Live on the Links Classic Concerts
Featuring many talented musicians from Highland Park

Highland Park Country Club
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Free, for members only
Pre-registration required

The Music and Dance of Spain: Las Guitarras de Espana
Thursday, September 2
Las Guitarras de Espana presents a wonderfully exciting program of music and dance based on “Spanish Guitar.” The spectacular ensemble features Carlo Basile (Guitarist), Patty Ortega (Vocalist), Timo Lozano (Dancer/Percussionist), and Chiara Mangiameli (Dancer). Music styles include Flamenco, Spanish Classical and Latin American.

Highland Park High School Wind Symphony: Patriotic Performance
Friday, October 22
The Wind Symphony is the premier wind instrument performance organization at Highland Park High School. There are approximately fifty students representing the finest woodwind, brass, and percussion students at the high school. This performance features a variety of patriotic music and music by American composers. Patriotic favorites such as “America the Beautiful,” “God bless America,” and “Battle Hymn of the Republic” will be performed along with American music composed by Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Morton Gould, and John Philip Sousa.

Pilgrim Chamber Players
Friday, November 19

Sponsored by Whitehall of Deerfield Healthcare Center

Mix and Mingles Events
The Highland Park, Lake Forest / Lake Bluff, Northbrook and Patty Turner Senior Centers invite single members to attend the Mix and Mingle Social Group. Registration is required; by the preceding Friday.

Bonfire by the Beach (singles)
Wednesday, September 22
5 - 7 p.m.
Fee: $12, members only
North Shore Yacht Club; Park Avenue Beach
– Highland Park
Gather around the campfire to enjoy dinner and lively entertainment. Catered by Sunset Foods, dinner includes: garlic bread, chicken parmesan, twice-baked potatoes, and steamed asparagus. Following dinner, participants will roast S’mores around the campfire while enjoying entertainment by the talented performer AJ Slavin, who will encourage you to join in while he sings songs that will warm your heart. Please register by 9/17/10.

A Night of Dinner and Dance: Open to ALL members
Wednesday, October 27
Dinner: 5:30 p.m.
Dance Lessons: 7 p.m.
Dancing: 7:30 p.m.
Fee: $40 / NM: $50
Chevy Chase Country Club, 1000 N. Milwaukee Ave – Wheeling
Dance the night away at Chevy Chase Country Club, to the best loved songs from the Swing Band era. A private dinner for Senior Center members includes cream of tomato basil soup, your entrée choice of champagne chicken or whitefish, scalloped potatoes, chef’s seasonal vegetables, ice cream cake roll for dessert, coffee or tea, and a cash bar. After dinner, fill your dance card and enjoy dancing to the music of The Dick Elliot Orchestra including musical arrangements by Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, and many others. Fee includes dinner and admission to the Chevy Chase monthly ballroom dance. Singles and couples are welcome. Transportation is on your own. Please register by 10/22/10.

Stoney River Outing (singles)
Wednesday, November 17
4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Fee: $25, members only
Stoney River Restaurant, 711 Deerfield Road
- Deerfield
Stoney River provides a comfortable and creative combination of upscale service and delicious food in a relaxing atmosphere. Dinner includes ‘stone puppies’ with cinnamon butter, roasted onion soup, your choice of entrée, sautéed green beans, garlic mashed potatoes, vanilla cappuccino crème brulee for dessert, and coffee or tea. When registering, please indicate your entrée choice of, sautéed mountain trout garnished with pecans and capers, double cut pork chop char-grilled and basted in a brown sugar and apple cider glaze, or braised boneless beef short ribs slow-cooked in red wine and barbecue sauce. Please register by 11/12/10.

Sponsored by Visiting Angels Living Assistance Services

Fall Film Series: Baseball Greats
Highland Park Public Library
Sundays, 2 - 4:30 p.m.
Free & Open to the General Public
Bob Coscarelli, professor emeritus at College of Lake County, will introduce and screen a series of baseball films. An intriguing discussion follows each film. Presented by the Highland Park Senior Center & the Highland Park Public Library.

The Jackie Robinson Story
September 19
Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century.

Pride of the Yankees
October 17
The story of the life and career of the famed baseball player, Lou Gehrig.

Bang the Drum Slowly
November 21

The Natural
December 12

Sponsored by Synergy HomeCare

Kenney, Miller, & Bronstein Lecture Series 2010
Highland Park Country Club
Thursdays, 1 - 3 p.m.
Free to Members / NM: $10
Advance registration required

Sept. 30 The Global Commons Kenney
The earth, air, oceans, airwaves, and even the Internet are the modern global commons, comparable to the village commons of old. Now a new virtual community is taking shape. Its goal is the definition, declaration, and defense of the commons.

