Gorton Center

Rental Event-Lake Forest Civic Orchestra "New Beginnings"
2023-10-15 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Gorton Center – John & Nancy Hughes Theater, 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL, 60045, United States
The LFCO opens its 35th anniversary season with a work written to celebrate another significant anniversary. Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 was written in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the presentation of the Augsberg Confession, a significant event in the Protestant Reformation. Famous for quoting the hymn tune “A Mighty Fortress is our God,” this work is bright, joyful, and full of fanfare. The music of American Composer Gwyneth Walker is performed around the country. Dr. Walker’s Music Alone Shall Live is based on the folk song of the same name and is a rousing orchestral fanfare. We pair that with Festive Overture by another American Composer, William Grant Still.
Fremd HS flutist Tabitha Mo will round out our program with the virtuosic Carmen Fantasie by Francis Borne.
Still – Festive Overture
Walker – Music Alone Shall Live (World Premier)
Borne – Fantaisie brillante on Themes from Carmen – Tabitha Mo, Soloist, Fremd High School, Palatine
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 5 in D Major – “Reformation”
J. Strauss – Champagne Polka
Here’s the ticket link:
https://www.lakeforestcivicorchestra.org/concerts-tickets/p/newbeginnings

After School Art Club with Carole Pearlman
2023-10-16 15:45 - 17:15 | Gorton Center, 400 East Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL, 60045
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, and problem-solving skills. Each week a different artist will be featured to inspire students to create their own unique piece of art. This class can get messy, so please wear old clothing or bring an apron/smock. For grades K – 3rd
Carole Pearlman’s lifelong fascination with creativity began as a child, in a neighborhood art class, where making art in the backyard was the only agenda for an entire summer. Many art classes later Carole completed a BFA in painting, a MEd in Educational Therapy, and an MA in Developmental Psychology. Integrating the disciplines of art, education, and psychology Carole developed The Joy of Creativity Art program. Carole works as a facilitator of creativity with students ages 4 to 84! Through her teaching, research, and daily practice, she believes that being creative is an essential part of a balanced life. Carole is a professional artist and certified teacher.

All Level Yoga with Areta
2023-10-17 09:00 - 10:00 | Gorton Center, 400 East Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL, 60045
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 bring you back into balance while opening, lengthening and strengthening the body. Whether you are new to yoga or an experienced practitioner, this mindful flow class will leave you feeling renewed and energized. Bring a mat and a water bottle.
Traditional Vinyasa Flow Yoga is a dynamic style of yoga that emphasizes the synchronization of breath and movement as practitioners flow through a sequence of poses. It combines the ancient practice of yoga with a modern approach that focuses on creating a fluid and rhythmic movement pattern. Vinyasa Flow is known for its creative sequencing and the way it allows practitioners to explore their bodies, breath, and minds in a harmonious way.
Taking a yoga class can offer a variety of physical, mental, and emotional benefits including improving cardiovascular health, reducing stress and tension and leaving you feeling more energized and revitalized.
Areta has been teaching yoga in Lake Forest and in yoga studios along the North Shore for 10 years and is E-RYT 500 Certified. Areta’s passion is bringing yoga to EVERY BODY, and has additional certifications in Meditation, Adaptive Yoga for Disabilities, Senior Yoga, Love Your Brain for traumatic brain injury, Yoga for Eating Disorder Recovery, Yin Yoga, and Yoga for 12 Step Recovery. Areta teaches yoga to inspire and empower physical well-being, spiritual balance and awakening for everyday life. She is a long-time resident of Lake Forest and a disability advocate and volunteer yoga coach for the Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association (GLASA).

Save it to the Cloud
2023-10-17 18:00 - 19:30 | Gorton Center, 400 East Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL, 60045
Mike Gershbein of Very Smart People will teach you how to back up your documents, music and photos to online cloud solutions, many of which are cheap or free. We’ll also show the basics of onsite backup and options to easily share documents and photos.
Mike Gershbein is the founder of technology training firm Very Smart People. He is a former librarian who believes that if personal technology isn’t fun and easy to use and doesn’t make our lives better then it’s probably not worth using!

How Caucuses Serve Voters
2023-10-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Gorton Center – Stuart Community Room
A North Shore Caucus Conversation
Join us for a community discussion on caucus systems. Representatives from Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, Winnetka and Glencoe caucuses will showcase their process fro slating candidates for local public office. A Q&A with the audience is included!
Free event for the public. No registration needed.
Doors open at 6:30 pm.

