October
Mon Oct 12 | Try Skating & Gymnastics Day | All Ages
Centennial Ice Arena
FREE beginner skating and gymnastics lessons! Pre-register
online. For more information, call 847.432.4790.
Beginner Skating Lessons | Age 4-adult (with free skate
rental)
4077000-A 11:10-11:30am
4077000-B 11:40am-Noon
4077000-C 12:10-12:30pm
Beginner Gymnastics Lessons | age 3-12
4098000-A 11-11:15am
4098000-B 11:20-11:35am
4098000-C 11:40-11:55am
Wed Oct 14 | Stories in the Sand | Ages 6 mos-6 yrs
Rosewood Interpretive Center
Enjoy story time, a short hike at Rosewood Beach with a
naturalist and create a craft to take home.
4245231-C 10-11am $4
Fri Oct 16 | Drive-In Movie Night: Hocus Pocus (PG) |
Family
Parking Lot of the Rec Center of Highland Park
It is show time! Drive-in Movie Nights are here! Make your way
to the parking lot at the Recreation Center of Highland Park
for some old-fashioned fun! Each vehicle receives one parking
space and an adjacent blocked off space for safe social distance
tailgating. Movie-time snacks are also available for purchase.
Purchase tickets at pdhp.org
$20/Car Hocus Pocus (PG)
$75/Car Option to upgrade with a firepit and s’more
package. Fire set up and lit by staff prior to your
arrival. Purchase deadline Oct 11.
Thank you to our Drive-In Movie Night sponsors:
Wed Oct 21 | Stories in the Woods | Adult/Child, Ages
6 mo-6 yrs
Heller Nature Center
Enjoy story time, a short hike with a naturalist and create a craft
to take home.
4245229-D 10-11am $4
Thu-Sun Oct 22-25 | Halloween Mini Golf | All Ages
River’s Edge Adventure Golf
Come out for a frightfully good time playing through our scary
course. Dress in costume to receive a discount on your round of
golf.
Fri Oct 23 | Highland Park Hauntings| Family
Larry Fink Memorial Park
Jump in the car and be sure to buckle up... you never know
what is lurking in the woods along the way... Drive from Debbie
Gottlieb Beitler Dog Park at Larry Fink Memorial Park to Deer
Creek Racquet Club and see for yourself! Look out for spots
along the way with Halloween treats to calm your nerves. But
beware... whatever you do, do not get out of the car! This is a
Zombie-themed event with live characters, moving props, and
spooky music. Parental discretion is recommended for little
ones. Tickets must be purchased prior to arrival and presented
at check-in. Must arrive at your designated check-in time on
your ticket. Facemask required upon check-in, no congregating
in groups permitted.
$30/35 per car
Time slots:
6:30pm 6:45pm 7pm 7:15pm
7:30 7:45 8 8:15pm
HALLOWEEN
Costume Contest!
EVENTS
Sat Oct 17 | Seek and Find Wildlife at Rosewood |
All Ages
Rosewood Beach Interpretive Center
Explore outdoors while learning to use a new tool to help you
identify wildlife.
4245232-A 1:30-3pm $8
Sun Oct 18 | Zoethica | Ages 10 - Adult
Heller Nature Center
Join physicist/artist Peter Krsko as he studies nature through
creative and playful art making. Each participant will create and
take home a three-dimensional structure of wooden sticks and
stretch wrap.
4245226-A 2-4pm $22
Show your Halloween spirit and send us a ghostly photo of
your Halloween costume, and you will be entered to win a
cauldron full of yummy Halloween candy! Winners will be
chosen in ten frightful categories.
Email your photos to [email protected] by Wednesday,
October 28. Our ghoulish judges will gather at midnight,
two eves before Halloween (October 29), to pick the final
winners. Before nightfall on October 30, the ten winners
will be announced, and all ghostly images will be posted
on the Park District of Highland Park Facebook page. Witch
one of you will win!
Categories:
• Best Costume
• Best Couple’s Costume
• Best Group or Family Themed
Costumes
• Best Homemade Costume
• Least Recognizable Costume
• Most Original Costume
• Funniest Costume
• Scariest Costume
• Prettiest Costume
• Best Pet Costume
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