Events & Activities Calendar

This is an additional reading of the same book that is read at 5:00 PM. Our hope is that by offering an additional time (1:30-2:30), more people will be able to participate. You are welcome to sign up for both sessions and come to both. You may also just attend the one that works best for you.

We are happy to be collaborating with Evanston Public Library to offer our Book Club. Should you have any questions regarding Zoom, please contact Jeff Morthorst at 224.545.3925.

Please Note:  Library staff will be facilitating the Book Club.  Participants may volunteer to will read aloud to the group. The group will discuss what has been read each week.

Paul will host our yoga classes at Evanston Athletic Club and on Zoom at the same time. Evanston Athletic Club has generously provided us with a yoga studio to use. Please check in at the front desk if you attend class in person.

Location: Zoom or the Evanston Athletic Club, 1723 Benson St, Evanston, IL

We are happy to be collaborating with Evanston Public Library to offer our Book Club.

Please Note:  Library staff will be facilitating the Book Club.  Participants may volunteers to read aloud to the group. The group will discuss what has been read each week.

Get together virtually with others in our Independent Futures community.

Join us in working towards feeling calm and in control. We follow recorded, guided meditations together. There will also be discussions about how the meditations make us feel.

$80 for 8 events.

Questions? Call Jeff at (224) 545-3925.

Minimum enrollment: 4

Chill and chat with Center for Independent Futures community and staff members.

Enrollment is limited to 30 people. Minimum: 7

Location: Center for Independent Futures office 1015 Davis St., Evanston 

Please join us if you are interested in learning more about how to be safe, more confident, and well-informed about sexuality and dating. This will be a safe space to learn, ask questions, and discuss the topic of safety and sexuality.

This activity is FREE, and will meet in person in the CIF Office, 1015 Davis Street, Evanston.

Please note that we will not meet the week of February 16. Please note that in the third week of March, we are meeting on a Tuesday.

Whether you’re a long-time fan of comic books or just getting into them, we have a new group for you! Jacob Davis and staff person Julie Miller will lead us in a discussion of some of our favorite superhero comics.

We are proud to be partnering with the Evanston Public Library to produce this club. The comic books we read will be available to borrow at the main branch of the library.

Comic Book Club will be in-person and on Zoom – $20 for 2 events. In person location is the CIF office, 1015 Davis Street, Evanston. 

Minimum enrollment: 5

This new group will be led by professional live musical theater actor, Jacob Hoffman and a staff member. “Each class, we will spend time celebrating and learning more about America’s greatest invention: Musical Theater. Participants will explore musicals and their connection to other forms of entertainment. How does The Wizard of Oz influence its modern sibling, The Wiz? How do modern movie musicals borrow from their live counterparts (i.e. Hairspray live on Broadway vs. the many movie iterations of Hairspray)? We will travel from musical theater’s infancy in the 1940s all the way to today’s hits, with fun trivia, guest appearances, and scene study sprinkled in along the way. Writing exercises, small group sharing, in-session viewings, and Zoom sing-a-longs will make for a time you won’t soon forget!” Jacob

$180 for 9 events.

Minimum enrollment: 7 

We will share our favorite music with each other! This group is an excellent opportunity to find new music to love! All genres of music are welcome. Please join Jeff for these events. It will be a blast!!!

$80 for 8 events.

The minimum enrollment for this activity is 5.

This is an additional reading of the same book that is read at 5:00 PM. Our hope is that by offering an additional time (1:30-2:30), more people will be able to participate. You are welcome to sign up for both sessions and come to both. You may also just attend the one that works best for you.

We are happy to be collaborating with Evanston Public Library to offer our Book Club. Should you have any questions regarding Zoom, please contact Jeff Morthorst at 224.545.3925.

Please Note:  Library staff will be facilitating the Book Club.  Participants may volunteer to will read aloud to the group. The group will discuss what has been read each week.

Paul will host our yoga classes at Evanston Athletic Club and on Zoom at the same time. Evanston Athletic Club has generously provided us with a yoga studio to use. Please check in at the front desk if you attend class in person.

