TICKETS GO ON SALE APRIL 15
Home Tour
Presented by the Community House Woman’s Board
9:30 AM - 2:30 PM
An inspiring tour of exquisite North Shore homes
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS HOME SPONSORS!
aboutus
Founded in 1911, the Community House is a non-profit organization offering sports, educational, and arts programming for children and adults. The historic building features a tness center, theater, rental space, and garden. As an independent 501(c)(3) we receive no tax dollars and rely on donations, memberships, and program fees to sustain our organization. The Community House is proud to have served generations of Winnetka residents and North Shore families.
Members and Non-Members from Winnetka and surrounding communities are welcome to participate in any of our classes, programs, lectures, and events.
How to get involved:
Become a Program Member
For a once-yearly membership fee you will enjoy priority registration and special pricing for classes and programs.
Membership: mycommunityhouse.org/memberships
Become a Donor
We greatly appreciate and rely on our generous donors to bring high-quality sports, educational, and arts programming to the community. A portion of our yearly operating budget comes from donors just like you! Please consider making a tax-deductible gift of any size.
Donations can be made:
• In person: Community House reception desk
• Phone: (847) 881-9362
• Mail: Community House, 620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, IL 60093
• Website: mycommunityhouse.org/giving
Become a Volunteer
Looking to get involved? Consider becoming a Community House volunteer! We rely on our wonderful volunteers to help host many popular community events. Join us!
• Volunteer: (847) 446-0537
Community House
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, IL 60093
Ph: (847) 446-0537
mycommunityhouse.org
Board of Govenors
Peter Eatherton, Chair
Neil Golden, Past Chair
Marcia Sutter, Secretary
Rob Schriesheim, Treasurer
Sally Anderson
Raheela Anwar
Laura Barden
Susan Cellmer
Van Crocker
Hunter Davis
Courtney Finlayson
Kim Frezados
Bob Gauch
Betsy Hammond
Duncan Healy
Tommy Hudgins
Betsy Landes
Brad McLane
Jordan Prager
Ryan Reis
Emily Rose
Anne Crum Ross
Susan Snyder
Steven Soehn
Kate Uniowski
Susanna Ver Eecke
Emilee Wolfe
Carrie Compall, CTW President
Tria Thomas, Woman’s Board Co-President
Shayne Welch, Woman’s Board Co-President
Community House Staff
Amy Skalinder, President / CEO
Sahra Ballowe, Events Manager
Kate Brower, Finance Manager
Mike Buscher, Chief Operating Of cer
Michael Demiglio, Maintenance Manager
Patrice Eason, Of ce Manager
Cam Johnson, Director of Advancement
Andrea Koran, Marketing Manager
Patti Ruiz, Program Manager
Mark Schusteff, Facility Manager
Rachel Tandy, Fitness Manager
Jeff Wahl, Program Manager
MISSION STATEMENT
The Community House mission is to serve as a gathering place for all and inspire lifelong learning, personal growth, and community spirit through enjoyable, engaging activities and meaningful shared experiences.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
For persons with disabilities, the Community House is accessible from the north parking lot at the canopied entrance off the Pine Street parking lot, or through the south entrances.
Cover Photo: Private violin lesson with Dan Rosa.
EVENTS INFORMATION: mycommunityhouse.org
ANNUAL BIKE SALE
BUY, SELL, OR HAVE YOUR BIKE APPRAISED BY THE WILMETTE BICYCLE SHOP
GRAPE VINE WREATH
SUNDAY FLOWER ARRANGING WORKSHOP
APR. 7 1 PM
Spring is in the air! Join us and make an a grapevine wreath with hand-dyed wood owers, ribbons, and spring accessories. You’ll go home with a beautiful wreath to brighten up rainy spring days!
$75 – PER PERSON
THIS SHOW IS RATED R. NO ONE UNDER AGE 18 ADMITTED WITHOUT A GUARDIAN. ALL NEW SHOW!
SATURDAY
MAY 7:30 PM
SATURDAY
APR. 20 8:30-10:30 AM
Buy, sell, or have your bike appraised, at our Annual Bike Sale! A 30% service charge, based on sale price, will be donated to the Community House. Bike drop-off (sellers): 8:30-9:30 am & Bike Sale (buyers): 9:30-10:30 am
Back by popular demand – Enjoy non-stop comedy and spectacular live vocals from New York City’s campiest Queen! Get your tickets
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ftness center
Our convenient location, state-of-the-art equipment, professional staff, and welcoming environment will help you meet your tness goals.
