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SUMMARY:Moana
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Gorton Center’s Theater for an unforgettable afternoon of family fun with a special screening of Disney’s Moana! This heartwarming animated adventure is perfect for all ages and a great way to spend quality time together. Enjoy a feel-good story filled with music\, laughter\, and meaningful moments. \nThis animated adventure film follows Moana as she sets out on a daring mission to save her people. Moana must find the once-mighty demigod Maui and convince him to help restore the stolen Heart of Te Fiti. Along the way\, Moana faces challenges\, battles mythical creatures\, and discovers her true identity and strength. \nDirected by Ron Clements\, John Musker\, and Don Hall\, Moana features stunning animation\, unforgettable music\, and a powerful story of courage\, destiny\, and self-discovery. The film stars Auli’i Cravalho as Moana\, Dwayne Johnson as Maui\, and Rachel House as Gramma Tala. \nThis screening is part of Gorton Center’s ongoing family film series\, designed to bring the community together for fun\, inspiring\, and kid-friendly cinema. Watching Moana on the big screen with friends and family adds a whole new level of magic and excitement. \nGrab some popcorn\, find your seat\, and get ready to sing along to favorites like “How Far I’ll Go” and “You’re Welcome.” It’s the perfect way to make lasting memories with the ones you love. \n 
URL:https://gortoncenter.org/event/moana/
LOCATION:Gorton Center – John & Nancy Hughes Theater\, 400 E. Illinois Road\, Lake Forest\, IL\, 60045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family,Film
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SUMMARY:Understanding Branding & Design Your Own Logo
DESCRIPTION:THIS CLASS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. CHECK BACK FOR RESCHEDULED DATES!\nIn this empowering art class\, children will have the opportunity to build their very own brand. We will discuss the values and beliefs behind existing well-known brands and their visual identities and how shapes and colour can be used to represent ideas and beliefs. Children will then explore the values and ideas that are important to them and translate those into a personalized logo through a choice of art materials.  Ages 7 – 11 \nVee Gunn is a local artist and creates vibrant\, unapologetic greeting cards and designs. With over 20 years experience in advertising\, Vee pulls on both her marketing background as well as her true passion of art and poetry to create personalised and empowering art classes where children can unlock their imagination and produce work they are proud of. She believes that creativity plays a crucial role for mental well being and through her teaching\, Vee hopes to inspire confidence and a lasting love for art in every child.
URL:https://gortoncenter.org/event/understanding-branding-design-your-own-logo/
LOCATION:Gorton Center\, 400 East Illinois Road\, Lake Forest\, IL\, 60045
CATEGORIES:Art,Classes,Youth
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SUMMARY:All Level Yoga Class with Areta
DESCRIPTION: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. \nTraditional 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. \nTaking 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. \nAreta 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).
