Living in Evanston
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| Boocoo | |
| Address: | 1823 Church Street, Evanston IL 60201 |
| Contact: | Jason Van Hoose, Director; Alicia Hemphling, Administrative Coordinator |
| E-mail: | info@boocoo.org |
| Phone: | 847-864-8164 |
| Parent Org.: | Enterprise Development Foundation A community foundation established to support social entrepreneurship and facilitate community development. |
| Description: | Community cultural center offering exercise classes, dance, martial arts, poetry classes and storytelling, nutrition education, a recording studio with affordable rates, a music school, music production workshops, a digital lab, a performance space and a healthy café.
Boocoo Weekly calender Volunteers: Join the BooCrew; spend 2 to 10 hours per month giving time to Boocoo, its community and its sister organizations throughout Evanston. Evanston organizations that would like to request volunteer assistance or to register an upcoming event on the BooCrew Calendar can email: info@boocoo.org Unpaid Internship available for art student, artist, or art-lover at community-based II/V Gallery at Boocoo Cultural Center and Cafe. Involves soliciting artwork, curating exhibits, organizing gallery openings. Email: debi@boocoo.org |
| Updated 3/9/2013 | |
| Chandler-Newberger Community Center | |
| Address: | 1028 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201 |
| E-mail: | recreation@cityofevanston.org |
| Phone: | 847-448-8252 |
| Fax: | 847-866-6177 |
| Parent Org.: | City of Evanston Parks/Recreation & Community Services Department |
| Description: | Center offers many programs: after-school sports classes, girls' youth basketball leagues, youth flag football leagues, preschool play groups, youth chess, adult/youth fencing, preschool development classes, youth gymnastics, adult/youth volleyball leagues, women's basketball classes and more as well as summer day camps for school-aged youth and preschoolers. |
| Notes: | Racquetball court and gymnasium rentals open to community, youth birthday party groups, etc.
Play-School Program: year-round classes for 2-year-olds with parents Mondays and Fridays, 3- and 4-year-olds Monday and Friday mornings/Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, and 4- and 5-year-olds Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Contact Michelle Tompkins at 847/448-8681, mtompkins@cityofevanston.org |
| Updated 9/10/2012 | |
| City of Evanston Parks/Recreation and Community Services Dept. | |
| Address: | Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave., Evanston, IL 60201 |
| E-mail: | recreation@cityofevanston.org; parks@cityofevanston.org; forestry@cityofevanston.org |
| Phone: | 847-866-2900 |
| Fax: | 847-866-2902 |
| Description: | The Evanston Parks/Recreation and Community Services Dept. oversees a wide range of services: Cultural Arts, Ecology, Forestry, Parks, Recreation, Youth Engagement, Senior Services and Disability Services. The divisions offer a variety of programs for children, teens, adults, seniors, and people with special needs.
Summer 2013 Camp Guide Cultural Arts Division: Promotes the arts in Evanston and provides information about the arts and arts events. Presents free events including Evanston Lakeshore Arts Festival, Ethnic Arts festival, Starlight concerts, and Arts Week. The Ecology Center: Strives to foster a greater appreciation, awareness and knowledge of the natural environment and our interdependence with it through educational programs and services. |
| Notes: | Evanston Beach Information: Includes information about beach tokens, boat launch facilities,lakefront picnics and the dog beach.
Parks: A listing and map of the City's 92 public parks. Levy Center: Recreation center for seniors: fitness center, computer lab and classes, discussion groups, activities and much more. Recreation Dept.: Register for a wide range of sports, arts or ecology camp programs for pre-schoolers through high school. |
| Updated 1/21/2013 | |
| Evanston Arts Depot | |
| Address: | 600 Main Street, Evanston IL 60202 |
| Mailing Address: | P.O. Box 6013, Evanston, IL 60204 |
| E-mail: | artsdepot@mac.com |
| Phone: | 847-328-2204 |
| Fax: | 847-328-2295 |
| Parent Org.: | Evanston Festival Theatre, Inc. |
| Description: | The Evanston Arts Depot is the newly restored 1908 Main Street Metra train station, home of the Piccolo Theatre and the Custer Fair. The Evanston Arts Depot is a project of Evanston Festival Theatre, Inc., a not-for-profit cultural and educational organization.
All facilities are available for rental. |
| Updated 1/24/2012 | |
| Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center | |
| Address: | 1655 Foster St., Evanston, IL 60201 |
| Phone: | 847-448-8254 |
| Fax: | 847-328-2026 |
| Parent Org.: | City of Evanston Parks, Recreation & Community Services Department |
| Description: | A community recreation facility with programs for adults and children, including a fitness center, dance studio, regulation gymnasium, and auditorium space. Provides extensive after-school and summer programs for children, School Day Off programs and Senior Lunch, served every Wednesday.
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| Updated 5/8/2013 | |
| Levy Senior Center | |
| Address: | 300 Dodge Ave., Evanston, IL 60202 |
| Contact: | Leslie Wilson |
| E-mail: | levycenter@cityofevanston.org |
| Phone: | 847- 448-8250 |
| Fax: | 847-869-6183 |
| Parent Org.: | City of Evanston Parks, Recreation & Community Services Department |
| Description: | Variety of programs geared for ages 55 and over. Programs include health/exercise, dance, sports, arts, trips, and concerts.