Location: Zoom or the Evanston Athletic Club, 1723 Benson St, Evanston, IL

We are happy to be collaborating with Evanston Public Library to offer our Book Club.

Please Note:  Library staff will be facilitating the Book Club.  Participants may volunteers to read aloud to the group. The group will discuss what has been read each week.

Walking Club plays games! Until spring weather arrives, we will play games together, such as Uno and Yahtzee with staff members, Joanie Ducayet and Pat Finnell.

This activity is free.

The location is 1015 Davis Street, Evanston, IL.

Get together virtually with others in our Independent Futures community.

Join us in working towards feeling calm and in control. We follow recorded, guided meditations together. There will also be discussions about how the meditations make us feel.

$80 for 8 events.

Questions? Call Jeff at (224) 545-3925.

Minimum enrollment: 4

Please join us if you are interested in learning more about how to be safe, more confident, and well-informed about sexuality and dating. This will be a safe space to learn, ask questions, and discuss the topic of safety and sexuality.

This activity is FREE, and will meet in person in the CIF Office, 1015 Davis Street, Evanston.

Please note that we will not meet the week of February 16. Please note that in the third week of March, we are meeting on a Tuesday.

This new group will be led by professional live musical theater actor, Jacob Hoffman and a staff member. “Each class, we will spend time celebrating and learning more about America’s greatest invention: Musical Theater. Participants will explore musicals and their connection to other forms of entertainment. How does The Wizard of Oz influence its modern sibling, The Wiz? How do modern movie musicals borrow from their live counterparts (i.e. Hairspray live on Broadway vs. the many movie iterations of Hairspray)? We will travel from musical theater’s infancy in the 1940s all the way to today’s hits, with fun trivia, guest appearances, and scene study sprinkled in along the way. Writing exercises, small group sharing, in-session viewings, and Zoom sing-a-longs will make for a time you won’t soon forget!” Jacob

$180 for 9 events.

Minimum enrollment: 7 

HeARTwords is a creative writing workshop facilitated by Joe Jackson and Paul Fields. HeARTwords is a safe space to express your emotions, thoughts, stories, etc. in a variety of formats. Be the ART. A playground for the mind, a sanctuary for the heart.

$40 for 4 events.

Questions? Call Jeff at (224) 545-3925. 

We will share our favorite music with each other! This group is an excellent opportunity to find new music to love! All genres of music are welcome. Please join Jeff for these events. It will be a blast!!!

$80 for 8 events.

The minimum enrollment for this activity is 5.

This is an additional reading of the same book that is read at 5:00 PM. Our hope is that by offering an additional time (1:30-2:30), more people will be able to participate. You are welcome to sign up for both sessions and come to both. You may also just attend the one that works best for you.

We are happy to be collaborating with Evanston Public Library to offer our Book Club. Should you have any questions regarding Zoom, please contact Jeff Morthorst at 224.545.3925.

Please Note:  Library staff will be facilitating the Book Club.  Participants may volunteer to will read aloud to the group. The group will discuss what has been read each week.

Paul will host our yoga classes at Evanston Athletic Club and on Zoom at the same time. Evanston Athletic Club has generously provided us with a yoga studio to use. Please check in at the front desk if you attend class in person.

Location: Zoom or the Evanston Athletic Club, 1723 Benson St, Evanston, IL

We are happy to be collaborating with Evanston Public Library to offer our Book Club.

Please Note:  Library staff will be facilitating the Book Club.  Participants may volunteers to read aloud to the group. The group will discuss what has been read each week.

You don’t know how to draw? Neither do we! Mark, our instructor, makes it really easy and fun. We have lots of laughs sharing the characters we draw and the stories we make up for them! Come join the fun! You may choose to join us at the CIF office or on Zoom.

$10 for 2 events.

Location: 1015 Davis Street, Evanston, IL 60201 or Zoom.

The minimum enrollment for this activity is 5.

Walking Club plays games! Until spring weather arrives, we will play games together, such as Uno and Yahtzee with staff members, Joanie Ducayet and Pat Finnell.

This activity is free.

The location is 1015 Davis Street, Evanston, IL.

Get together virtually with others in our Independent Futures community.

