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Individual music lessons are an essential part of any musician's growth. Offering instruction on a wide variety of instruments, our program features over 30 of the best private lesson instructors the Chicago area has to offer. Lessons are offered at all six high schools during the school day for district students and weekdays after school for non-district students and adults.New students must contact us first for a consultation and to schedule a trial lesson. Only returning students may register for lessons online. For an Individual Lesson consultation or to register for a (paid) trial lesson, call us at 847-718-7700 or email us at ce@d214.org.Raychel Taylor teaches students at Prospect High School.
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"Mystery at the Mansion!" Death of a Gangster: A 1920s Mafia Marriage Murder Mystery Luncheon
Lucky you! You’ve been invited to the Dunn Speakeasy at the Jacob Henry Mansion in Joliet for the wedding of the year! In this “married to the mob” event, you’ll never know whom to trust. With the two families merging together, someone is bound to lose power, which means someone else will lose their life. Get on the trolley and solve this case with your fellow detectives. If you would like you can dress up for this crime family wedding: Flapper dresses, zoot suits, feather boas and headbands, pinstriped suits and fedoras are all appropriate. The mansion, built in 1873 on Joliet’s Silk Stocking Row by railroad magnate Jacob Henry, is a fully furnished mansion known for its beauty and old Victorian charm. The mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places where you will enjoy a great lunch during the event.!
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"Mystery at the Mansion!" Death of a Gangster: A 1920s Mafia Marriage Murder Mystery Luncheon
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Lucky you! You’ve been invited to the Dunn Speakeasy at the Jacob Henry Mansion in Joliet for the wedding of the year! In this “married to the mob” event, you’ll never know whom to trust. With the two families merging together, someone is bound to lose power, which means someone else will lose their life. Get on the trolley and solve this case with your fellow detectives. If you would like you can dress up for this crime family wedding: Flapper dresses, zoot suits, feather boas and headbands, pinstriped suits and fedoras are all appropriate. The mansion, built in 1873 on Joliet’s Silk Stocking Row by railroad magnate Jacob Henry, is a fully furnished mansion known for its beauty and old Victorian charm. The mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places where you will enjoy a great lunch during the event.!
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Autumn Cruisin’ on the Illinois River
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A new unforgettable autumn adventure awaits as we sail on the Sainte Genevieve riverboat, North Central Illinois’ newest attraction. The Sainte Genevieve debuted in 2023 and travels one of the most scenic stretches the river has to offer. The three-hour cruise departs from Starved Rock State Park and travels upriver to historic downtown Ottawa. Along the way we’ll sail beneath legendary Starved Rock and through the locks where you will marvel at this impressive engineering feat while learning about river transportation. The relaxing cruise gives you the chance to see the natural beauty along the shoreline on an autumn afternoon. Before we board the Sainte Genevieve, the group will enjoy a great lunch at the Starved Rock State Park Lodge, built in the 1930s and featuring its iconic log walls and two-sided stone fireplace overlooking the park. Whether you’re a nature enthusiast, history buff or just looking to relax on a fall day, you won’t want to miss this tour!
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Flyover Chicago & Museum of Illusions
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A fun day is in store at two of Chicago’s newest attractions, Flyover Chicago and the Museum of Illusions. Located at Navy Pier, Flyover Chicago captures your imagination and engages your senses as you virtually soar over, under, around and through the city’s most epic places! Motion seats, scents, mists and music work together to capture the feeling of flight as you explore Chicago from above in a 360-degree theater experience. Afterwards, enjoy a taste of the islands at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Grill with its backdrop of Lake Michigan and the festive activities of Navy Pier. At the Museum of Illusions get ready to be mesmerized as you enter a world where nothing is ever quite as it seems. Immerse yourself in the illusion rooms where you will grow, shrink, defy gravity, walk on walls as you engage with uniquely designed installations that will completely baffle your brain. Get your camera ready because you won’t want to miss these wild photo-ops!
