Events & Activities Calendar

Join Center for Independent Futures on Thursday, September 21, for a fun night of pizza & friends, while supporting CIF’s coaching, housing, activities & consulting.

Your $25 ticket gets you all-you-can-eat pizza and soft drinks at Gigio’s Pizzaria, 1000 Davis Street in Evanston. Come on in between 5pm and 7pm for slices of cheese, veggie, pepperoni, and Gigio’s signature homemade sausage pizza, served by the CIF Advisory Council and Young Professionals Board.

We will also have 3 fun fall raffle baskets to try your luck! Can’t wait to see you! Get your tickets today!

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 – $30 for 3 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

The fee is $180 for 9 events.

Minimum enrollment: 7 

Please note that we will not meet September 15.

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.

The fee is $60 for 6 events.

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

Everyone registered will be emailed a link to their bingo card at the beginning of each event.

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

The fee is $120 for 12 events.

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

Please note that we will not meet on September 17.

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!!!

The fee is $120 for 12 events.

The minimum enrollment for this activity is 5.

Please note that we will not meet September 17.

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.

Please note that we will not meet Labor Day, September 4.

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.

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.

Please note that we will not meet Labor Day, September 4.

Walking Club walks or plays games – depending on the weather! The group will decide whether we walk or play games, such as Uno and Yahtzee.

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.

The fee is $130 for 13 events.

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

Minimum enrollment: 4

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

The fee is $180 for 9 events.

Minimum enrollment: 7 

Please note that we will not meet September 15.

We will meet at the CIF office at 10:00 am.

For details, please call Jeff Morthorst at 224.545.3925.

Location: 1015 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201

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

The fee is $180 for 9 events.

Minimum enrollment: 7 

Please note that we will not meet September 15.

Everyone registered will be emailed a link to their bingo card at the beginning of each event.

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

The fee is $120 for 12 events.

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

Please note that we will not meet on September 17.