Join us in working towards feeling calm and in control. We follow recorded, guided meditations together. There will also be discussions about how the meditations make us feel.

$80 for 8 events.

Questions? Call Jeff at (224) 545-3925.

Minimum enrollment: 4

Join Anime Club in watching and discussing Japanese animated productions called Anime. Anime enthusiast Sheila Serota supports the group in choosing which series will be viewed.

The minimum enrollment for this activity is 5. You will be notified if the minimum is not met.

Should you have any questions, please call Jeff at (224) 545-3925.

This new group will be led by professional live musical theater actor, Jacob Hoffman and a staff member. “Each class, we will spend time celebrating and learning more about America’s greatest invention: Musical Theater. Participants will explore musicals and their connection to other forms of entertainment. How does The Wizard of Oz influence its modern sibling, The Wiz? How do modern movie musicals borrow from their live counterparts (i.e. Hairspray live on Broadway vs. the many movie iterations of Hairspray)? We will travel from musical theater’s infancy in the 1940s all the way to today’s hits, with fun trivia, guest appearances, and scene study sprinkled in along the way. Writing exercises, small group sharing, in-session viewings, and Zoom sing-a-longs will make for a time you won’t soon forget!” Jacob

$180 for 9 events.

Minimum enrollment: 7 

We will share our favorite music with each other! This group is an excellent opportunity to find new music to love! All genres of music are welcome. Please join Jeff for these events. It will be a blast!!!

$80 for 8 events.

The minimum enrollment for this activity is 5.

This is an additional reading of the same book that is read at 5:00 PM. Our hope is that by offering an additional time (1:30-2:30), more people will be able to participate. You are welcome to sign up for both sessions and come to both. You may also just attend the one that works best for you.

We are happy to be collaborating with Evanston Public Library to offer our Book Club. Should you have any questions regarding Zoom, please contact Jeff Morthorst at 224.545.3925.

Please Note:  Library staff will be facilitating the Book Club.  Participants may volunteer to will read aloud to the group. The group will discuss what has been read each week.

Paul will host our yoga classes at Evanston Athletic Club and on Zoom at the same time. Evanston Athletic Club has generously provided us with a yoga studio to use. Please check in at the front desk if you attend class in person.

Location: Zoom or the Evanston Athletic Club, 1723 Benson St, Evanston, IL

We are happy to be collaborating with Evanston Public Library to offer our Book Club.

Please Note:  Library staff will be facilitating the Book Club.  Participants may volunteers to read aloud to the group. The group will discuss what has been read each week.

Walking Club plays games! Until spring weather arrives, we will play games together, such as Uno and Yahtzee with staff members, Joanie Ducayet and Pat Finnell.

This activity is free.

The location is 1015 Davis Street, Evanston, IL.

Get together virtually with others in our Independent Futures community.

Join us in working towards feeling calm and in control. We follow recorded, guided meditations together. There will also be discussions about how the meditations make us feel.

$80 for 8 events.

Questions? Call Jeff at (224) 545-3925.

Minimum enrollment: 4

Please join us if you are interested in learning more about how to be safe, more confident, and well-informed about sexuality and dating. This will be a safe space to learn, ask questions, and discuss the topic of safety and sexuality.

This activity is FREE, and will meet in person in the CIF Office, 1015 Davis Street, Evanston.

Please note that we will not meet the week of February 16. Please note that in the third week of March, we are meeting on a Tuesday.

This new group will be led by professional live musical theater actor, Jacob Hoffman and a staff member. “Each class, we will spend time celebrating and learning more about America’s greatest invention: Musical Theater. Participants will explore musicals and their connection to other forms of entertainment. How does The Wizard of Oz influence its modern sibling, The Wiz? How do modern movie musicals borrow from their live counterparts (i.e. Hairspray live on Broadway vs. the many movie iterations of Hairspray)? We will travel from musical theater’s infancy in the 1940s all the way to today’s hits, with fun trivia, guest appearances, and scene study sprinkled in along the way. Writing exercises, small group sharing, in-session viewings, and Zoom sing-a-longs will make for a time you won’t soon forget!” Jacob

$180 for 9 events.