Hours of Operation:
Monday-Friday: 5 am - 9 pm
Saturday & Sunday: 7 am - 6 pm
Essential Membership
$ 59 / MONTH* NO INITIATION FEE
Your Essential Membership includes:
• State-of-the-art exercise equipment
• FitTurf training
• Locker rooms, steam rooms, and towel service
• Peloton® Bikes with full class library - NEW!
• Two FREE Start Strong personal training sessions**
Essential Membership Enhancements!
We are excited to offer you multiple ways to customize your tness experience at the Community House! With your Essential Membership you now have the option to add UNLIMITED Enhancements:
+ $20 / MONTH — Recovery
HydroMassage is an innovative water massage lounger for wellness and muscle recovery. CryoLounge is an advanced recovery chair with complementary cold and heat zones to target soreness and minor aches and pains.
+ $30 / MONTH — Group
Fitness
Connect with your tness community with unlimited drop-ins to live, in-person group tness classes taught by certi ed, caring instructors. Also enjoy access to our complete virtual class library – featuring hundreds of recorded classes you can take at home or anywhere including strength, cardio, and more!
See mycommunityhouse.org/group tness for information and schedule.
+ $40 / MONTH — Child Care
Our child care staff provides a safe, nurturing environment for children age 8 weeks and older while you work out at the Fitness Center or take a class here at the Community House. We welcome children for 1½ hours each visit.
+ $50 / MONTH — Elite (includes ALL of the Enhancements!)
Recovery, Group Fitness, and Child Care
Start Strong Sessions** FREE TO NEW MEMBERS!
As a bene t of membership, enjoy two FREE 30-minute Personal Training Sessions! Ask at the Fitness Center desk about scheduling your sessions.
* Monthly memberships conveniently auto-renew each month through a recurring charge to your bank account or credit card.
** Start Strong Sessions may be used once in the lifetime of a Fitness Center member. Returning members are not eligible for additional sessions.
Personal Training
60 MINUTES
1 Session
Our personal training program offers you one on one training tailored to meet your speci c tness goals. If you need that extra push or some personalized attention, personal training can provide the direction and motivation you need. For more information contact the Fitness Center at (847) 446-1994 or ll out an inquiry form at mycommunityhouse.org/personal-training.
State-of-the-Art Equipment
• Concept II Rowing Machines
• Cybex ArcTrainers
• FitTurf (40 yards of training turf)
• Free Weight Equipment
• Helix Lateral Trainers
• Life Fitness Cross Trainers
• Peloton® Bikes
• Life Fitness Strength Training Equipment
• Matrix Treadmills
• Life Fitness Upright & Recumbent Bikes
• Matrix Steppers & Climbmills
• NuStep Recumbent Cross Trainer
• Precor Adaptive Motion Trainers
• Precor EFX Eliptical Trainers
• Sci-Fit Arm Bike
• AudioFetch app for TV audio
Meet Your Fitness Center Trainers!
Bob Davis
Bob has been assisting members of the Community House Fitness Center in reaching their tness goals since 2001. Bob enjoys working with seniors and teens as well as those with special needs including rehabilitation. Helping those in the gym complements Bob’s career in sports media that has taken him to multiple NFL Superbowls, and the NCAA Basketball Final Four. Bob is certi ed through the International Sports Science Association.
Dolores Ohlwein
Dolores has been assisting members of the Community House Fitness Center in reaching their tness goals since 1991. She enjoys helping clients maintain a healthy lifestyle by using: functional training, core/balance exercises, weight training, weight bearing exercises, and stretching. She is certi ed through the Idea International Association of Fitness Professionals with an emphasis in exercise and aging.
Chris Treiber
Chris has been assisting members of the Community House Fitness Center in reaching their tness goals since 1996. His specializations are training for strength, functional movement, balance, and older adult populations. Chris is certi ed through the American Council on Exercise, the Functional Aging Institute (Functional Aging Specialist) and the Gray Institute (Applied Functional Science).
Edwin Ventura
Edwin is a NASM certi ed personal trainer as well as a USA licensed Boxing Coach. He grew up in Waukegan playing soccer for 15 years before switching to boxing for the last 6 years. He enjoys training a wide range of clients for performance, general health, and weight loss. Edwin also holds a Performance Enhancement Specialty Certi cation through the National Academy of Sports Medicine, which enables him to train athletes to reach their full conditioning potential.
KNOCKOUT GROUP FITNESS CLASS
EVE OF THE Solstice Celebration
WED., JUNE 19
6:30-8:30 PM
Celebrate the coming Summer Solstice with a Yoga and Meditation event in the beautiful outdoor garden. This event is FREE but registration is required. Register: mycommunityhouse.org
FITNESS CENTER MEMBER AND NON-MEMBER
Drop-in fee for any Group Fitness class: $ 20
Stop by the tness front desk before class to pay and pick up your voucher to take to the instructor.
