Life Skills Training Chicago

Sun, Jun 9th, 7–9pm CDT (2 hours)

$35

+350 pts

Bonsai Courtyard Tour

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Step into a world of beauty and tranquility as you explore the intricately displayed bonsai trees in the curated courtyards. Gain a deeper appreciation for these timeless masterpieces and uncover the stories behind each unique specimen. Join us for an afternoon of bonsai discussion and immerse yourself in the art of nature.

All levels 18 and older

Jul 10th

5–7pm CDT

$40

Wed, Jul 10th, 5–7pm CDT (2 hours)

$40

+400 pts

Prairie Bird Walk

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Embark on a serene evening stroll through Dixon Prairie, where the melodies of songbirds and sightings of majestic raptors await. Whether you're a seasoned birder or a newcomer to avian exploration, this guided walk offers an immersive experience in birdwatching amidst the tranquil beauty of the Garden. Join us and discover the vibrant birdlife thriving in our prairie habitat.

All levels 18 and older

Jul 10th

6–7:30pm CDT

$27

Wed, Jul 10th, 6–7:30pm CDT (90 minutes)

$27

+270 pts

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Hands-on Gardening: Summer Pruning

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Master the art of summer pruning and sculpt your garden's future with precision and style. Gain hands-on experience as you learn essential pruning techniques for trees and shrubs, ensuring optimal growth and vitality. Join us equipped with pruners and ready to shape your landscape under expert guidance.

All levels 18 and older

Jul 13th

9–10:30am CDT

$30

Sat, Jul 13th, 9–10:30am CDT (90 minutes)

$30

+300 pts

Introduction to Physical Mediumship

Infinity Foundation @ 1280 Old Skokie Valley Rd, Highland Park, IL

Unveil the mysteries of mediumship in our immersive course! Explore the depths of psychic abilities as you delve into physical mediumship, mastering techniques to connect with spirits and enhance your intuitive senses. Step into the realm of ancient practices, from classic seance tools to guided meditations, and awaken your innate psychic potential.

All levels 16 and older

Jun 29th

2–5pm CDT

$40

Sat, Jun 29th, 2–5pm CDT (3 hours)

$40

+400 pts

Quantum Awakening

Infinity Foundation @ 1280 Old Skokie Valley Rd, Highland Park, IL

Embark on a journey of quantum awakening and consciousness expansion! Explore the depths of multidimensional reality, transcending duality to embrace oneness and unity. Elevate your awareness and navigate the quantum realms with compassion and love, unlocking your true potential for personal evolution.

All levels 16 and older

Jul 13th

9am–1pm CDT

$50

Sat, Jul 13th, 9am–1pm CDT (4 hours)

$50

+500 pts

Path of Pollinators Evening Garden Walk

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Embark on a captivating evening stroll through our garden, exploring the fascinating world of pollinators under the moonlit sky. Delve into the science behind the "moon illusion" phenomenon, unraveling the mysteries of perception and celestial beauty. Join us for an enlightening journey along the Path of Pollinators, where science and nature intertwine under the moon's enchanting glow.

All levels 18 and older

Sep 12th

7–9pm CDT

$40

Thu, Sep 12th, 7–9pm CDT (2 hours)

$40

+400 pts

The Work of Byron Katie

Infinity Foundation @ 1280 Old Skokie Valley Rd, Highland Park, IL

Discover inner peace amidst conflict with The Work of Byron Katie! Learn to navigate divisive conversations and release the pain of opposing viewpoints. Embrace life-changing insights to question stressful thoughts and cultivate a perspective without sides, bringing peace to every moment.

All levels 16 and older

Oct 1st

7–9pm CDT

$35

Tue, Oct 1st, 7–9pm CDT (2 hours)

$35

+350 pts

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More Flowering Shrubs

Chicago Botanic Garden

Beyond the 65 shrubs in the Deciduous Flowering Shrubs course, there are many other hardy shrubs suitable for our landscape. Discover more than 35 new shrubs, less common shrubs, and new varieties of existing shrubs. This class will be taught online via Zoom. Registered students will receive login instructions one day in advance.

All levels 18 and older

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The Art Institute of Chicago: Badass Bitches Tour

Museum Hack @ 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL

Remember when feminism happened, and Georgia O’Keeffe kicked butt, and now museums and the art world totally treat male and female artists with equal value? JK JK IT’S STILL SUPER BAD! On this two-hour tour of the Art Institute of Chicago, we get three things done: We celebrate the awesome women who ARE represented We fill you in on some women you haven’t heard about We kick some ass - we hack the patriarchy and actually (briefly)...