Hours: 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday through Friday. English as a Second Language Classes Free drop-in class for beginners. Meets Wednesdays 10-11:30 am Fitness Room For Levy Center members,hours are Mon.-Fri.,7am to 9pm; Saturday and Sunday 9am to 2pm. For non-members,hours are Mon.-Fri., 7am-9am and 5-9pm; Sat. and Sun.9am-2pm. Free Blood Pressure Screening: first Monday of every month, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Computer Classes Classes for adults of all ages in computer basics, Microsoft Office applications, (Word, Quicken, Excel, Publisher, e-mail and digital photography). |
| Notes: | January/February Newsletter.
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| Updated 3/13/2013 | |
| Mitchell Museum of the American Indian | |
| Address: | 3001 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201 |
| Contact: | Kathleen McDonald, Executive Director |
| E-mail: | visitor.services@mitchellmuseum.org |
| Phone: | 847-475-1030 |
| Fax: | 847-475-0911 |
| Description: | The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian is one of the few museums in the United States focused exclusively on the history, culture and arts of the Native people of the United States and Canada. It uses its collection of over 10,000 objects as well as temporary exhibits to tell the story and promote a deeper understanding of America's native people. Membership and volunteer opportunities available.
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| Notes: | Hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 10a.m. - 5p.m., Thursday 10a.m. to 8p.m., Sunday 12noon to 4p.m.
Closed: Mondays, New Years Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day and the last two weeks of August Kids Craft Mornings:Every Saturday 11a.m. to noon |
| Updated 1/31/2012 | |
| North Shore Senior Center | |
| Address: | 840 Dodge Avenue, Evanston, IL |
| Phone: | 847-864-3721 |
| Description: | Classes, special programs, interest groups, travel and day trips and social services to support the independence and well-being of older adults, enhance their dignity and self respect, and promote their participation in all aspects of community life.
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| Updated 3/15/2013 | |
| Noyes Cultural Arts Center | |
| Address: | 927 Noyes Street, Evanston, IL 60201 |
| Phone: | 847-448-8260 |
| Fax: | 847-328-1340 |
| Parent Org.: | Evanston Parks, Recreation and Community Services Dept. |
| Description: | Located near the Noyes Street "El" station, the Center houses an art gallery which features exhibits by local artists, theatre space available for use by amateur and professional companies and 28 studios leased to professional arts organizations and local artists. The Center also offers art classes in all artistic disciplines and the Evanston Arts Camp for students is located here.
Organizations located in the Noyes Cultural Arts Center include: |
| Notes: | The Actors Gymnasium Circus and Performing Arts School, Art Encounter, Light Opera Works, The Next Theatre Company, Piven Theatre and Workshop. |
| Updated 1/23/2012 | |
| Ridgeville Park District | |
| Address: | 908 Seward Street, Evanston, Illinois 60202 |
| Contact: | Recreation Director, Brian Rosinski ; Programs Director, Michael Miro |
| E-mail: | parks@ridgeville.org; programs@ridgeville.org |
| Phone: | 847-869-5640 |
| Fax: | 847-869-5667 |
| Description: | The Ridgeville district in southeast Evanston is bounded on the south by Howard St., on the east by Chicago Ave., on the west by the North Shore Channel and on the north by Greenleaf St. It includes parks, sponsors free public events, camps and classes, and has its own farmers' market. |
| Notes: | Tot and Youth Classes, Teen and Adult Classes, Winter & Spring Camps, Summer Camps, and T-Ball.
Rental space in the Ridgeville Community House or the David Wood Field House; call 847-869-5640 for more information about rentals. |
| Updated 10/10/2012 | |
| S.P.A.C.E. (Society for the Preservation of Arts and Culture in Evanston) | |
| Address: | 1245 Chicago Ave., Evanston IL 60201 |
| Contact: | Stuart Rosenberg |
| E-mail: | info@evanstonspace.com |
| Phone: | 847-492-8860 |
| Description: | Performance venue designed by musicians hosts a variety of musical shows. It's housed under the same roof as Union Pizzeria, as well as the League of Creative Musicians, a membership club for musicians that has a state-of-the-art recording studio, rehearsal space and offers other services. |
| Updated 1/11/2012 | |
| Shorefront | |
| Address: | 2010 Dewey Ave., Rm. #206, Evanston, IL 60201 |
| Mailing Address: | P.O. Box 1894, Evanston, IL, 60204 |
| Contact: | Dino Robinson, Founder |
| E-mail: | shorefront@me.com |
| Phone: | 847-864-7467 |
| Description: | Founded on June 6, 2002, Shorefront is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study and preservation of African American history within Chicago's North Shore communities. Published Shorefront Journal.
The Legacy Center, a museum and research center, is open to the public for research initiatives, exhibits and various public programs. Hours: Thursdays and Fridays: 9 am.-2:30 pm., Saturdays, 9 am.-2 pm. |
| Updated 2/25/2013 | |
| Tibetan Alliance of Chicago | |
| Mailing Address: | 2422 Dempster St., Evanston IL 60202 |
| Contact: | Lhakpa Tsering, President |
| E-mail: | president@tibetan-alliance.org |
| Phone: | (847) 773-1111 |
| Description: | The Tibetan Alliance of Chicago (TAC) was originally founded as the Tibetan Resettlement Project Chicago in 1992. It was formed to work for the welfare of the Tibetans residing in the city of Chicago and/or the state of Illinois. Offers programs and classes in Tibetan culture, song, dance and language. |
| Updated 1/9/2013 | |