Group Fitness Classes
Find your tness community with our exciting group tness classes! Classes are taught by certi ed, caring instructors with a passion for teaching and tness!
GROUP FITNESS CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Yoga Flow
All levels yoga ow class.
Strength Bootcamp
Build strength, increase lean muscle mass,
WERQTM Dance Fitness
WERQTM is the wildly addictive cardio dance workout based on trending pop and hip hop music.
This combination of Pilates moves and yoga poses will help strengthen and lengthen muscles and help create a lean, toned look. schedule!
For Group Fitness schedule and information unityhouse.org/
Specialty Wellness Classes
AgeActive
This 60-minute class focuses on exercises that help build balance, strength, mobility, exibility, cognitive capability, and cardio/ pulmonary capacity and is appropriate all ages and for seniors who use walkers.
Instructor: Liz Geifman
Age 18 & Up
M: $60 / NM: $75
17749 Th 11:30 am-12:30 pm 6/6-6/27
17746 M 11:30 am-12:30 pm 6/10-7/1
17748 M 11:30 am-12:30 pm 7/8-7/29
17750 Th 11:30 am-12:30 pm 7/11-8/1
Chair Yoga
This gentle chair yoga practice is for people of all ages and mobility limitations. Create exibility and space in your body, use deep effective breathing techniques and work on stability and balance.
Instructor: Celeste Cifala Roy
Age 18 & Up
M: $75 / NM: $95
17562 W Noon-12:45 pm 4/10-5/8
17563 W Noon-12:45 pm 5/15-6/12
Yoga School for Beginners*
This class covers basic poses, the purpose of props, and the bene ts of each type of practice.
The class includes ve classes covering the following: 1. Intro and basic staging poses; 2. Standing poses and lunges; 3. Balancing poses; 4. Back bends, and twists; 5. Putting it all together – A Beginner Yoga Class!
Instructor: Jim Gibilterra
Age 14 & Up
M: $25 / NM: $95
17766 Su 2:30-3:30 pm 7/7-8/4
*Attendance at each class is recommended as different poses are taught each week in progression.
Heartsaver CPR/AED Training
This course teaches adult and child CPR and AED use, infant CPR, and how to relieve choking in adults, children, and infants.
Instructor: Joe Hubbard
Age 18 & Up
M: $50 / NM: $65
17574 Tu 6:30-8:30 pm 5/21
17745 Tu 6:30-8:30 pm 7/16
ADULT PICKLEBALL
$8/person drop-in fee COMMUNITY HOUSE GYMNASIUM
Wednesdays: April 3 - June 5
8-10:30 AM
Wednesdays: June 19 - August 7 8-9:45 AM
Thursdays: April 4 - June 6 11:15 AM-1:15 PM NO CLASS: 5/9
Run Strong - 5K Training
NEW!
Get ready for the Treasure Trot, the Junior Board 5K (or the running season) in this conditioning class, which will include short outdoor group runs in nice weather, conditioning drills on the turf, and strength training for runners. No running experience is necessary. Class meets on the turf.
Instructor: Edwin Ventura
Age 13 & Up
M: $75 / NM: $95
17762 Tu 5:45-6:45 pm 3/19-4/30
MUSIC LESSONS
Adult Private Music Lessons:
Guitar and Bass Guitar
Gain or hone your guitar skills with feedback from an experienced, patient, professional musician that you just can’t get on YouTube! All skill levels welcome. Lessons are on Wednesdays; Brandon will contact you to set up a time. Program consists of ten 30-minute lessons.
Instructor: Brandon Seyferth
Age 18 & Up
M: $350 / NM : $450 17751 W 3:30-9 pm 5/28-8/1
Guitar Boost
Your playing will go from zero to sixty with the guidance of an experienced, patient, professional musician in this special program! All skill levels welcome. Sessions are on Wednesdays; Brandon will contact you to set up a time. Program consists of ve 1-hour sessions.
Instructor: Brandon Seyferth
Age 7 & Up
M: $350 / NM : $450
17764 W 3:30-9 pm 5/28-8/1
Youth and Adult Private Music Lessons:
• Piano
• Violin
• Banjo
Multi-instrumental and music teacher
Dan Rosa offers instruction on a number of different instruments. Teacher Dan lays out a strong musical foundation for you; teaching music theory as well as the fundamentals of each instrument. All skill levels welcome. To register and to set up a day and time, contact Dan at danielgrosa@me.com or (310) 722-2112. Fee must be paid 48 hours in advance of the rst music lesson. Lessons are 30 minutes.