Estate Planning with Alan Sohn
2023-10-19 18:00 - 19:00 | Gorton Center, 400 East Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL, 60045
Estate planning doesn’t have to be intimidating or complicated. But like the air we breathe, everyone needs to have one. This session will help you gain a better understanding of the process and be an educated consumer when seeking assistance to help you protect the ones you love. Attorney Alan Sohn will cover a number of topics including:

Why you need a will
Living trusts and why most people should have one
Powers of Attorney for property and health care
And the preservation of one’s personal estate for the desired objects of their bounty during their lifetimes and after their deaths

The Seed Keepers; A Conversation with Diane Wilson
2023-10-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Gorton Center – John & Nancy Hughes Theater, 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL, 60045, United States
Join Lake Forest Library
Please come for a thoughtful and compelling conversation between Diane Wilson, author of The Seed Keeper, and Davis Schneiderman, Krebs Provost and Dean of the Faculty at Lake Forest College.
Q & A and book signing to follow.
Register at https://www.lakeforestlibrary.org/event/conversation-diane-wilson.
This event is part of Lake Forest Reads, our One Book, One Community program. To learn more, visit www.lfreads.org.
This event is part of Native Voices, the community-wide initiative to illuminate the historic legacy, current lives, and ongoing contributions of Native Americans in Lake Forest and Lake County. For all events, visit the http://lfola.org/native-voices.

Salsarobics
2023-10-20 09:30 - 10:30 | Gorton Center, 400 East Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL, 60045
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 ongoing!!
The option of varying intensity levels from low to moderate to high is a choice that is ongoing throughout the class, while moving to a myriad of enticing Latin, Caribbean, Spaniard and African beats. Low-impact and high-impact options are also presented to choose from.
-Esther offers an experience that averages 4000-4200 steps with varying degrees of intensity.
-Total Body Training (TBT) Systems Methodology is used to maintain proper postural alignment and ensure muscular conditioning.
-Pheripheral Heart Action (PHA) training methodology is used to work with aerobic intensity which is optional and challenged based on the level that the participant chooses to execute the rhythmic steps
-Using inline motion protocol, moving from one end of the room to the other end makes the participant effectively and functionally use steps, while working on balance and coordination by changing direction {lateral, diagonal, front, backward).
Proprioceptive Neurological Facilitation (PNF) stretching is performed at the end of the session.
SALSArobics was created by Colombian-born Esther Gutierrez Sloan. Esther has performed SALSArobics on national television and local television in Illinois, California, Florida and New York.
Esther has led SALSArobics classes, exhibitions, workshops and presentations at fitness conventions, health clubs, schools, fundraising events, ethnic festivals, internationally and nationally.
Esther was inducted into the National Fitness Hall of Fame in 2010 in recognition of her pioneering efforts to introduce authentic Latin rhythms and dance steps into aerobic exercise in 1989 when she created SALSArobics.

RENTAL EVENT: Tom Fuller Concert
2023-10-20 19:30 - 22:00 | Gorton Center, 400 East Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL, 60045
Troubadour Tom Fuller Performs Songs from New Album
Musical maverick and Billboard-charting singer-songwriter Tom Fuller is a man at a creative crossroads. His passionate career journey to create impactful, emotional songs continues, but with significant changes as showcased in his intimate, soon-to-be-released sixth album, Straight From The Heart. Always the artistic innovator, Fuller stripped down past rockers and ballads he wrote down to their core, reinventing them as intimate acoustic-based love songs, plus Tom has written a few new tunes.
On Friday, October 20th at the Gorton Center’s John and Nancy Hughes Theater in Lake Forest, IL, Tom Fuller will perform a number of these new solo acoustic songs during his first set. Then in the second set, Tom will lead his top-notch, full electric band performing his hit songs and fan favorites from Fuller’s 30-year career. While Fuller has performed all over the world at numerous famous music venues, this concert will also be very special for another reason: Lake Forest is now Tom’s new hometown.
Pop-rocker Fuller’s career accomplishments include the Billboard charting single “Doin’ Nothin’” in 2019 followed by his acclaimed Waterfall album that contained two more Billboard-charting hit singles in 2020 – “Forever I’m Yours” and the title track “Waterfall.”
Overall, Tom Fuller’s songs embrace his very personal lyrics that engage, uplift and resonate with passion, truth and a lot of heart. His outstanding Rock/Pop/AC music has broad universal appeal, with rabid fanbases spread throughout the United States, United Kingdom and Europe. Tom has recorded in the past with members of Paul McCartney’s band, Brian Ray and Abe Laboriel, Jr., plus with a Grammy-award-winning producer on various earlier projects.
With his rockin’ five-piece band, Tom Fuller has performed all over the world at iconic music venues, such as the Paradiso in Amsterdam, Gruenspan in Hamburg, Cavern Club in Liverpool, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London, La Maroquinerie in Paris, plus the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, various House of Blues and other classic U.S. musical venues in countless cities. Fuller and his bandmates have also performed at legendary festivals including Milwaukee’s Summerfest numerous times. Impressively, Tom and his band have toured with Little Feat, Trampled by Turtles, Tesla and others, plus played gigs with other chart-topping bands and incredible artists including Soul Asylum, Guess Who, Blues Traveler, Rusted Root, Robin Trower, and UFO, among many others. Tom Fuller often says, “Music is my passion and destiny.”
After a break during the COVID pandemic, Tom’s musical and life journey continues, and he is excited to exclaim, “The man is back in action and I’m more than ready to share my new/old love songs and classic rockin’ tunes with you all!! I hope to see you at the Gorton Center!!”
For more information on Tom Fuller, please visit his website at www.tomfuller.rocks

