Wednesday, August 25, 3:00-5:00 pm
Flower Photography: Look Before You Snap
A hands-on workshop designed for amateur photographers who wish to improve their flower techniques, framing and backgrounds, with an emphasis on angles and vantage point. Bring one camera and two lenses. Award winning photographer, Laurence Stern, will demonstrate techniques to make your photographs look like paintings. You may bring samples of your work.

Location: Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, Illinois 60022. Meet at the Fruit & Vegetable Learning Center. Price: $50.00. Advance payment required. Make checks payable to "Sierra Club - Chicago Group" and mail to: Sierra Club Photography Workshop, Attn: Laurence Stern, 2119 Warrington, Glenview, IL 60025-1329. Limit 20 people - reserve now! RSVP to Laurence Stern at (847) 998-1673 or LaurenceStern@aol.com.

Wednesday, June 23, 5:00-8:00 pm - Bring all your friends for an evening of good food and fun at Sweet Tomatoes in Glenview! Dine between 5:00-8:00 pm, and the Sierra Club will receive 20% of your pre-tax bill! Upon payment, please present your flyer in order to ensure that your meal has benefited the club. Be sure to pick up your copy of the flyer—at Sierra Club meetings, socials, and fundraisers—and feel free to copy it for friends! Better yet, download a flyer now! Meals are vegetarian-friendly and usually less than $10 per person, with a 10% discount for those over the age of 60. Located at 2351 Willow Road in Glenview, Illinois. RSVP requested. Please contact Rich Seaman with any additional questions.

Friday, May 28, 6:30-8:00 pm - What better way to spend a Friday night than learning to prepare tantalizing raw, organic, vegan treats from renowned local chef and visionary Karyn Calabrese.  With foods this tasty and satisfying, you’ll never want to cook again!  Delicious, healthy, and planet-friendly, living foods are rapidly gaining in popularity these days.  Devoted raw-foodists and newcomers alike will not want to miss this event.  Many thanks to Karyn’s for the generous donation of their facilities, time, and culinary expertise.

A prompt RSVP and advance payment are required. Cost is $35.00 per person and includes sampling. Please mail payment to: Kim McCoy, 222 N. Columbus Drive, #501, Chicago, IL 60601. Make checks payable to 'Sierra Club - Chicago Group.' Located at 1901 N. Halsted, Karyn’s offers excellent access to public transit, including the CTA brown, purple, and red line “el” and the #8 Halsted bus.  Click here for directions.  Please contact Kim McCoy with additional questions.

Sunday, April 18, 4:00 pm - Join us as we celebrate Earth Day with a scrumptious vegetarian/vegan buffet dinner at Earth Mothers!  This lively gathering of folks from both the Sierra Club and the Healthy Dining Club is a great opportunity to mix, mingle, and make friends with like-minded individuals.  Due to space limitations, a prompt RSVP is required.  Cost is $35.00 per person.  BYOB.  Located at 738 N. Wells Street, Earth Mothers is convenient to CTA public transit with access to both the brown line “el” and the #66 Chicago bus.  Please contact Kim McCoy with any additional questions.   

Saturday, March 20, 7-9 pm - Join us as we welcome spring at the Eight Limbs Yoga Center (4727 N. Damen) with a special yoga workshop!  Your $25.00 donation will go directly to the local Chicago Group of the Sierra Club.  This “problem solving yoga” workshop will be taught by Emily Moorefield, who trained at Jivamukti in New York for 12 years and teaches yoga at both Princeton and Northwestern Universities, including Northwestern’s football team (!).   Learn how to use yoga techniques to clear and calm your mind and cleanse your body in this ashtanga-based vinyasa yoga class with emphasis on pranayama (breathing).  Eight Limbs Yoga Center is conveniently located a block north of the Damen stop on the brown line “el.”  Special thanks to Miguel Latronica for making this event possible through the generous donation of his facilities and equipment - check out www.eightlimbs.com for info on class schedules and future workshops.  Please note:  Space is limited to 25 participants, and reservations are required.  Open to all levels.  Please do not eat for at least 2 hours prior to the workshop.