Instructor: Dan Rosa
Age 4 & Up
Fee: $50 per lesson
moreclasses!
MUSIC ROOM AT THE COMMUNITY HOUSE
DANCE
Adult Ballet (Virtual)
This class will be held virtually using Zoom.
Instructor: E. Marc Nevins
Age 18 & Up
M / NM: $212
17584 Th 1-2:15 pm 4/4-5/30
M / NM: $141
17710 Th 1-2:15 pm 6/6-7/18
17709 Th 1-2:15 pm 7/25-8/29 NO CLASS: 7/4
CREATIVE TIME!
Adult Sewing
This is the perfect opportunity to learn the basics of sewing and advance your skills! We will spend the rst week of class learning about the sewing machine. The rest of the time will be spent working on projects. Fabric, sewing supplies and sewing machine are provided. You may choose to purchase additional specialty items.
Instructor: Ciao Bella Sewing
Age 18 & Up
M / NM: $342
17481 Tu 10 am-Noon 4/2-6/4
Adult Irish Dance & Ceile
Enjoying fun, tness while leaning the intricate footwork of Irish Dance!
Instructor: Mallory Wendt
Age 18 & Up
M: $290 / NM : $350
17579 W 10:30-11:30 am 4/3-6/12
NO CLASS: 5/29
Adult Chess
Each week you’ll enjoy an engaging lesson with supervised time to play with others. You’ll grow your knowledge of the game from the basics through opening theory, middle game tactics, and end game combinations. The chess program is open to all playing levels.
Instructor: Chess Ed
Age 18 & Up
M / NM: $234
17511 Tu 1:30-2:30 pm 4/2-5/28
DOG OBEDIENCE
COACHABLE CANINES – NEW INSTRUCTOR! Puppy Beginnings
Join us for a class designed to provide young puppies with a well-rounded and enriching experience during their crucial early months of life (2-5 months). This program focuses on three key components: training, exploration, and play. Only positive reinforcement training methods are used.
Instructor: Melissa Parker
Age 14 & Up
M: $195 / NM: $255
17775 W 10-10:50 am 4/3-5/8
COACHABLE CANINES – NEW INSTRUCTOR!
Basic Behaviors Training
This class uses positive reinforcement methods to help you communicate effectively and build a trusting relationship with your dog. In this class, dogs six months and older will learn the building block behaviors of sit, down, leave it, drop it, and more.
Instructor: Melissa Parker
Age 14 & Up
M: $195 / NM: $255
17774 W 11-11:50 am 4/3-5/8
CREATIVE PAWS
Dog Obedience Puppy
This classes is a positive environment for socialization of puppies and people alike! Topics covered are house training, mouthing, and barking. Obedience behaviors of sit, coming when called, and walking on a leash will be introduced. This class is appropriate for puppies ages 2-4 months old.
Instructor: Ashlee Trotter
Age 14 & Up
M: $165 / NM: $215
17400 Tu 7-7:50 pm 4/23-5/28
17401 Tu 6-6:50 pm 6/11-7/23
17669 Tu 7-7:50 pm 8/13-9/17
NO CLASS: 7/2
CREATIVE PAWS
Dog Obedience 101
This class focuses on the basics: sit, down, stand, recall, stay, and heel — everything your dog needs to know! Both verbal commands and hand signals will be used. Dogs of any age may take this class. Please bring food rewards or a small toy with you to class.
Instructor: Ashlee Trotter
Age 14 & Up
M: $165 / NM: $215
17397 Tu 6-6:50 pm 4/23-5/28
17398 Tu 7-7:50 pm 6/11-7/23
17670 Tu 6-6:50 pm 8/13-9/17
NO CLASS: 7/2
CREATIVE PAWS
Dog Obedience 102
Obedience 102 is focused on honing the skills of Obedience 101. Dogs of any age may enroll, provided they have knowledge of basic obedience commands: sit, down, recall, stay, and heel.
Instructor: Ashlee Trotter
Age 14 & Up
M: $165 / NM: $205
17402 Tu 8-8:50 pm 6/11-7/23
NO CLASS: 7/2
After 100+ years of bringing people together, one thing we know is how to host a party!
Whether you’re hosting a family reunion, a fun social affair, or a simple garden brunch, The Community House’s historic gardens and interior spaces are a great place to gather with your family and friends.
Celebrations
Catering Options:
Our preferred caterers can offer a variety of full-service and drop-off options for any style event!
• On-Site BBQ Packages
• Fun Food Stations
• Live, Wood Fired Ovens
• Brunch Buffets
• Garden Tea Party Menus
• Rainbow Cone Ice Cream Truck