Minimum enrollment: 7 

HeARTwords is a creative writing workshop facilitated by Joe Jackson and Paul Fields. HeARTwords is a safe space to express your emotions, thoughts, stories, etc. in a variety of formats. Be the ART. A playground for the mind, a sanctuary for the heart.

$40 for 4 events.

Questions? Call Jeff at (224) 545-3925. 

We will share our favorite music with each other! This group is an excellent opportunity to find new music to love! All genres of music are welcome. Please join Jeff for these events. It will be a blast!!!

$80 for 8 events.

The minimum enrollment for this activity is 5.

This is an additional reading of the same book that is read at 5:00 PM. Our hope is that by offering an additional time (1:30-2:30), more people will be able to participate. You are welcome to sign up for both sessions and come to both. You may also just attend the one that works best for you.

We are happy to be collaborating with Evanston Public Library to offer our Book Club. Should you have any questions regarding Zoom, please contact Jeff Morthorst at 224.545.3925.

Please Note:  Library staff will be facilitating the Book Club.  Participants may volunteer to will read aloud to the group. The group will discuss what has been read each week.

Paul will host our yoga classes at Evanston Athletic Club and on Zoom at the same time. Evanston Athletic Club has generously provided us with a yoga studio to use. Please check in at the front desk if you attend class in person.

Location: Zoom or the Evanston Athletic Club, 1723 Benson St, Evanston, IL

We are happy to be collaborating with Evanston Public Library to offer our Book Club.

Please Note:  Library staff will be facilitating the Book Club.  Participants may volunteers to read aloud to the group. The group will discuss what has been read each week.

Walking Club plays games! Until spring weather arrives, we will play games together, such as Uno and Yahtzee with staff members, Joanie Ducayet and Pat Finnell.

This activity is free.

The location is 1015 Davis Street, Evanston, IL.

Get together virtually with others in our Independent Futures community.

Join us in working towards feeling calm and in control. We follow recorded, guided meditations together. There will also be discussions about how the meditations make us feel.

$80 for 8 events.

Questions? Call Jeff at (224) 545-3925.

Minimum enrollment: 4

Chill and chat with Center for Independent Futures community and staff members.

Enrollment is limited to 30 people. Minimum: 7

Location: Center for Independent Futures office 1015 Davis St., Evanston 

Please join us if you are interested in learning more about how to be safe, more confident, and well-informed about sexuality and dating. This will be a safe space to learn, ask questions, and discuss the topic of safety and sexuality.

This activity is FREE, and will meet in person in the CIF Office, 1015 Davis Street, Evanston.

Please note that we will not meet the week of February 16. Please note that in the third week of March, we are meeting on a Tuesday.

Whether you’re a long-time fan of comic books or just getting into them, we have a new group for you! Jacob Davis and staff person Julie Miller will lead us in a discussion of some of our favorite superhero comics.

We are proud to be partnering with the Evanston Public Library to produce this club. The comic books we read will be available to borrow at the main branch of the library.

Comic Book Club will be in-person and on Zoom – $20 for 2 events. In person location is the CIF office, 1015 Davis Street, Evanston. 

Minimum enrollment: 5

This new group will be led by professional live musical theater actor, Jacob Hoffman and a staff member. “Each class, we will spend time celebrating and learning more about America’s greatest invention: Musical Theater. Participants will explore musicals and their connection to other forms of entertainment. How does The Wizard of Oz influence its modern sibling, The Wiz? How do modern movie musicals borrow from their live counterparts (i.e. Hairspray live on Broadway vs. the many movie iterations of Hairspray)? We will travel from musical theater’s infancy in the 1940s all the way to today’s hits, with fun trivia, guest appearances, and scene study sprinkled in along the way. Writing exercises, small group sharing, in-session viewings, and Zoom sing-a-longs will make for a time you won’t soon forget!” Jacob

$180 for 9 events.

Minimum enrollment: 7 

We will share our favorite music with each other! This group is an excellent opportunity to find new music to love! All genres of music are welcome. Please join Jeff for these events. It will be a blast!!!

$80 for 8 events.