URL:https://gortoncenter.org/event/all-level-yoga-with-areta-18/
LOCATION:Gorton Center\, 400 East Illinois Road\, Lake Forest\, IL\, 60045
CATEGORIES:Adults,Classes,Wellness
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SUMMARY:HOW TO STOP TRYING: AN OVERACHIEVER'S GUIDE TO SELF-ACCEPTANCE\, LETTING GO\, AND OTHER IMPOSSIBLE THINGS
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever heard someone say\, “I’m trying to make it work\,” and thought\, “That sounds like a great idea”? Probably not. Because the thing about trying is that it’s tiring; it’s labor. Anyone who has tried to have fun or to relax or to fall asleep knows this to be true. \nAnd yet: we exist within a culture that encourages us—often with a frantic urgency—to try\, and try harder. We are told to try a different approach\, try to do or be better\, try to squeeze in a little bit more. This is especially true of women\, who not only have to try harder than men to receive access to the same opportunities and resources\, but who are also conditioned to try in the name of meeting others’ needs and expectations\, often at the expense of their own well-being. \nIn her new book\, How to Stop Trying: An Overachiever’s Guide to Self-Acceptance\, Letting Go\, and Other Impossible Things\, writer Kate Williams tackles hustle culture head-on\, exploring the ways in which women are primed to become relentless strivers. From the workplace to motherhood\, from relationships to “self-care”—no arena of a woman’s life is safe from the pressure to exceed expectations. This conflation of self-worth with achievement\, she argues\, is both toxic and counterproductive\, as the qualities we most seek—happiness\, meaning\, purpose—are not earned but rather owned. \nKnown for her astute cultural analysis and pitch-perfect observations of generational trends\, Williams takes readers on a journey rooted in her own struggle to divest from an overachieving identity\, including the realizations that came in the wake of a painful fertility challenge. Deeply felt\, passionately argued\, and often laugh-out-loud funny\, this is a book for every woman who has ever wondered what would happen if she stopped trying so hard—and just let go. \nWilliams will be in conversation with Jennifer Mathieu\, the critically acclaimed author of seven novels for young adults including Moxie\, which is now a major motion picture directed by Amy Poehler (Netflix). Her books have been translated into over twenty languages. A former journalist\, Mathieu is a graduate of Northwestern University and has been a teacher for nearly twenty years. \nThis event suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://gortoncenter.org/event/how-to-stop-trying-an-overachievers-guide-to-self-acceptance-letting-go-and-other-impossible-things/
LOCATION:On Zoom
CATEGORIES:Events,Family Action Network
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SUMMARY:ORIGINAL SINS: THE (MIS)EDUCATION OF BLACK AND NATIVE CHILDREN AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF AMERICAN RACISM
DESCRIPTION:If all children could just get an education\, the logic goes\, they would have the same opportunities later in life. But this historical tour de force makes it clear that the opposite is true: The U.S. school system has played an instrumental role in creating and upholding racial hierarchies and racism\, preparing children to expect unequal treatment throughout their lives. \nIn her new bestselling book Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism\, Eve L. Ewing\, Ed.D. (FAN ’18) demonstrates that our schools were designed to propagate the idea of white intellectual superiority\, to “civilize” Native students and to prepare Black students for menial labor. Education was not an afterthought for the Founding Fathers; it was envisioned by Thomas Jefferson as an institution that would fortify the country’s racial hierarchy. Ewing argues that these dynamics persist in a curriculum that continues to minimize the horrors of American history. The most insidious aspects of this system fall below the radar in the forms of standardized testing\, academic tracking\, disciplinary policies\, and uneven access to resources. \nBy demonstrating that it’s in the DNA of American schools to serve as an effective and underacknowledged mechanism maintaining inequality in this country today\, Ewing makes the case that we need a profound reevaluation of what schools are supposed to do\, and for whom. This book will change the way people understand the place we send our children for eight hours a day. \nEwing is an associate professor in the Department of Race\, Diaspora\, and Indigeneity at the University of Chicago and the author of four books\, including Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago’s South Side. Her work has been published in The New Yorker\, The Atlantic\, The New York Times\, and many other venues. \nEwing will be in conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates (FAN ’17\, ’19)\, author of The Beautiful Struggle\, We Were Eight Years in Power\, The Water Dancer\, The Message\, and Between the World and Me\, which won the National Book Award in 2015. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. \nBONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! FAN is giving away copies of Original Sins to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \nThis event suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
URL:https://gortoncenter.org/event/original-sins-the-miseducation-of-black-and-native-children-and-the-construction-of-american-racism/
LOCATION:On Zoom
CATEGORIES:Events,Family Action Network
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SUMMARY:Breath & Meditation
DESCRIPTION:Learning to breathe is an art\, and we practice it to center and rebalance the body and mind. Meditation sharpens our focus and enhances our energy. When we practice breathwork and meditation\, we create space for relaxation\, reduce stress\, set intentions\, and direct energy purposefully. \nIn each session\, we explore new ways to use the breath and connect to the life force within. We channel energy through guided intentions using various meditation techniques\, including sound\, mudras\, mantra\, and more. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned meditator\, this class welcomes you. \nYou don’t need any prior meditation experience. Bring a yoga mat\, blanket\, and journal—or use ones available on-site—to deepen your practice. \nJennifer is a Holistic Occupational Therapist specializing in several healing modalities in her practice.  She works with people from all ages and stages of life from birth to seasoned ages.  Teaching how to move the energy of the body through breath\, visualization and meditation is one her favorite parts of her career.  Helping people shift and heal into their spirit’s joy is another!  As a mom\, wife\, & healer the importance of self-care is ever so valuable.  Healing individually and collectively is profound.  It is beautiful life work.  More on meditations and classes can be found at intuitlove.com or contacting Jennifer directly at JenniferLauren@nullintuitlove.com or 224-500-7797. 
