Name: This is Jazz: A Musical Storytime with Rekha Rajan
Start: 2026-09-05T10:30:00-05:00
Location: The Book Stall

The Book Stall

The Book Stall is excited to welcome our friend,  Dr. Rekha Rajan on September 5 at 10:30 am for a very special Saturday Storytime featuring her new book, This is Jazz: And Other Modern Dances. The newest edition to the THIS IS DANCE series, this board book is a joyful and inclusive introduction to jazz dance and other modern dances by the world-renowned early childhood educator and performer. Join us for an interactive storytime full of music and dance led by Dr. Rajan!

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The Schmidt-Burnham Log House is open Sundays, May 3–November 15, from 2–4 PM.
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Learn more about the Log House <a href="https://www.winnetkahistory.org/visit-museum-schmidt-burham-log-house/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">HERE</a>!

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The Book Stall welcomes Christine Wolf, Sarah Leibov, and Michèle Dawson Haber to the store for a discussion featuring their new book, Relative Strangers: Inheritance, Identity, and the Meaning of Kinship. What happens when a DNA test, an old letter, or a stranger's voice cracks open the story you thought you knew? In this intimate conversation, three contributors to the acclaimed anthology Relative Strangers share their experiences discovering hidden siblings, silenced histories, and the fathers they never got to know. Together with moderator Heidi Stevens, they explore how family secrets shape identity, how writers navigate the risks of sharing family secrets—and what becomes possible when we finally tell the truth.
Contributor Christine Wolf is a Chicago-based author, memoir coach, and writing instructor exploring vulnerability, shame, and silence. Her essay "Finding Elizabeth" recounts how a DNA match led her to the older sister she never knew — and how that discovery inspired her to finally speak openly about their younger sister's sudden death. A former Chicago Tribune columnist and Moth StorySLAM champion, Christine teaches memoir, live storytelling, and expressive writing for emotional healing, drawing on research showing that writing about our hardest experiences improves physical, emotional, and interpersonal health. She's the founder of Writers' Haven Evanston and publishes Writers' Haven by Christine Wolf on Substack. Learn more at <a href="https://christinewolf.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">christinewolf.com</a>.
Contributor&nbsp;Michèle Dawson Haber&nbsp;is a Canadian writer whose essay “Yes, My Story: An Awakening” recounts how hearing her birth father’s voice for the first time — on a digitized reel-to-reel tape, five decades after his death by suicide — shattered the carefully constructed story she had told herself about whose history belonged to her. Her essay is a meditation on identity, silence, and the right to one’s own origin story. She is a contributor to Relative Strangers. Michèle's writing has appeared in&nbsp;the of&nbsp;The New York Times,&nbsp;The Manifest Station, Salon, Oldster&nbsp;Magazine, and&nbsp;The Brevity Blog. She’s appeared on NPR’s&nbsp;This American Life, CBC’s&nbsp;Tapestry,&nbsp;and other popular podcasts. Her Substack&nbsp;<a href="https://whosmydaddy.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Who’s My Daddy?</a>&nbsp;explores the links between identity and having one unknown birth parent. Learn more about Michèle at&nbsp;<a href="https://micheledhaber.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">micheledhaber.com</a>.
Contributor Sarah Leibov is a writer whose work examines family secrets, identity, and the cost of deception across generations. Her essay “A Mother, A Daughter, and Two New Sisters” chronicles her discovery of a half-sister her father had kept hidden — and what it means to rebuild a sense of self and family after the story you were told turns out to be incomplete. In addition to&nbsp;Relative Strangers, she is a contributor to&nbsp;Manna Songs: Stories of Jewish Culture &amp; Heritage&nbsp;and&nbsp;The Loss of a Lifetime: Grieving Siblings Share Stories of Love, Loss, and Hope. Sarah has published essays in&nbsp;Huffpost, Newsweek, Lilith, and&nbsp;Tablet Magazine. You can find a full list of her publications and learn more about Sarah at her website,&nbsp;<a href="https://sarahleibov.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sarahleibov.com</a>.&nbsp;
Moderator Heidi Stevens&nbsp;is the Director of External Affairs at the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health, a research institute that works to optimize brain development for all children. Prior to joining University of Chicago, Heidi worked at the Chicago Tribune for 23 years as a writer and editor. She maintains a weekly nationally syndicated column and serves on the Board of Directors for FAN, a North Shore speaker series.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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The Book Stall&nbsp;(811 Elm Street in Winnetka) welcomes James W. Graham to the store on Monday, August 31 at 6:00 pm for a discussion featuring his new book, Where the Moon Stands Still: Revealing the Cosmic Genius of Ohio's Indigenous Earthworks, the story of an astronomer’s and a philosopher’s decades-long quest to prove the ancient expertise behind Ohio’s Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks and their astonishing lunar alignments. Mr. Graham recounts the inspiring true story of two small-town college professors who, without funds or training in archaeology, helped unlock secrets behind this ancient monumental work of land art—Ohio’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site—all but hidden in plain sight on a local golf course.&nbsp;
James W. Graham has spent his career working in journalism, public affairs, and nonprofit communications. He is the author of&nbsp;Victura: The Kennedys, a Sailboat, and the Sea&nbsp;and has written for&nbsp;Time, The Huffington Post,&nbsp;and elsewhere. He lives in North Shore Chicago with his wife, Linda Kingman.