The minimum enrollment for this activity is 5.

This is an additional reading of the same book that is read at 5:00 PM. Our hope is that by offering an additional time (1:30-2:30), more people will be able to participate. You are welcome to sign up for both sessions and come to both. You may also just attend the one that works best for you.

We are happy to be collaborating with Evanston Public Library to offer our Book Club. Should you have any questions regarding Zoom, please contact Jeff Morthorst at 224.545.3925.

Please Note:  Library staff will be facilitating the Book Club.  Participants may volunteer to will read aloud to the group. The group will discuss what has been read each week.

Paul will host our yoga classes at Evanston Athletic Club and on Zoom at the same time. Evanston Athletic Club has generously provided us with a yoga studio to use. Please check in at the front desk if you attend class in person.

Location: Zoom or the Evanston Athletic Club, 1723 Benson St, Evanston, IL

We are happy to be collaborating with Evanston Public Library to offer our Book Club.

Please Note:  Library staff will be facilitating the Book Club.  Participants may volunteers to read aloud to the group. The group will discuss what has been read each week.

Walking Club plays games! Until spring weather arrives, we will play games together, such as Uno and Yahtzee with staff members, Joanie Ducayet and Pat Finnell.

This activity is free.

The location is 1015 Davis Street, Evanston, IL.

Get together virtually with others in our Independent Futures community.

Join us in working towards feeling calm and in control. We follow recorded, guided meditations together. There will also be discussions about how the meditations make us feel.

$80 for 8 events.

Questions? Call Jeff at (224) 545-3925.

Minimum enrollment: 4

Please join us if you are interested in learning more about how to be safe, more confident, and well-informed about sexuality and dating. This will be a safe space to learn, ask questions, and discuss the topic of safety and sexuality.

This activity is FREE, and will meet in person in the CIF Office, 1015 Davis Street, Evanston.

Please note that we will not meet the week of February 16. Please note that in the third week of March, we are meeting on a Tuesday.

This new group will be led by professional live musical theater actor, Jacob Hoffman and a staff member. “Each class, we will spend time celebrating and learning more about America’s greatest invention: Musical Theater. Participants will explore musicals and their connection to other forms of entertainment. How does The Wizard of Oz influence its modern sibling, The Wiz? How do modern movie musicals borrow from their live counterparts (i.e. Hairspray live on Broadway vs. the many movie iterations of Hairspray)? We will travel from musical theater’s infancy in the 1940s all the way to today’s hits, with fun trivia, guest appearances, and scene study sprinkled in along the way. Writing exercises, small group sharing, in-session viewings, and Zoom sing-a-longs will make for a time you won’t soon forget!” Jacob

$180 for 9 events.

Minimum enrollment: 7 

HeARTwords is a creative writing workshop facilitated by Joe Jackson and Paul Fields. HeARTwords is a safe space to express your emotions, thoughts, stories, etc. in a variety of formats. Be the ART. A playground for the mind, a sanctuary for the heart.

$40 for 4 events.

Questions? Call Jeff at (224) 545-3925. 

We will share our favorite music with each other! This group is an excellent opportunity to find new music to love! All genres of music are welcome. Please join Jeff for these events. It will be a blast!!!

$80 for 8 events.

The minimum enrollment for this activity is 5.

This is an additional reading of the same book that is read at 5:00 PM. Our hope is that by offering an additional time (1:30-2:30), more people will be able to participate. You are welcome to sign up for both sessions and come to both. You may also just attend the one that works best for you.

We are happy to be collaborating with Evanston Public Library to offer our Book Club. Should you have any questions regarding Zoom, please contact Jeff Morthorst at 224.545.3925.

Please Note:  Library staff will be facilitating the Book Club.  Participants may volunteer to will read aloud to the group. The group will discuss what has been read each week.

Paul will host our yoga classes at Evanston Athletic Club and on Zoom at the same time. Evanston Athletic Club has generously provided us with a yoga studio to use. Please check in at the front desk if you attend class in person.

Location: Zoom or the Evanston Athletic Club, 1723 Benson St, Evanston, IL

We are happy to be collaborating with Evanston Public Library to offer our Book Club.

