Lincoln Park Classes Chicago, IL

We offer American Heart Association Heartsaver Adult/Child/Infant CPR/AED certification for the community.  All classes will be held at the Ray Meyer Fitness and Recreation Center.

Learn to create gruesome and gory looks in this fun and festive 4-hour workshop. Attendees will work with Kryolan’s FX products to create a series of wounds, scars, and burns that can be used to create a variety of popular Halloween looks.  Topics include: infected wounds, bruises and abrasions, waterproof FX make-up, burns, and more. ...

Sister-Arts Studio invites you to join us for weekly beginning crochet classes. Learn the basic crochet stitches; chain stitch, single crochet, double crochet, half-double crochet & triple crochet. If time permits we will teach you to crochet in the round. We provide a laminated instruction card, scrap yarn and crochet hook, however bring materials...

Instructors will use activities and songs to help children with skills and water adjustment. Children not fully toilet-trained must wear a swim diaper. The pool temperature is between 81–84°F.

Kids in level 3 are able to swim independently with their face in the water. In these lessons, swimmers will begin developing stroke techniques and learn the fundamentals of front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke.  Skills needed for entry into Level 3: Able to step from side into chest deep water and move into a floating position for at least...

Instructors will use activities and songs to help children with skills and water adjustment. Children not fully toilet-trained must wear a swim diaper. The pool temperature is between 81–84°F.

A transitional class from parent-child to group lessons. Independent and energetic kids who swim alone with flotation devices and are comfortable with parent/guardian separation will do great in this class. Skills used in preschool class (including but not limited to): Entering and exiting pool safely Becoming more comfortable in the water Blowing...

Swimmers have a solid understanding of all four strokes. In level 5, they will learn flip turns, continue to fine-tune technique and increase distance.  Skills needed for entry into Level 5:  Able to swim front crawl and elementary backstroke 25 yards  Able to swim breaststroke and back crawl 15 yards  Able to submerge and...

This is the first class of conventional swim lessons and provides the foundation of two of the four main strokes, freestyle and backstroke. Instructors will work with swimmers to be more comfortable in the water without the use of a floatation device. Skills learned in Level 1 (including but not limited to): Entering and exiting pool safely Becoming...

Swimmers understand the basics of backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle. In these lessons, kids continue to advance their stroke techniques, begin to learn butterfly and increase the distance they are able to swim.  Skills needed for entry into Level 4:  Able to jump into pool and front crawl and/or elementary backstroke 25 yards Able...

The Original Paint Nite: Unleash your inner artist Grab your friends and unleash your inner artist at the Original Paint Nite. You’ll go from a blank canvas to a masterpiece of your own, with plenty of laughs along the way. Show up early to find your seat, grab a bite, and get a cocktail in hand. Yaymaker events give you everything you need to...

Papillion, designed by Marin Melchior is our hottest new shop sample! We used Urth Yarn's Uneek Fingering and Harvest Fingering fibers. The Pattern is extensively written and diagrammed. Jami will teach you to master lace knitting, german short rows, color changing and carrying your colorwork. We have ten colors of Uneek to choose from. Please join...

Spot Turns & Rotations In this class, we will demonstrate both the reason and process of executing a cheat step in your dance. Why and when would a dancer execute it? And more importantly, how would a dancer execute a cheat step in order to make a dance smoothly flow? On the other hand, shadows demonstrate variations of bringing both the lead...

Have you ever wanted to learn to knit? Bring a friend, child, grandchild, niece or nephew, and learn the art of knitting together. Novice knitters will learn to knit a scarf with bamboo needles and your choice of yarn. In addition we guarantee you a fabulous bonding experience! Child is welcome alone. New Knitters will learn: casting on basic...

When my daughter Ona was young, we spent our "mommy & me time" creating. At the age of seven I taught her to knit and she picked it up in five minutes! Over the next year we knit scarves for all of her teachers. Knitting was and still is a wonderful bonding experience for us...give it a try with your special child! For ages 7 and up