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The Book Stall (811 Elm Street in Winnetka) welcomes James W. Graham to the store on Monday, August 31 at 6:00 pm for a...

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Discuss the state of American democracy in the United States—Join Lake Forest College professors Dr. Jim Marquardt, Dr. Alejandra Lopez Villegas, and Dr. Zachary Cook for this exciting new community engagement series.
The State of American Democracy
Registration deadline: Tuesday, September 1
Registration fee: $250 for the five-week series
Course times: Tuesday evenings, 6-8 p.m.
Course dates: September 8, September 15, September 22, October 6, October 13
Two College-wide lectures are associated with this series: <a href="https://advancement.lakeforest.edu/register/WorldNeedsLeaders" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">“The World Needs Leaders” with former U.S. Ambassador Jeff Flake</a> on September 23 and <a href="https://advancement.lakeforest.edu/register/?id=8935bb79-f62f-4326-bd92-0c1a4c32f0c4" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">“MLK and the Voting Rights Act” with Pulitzer Prize winning author Jonathan Eig</a> on September 28. All course participants are invited to attend as part of this series.
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Both the educational content and social receptions will offer opportunities to build community, engage with College leadership, and learn more about ongoing campus initiatives.
Register for this course by clicking <a href="https://www.lakeforest.edu/community/lifelong-learning/politics-series" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">HERE</a>.
Visit the Community Engagement website by clicking <a href="https://www.lakeforest.edu/community" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">HERE</a>.
Registration is required to attend. Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions, but full attendance is not required.

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Registration fee: $450 for the five-week series
Registration deadline: Thursday, September 3
Course times: Thursday evenings, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Course dates: September 10, September 17, September 24, October 1, October 8
Held at the historic Krebs Center for the Humanities, this series will explore the traditions of Renaissance form, ornament, spatial organization, material culture, and visual symbolism that shaped how buildings and objects were made, inhabited, and interpreted. Along the way, participants will apply what they have learned directly to the Krebs Center and its collection, asking how the villa itself accumulates meaning, displays taste, and shapes our encounters with history. Each session will begin with a social reception featuring food and refreshments.
Both the educational content and social receptions will offer opportunities to build community, engage with College leadership, and learn more about ongoing campus initiatives.
Register for this course by clicking <a href="https://www.lakeforest.edu/community/lifelong-learning/art-and-architecture-series" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">HERE</a>.
Visit the Community Engagement website by clicking <a href="https://www.lakeforest.edu/community" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">HERE</a>.
Registration is required to attend. Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions, but full attendance is not required.

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This free, one-hour, virtual <a href="https://grad.depaul.edu/register/?id=d4b37748-1d6f-4669-add5-df68e2965b6e&amp;utm_source=patch&amp;utm_medium=event_desc&amp;utm_content=Sept_webinar" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">session</a>&nbsp;is ideal for nonprofit professionals, social entrepreneurs, grant writers, and emerging leaders looking to increase their organization's impact.
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