Please Note:  Library staff will be facilitating the Book Club.  Participants may volunteers to read aloud to the group. The group will discuss what has been read each week.

You don’t know how to draw? Neither do we! Mark, our instructor, makes it really easy and fun. We have lots of laughs sharing the characters we draw and the stories we make up for them! Come join the fun! You may choose to join us at the CIF office or on Zoom.

$10 for 2 events.

Location: 1015 Davis Street, Evanston, IL 60201 or Zoom.

The minimum enrollment for this activity is 5.

Walking Club plays games! Until spring weather arrives, we will play games together, such as Uno and Yahtzee with staff members, Joanie Ducayet and Pat Finnell.

This activity is free.

The location is 1015 Davis Street, Evanston, IL.

Please join us if you are interested in learning more about how to be safe, more confident, and well-informed about sexuality and dating. This will be a safe space to learn, ask questions, and discuss the topic of safety and sexuality.

This activity is FREE, and will meet in person in the CIF Office, 1015 Davis Street, Evanston.

Please note that we will not meet the week of February 16. Please note that in the third week of March, we are meeting on a Tuesday.

Get together virtually with others in our Independent Futures community.

Join us in working towards feeling calm and in control. We follow recorded, guided meditations together. There will also be discussions about how the meditations make us feel.

$80 for 8 events.

Questions? Call Jeff at (224) 545-3925.

Minimum enrollment: 4

Join Anime Club in watching and discussing Japanese animated productions called Anime. Anime enthusiast Sheila Serota supports the group in choosing which series will be viewed.

The minimum enrollment for this activity is 5. You will be notified if the minimum is not met.

Should you have any questions, please call Jeff at (224) 545-3925.

This new group will be led by professional live musical theater actor, Jacob Hoffman and a staff member. “Each class, we will spend time celebrating and learning more about America’s greatest invention: Musical Theater. Participants will explore musicals and their connection to other forms of entertainment. How does The Wizard of Oz influence its modern sibling, The Wiz? How do modern movie musicals borrow from their live counterparts (i.e. Hairspray live on Broadway vs. the many movie iterations of Hairspray)? We will travel from musical theater’s infancy in the 1940s all the way to today’s hits, with fun trivia, guest appearances, and scene study sprinkled in along the way. Writing exercises, small group sharing, in-session viewings, and Zoom sing-a-longs will make for a time you won’t soon forget!” Jacob

$180 for 9 events.

Minimum enrollment: 7 

We will share our favorite music with each other! This group is an excellent opportunity to find new music to love! All genres of music are welcome. Please join Jeff for these events. It will be a blast!!!

$80 for 8 events.

The minimum enrollment for this activity is 5.

This is an additional reading of the same book that is read at 5:00 PM. Our hope is that by offering an additional time (1:30-2:30), more people will be able to participate. You are welcome to sign up for both sessions and come to both. You may also just attend the one that works best for you.

We are happy to be collaborating with Evanston Public Library to offer our Book Club. Should you have any questions regarding Zoom, please contact Jeff Morthorst at 224.545.3925.

Please Note:  Library staff will be facilitating the Book Club.  Participants may volunteer to will read aloud to the group. The group will discuss what has been read each week.

Paul will host our yoga classes at Evanston Athletic Club and on Zoom at the same time. Evanston Athletic Club has generously provided us with a yoga studio to use. Please check in at the front desk if you attend class in person.

Location: Zoom or the Evanston Athletic Club, 1723 Benson St, Evanston, IL

We are happy to be collaborating with Evanston Public Library to offer our Book Club.

Please Note:  Library staff will be facilitating the Book Club.  Participants may volunteers to read aloud to the group. The group will discuss what has been read each week.

Walking Club plays games! Until spring weather arrives, we will play games together, such as Uno and Yahtzee with staff members, Joanie Ducayet and Pat Finnell.

This activity is free.

The location is 1015 Davis Street, Evanston, IL.

Get together virtually with others in our Independent Futures community.

Join us in working towards feeling calm and in control. We follow recorded, guided meditations together. There will also be discussions about how the meditations make us feel.

$80 for 8 events.