Friday, April 2 or Saturday, April 3 at 8:00 pm - You won’t want to miss The Prairie, our first theatre outing!  Inspired by The Tempest, this spectacular musical follows a widower who uses his magical powers to protect the prairie from enemies who want to destroy the land he shares with his daughter.  A cast of actors brings to life—with comedy, drama and even some romance—the prairie’s plants and creatures, from compassplant and big bluestem to a yellow-headed blackbird with wisdom to spare.  Add a cocky cat and two English pointers, and the stage is set for a bittersweet musical of survival and salvation--all informed by our native and majestic, but fast-disappearing, tall grass prairie.  The show will be directed by Page Hearn, with a cast of 14 actors. A prompt RSVP is required.  Seats are limited.  Please indicate a first and second choice of performance dates and include a phone number or e-mail address so that we may confirm the date of your show.  Cost is $25.00 per ticket - payable IN ADVANCE on a first come, first served basis.  Your check must be received no later than MARCH 15.  Tickets purchased after March 15 will NOT benefit the Sierra Club.  Please make checks payable to “SIERRA CLUB - CHICAGO GROUP” and mail to:  Sierra Club Chicago Group, THEATRE EVENT, c/o Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, 200 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 505, Chicago, Illinois 60601-5908.  No refunds.  Tickets may be picked up at the box office prior to the show.  Located at 1225 W. Belmont, the Theatre Building Chicago is convenient to the CTA red and brown line “el” and the #77 Belmont bus.  Why not make an evening of it and grab a bite to eat?  Present your ticket stubs on the day of the show and receive a 10-15% discount at these nearby restaurants.  Please contact Rich Seaman with any additional questions.  (Don’t forget to mark your envelope “THEATRE EVENT!”)

If you think that fundraising is scary or boring, think again. Don’t believe me? Come to our next meeting and find out! Let’s face it, money doesn’t grow on trees, but it does enable us to make positive changes and do great things for the environment. Without it, we are powerless to effect change. We’re not going to send you door-to-door or ask you to harass your friends and co-workers for donations - I promise. Why? Because nobody likes putting people on the spot, and because there are way too many fun and exciting approaches out there that are effective and don’t require a hard sell. There’s no rule that says you can’t have fun while raising money for a good cause!

My fundraising philosophy is simple: 1. Plan things that people like to do. 2. Make it easy for likeminded individuals to get together and learn something, enjoy each other’s company, and have a great time. Fundraising can really be considered party planning with a purpose - flex a little creative muscle, and raise a few bucks for the planet in the process! It’s that easy. If this sounds like fun to you, then give me a call! We have a number of projects in the works, from a Halloween karaoke-a-thon to organic, vegetarian cooking lessons, and we would certainly welcome any new ideas or energy you have to offer! Whether you join us on a short or long term basis is up to you; we would love to have you either way. Our next meeting is Tuesday, October 14 at 6 pm in the Chapter Office (200 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 505). Hope you can join us!!! *

FALL FUNDRAISING EVENTS:

Friday, September 26, 2003 6-9 pm - Join us for happy hour at My Bar (3555 N. Ashland), where $10.00 at the door gets you bottomless domestic beers and sodas, plus free pizza! Sierra Club keeps half of the proceeds, so be sure and invite all your friends!!! Special thanks to Sean Byrne at Great Doings for making this event possible - check out their website at www.greatdoings.com for great info on upcoming events! (As always, we encourage the use of public transit whenever possible - take the Brown Line “el” to Paulina, walk about a block east to Ashland, then about a block north to Addison.)
 
Thursday, October 30, 2003 7-10 pm - Get your vocal chords ready and start practicing your moves for our Halloween Karaoke-a-Thon at Trader Todd’s (3216 N. Sheffield)! Pay only $35.00 at the door for an evening of unlimited karaoke, not to mention all-you-can-drink draft beer, wine, sodas, and well drinks, plus yummy appetizers! Win cool prizes at our raffle, and bring all your pals - this is your chance to be a star! Special thanks to Virginia at Trader Todd’s for her energy and assistance in planning this event. (Conveniently located near the Belmont stop on the Purple, Red, or Brown Line “el” trains - walk west on Belmont to Sheffield, turn right (heading north) and walk about 3 doors down.)
 
Wednesday, November 19, 2003 7 pm - For just $12.00, learn how to cook delicious, organic, vegetarian meals from nationally acclaimed vegetarian chef Jo Kaucher. This event will take place at Whole Foods in Lakeview (3300 N. Ashland). Special thanks to the Chicago Diner (offering amazing all-veggie dishes since 1983!) for graciously lending us Chef Jo for the evening, and to Whole Foods for the use of their facilities. Due to a limit of 30 participants, a prompt RSVP is recommended. (Located about 1½ blocks south of the Brown Line “el” Paulina stop).  
  
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