Nov. 18 Religion as Illusion? Bronstein
The well-known references to religion as “Illusion” or “Opiate” or “Social Identification” are popularizations of the continually influential views of Marx, Freud, and Durkheim. Rabbi Herbert Bronstein discusses how each wrote about the human Self, human condition, and mitigation of suffering.

Sponsored by ManorCare Health Services

Rise and Shine Humanities 2010 - 2011
Highland Park Public Library
Wednesdays, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Free & Open to the General Public
(No advance registration required)

Presented by the Highland Park Senior Center & the Highland Park Public Library

U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan
September 15
Returning to kick off the new season of this series is Professor Jim Marquardt to discuss political adversaries - and allies - of President Obama, and how they are sharply critical of the administration’s foreign policy. Neo-conservative Republicans say Obama is appeasing America’s enemies and gives tepid support to advancing American values abroad. Left-wing Democrats question Obama’s Afghanistan and climate change policies. This presentation explores the White House’s recently released national security strategy and identifies Obama as a foreign policy “liberal pragmatist.” It also underscores the tension between the president’s quest to renew America’s global leadership and the limits of American power on the early 21st century world stage.

Famine in Africa
September 22
Roger Thurow, Senior Fellow, Global Agriculture and Food Policy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and former Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent, speaks about famine in Africa. Thurow was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting for his series of stories on the subject and is the author of “Enough: Why the Worlds’ Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty.” Books will be for sale and the program will conclude with a book signing.

Prisoner of Her Past
October 27
“Prisoner of her Past” is a film that tells the story of an aging Holocaust survivor who believes everyone is trying to kill her - sixty years after her tragic childhood. Her son – the Chicago Tribune’s jazz critic Howard Reich – travels the world to uncover his mother’s secret past. Along the way, he discovers a family he never knew he had and illuminates a little-known illness: late-onset Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Howard Reich and the filmmakers introduce, show, and discuss the film.

Sponsored by Sunrise Assisted Living

Day Excursions

Antiques, Auction Houses & Beyond
Tuesday, September 14 Fee: $76 / NM: $86
Motorcoach departs from Toys R Us at 9 a.m. and returns at approximately 3 p.m.
Guided by Joy Horwich, you will see how new dynamics have given more prominence to auction houses in Chicago. You will tour Susannah’s and the Richard Wright Auction House, and see an ‘auction in action.’ Those interested in participating can even take a chance at bidding. At Prairie Fire, you will enjoy seasonal soup, “Tallgrass” beef with penne pasta & basil tomato sauce, chopped Greek salad, and a famous chocolate cookie for dessert. After lunch, there will be one more surprise stop.

Treasures of the North Shore
Tuesday, October 19 Fee: $72 / NM: $82
Motorcoach departs from Toys R Us at 9 a.m. and returns at approximately 4 p.m.
Tour one of America’s wealthiest, most beautiful and architecturally important suburbs. The focus will be on Evanston, Wilmette, Kenilworth, and Winnetka. Included on this tour, with the amazing Bill Hinchliff, is the Dawes Mansion (the Evanston Historical Society), the Block Museum of Art (Northwestern University), Bahai Temple, and the Levere Temple of SAE National Headquarters which contains lovely Tiffany glass. Lunch will be at the Celtic Knot and your entree choices are: grilled chicken salad or shepherd’s pie.

Bucktown’s Best
Wednesday, November 10 Fee: $70 / NM: $80
Motorcoach departs Toys R Us at 9 a.m. and returns at approximately 4 p.m.
Explore this interesting and trendy neighborhood - Bucktown - with a visit to an historic church and bakery, lunch in a local restaurant, shopping, and a dessert at a Chicago institution. Hope your curiosity has been piqued.

Horseshoe Casino Hammond, Indiana
Tuesday, November 16 Fee: $20 / NM: $30
Motorcoach departs Toys R Us at 8:30 a.m. and returns at approximately 4 p.m.
Join the thousands of winners at Horseshoe Casino! Choose from a wide variety of slots and tables in a luxurious atmosphere as legendary as Jack Binion himself. From blackjack and roulette to live poker! Fee includes a lavish lunch at the Village Square Buffet, a $5 free slot play voucher, and motorcoach transportation. Please bring valid State Identification, which is required at the casino.

Ron Hawking: Home for the Holidays
at Drury Lane
Tuesday, December 14 Fee: $73 / NM: $83
Motorcoach departs Toys R Us at 9 a.m. and returns at approximately 5:30 p.m.
Ron Hawking knows how to deliver a performance that truly comes from his heart. It’s that special quality of performance that allows him to touch the heart of his audience every time he walks onto the stage. Enjoy a wonderful holiday lunch and show with yuletide caroling and a visit from Santa. Music selections includes all your favorites - Baby It’s Cold Outside, It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, The Prayer, etc. The performance also features Ron’s impressions of other holiday classic crooners such as Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, and Jose Feliciano.