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  • Art Impact Project

    Art Impact Project

    ​Mundelein Park & Recreation Community Center ​888 Dunbar Road, Mundelein, IL, United States

    Art Impact Project Art Impact Project facilitates supportive art projects designed to provide participants a different way to express themselves through art-making.  With a focus on emotional wellness through creative expression, Art Impact Project's small-group environment gives participants the chance to self-reflect and safely share their observations.  Each 90-minute session involves the completion of an art project from start to finish.  Projects will vary from week to week, exploring various art media […]

    Free
  • BASE: Create & Sip

    BASE: Create & Sip – Felt Flowers with Julia Kemerer

    Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods 21850 Riverwoods Rd., Riverwoods, IL, United States

    BASE: Create & Sip - Felt Flowers with Julia Kemerer This class is also offered on March 19. Create & Sip is a monthly workshop hosted at Brushwood Center where participants can explore fun projects using supplies and tools from the Brushwood Art Supply Exchange, BASE. It’s an opportunity to get creative, try something new, […]

    $20.00
  • At Ease Book Club

    At Ease Book Club: Chasing the Daylight

    At Ease Book Club: Chasing the Daylight, by Joanna Rakowski In celebration of Women's History Month, the At Ease program is launching our 2026 At Ease book club with a story from a women Veteran. We will examine Joanna Rakowski's unique story and explore our own personal identities and how the military community has shaped […]

    Free
  • Women Veterans and Families Watercolor Painting

    Watercolor Painting for Women Veterans and Families

    Virtual Event

    Watercolor Painting for Women Veterans and Families Develop your unique artistic expression through watercolor painting. We will delight in the colorful, transformative nature of the watercolor while also sharing factual information about the natural world and flowers. Student input and discussion are welcome! Class taught by Gabrielle Tufano.--Art materials will be mailed to your home. […]

    Free
  • Water(color) for the Soul: Sounds of the Prairie
    Water(color) for the Soul: Sounds of the Prairie

    Water(color) for the Soul: Sounds of the Prairie (Visit 1)

    Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods 21850 Riverwoods Rd., Riverwoods, IL, United States

    Water(color) for the Soul: Sounds of the Prairie (Visit 1) Returning in 2026, Black Moon Trio once again invites Veterans and their family members to create and perform their own original musical compositions in Water(color) for the Soul: Sounds of the Prairie. Grounded in the ecology and literary traditions of the prairie, this program explores how […]

    Free
  • Brushwood Nature Book Club
    Nature Book Club

    Nature Book Club: March

    Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods 21850 Riverwoods Rd., Riverwoods, IL, United States

    Nature Book Club: March The Brushwood Nature Book Club is a space to talk about and explore nature literature in a friendly environment. Each meeting includes discussion, creative writing, and art activities to engage with the themes of the chosen book, led by Brushwood’s Poet-in-Residence Kathryn Haydon, and writer-artist Megan Donahue.   Our March book will […]

    Free
  • BASE Brushwood Art Supply Exchange, Open Art Workshop with our Brushwood Artist of the Month
    BASE: Open Art Workshop

    BASE: Open Art Workshop

    Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods 21850 Riverwoods Rd., Riverwoods, IL, United States

    You Choose the Project · Use Tools and Supplies From BASE · Get Help When You Need It Open Art Workshop is open to anyone who wants to make something in any area of visual arts and crafts, from the experienced artist looking for a community of others to work with, to the complete novice […]

    Free

  • The Nature of Sleep with Nancy Rothstein, MBA, The Sleep Ambassador®

    Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods 21850 Riverwoods Rd., Riverwoods, IL, United States

    The Nature of Sleep with Nancy Rothstein, MBA, The Sleep Ambassador® What if better sleep could transform not only how you feel—but how you live, work, and connect with the world around you? In this illuminating lecture, internationally recognized sleep expert Nancy Rothstein explores the science, rhythms, and restorative power of sleep, revealing why it […]

    Free
  • At Ease Book Club

    At Ease Book Club: Chasing the Daylight

    At Ease Book Club: Chasing the Daylight, by Joanna Rakowski In celebration of Women's History Month, the At Ease program is launching our 2026 At Ease book club with a story from a women Veteran. We will examine Joanna Rakowski's unique story and explore our own personal identities and how the military community has shaped […]

    Free

  • Radical Hope in the Woods: The Woods as Freedom – Hidden Black Nature Stories

    Virtual

    The Woods as Freedom: Hidden Black Nature Stories The Woods as Freedom: Hidden Black Nature Stories is an interactive virtual webinar that uncovers powerful, often untold stories of how the natural world shaped Black survival, resistance, and liberation.  While the woods are often remembered as sites of danger during slavery, they were also places of […]

    Free
  • Water(color) for the Soul: Sounds of the Prairie
    Water(color) for the Soul: Sounds of the Prairie

    Water(color) for the Soul: Sounds of the Prairie (Visit 2)

    Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods 21850 Riverwoods Rd., Riverwoods, IL, United States

    Water(color) for the Soul: Sounds of the Prairie (Visit 2) Returning in 2026, Black Moon Trio once again invites Veterans and their family members to create and perform their own original musical compositions in Water(color) for the Soul: Sounds of the Prairie. Grounded in the ecology and literary traditions of the prairie, this program explores how […]

    Free
  • At Ease Book Club

    At Ease Book Club: Chasing the Daylight

    At Ease Book Club: Chasing the Daylight, by Joanna Rakowski In celebration of Women's History Month, the At Ease program is launching our 2026 At Ease book club with a story from a women Veteran. We will examine Joanna Rakowski's unique story and explore our own personal identities and how the military community has shaped […]

    Free

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