Five Events This Week in Winnetka, Glencoe, Northfield

• When: Monday, July 30, 2012, 4:00 pm
• Where: 360 Happ Rd, Northfield
• Why Go?: No one pays attention quite like a dog. Read to Bailey, who will listen to your every word. Registration required; please call the Northfield Library (847-446-5990) to reserve a 15 minute session.  Age 6+.
• Pricing: Free

• When: Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 3:00 pm
• Where: , 811 Elm St, Winnetka
• Why Go?: We love the picture book Rocket Learns to Read, in which a little dog learned how to read stories.  In the new book, Rocket Writes a Story, our hero learns how to write his own.  After we listen to the book, we’ll use some of the ideas to write and illustrate our own story! Limit 15 kids. Recommended for ages 6 to 8.
• Pricing: Free

• When: Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 1:00 pm
• Where: , Sheridan Rd & Elder Ln, Winnetka
• Why Go?: Teens can join the Winnetka Youth Organization, between 1 and 3pm, for an admission free trip to Elder Beach. 
• Pricing: Free

• When: Thursday, August 2, 2012, 7:00 pm
• Where: , 320 Park Ave, Glencoe
• Why Go?: The soap opera began hundreds of years before Edith wrote her letter to the Turkish ambassador! Yet the aristocratic way of life that had evolved at places like Downton Abbey was nearly over by the time we first meet the Crawleys in 1912.  How did a few families come to own so much English property? Why did Robert’s family need him to marry an heiress like Cora? And why do places like Downton Abbey (Highclere Castle in real life) look the way they do? Learn about the landscape designers, land ownership patterns, and inheritance laws that produced great estates like Downton, and why radical changes were inevitable.  Landscape historian Barbara Geiger will present this slide lecture.  Ms. Geiger specializes in 19^th and early 20^th century places and teaches architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
• Pricing: Free

• When: Thursday, August 2, 2012, 4:00 pm
• Where: , 620 Lincoln Ave, Winnetka
• Why Go?: Middle School and High School students can join the Winnetka Youth Organization, in the basement of the Winnetka Community House, in order to particpate in a pool tournament. Snacks and drinks will be provided! 
• Pricing: Free

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