Questions? Call Jeff at (224) 545-3925.

Minimum enrollment: 4

Please join us if you are interested in learning more about how to be safe, more confident, and well-informed about sexuality and dating. This will be a safe space to learn, ask questions, and discuss the topic of safety and sexuality.

This activity is FREE, and will meet in person in the CIF Office, 1015 Davis Street, Evanston.

Please note that we will not meet the week of February 16. Please note that in the third week of March, we are meeting on a Tuesday.

This new group will be led by professional live musical theater actor, Jacob Hoffman and a staff member. “Each class, we will spend time celebrating and learning more about America’s greatest invention: Musical Theater. Participants will explore musicals and their connection to other forms of entertainment. How does The Wizard of Oz influence its modern sibling, The Wiz? How do modern movie musicals borrow from their live counterparts (i.e. Hairspray live on Broadway vs. the many movie iterations of Hairspray)? We will travel from musical theater’s infancy in the 1940s all the way to today’s hits, with fun trivia, guest appearances, and scene study sprinkled in along the way. Writing exercises, small group sharing, in-session viewings, and Zoom sing-a-longs will make for a time you won’t soon forget!” Jacob

$180 for 9 events.

Minimum enrollment: 7 

HeARTwords is a creative writing workshop facilitated by Joe Jackson and Paul Fields. HeARTwords is a safe space to express your emotions, thoughts, stories, etc. in a variety of formats. Be the ART. A playground for the mind, a sanctuary for the heart.

$40 for 4 events.

Questions? Call Jeff at (224) 545-3925. 

We will share our favorite music with each other! This group is an excellent opportunity to find new music to love! All genres of music are welcome. Please join Jeff for these events. It will be a blast!!!

$80 for 8 events.

The minimum enrollment for this activity is 5.

This is an additional reading of the same book that is read at 5:00 PM. Our hope is that by offering an additional time (1:30-2:30), more people will be able to participate. You are welcome to sign up for both sessions and come to both. You may also just attend the one that works best for you.

We are happy to be collaborating with Evanston Public Library to offer our Book Club. Should you have any questions regarding Zoom, please contact Jeff Morthorst at 224.545.3925.

Please Note:  Library staff will be facilitating the Book Club.  Participants may volunteer to will read aloud to the group. The group will discuss what has been read each week.

Paul will host our yoga classes at Evanston Athletic Club and on Zoom at the same time. Evanston Athletic Club has generously provided us with a yoga studio to use. Please check in at the front desk if you attend class in person.

Location: Zoom or the Evanston Athletic Club, 1723 Benson St, Evanston, IL

We are happy to be collaborating with Evanston Public Library to offer our Book Club.

Please Note:  Library staff will be facilitating the Book Club.  Participants may volunteers to read aloud to the group. The group will discuss what has been read each week.

Walking Club plays games! Until spring weather arrives, we will play games together, such as Uno and Yahtzee with staff members, Joanie Ducayet and Pat Finnell.

This activity is free.

The location is 1015 Davis Street, Evanston, IL.

Get together virtually with others in our Independent Futures community.

Join Anime Club in watching and discussing Japanese animated productions called Anime. Anime enthusiast Sheila Serota supports the group in choosing which series will be viewed.

The minimum enrollment for this activity is 5. You will be notified if the minimum is not met.

Should you have any questions, please call Jeff at (224) 545-3925.

This new group will be led by professional live musical theater actor, Jacob Hoffman and a staff member. “Each class, we will spend time celebrating and learning more about America’s greatest invention: Musical Theater. Participants will explore musicals and their connection to other forms of entertainment. How does The Wizard of Oz influence its modern sibling, The Wiz? How do modern movie musicals borrow from their live counterparts (i.e. Hairspray live on Broadway vs. the many movie iterations of Hairspray)? We will travel from musical theater’s infancy in the 1940s all the way to today’s hits, with fun trivia, guest appearances, and scene study sprinkled in along the way. Writing exercises, small group sharing, in-session viewings, and Zoom sing-a-longs will make for a time you won’t soon forget!” Jacob

$180 for 9 events.

Minimum enrollment: 7