASE REACH OUT TO DAVE HILTEBRAND DIRECTLY TO SCHEDULE A LESSON! - Dave@davehiltebrand.com  Learn a comprehensive approach to playing guitar or bass including technique, getting […]
Fascial Stretch Therapy
Fascial Stretch Therapy
Private Sessions with Josh Watson of Lake Shore Fit@Home! Eliminate chronic pain, increase mobility and improve flexibility and strength. Fascial Stretch Therapy is a neuromyofascial manual […]
Private Acting Class with Jeremy Kruse – October
Private Acting Class with Jeremy Kruse – October
NOTE: When you sign up, please specify the date and time you would like a lesson. The purchase page will only give you the option of […]
Private Acting Class with Madison Kisst – October
Private Acting Class with Madison Kisst – October
NOTE: When you sign up, please specify the date and time you would like a lesson. The purchase page will only give you the option of […]
2 events,
FAN: Women In Science Now: Stories and Strategies for Achieving Equity
FAN: Women In Science Now: Stories and Strategies for Achieving Equity
Women working in the sciences face obstacles at virtually every step along their career paths. From subtle slights to blatant biases, deep systemic problems block […]
Keys to Longevity
Keys to Longevity
THIS CLASS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Welcome to Longevity 101! How to stay younger (not just look younger) and live longer. This one-of-a-kind wellness program is for […]
5 events,
FAN: Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream
FAN: Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream
Two decades into the twenty-first century, the stagnation of living standards has become the defining trend of American life. Life expectancy has declined, economic inequality has […]
Gentle Flow Yoga with Areta
Gentle Flow Yoga with Areta
This gentle flow class is warm and light, ideal for anyone wanting a slower-paced class. We move to create flexibility and sustain our range of motion […]
Little Storytellers: Acting for Ages 2.5 to 4
Little Storytellers: Acting for Ages 2.5 to 4
Are you looking for an activity for your little one? Through interactive play and fully engaged make-believe, children are led through stories and become part of […]
2 events,
Salsarobics
Salsarobics
Join Esther Gutierrez Sloan for a fun workout that happens each Friday! The major distinction of this program is that the joy, fun, and discovery are […]
Palette & Pours: Tea Cups
Palette & Pours: Tea Cups
Creating and expressing oneself through art can be a therapeutic and fulfilling experience that promotes mental wellness. Art classes are a great way to meet new […]
3 events,
An Evening with Oshima Brothers
An Evening with Oshima Brothers
Unbelievably accomplished songwriters, singers and instrumentalists. – Richard Loren, former manager of the Grateful Dead Sean and Jamie are two of the most inspirational people I’ve […]
Tai Chi With Ken Ning
Tai Chi With Ken Ning
Sign up for Gorton’s Tai Chi class and join Ken Ning each Saturday to learn and practice Tai Chi. Ken’s Tai Chi class is open to […]
Lake County Film Festival – Selected Shorts Program
Lake County Film Festival – Selected Shorts Program
Come check out an exciting program of 10 short films from the Lake County Film Festival, specifically selected for Gorton Center! The Selected Shorts Program at […]
1 event,
Restorative Yoga & Sound Bath Healing
Restorative Yoga & Sound Bath Healing
If you would like to experience a peaceful practice and healing escape, or if you are curious about how to take better care of yourself, and make self-care […]
5 events,
Red Cross Blood Drive
Red Cross Blood Drive
Please note, pre-registration is mandatory and only takes a few minutes - please click the link. If you want to donate blood, make sure to eat […]
FAN: Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World
FAN: Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World
With social media and constant connection, the boundaries of privacy are stretched thin. Devorah Heitner, Ph.D.’s new book Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital […]
After School Art Club with Carole Pearlman
After School Art Club with Carole Pearlman
Calling all artists! This after-school art class will not only provide an incredible outlet for self-expression but also help students to develop motor skills, visual-spatial skills, […]
2 events,
All Level Yoga with Areta
All Level Yoga with Areta
Areta will guide you through a traditional vinyasa flow yoga class incorporating poses, breath work and meditation. This bi-weekly one-hour practice will help release tension and […]
Acting for Ages 5 to 8
Acting for Ages 5 to 8
Do you have a budding actor in the family? Turn your child's love of make-believe play into a passion for the arts. Through theater games, improvisation, […]
7 events,
Do Not Submit-Lake Forest
Do Not Submit-Lake Forest
WALK-INS WELCOME! Do Not Submit-Lake Forest is a monthly storytelling open mic in an enthusiastic, supportive environment free from pressure, judgment, or scoring. No experience is […]
Kindermusik Level 2: Wiggle & Grow for 16 months – 3.5 years
Kindermusik Level 2: Wiggle & Grow for 16 months – 3.5 years
Imagine your child’s joy as they go twirling around the room, marching to the music and singing along! Led by licensed teachers who cherish your child’s […]
Kindermusik Level 2: Wiggle & Grow (16 Months – 3.5 YO)
Kindermusik Level 2: Wiggle & Grow (16 Months – 3.5 YO)
Imagine twirling around the room, marching with happiness and singing out with joy to the music! Led by licensed teachers who cherish your child’s blossoming social […]
Kindermusik Level 1: Cuddle & Bounce (Babies To 16 Months)
Kindermusik Level 1: Cuddle & Bounce (Babies To 16 Months)
A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR BABIES & CAREGIVER! Hear squeals of delight as your baby anticipates the next zoom lift and giggles while dancing and socializing! Babies […]
RoboThink After School: STEM Inventions
RoboThink After School: STEM Inventions
Let's get creative! In this program, students will be learning about important inventions throughout history as they build their own replicas using our RoboThuink kit! Starting […]
7 events,
FAN: The Career Arts: Making the Most of College, Credentials, and Connections
FAN: The Career Arts: Making the Most of College, Credentials, and Connections
Young people coming out of high school today can expect to hold many jobs over the course of their lives, which is why they need a […]
FAN: The Career Arts: Making the Most of College, Credentials, and Connections
FAN: The Career Arts: Making the Most of College, Credentials, and Connections
Young people coming out of high school today can expect to hold many jobs over the course of their lives, which is why they need a […]
Gentle Flow Yoga with Areta
Gentle Flow Yoga with Areta
This gentle flow class is warm and light, ideal for anyone wanting a slower-paced class. We move to create flexibility and sustain our range of motion […]
Method Acting – Thursdays: Acting Technique
Method Acting – Thursdays: Acting Technique
Learn Method acting technique while doing acting exercises and improvisations. This class is for people of all experience levels and is intended for anyone looking for […]
Method Acting – Thursdays: Scene Study
Method Acting – Thursdays: Scene Study
Learn Method acting technique while working on scripted material. Bring in anything you want to work on: plays, films, poems – comedies, dramas – anything. If […]
3 events,
PUSS IN BOOTS: The Last Wish
PUSS IN BOOTS: The Last Wish
When Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll and he has burned through eight of his nine lives, he launches […]
PUSS IN BOOTS: The Last Wish
PUSS IN BOOTS: The Last Wish
When Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll and he has burned through eight of his nine lives, he launches […]
Salsarobics
Salsarobics
Join Esther Gutierrez Sloan for a fun workout that happens each Friday! The major distinction of this program is that the joy, fun, and discovery are […]
6 events,
Method Acting – Saturdays – Acting Technique
Method Acting – Saturdays – Acting Technique
Learn Method acting technique while doing acting exercises and improvisations. This class is for people of all experience levels and is intended for anyone who is […]
Tai Chi With Ken Ning
Tai Chi With Ken Ning
Sign up for Gorton’s Tai Chi class and join Ken Ning each Saturday to learn and practice Tai Chi. Ken’s Tai Chi class is open to […]
Method Acting – Saturdays – Scene Study
Method Acting – Saturdays – Scene Study
Learn Method acting technique while working on scripted material. Bring in anything you want to work on: plays, films, poems – comedies, dramas – anything. If […]
Lake County Film Festival – Ellis
Lake County Film Festival – Ellis
Come see a special screening as part of the Lake County Film Festival at the John & Nancy Hughes Theater at Gorton Center! ELLIS is the […]
2 events,
Lake Forest Civic Orchestra’s Fireworks Concert
Lake Forest Civic Orchestra’s Fireworks Concert
The Lake Forest Civic Orchestra is thrilled to announce its upcoming "Fireworks" concert, a symphonic extravaganza that will transport the audience through centuries of musical excellence. […]
Sound Bath Meditation
Sound Bath Meditation
A sound bath is a meditative experience where you are "bathed" in sound waves. It is an opportunity to unplug from external stimuli, and an invitation […]
3 events,
FAN: Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education
FAN: Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education
When Stephanie Land set out to write her memoir Maid, she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one […]
After School Art Club with Carole Pearlman
After School Art Club with Carole Pearlman
Calling all artists! This after-school art class will not only provide an incredible outlet for self-expression but also help students to develop motor skills, visual-spatial skills, […]
All Things Guitar Workshop
All Things Guitar Workshop
THIS CLASS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR FUTURE DATES! Guitar players and enthusiasts can enjoy an interactive workshop covering popular guitar playing concepts, from […]
4 events,
FAN: The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
FAN: The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
In The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year, award-winning bestselling author Margaret Renkl presents a literary devotional: fifty-two chapters that follow the creatures and plants in […]
All Level Yoga with Areta
All Level Yoga with Areta
Areta will guide you through a traditional vinyasa flow yoga class incorporating poses, breath work and meditation. This bi-weekly one-hour practice will help release tension and […]
Parenting Series Growing Grit: Fostering Resilience & Confidence In Our Kids (And Ourselves!)
Parenting Series Growing Grit: Fostering Resilience & Confidence In Our Kids (And Ourselves!)
Join T-Ann Pierce, life and confidence coach, in a Four-Part Series, Growing Grit: Fostering Resilience and Confidence in Our Kids. In this series, T-Ann will dive […]
Divorcing with Dignity
Divorcing with Dignity
THIS CLASS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE NEXT SESSION IS DECEMBER 12. FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO MICHAEL DIRECTLY. Are you or someone you know contemplating […]
0 events,
2 events,
FAN: The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are
FAN: The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are
Today Tariq Trotter—better known as Black Thought—is the platinum-selling, three-time Grammy-winning co-founder of The Roots, and one of the most exhilaratingly skillful and profound rappers the […]
Gentle Flow Yoga with Areta
Gentle Flow Yoga with Areta
This gentle flow class is warm and light, ideal for anyone wanting a slower-paced class. We move to create flexibility and sustain our range of motion […]
1 event,
Band of Five (+ 4) Woodwind Celebration
Band of Five (+ 4) Woodwind Celebration
This season at Rendezvous is the first time we will have 8 musicians performing together. Deb Stevenson and Jennet Ingle, oboe; Wagner Campos and Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, […]
6 events,
Truth Be Told
Truth Be Told
Truth Be Told returns to Gorton! Join us in the intimacy of our Stuart room for a night of personal storytelling curated by Scott Whitehair, Chicago […]
Little Storytellers: Acting for Ages 2.5 to 4
Little Storytellers: Acting for Ages 2.5 to 4
Are you looking for an activity for your little one? Through interactive play and fully engaged make-believe, children are led through stories and become part of […]
Tai Chi With Ken Ning
Tai Chi With Ken Ning
Sign up for Gorton’s Tai Chi class and join Ken Ning each Saturday to learn and practice Tai Chi. Ken’s Tai Chi class is open to […]
Acting for Teens
Acting for Teens
Learn acting technique while doing acting exercises, scene work, improvisations and monologues. Bring in anything you want to work on: plays, films, poems – comedies, dramas […]
1 event,
Sidney Friedman – Music in the Mind
Sidney Friedman – Music in the Mind
Returning to Gorton by popular demand, the country’s leading mentalist Sidney Friedman will perform his astounding mind reading and display his incredible piano skills on our […]
1 event,
Traditional African Hand Drumming with Helen Bond
Traditional African Hand Drumming with Helen Bond
Learn traditional hand drumming from Guinea, West Africa! Our hand drum class is open to everyone, from beginners to professional drummers. Helen Bond will teach traditional […]
2 events,
All Level Yoga with Areta
All Level Yoga with Areta
Areta will guide you through a traditional vinyasa flow yoga class incorporating poses, breath work and meditation. This bi-weekly one-hour practice will help release tension and […]
Drawing and Painting with Cheryl Steiger
Drawing and Painting with Cheryl Steiger
Pursue art through an individualized class by working on the drawing or painting with the medium of your choice. Work from photos, still life, and your […]
1 event,
1 event,
3 events,
HOME ALONE
HOME ALONE
It is Christmas time and the McCallister family is preparing for a vacation in Paris, France. But the youngest in the family, Kevin (Macaulay Culkin), got […]
Salsarobics
Salsarobics
Join Esther Gutierrez Sloan for a fun workout that happens each Friday! The major distinction of this program is that the joy, fun, and discovery are […]
1 event,
Tai Chi With Ken Ning
Tai Chi With Ken Ning
Sign up for Gorton’s Tai Chi class and join Ken Ning each Saturday to learn and practice Tai Chi. Ken’s Tai Chi class is open to […]
2 events,
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for […]
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for […]
0 events,
2 events,
FAN: Normal Broken: The Grief Companion for When It’s Time to Heal But You’re Not Sure You Want To
FAN: Normal Broken: The Grief Companion for When It’s Time to Heal But You’re Not Sure You Want To
None of us make it through life without experiencing loss that leaves us feeling broken. That’s what makes grief so normal. In Normal Broken: The Grief […]