All levels 16 and older

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$39

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Let’s Walk + Learn Foraging

The Resiliency Institute

Enjoy a foraging walk led by knowledgable guide, Dave Odd, to discover the abundance of edible plants growing within our communities. During these walks you will be introduced to 4-7 edible plants that grow in our area. You will learn how to identify the plant, when to harvest, what part to harvest, tips on preparation, and how to ethically wildcraft. Recommended text for the series is The Forager’s Harvest by Samuel...

All levels 16 and older

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$300

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Travel Free & Get Paid to Do It

Discovery Center @ 4318 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL

This class is offered one time this year ! If you’re retired, near retirement, changing careers or a student, learn over 200 practical ways to free travel, fun work-vacations and new moneymaking travel careers. Instructor, Gina Henry teaches nationwide and shows you how she affords to travel 12 months a year visiting over 80 countries and 48 states in the past 25 years. FREE airfare, hotels, cruises, tours, car rentals, meals, & more. Frequent...

All levels 16 and older

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$55

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Beginning Beekeeping

The Morton Arboretum @ 4100 Illinois Rte 53, Lisle, IL

Learn the basics of beekeeping. Curious about honey bees? Interested in starting your own hive and harvesting your own honey? Already have a hive and want to learn more about managing it? Join our experienced beekeeper and explore the history of beekeeping, bee anatomy, starting up a colony and managing it through the year, equipment basics, honey bee pests and diseases, harvesting honey, and more. Recommended text: The recommended text, ...

Beginner 16 and older

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$109

4 sessions

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All About Eyes: Eye Makeup Looks

Goldplaited @ 2829 n. Sheffield Avenye, Chicago, IL

Join the talented team at goldplaited for a class all about eye looks! In this class we will take you through the following steps: how to prep your eye look for maximum longevity building a 2 color eye look for day with defined liner bumping your look up for evening by deeping the tone, adding smokiness and a pop of shimmer. Finish the evening look by learning to wing out your liner finishing touches! filling in your brows, under eye...

All levels 14 and older

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$65

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Reiki I, II, Masters & Teachers Workshop

Lisa Guyman @ 1819-21 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL

Reiki is amazing and incredibly powerful. Experience how simple Reiki is to learn and practice and how wonderful it is in an informative, dynamic, hands-on Weekend Reiki Workshop. Schedule: Reiki I & II: Fri. 6:00pm-10:00pm & Sat. 9:30am-7:00pm. Reiki Masters: Sunday 2:00pm-7:00pm. Reiki Teachers: Sunday 7:30pm-10:00pm. Plus a follow up live Teacher’s conference call. Course Outline: First Degree Reiki The Reiki I Class/First...

All levels 18 and older

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$975

4 sessions

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Chronicle of a Vegetable Garden

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Experience a full season of a Chicago vegetable garden with the focus on what to do, why, and when. During the session, you will follow a successful home vegetable gardener from plant selection all the way through harvest (and everything in between). Join us for a great opportunity to sharpen existing gardening skills and, perhaps, learn some new ones.

All levels 18 and older

No upcoming schedules

$49

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Design Your Ideal Life: How to Achieve Real Success

General Assembly @ Online Class Livestream, Chicago, IL

Your life is a long time. You might as well really love the one you have! Instead of following the herd and finding yourself unfulfilled and frustrated, why not design yours to be the way you want? We're surrounded by innovation and endless resources but the key to designing your ideal life lies within, if you just know how to access it, whether it's improving what you're doing or building something new. Takeaways How to foster and expand self-efficacy...

All levels 18 and older

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$55

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Handsfree Thai Massage Level 1

Thai Bodywork

This weekend course provides an introduction to the powerful HandsFree techniques of Chuck Duff's Coaching The Body method. Students are taught to work from a place of meditative ease using leverage and body weight, a practice that cultivates maximum sensitivity to your client's body cues and avoids injury from overuse of forearm, shoulder and hand muscles. Variations using feet, legs and knees allow you as therapist to provide broad, deep pressure...

Beginner 18 and older

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Edible Wild Plants 1 Field Immersion

The Resiliency Institute

Learn the basic field skills you need for safely using edible wild plants of our bioregion during these in-person guided walks. Each season you will learn how to identify a variety of flowers, fruits, and foliage of plants in their habitats and practice identifying familiar ones in different stages of growth. You will learn edible uses and sustainable harvesting techniques and practices for a variety of plants on each walk. Plant species lists for...

All levels 16 and older

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Clinical Core for Lower Body

Thai Bodywork @ 1019 Asbury Ave, Evanston, IL

This course establishes the foundation of the CTB Lower Body Protocol, focusing on the key techniques that are used to work with muscles of the lower body. We emphasize the use of Handsfree-style techniques in this area of the body, because they are very efficient for the practitioner and also very effective therapeutic techniques for the client. The lower body is much more technique-intensive than the upper body, so we will focus on refining the...

Beginner 18 and older

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$650

2 sessions