Get your tickets to Happy Holidays with the Irving Sisters on December 20. 4 PM Family Sing-Along, 6 PM Concert, fun for all!

February 14, 2025 @ 10:00 am 11:30 am

Initiatives

At Ease: Art and Nature for Veterans
Free
21850 N. Riverwoods Rd.
Riverwoods, IL 60015 United States
+ Google Map
224.633.2424

Water(color) for the Soul: Music of Lake Michigan

Returning by popular demand, Black Moon Trio guides Veterans from the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center and We Serve: Special Recreation Association for Central Lake County to create and perform their very own musical compositions. 

Using resources from Brushwood Center’s At Ease and Art Supply Exchange programs, Veterans participate in a six-week graphic score and poetry composition residency culminating in the creation of 20 original pieces of music performed and recorded by professional musicians.

Black Moon Trio is honored to again be joined by world-renowned botanical artist, Heeyoung Kim and members of her Botanical Art Academy to showcase watercolor painting methods and techniques. Poet and creativity expert Kathryn Haydon also joins the team as her collection of poetry, Unsalted Blue Sunrise: Poems of Lake Michigan, provides the thematic framework for Veterans to compose works about their connections to our freshwater treasure as well as their connections to each other.

This program has been generously funded by the National Endowment for the Arts’ Creative Forces initiative.

February 7, 2025 @ 10:00 am 11:30 am

Initiatives

At Ease: Art and Nature for Veterans
Free
21850 N. Riverwoods Rd.
Riverwoods, IL 60015 United States
+ Google Map
224.633.2424

Water(color) for the Soul: Music of Lake Michigan

Returning by popular demand, Black Moon Trio guides Veterans from the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center and We Serve: Special Recreation Association for Central Lake County to create and perform their very own musical compositions. 

Using resources from Brushwood Center’s At Ease and Art Supply Exchange programs, Veterans participate in a six-week graphic score and poetry composition residency culminating in the creation of 20 original pieces of music performed and recorded by professional musicians.

Black Moon Trio is honored to again be joined by world-renowned botanical artist, Heeyoung Kim and members of her Botanical Art Academy to showcase watercolor painting methods and techniques. Poet and creativity expert Kathryn Haydon also joins the team as her collection of poetry, Unsalted Blue Sunrise: Poems of Lake Michigan, provides the thematic framework for Veterans to compose works about their connections to our freshwater treasure as well as their connections to each other.

This program has been generously funded by the National Endowment for the Arts’ Creative Forces initiative.

January 31, 2025 @ 10:00 am 11:30 am

Initiatives

At Ease: Art and Nature for Veterans
Free
21850 N. Riverwoods Rd.
Riverwoods, IL 60015 United States
+ Google Map
224.633.2424

Water(color) for the Soul: Music of Lake Michigan

Returning by popular demand, Black Moon Trio guides Veterans from the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center and We Serve: Special Recreation Association for Central Lake County to create and perform their very own musical compositions. 

Using resources from Brushwood Center’s At Ease and Art Supply Exchange programs, Veterans participate in a six-week graphic score and poetry composition residency culminating in the creation of 20 original pieces of music performed and recorded by professional musicians.

Black Moon Trio is honored to again be joined by world-renowned botanical artist, Heeyoung Kim and members of her Botanical Art Academy to showcase watercolor painting methods and techniques. Poet and creativity expert Kathryn Haydon also joins the team as her collection of poetry, Unsalted Blue Sunrise: Poems of Lake Michigan, provides the thematic framework for Veterans to compose works about their connections to our freshwater treasure as well as their connections to each other.

This program has been generously funded by the National Endowment for the Arts’ Creative Forces initiative.

January 24, 2025 @ 10:00 am 11:30 am

Initiatives

At Ease: Art and Nature for Veterans
Free
21850 N. Riverwoods Rd.
Riverwoods, IL 60015 United States
+ Google Map
224.633.2424

Water(color) for the Soul: Music of Lake Michigan

Returning by popular demand, Black Moon Trio guides Veterans from the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center and We Serve: Special Recreation Association for Central Lake County to create and perform their very own musical compositions. 

Using resources from Brushwood Center’s At Ease and Art Supply Exchange programs, Veterans participate in a six-week graphic score and poetry composition residency culminating in the creation of 20 original pieces of music performed and recorded by professional musicians.

Black Moon Trio is honored to again be joined by world-renowned botanical artist, Heeyoung Kim and members of her Botanical Art Academy to showcase watercolor painting methods and techniques. Poet and creativity expert Kathryn Haydon also joins the team as her collection of poetry, Unsalted Blue Sunrise: Poems of Lake Michigan, provides the thematic framework for Veterans to compose works about their connections to our freshwater treasure as well as their connections to each other.

This program has been generously funded by the National Endowment for the Arts’ Creative Forces initiative.

