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Upcoming Events

Sunday, January 05
  • Restoration Workday: Cuba Marsh (09 AM - 11 AM)
    Event details:
    Sunday, January 05
    Beautiful sunset while walking over the wetlands on a wooden bridge
    09 AM - 11 AM
    Grab some work gloves, help restore the environment, and get a behind-the-scenes look at your preserves!
     
Monday, January 06
  • Restoration Workday: Heron Creek (09 AM - 11 AM)
    Event details:
    Monday, January 06
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    09 AM - 11 AM
    Grab some work gloves, help restore the environment, and get a behind-the-scenes look at your preserves!
     
Tuesday, January 07
  • Restoration Workday: Old School (09 AM - 11:30 AM)
    Event details:
    Tuesday, January 07
    Bright sunny day casting shadows through the trees onto a grassy field of green
    09 AM - 11:30 AM
    Grab some work gloves, help restore the environment, and get a behind-the-scenes look at your preserves!
     
  • Restoration Workday: Cuba Marsh (09 AM - 11 AM)
    Event details:
    Tuesday, January 07
    Beautiful sunset while walking over the wetlands on a wooden bridge
    09 AM - 11 AM
    Grab some work gloves, help restore the environment, and get a behind-the-scenes look at your preserves!
     
  • Guided Tour: Art for Everyone: Bob Ross (10 AM - 10:45 AM)
    Event details:
    Tuesday, January 07
    Bob Ross painting a landscape scene
    10 AM - 10:45 AM
    Join a history educator on a guided tour of the temporary exhibition, Art for Everyone: Bob Ross® and take a closer look at famous Bob Ross® paintings and his signature technique.
     
  • Senior Series: (04:30 PM - 05:45 PM)
    Event details:
    Tuesday, January 07
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    04:30 PM - 05:45 PM
    Learn about the adaptations and fascinating lives of coyotes. Hike the trail with an educator and listen for coyotes howling on a winter evening.
     
Wednesday, January 08
  • Restoration Workday: Lyons Woods (09 AM - 11 AM)
    Event details:
    Wednesday, January 08
    Winding walking trail that runs through the woods
    09 AM - 11 AM
    Grab some work gloves, help restore the environment, and get a behind-the-scenes look at your preserves!
     
  • Senior Series: (01 PM - 02 PM)
    Event details:
    Wednesday, January 08
    Old Crofton cookbook, pages are turning brown around the edges with pen and ink handwritten recipes
    01 PM - 02 PM
    Dive into the Dunn Museum's collections to explore two 1800s Crofton family cookbooks that were used at Fort Sheridan. Learn more about the Crofton family's time stationed there, and hear about Nicole's experiences testing out some of the recipes.
     
Thursday, January 09
  • Connecting Kids with Nature (10:30 AM - 11:45 AM)
    Event details:
    Thursday, January 09
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    10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
    Build a bridge to nature with your young ones. Experience how multisensory nature connections help young children develop healthy and happy brains and bodies. Time spent in nature is critical to children's social-emotional, and physical development. Child-centered, exploratory, imaginative play fosters creativity, emotional well-being, independent learning, and problem-solving.
     
  • Lake County History Symposium (06:30 PM - 08:30 PM)
    Event details:
    Thursday, January 09
    Black and white photo of trolley car, old cars and bicyles driving on a cobblestone street
    06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
    The Lake County History Symposium is an annual gathering of people interested in the history of Lake County, Illinois.
     
Saturday, January 11
  • Restoration Workday: Rollins Savanna (09 AM - 12 PM)
    Event details:
    Saturday, January 11
    Photograph looking through a group of large oak trees into a lush green field
    09 AM - 12 PM
    Grab some work gloves, help restore the environment, and get a behind-the-scenes look at your preserves!
     
  • Dunn Museum (09 AM - 10 AM)
    Event details:
    Saturday, January 11
    Children playing with a wooden train set during the Sensory-Friendly Hour
    09 AM - 10 AM
    The Dunn Museum will be open to those who need a calm and quiet visit before it is open to the public. A quiet room for stimulation breaks will be accessible. Creative crafts and manipulatives will be provided in our café space.
     
  • Walk with a Naturalist: (09 AM - 10:30 AM)
    Event details:
    Saturday, January 11
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    09 AM - 10:30 AM
    Join a naturalist and take a nice leisurely stroll through this beautiful preserve. Learn about the history of this site and take a close look at some of the interesting plants and animals that we come upon.
     
  • Winter Tree ID (10 AM - 12 PM)
    Event details:
    Saturday, January 11
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    10 AM - 12 PM
    Join us for an introduction to identifying trees when there are no leaves. We'll learn how to use the branches, buds and bark of trees to tell them apart. Then, we head out into the preserve to practice what we learned.
     
  • Bob Ross Painting Class: FULL (12:30 PM - 04:30 PM)
    Event details:
    Saturday, January 11
    Photograph of Bob Ross in front of one of his beautiful signature mountain paintings
    12:30 PM - 04:30 PM
    Take a Bob Ross® style painting class with a designated Certified Ross® Instructor. Classes are specially suited for beginners; you need no previous experience to attend. You'll paint a beautiful Bob Ross® Wet-on-Wet Technique scene and at the end of your class you'll go home with a frame-ready painting that you never dreamed possible.