URL:https://gortoncenter.org/event/breath-meditation-2/
LOCATION:Gorton Center\, 400 East Illinois Road\, Lake Forest\, IL\, 60045
CATEGORIES:Adults,Classes,Wellness
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SUMMARY:Makkai Ballet Recital Saturday\, May 24th\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate a Year of Dance at the Irina Makkai Ballet & Dance School’s Annual Recital!\nJoin us for a joyful afternoon as the talented students of the Irina Makkai Ballet & Dance School take the stage at the Gorton Center for their highly anticipated annual recital. This special performance marks the culmination of a year of dedication\, growth\, and artistry\, as dancers of all ages showcase the skills and techniques they’ve developed throughout the season. \nEvent Details: \n\n\nLocation: John & Nancy Hughes Theater at the Gorton Center \n\n\nTickets: Available online until Friday\, May 23 at 5:00 PM. After that\, tickets may be purchased with cash at the door. \n\n\nDon’t miss this inspiring event that celebrates the beauty of dance and the accomplishments of these dedicated students. We look forward to seeing you there!
URL:https://gortoncenter.org/event/makkai-ballet-recital-saturday-may-24th-2025/
LOCATION:Gorton Center – John & Nancy Hughes Theater\, 400 E. Illinois Road\, Lake Forest\, IL\, 60045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults,Age,Events,Performing Arts,Rental Events,Youth
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SUMMARY:Crazy Rich Asians
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Gorton Center for a glamorous and feel-good evening with a screening of Crazy Rich Asians! \nBased on the international bestselling novel by Kevin Kwan\, this modern romantic comedy is the perfect blend of heart\, humor\, and high fashion. Whether you’re a longtime fan or seeing it for the first time\, you’re in for a sparkling night of entertainment. \nThe story follows Rachel Chu (Constance Wu)\, a brilliant New Yorker who travels to Singapore to meet her boyfriend Nick Young’s (Henry Golding) family. What she doesn’t know is that Nick belongs to one of the wealthiest and most prominent families in Asia. As Rachel steps into a whirlwind of lavish parties\, private islands\, and high-society drama\, she must navigate jealous socialites\, critical relatives\, and the fierce scrutiny of Nick’s formidable mother\, played by the iconic Michelle Yeoh. \nDirected by Jon M. Chu\, Crazy Rich Asians is celebrated not only for its groundbreaking representation and dazzling visuals\, but also for its sharp wit and emotional depth. It’s a vibrant\, stylish\, and deeply touching story about love\, identity\, and choosing your own path. \nThis screening is more than just a movie—it’s an experience! Enjoy a fun\, relaxed atmosphere\, mingle with fellow movie-lovers\, and immerse yourself in a world where romance meets tradition and glamor meets heart. \nSo grab your friends\, dress to impress (or just come comfy!)\, and settle in for a night of romance\, laughter\, and unforgettable fashion at the Gorton Center. You won’t want to miss it!
URL:https://gortoncenter.org/event/crazy-rich-asians/
LOCATION:Gorton Center – John & Nancy Hughes Theater\, 400 E. Illinois Road\, Lake Forest\, IL\, 60045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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