January 17, 2025 @ 10:00 am 11:30 am

Initiatives

At Ease: Art and Nature for Veterans
Free
21850 N. Riverwoods Rd.
Riverwoods, IL 60015 United States
+ Google Map
224.633.2424

Water(color) for the Soul: Music of Lake Michigan

Returning by popular demand, Black Moon Trio guides Veterans from the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center and We Serve: Special Recreation Association for Central Lake County to create and perform their very own musical compositions. 

Using resources from Brushwood Center’s At Ease and Art Supply Exchange programs, Veterans participate in a six-week graphic score and poetry composition residency culminating in the creation of 20 original pieces of music performed and recorded by professional musicians.

Black Moon Trio is honored to again be joined by world-renowned botanical artist, Heeyoung Kim and members of her Botanical Art Academy to showcase watercolor painting methods and techniques. Poet and creativity expert Kathryn Haydon also joins the team as her collection of poetry, Unsalted Blue Sunrise: Poems of Lake Michigan, provides the thematic framework for Veterans to compose works about their connections to our freshwater treasure as well as their connections to each other.

This program has been generously funded by the National Endowment for the Arts’ Creative Forces initiative.

January 10, 2025 @ 10:00 am 11:30 am

Initiatives

At Ease: Art and Nature for Veterans
Free
21850 N. Riverwoods Rd.
Riverwoods, IL 60015 United States
+ Google Map
224.633.2424

Water(color) for the Soul: Music of Lake Michigan

Returning by popular demand, Black Moon Trio guides Veterans from the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center and We Serve: Special Recreation Association for Central Lake County to create and perform their very own musical compositions. 

Using resources from Brushwood Center’s At Ease and Art Supply Exchange programs, Veterans participate in a six-week graphic score and poetry composition residency culminating in the creation of 20 original pieces of music performed and recorded by professional musicians.

Black Moon Trio is honored to again be joined by world-renowned botanical artist, Heeyoung Kim and members of her Botanical Art Academy to showcase watercolor painting methods and techniques. Poet and creativity expert Kathryn Haydon also joins the team as her collection of poetry, Unsalted Blue Sunrise: Poems of Lake Michigan, provides the thematic framework for Veterans to compose works about their connections to our freshwater treasure as well as their connections to each other.

This program has been generously funded by the National Endowment for the Arts’ Creative Forces initiative.

December 20 @ 6:00 pm 7:00 pm

Initiatives

Public Arts Programs
$10 (Free for Veterans)

Audiences will find “everything’s better in threes” when The Irving Sisters take the stage, singing popular holiday tunes at Brushwood Center this December! 

Join us on December 20 for two special holiday performances including a family-friendly sing-a-long at 4pm and a traditional performance at 6pm. Both performances will be accompanied by a complimentary Make-Your-Own Hot Chocolate Bar!

The Irving Sisters are committed to connecting with audience members and one another through the undeniably universal gift of music. Together, they blend into an easy trio sound evoking the sister trios of bygone days.

December 20 @ 4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Initiatives

Public Arts Programs
$5 Kids are free!

Audiences will find “everything’s better in threes” when The Irving Sisters take the stage, singing popular holiday tunes at Brushwood Center this December! 

Join us on December 20 for two special holiday performances including a family-friendly sing-a-long at 4pm and a traditional performance at 6pm. Both performances will be accompanied by a complimentary Make-Your-Own Hot Chocolate Bar!

The Irving Sisters are committed to connecting with audience members and one another through the undeniably universal gift of music. Together, they blend into an easy trio sound evoking the sister trios of bygone days.

October 6 @ 2:00 pm 5:00 pm

Initiatives

At Ease: Art and Nature for Veterans
Free
21850 N. Riverwoods Rd.
Riverwoods, IL 60015 United States
+ Google Map
224.633.2424

Group Ukulele Music Lesson for Veterans and Families

Learn the basics of the ukulele and how to play the most common chords in music with fellow Veterans and their families. You do not need any musical talent or extensive knowledge to participate. Music is for everyone!

The program is intended for ages 7 and above.

After the class, enjoy a beautiful walk in Ryerson Woods.

Ukulele Lessons | 2pm – 3:30pm

Nature Walk | 3:30pm – 5pm

September 22 @ 2:00 pm 5:00 pm

Initiatives

At Ease: Art and Nature for Veterans
Free
21850 N. Riverwoods Rd.
Riverwoods, IL 60015 United States
+ Google Map
224.633.2424

Group Ukulele Music Lesson for Veterans and Families

Learn the basics of the ukulele and how to play the most common chords in music with fellow Veterans and their families. You do not need any musical talent or extensive knowledge to participate. Music is for everyone!

The program is intended for ages 7 and above.

After the class, enjoy a beautiful walk in Ryerson Woods.

Ukulele Lessons | 2pm – 3:30pm

Nature Walk | 3:30pm – 5pm