All Level Yoga with Areta
All Level Yoga with Areta
Areta will guide you through a traditional vinyasa flow yoga class incorporating poses, breath work and meditation. This bi-weekly one-hour practice will help release tension and […]
3 events,
Advanced Canasta
Advanced Canasta
Join Debbie Meyer for a special 2 week Advanced Strategy Canasta Class! This class is for participants who have been playing for at least 2 years […]
After School Art Club With Lezlie
After School Art Club With Lezlie
Create with an art history story! Students start out with free draw time, discuss an "artist of the day", work on a project inspired by that […]
Holiday Tech Gifts
Holiday Tech Gifts
Find out all the hottest gadget gifts available this holiday season. From smart home gadgets and phone accessories to toys and oddities, Mike Gershbein of Very […]
7 events,
Gentle Flow Yoga with Areta
Gentle Flow Yoga with Areta
This gentle flow class is warm and light, ideal for anyone wanting a slower-paced class. We move to create flexibility and sustain our range of motion […]
Fascial Stretch Therapy
Fascial Stretch Therapy
Private Sessions with Josh Watson of Lake Shore Fit@Home! Eliminate chronic pain, increase mobility and improve flexibility and strength. Fascial Stretch Therapy is a neuromyofascial manual […]
Private Guitar & Bass Lessons with Dave Hiltebrand
Private Guitar & Bass Lessons with Dave Hiltebrand
PLEASE REACH OUT TO DAVE HILTEBRAND DIRECTLY TO SCHEDULE A LESSON! - Dave@davehiltebrand.com  Learn a comprehensive approach to playing guitar or bass including technique, getting […]
Private Acting Class with Jeremy Kruse – November
Private Acting Class with Jeremy Kruse – November
NOTE: When you sign up, please specify the date and time you would like a lesson. The purchase page will only give you the option of […]
Private Acting Class with Madison Kisst – November
Private Acting Class with Madison Kisst – November
NOTE: When you sign up, please specify the date and time you would like a lesson. The purchase page will only give you the option of […]
2 events,
Salsarobics
Salsarobics
LAST CLASS OF THE YEAR DECEMBER 1st! JOIN US AGAIN IN 2024! Join Esther Gutierrez Sloan for a fun workout that happens each Friday! The major […]
Palette & Pours: Paint Your Pet
Palette & Pours: Paint Your Pet
Creating and expressing oneself through art can be a therapeutic and fulfilling experience that promotes mental wellness. Art classes are a great way to meet new […]
4 events,
Babysitting & Child Safety
Babysitting & Child Safety
The new Child and Babysitting Safety (CABS) program from MEDIC First Aid gives teenagers and young adults everything they need to know for safe and successful […]
Irish Dance Lessons with Fitzpatrick School of Irish Dance
Irish Dance Lessons with Fitzpatrick School of Irish Dance
Your child can experience a touch of Ireland in Lake Forest! In this multi-age class, Littles ages 3-5 will work on rhythm, coordination, the traditional Irish […]
Tai Chi With Ken Ning
Tai Chi With Ken Ning
Sign up for Gorton’s Tai Chi class and join Ken Ning each Saturday to learn and practice Tai Chi. Ken’s Tai Chi class is open to […]
CPR, AED & Optional First Aid Course
CPR, AED & Optional First Aid Course
* THIS IS A HYBRID COURSE! 1 or 3 HOURS ONLINE @ HOME AND 2 HOURS IN-PERSON! This blended learning style Basic CPR and AED class […]
First Thursdays
Film Series
Sheffield Foundation
Choir!Choir!Choir!
Pamela & David Waud
Food Truck Festival Sponsor
Kids Only Holiday Shop
Mountainfilm on
Tour Partner
Mountainfilm on
Tour Sponsors
Holiday Decorations
Survey Software
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Dave O'Connor, aka Coach Dave, recently attended a Gorton Drama Studio production and shared these observations
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Do you know FAN? Get to know Family Action Network!
FAN stands for Family Action Network, and Gorton is a partner with this amazing organization...
Go Get Weird: 7 leadership lessons from a kids sketch show
Dave O'Connor, aka Coach Dave, recently attended a Gorton Drama Studio production and shared these observations
BE THE FIRST TO KNOW ABOUT NEWS AND EVENTS
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