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Illumination & White Fence Farm
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This great holiday tour starts with a late afternoon departure as we are off to dinner at the landmark White Fence Farm Restaurant and its proclaimed "World's Greatest Chicken.” Beautifully decorated for the holidays, the restaurant has served travelers on historic U.S. Route 66 since 1926. The famous chicken is pressure cooked thoroughly before being flash-fried for only three minutes and delivered immediately to your table, along with the restaurant’s famous relishes, corn fritters and mashed potatoes and gravy. A special holiday treat follows at Morton Arboretum’s “Illumination: Tree Lights at the Arboretum." Illumination is a spectacular holiday lights display using amazing new technology. Walk along a paved path to see the trees glowing with dazzling LED lights. You will not only see them, but interact with them as well: You can hug a tree to make it glow brighter, sing to a tree and watch it change color and swipe your hand to make it do both. It’s a new experience at every turn! Enjoy a cozy fire and some hot chocolate and stop in at the Visitor’s Center to see other themed displays. Illumination is becoming a true yuletide tradition. (Illumination requires walking along a relatively level outdoor pathway about ¾ to 1 mile in length.)
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Milwaukee’s Spirit of Christmas Past & Caledonia Carnival of Lights
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Take a step back to the days of Christmas past in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A local guide will lead a narrated tour featuring some of the area’s iconic holiday sights. We’ll visit the historic and spiritual St. Josaphat Basilica, completed in 1901. At the Mitchell Park Conservatory, a trio of beehive-shaped glass domes are bedecked with hundreds of colorful poinsettias, snow white mums and brightly decorated pines for the annual Holiday Floral Show. . Christmas at the Pabst Mansion is a true experience of Christmases past! Built in 1892 by beer baron Frederick Pabst, the mansion is elegantly decorated for the holidays. As you explore the Mansion each fantastical display is revealed room by room, totaling nearly two dozen festively decorated spaces. Lunch is a great holiday meal at the Steakout Supper Club in Greendale . After leaving Milwaukee we will stop in Caledonia, Wisconsin, to see the drive-through “Carnival of Lights”--billed as the biggest and brightest light show in the Midwest, featuring more than two million lights!
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Miracle on 34th St at the Fireside Theatre
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Kick off the holiday season at the Fireside Theatre in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, to see a timeless classic! Based on the beloved Christmas movie, “Miracle On 34th Street” is a big brassy Broadway musical with a heart. Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade needs a new Santa. Enter Kris Kringle – a sweet and jolly old man who claims that he is the real Santa Claus. Thus begins this funny, warm, tuneful, and inspirational musical as Kris has to prove his claim in court and teach his cynical neighbor and her daughter to believe in Christmas. You will be treated to lunch in the theater’s lovely restaurant before enjoying the matinee performance in the 700-seat theatre in the round. You’ll also have time to shop before the show in the popular gift shops, offering a complete selection of gifts and collectibles for all ages and occasions.
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Rosewood of Delavan: Lunch & Cabaret
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Enjoy summertime fun as we head to one of Southern Wisconsin’s most popular event destinations, Rosewood. Experience unique "farm to table" cuisine as their chef, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, prepares lunch at chef attended stations featuring such items as Carved Crusted Sirloin and Pork Loin. Other stations include pastas, vegetables, salads and a delicious dessert table. Following lunch, step into Rosewood’s state-of-the-art theater for a cabaret-style show performed by the famous local duo Mark and Gretch Hladish. You can almost feel the island breezes as you watch their musical show, “Yacht Rock.” Set sail with Mark and Gretch as they perform classic songs by Bobby Darin, Seals and Crofts, the Beach Boys, Bobby McFerrin, Jimmy Buffet, The Drifters, and summer selections from the musicals “Porgy and Bess” and “Grease.”