Art Making Workshop for Kids!
2023-10-21 10:00 - 11:00 | Gorton Center, 400 East Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL, 60045
THIS CLASS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PLEASE JOIN US FOR MORE CLASSES IN DECEMBER!
Sign your child up to join Jennifer Evans with Periwinkle Art Studio for this fun and creative workshop! Participants will choose from an array of supplies to make a unique art piece: canvas, weaving, collage and wood shapes. Registration includes all materials to make one complete project. Ages 7 – 12
Our art classes provide your child with a structured environment to explore their creativity and experiment with different artistic techniques. It also offers them a way to express themselves, their thoughts, and emotions in a visual and tangible form. Students will be introduced to various artistic styles, techniques, and cultural influences from around the world that can help them develop an appreciation for diversity and different perspectives.

Tai Chi With Ken Ning
2023-10-21 11:00 - 12:00 | Gorton Center, 400 East Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL, 60045
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 both beginners and experienced practitioners.
Tai Chi is an inclusive form of exercise that anyone can do, whether you are in peak shape, or have limited mobility. Despite its slow pace, Tai Chi is a valuable exercise for all ages, read about the health benefits of Tai Chi below. Dress comfortably and be prepared to have fun in Ken’s Tai Chi class.
Health Benefits of Tai Chi
Tai Chi has numerous health benefits. It is good for balance, flexibility, and stress – regular Tai Chi practice can improve overall physical health and well-being. In fact, Harvard Health suggests Tai Chi might be “…the perfect activity for the rest of your life.”
As a form of exercise, researchers in Toronto found Tai Chi is equivalent to brisk walking. So, instead of worrying about your steps (how boring), join Ken’s Tai Chi class and have some more fun while you exercise.
Unlike other forms of exercise, Tai Chi movements are performed with relaxed muscles and a focus on deep breathing. Slow and gentle, Tai Chi can improve blood flow, balance, and relaxation. Each Tai Chi pose flows into the next with circular, continuous movements. This helps improve your balance and flexibility without putting strain on muscles and joints.
Tai Chi is also a very social activity, commonly practiced in groups that rhythmically synchronize slow movements with deep breathing. Like meditation, Tai Chi creates a calm and focused mind and can create a state of mindfulness.
Tai Chi also benefits emotional well-being and mental health. Regular Tai Chi practice can improve concentration, physical self-awareness, and create a sense of inner peace. Tai chi is a great exercise for relieving stress and has been shown to benefit hypertension and high blood pressure.
What is Tai Chi?
Tai Chi is a Chinese traditional exercise that blends martial arts’ movement with meditation. Dating back a thousand years, Tai Chi remains a popular activity in China and around the world.
Tai Chi is a series of slow, choreographed martial arts movements and poses. Tai Chi poses are circular and continuous, with an emphasis on smooth transitions and maintaining a centered and grounded posture. Tai Chi poses mimic the movements of animals or nature, such as flowing water or a bird in flight.
Ken has been practicing martial arts for 27 years, and started Tai Chi training in 1996 with Sifu Dale Washington, Sifu Ban Toy in 2000 and Grand Master Yang Jun in 2006. He has been practicing Tai Chi for 21 years and teaching Tai Chi for 12 years. In 2016, he received a Gold Eagle certificate from Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Association. certificate. Ken is also one of Grand Master Yang Jun’s Disciples for the Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan. He teaches Kickboxing and Full-contact Martial Arts teacher and is certified by Ng Family Martial Arts Association.

Rear Window
2023-10-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Gorton Center – John & Nancy Hughes Theater, 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL, 60045, United States
A photographer in a wheelchair spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window, and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr