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Sanfilippo Mansion Christmas Concert
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Celebrate the holidays on one of CET’s most popular tours - a special event at Place de la Musique, the spectacular Sanfilippo Estate in Barrington Hills. We begin our day with an elegant catered holiday meal in the Estate’s Carousel Building. We’ll dine next to the “Eden Palais'' carousel, the only complete European salon carousel in the world. The spectacular 89-foot wide and 42-foot tall-carved façade has life-size carved horses, giant art glass butterflies and an 89-key gavioli band organ. You will see and hear this masterpiece in its full glory while learning about the estate's amazing collection. Following lunch, visit the Sanfilippo residence for a 90-minute Wurlitzer Theatre holiday organ concert performed by Dave Wickerham, one of the finest theater organists in the world. The afternoon concludes with a self-guided exploration of the mansion where docents will explain and demonstrate some of the world’s greatest collections of restored antique music machines. This elegant afternoon will help you ring in the holidays!
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Wandering Tree Estate & Dover Straits
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By special invitation, Community Education Travel has the opportunity to visit one of the most exciting and unusual homes in the Midwest:Wandering Tree Estates! Located in North Barrington, Wandering Tree is the incredible home of Elaine Silets, internationally recognized artist and designer of model railroads & garden railways. Her work has been featured in the John Hancock Center and the Christmas windows at Tiffany & Co., and she has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show. During the morning trip, you'll be transported into one of the most uniquely beautiful private event venues in the country. In this 10-acre garden you will experience model rail cars traversing 1500 feet of linear track, bridges, trestles, waterfalls all amongst beautiful flower gardens! The grounds also feature a greenhouse and an incredible miniature railroad display in a recreated train depot. Later, enjoy a fabulous lunch at Dover Straits in Mundelein.
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Winterland at Wrigley Field & Christkindlmarket
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Celebrate new and old Chicago holiday traditions. At Wrigley Field, home of the Cubs, step onto the field and see the stadium like you never have before. Decorated spectacularly for Christmas with an ice skating rink, decorated Christmas trees and other breathtaking holiday scenes, it’s a sight to behold! Just outside the park, shop for holiday crafts and gifts at Christkindlmarket Wrigleyville, an enchanting and inviting holiday village. Our tour begins in the afternoon with a tradition going back 115 years as we visit the former Marshall Field’s State Street store, now under the Macy’s brand. Here you have free time to shop and see the store’s traditional and memorable Christmas displays including the famous Great Tree in the Walnut Room. Step outside to take in the splendor of the always popular holiday window displays. For lunch it’s a Ho Ho Holy Cow Christmas at Harry Caray’s flagship restaurant in Chicago’s River North.
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“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” at the Nederlander Theatre
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Broadway’s spellbinding sensation “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is coming to Chicago on its first-ever North American tour. Join the next adventure and experience the wizarding world like never before at this record-breaking, Tony Award-winning hit, hailed by Forbes Magazine as “one of the most defining pop culture events of the decade.” When Harry Potter’s headstrong son Albus befriends the son of his fiercest rival, Draco Malfoy, it sparks an unbelievable new journey for them all—with the power to change the past and future forever. Prepare for a mind-blowing race through time, spectacular spells, and an epic battle. Enjoy a great lunch before the matinee at Chicago’s Weber Grill!
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“The Audience” at Drury Lane Theatre
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Peek behind the closed doors of Buckingham Palace in “The Audience,” an intimate portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and the pivotal private audiences she held with her prime ministers. From Peter Morgan, writer of “The Crown,” this award-winning play cleverly imagines a series of pivotal meetings between the Downing Street Prime Ministers and their monarch. “The Audience” is an enthralling exploration of the delicate balance of power and unspoken rules of engagement that underscore these confidential meetings. Masterfully blending the personal and the political, “The Audience” gives an extraordinary glimpse into the woman behind the crown and the leaders she outlasted. Upon our arrival at Drury Lane, an elegant luncheon is served at the theater’s Lucille restaurant with a preselected choice of entrees before we step into the grandiose proscenium-style theater!
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