The Time of Your Life The Quarterly Newsletter of the Wheaton Park District Mary Lubko Center | SPRING 2017 Latest from Linda Table of Contents We had a lot of excitement here in February when a casting director from NBC in Hollywood called to invite George Zima and the Snappy Day Trips ............................... 2-3 Tappers to send an audition tape to be on Steve Harvey’s newest show – Forever Young. We have a lot of talent here at the Mary Lubko Center: George Zima and the Snappy Tappers, the Step-In-Time Dance Troop, Party! Party! Party! ............... 4-5 Beyond Glee Chorus led by Paul Sirvatka, and Silvertones Chorus led by Martha McMillen. They all inspire and remind me it’s never too late Live and Learn ..........................6 for dreams to come true – whether that’s being on national TV or performing for friends, family, and the community. Stay tuned to find out Specials .....................................7 if they are Hollywood-bound! Check out spring concert details on the back page, and come enjoy the show. Get Fit .......................................8 Linda Extended Travel .................. 9-10 Photo from Left: Barb Lenski, Sharon Wecker, George Zima, Nora Paul, Barb Bartt, Vicki Haines Registration Information ........11 Contact Us Wheaton Park District Mary Lubko Center Our friendly staff are available Monday through Friday, 8:30A-3P. 208 W. Union Ave. • Wheaton, IL 60187 We are located in Memorial Park (home of the bandshell) at 630.665.1415 208 W. Union Ave. We offer convenient phone-in registration with Monday-Friday • 8:30A-3P your Visa or MasterCard. Call us at 630.665.1415 to register or for Register at information about the many programs and services we offer for active wheatonparkdistrict.com adults. The Time of Your Life Page 2 Day Trips – Previously Advertised Call for availability! Come to the Cabaret Marry Me a Little at Rosewood Theater You’ll love this charming, bittersweet musical revue at Wait List Only Stage 773 featuring songs by Broadway master Stephen Sondheim. Weaving Location: Community Center Limit: 56 together several unknown Age Dates Day Time R/NR Fee Class # Sondheim songs, Marry Me a Little 18 & over 4/27 Th 9A-6P $82/$82 236139-01 tells the fascinating tale of love, loneliness, and survival. Preshow What’s Wright in Rockford lunch at Marcello’s Lincoln Park eatery includes Tour the exceptional Frank Lloyd Wright-designed focaccia chips and dinner rolls, Caesar salad, batter- Laurent House. Wright’s only wheelchair-accessible dipped broasted chicken, penne pasta, and a dessert house received National Historic Landmark Status platter that will make you smile. (LD) in 2012 and was fully restored in 2014. Explore the Location: Community Center Limit: 38 magical Anderson Japanese Gardens and enjoy a delicious hibachi style lunch at the JMK Nippon Age Dates Day Time R/NR Fee Class # Restaurant. (LD) 18 & over 5/11 Th 10:15A-5P $93/$93 237132-01 Location: Community Center Limit: 52 Shrine of Christ’s Passion Age Dates Day Time R/NR Fee Class # Step onto the Prayer Trail at The Shrine of Christ’s 18 & over 5/4 Th 8A-5P $119/$119 218187-01 Passion in St. John, Indiana and feel as though you’ve been transported back 2,000 years. The lush gardens of the shrine surpass 30 acres and boast 40 life-size bronze figures which echo the look and feel of the Holy Land. Browse through the exquisite 6,000 square foot gift shop, which offers a variety of unique and inspiring gifts. Enjoy a guided tour of St. John the Evangelist Church and a delicious traditional Italian lunch served family-style at Little Italy. (LD) Location: Community Center Limit: 30 Age Dates Day Time R/NR Fee Class # 18 & over 6/1 Th 8A-4P $79/$79 337133-01 In the Works The Pride of Oregon Luncheon Cruise, July 11 Indiana Dunes Country with City Ventures, July 19 Grand Ridge Wind Farm, August 11 Land, Water, & Patsy Cline, August 15 Hidden Treasure Along Lake Michigan/Kenosha with City Ventures, August 30 Cubs Game at Wrigley Field, September 8 East Troy Train Trip and Luncheon, September 19 Page 3 The Time of Your Life Day Trips – New! Chicago Cubs City In A Garden 2017 at Wrigley Field with City Ventures Our 2016 World Champions are back! Let us take you This is the garden trip out to the ballgame to cheer on your favorite team. you’ve been waiting for! Travel in style in a deluxe Tour McCormick Place motor coach. Enjoy covered Rooftop Garden and marvel terrace reserved infield seats at this 20,000 sq. ft. rooftop between home plate and first with skyline views that has been transformed into base. There will be time for you the largest farm-to-fork vegetable rooftop garden in to have lunch on your own before the game. Go Cubs the Midwest. Discover the Chicago Women’s Park Go! (LD) & Gardens, which honors the contributions women Location: Community Center Limit: 56 have made to the city throughout its history. The park provides a quiet respite in the Prairie Avenue Age Dates Day Time R/NR Fee Class # Historic District. Stop at North Stanley Memorial 18 & over 5/18 Th 11A-6:30P $69/$69 218109-01 Court Garden on the campus of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago. Walk to Lurie Gardens via the dramatic Nichols Bridgeway. Lunch is at Cliff Dwellers, a at Drury Lane Theatre private club. Enjoy a gourmet buffet luncheon in an After 30 years, the hit musical artistic and refined setting, with a beautiful outdoor Chicago is back! Recipient of six terrace overlooking Millennium Park and Lake Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards, Michigan. (LD) a Grammy, and thousands of standing ovations across the globe, this razzle-dazzle musical is the number- Location: Community Center Limit: 52 one longest-running American musical in Broadway Age Dates Day Time R/NR Fee Class # history. Filled with fame, fortune, and all that jazz, 18 & over 6/13 Tu 9A-4P $88/$88 335146-01 this edge-of-your-seat story features one Fosse show- stopper after another. A delicious preshow lunch will Bridges of Madison County be served in the Drury Lane Restaurant and includes at Marriott Theater salad, dessert, and your choice of entree: 1) bistro This stunning two-time Tony steak, 2) lemon-thyme grilled chicken paillard, or Award-winning Broadway 3) vegetarian plate. Please make your menu choice musical features gorgeous, when you register. Lunch starts at 11:30A. The show soulful music by Tony Award- starts at 1:30P. Ask the hostess to seat you in the winning composer Jason Wheaton Park District section. Drive on your own. (LD) Robert Brown. The Bridges of Madison County is a sweeping romance about the Location: Oakbrook Terrace Limit: 50 roads we travel, the doors we open, and the bridges we Age Dates Day Time R/NR Fee Class # dare to cross. A chance encounter becomes a second 18 & over 5/25 Th 11:30A-4P $66/$66 237131-02 chance at so much more. Enjoy a delicious lunch at world famous Bob Chinn’s Crab House before the Hamilton Interest List show. Choose from seven different entrée choices at Call the Mary Lubko Center at 630.665.1415 if you the restaurant. (LD) are interested in seeing Hamilton with the Location: Community Center Limit: 38 Wheaton Park District in September. Approximate price is $299 for lunch, coach bus transportation, Age Dates Day Time R/NR Fee Class # and ticket. 18 & over 6/28 W 10A-5P $69/$69 337138-01 The Time of Your Life Page 4 Party! Party! Party! Shelly Lawler Presents In The Garden Phil & Amy Perform Broadway & More at Windsor Park Manor At John & Tony’s, West Chicago Today’s enchanting presentation is based on Shelly’s Phil and Amy are a talented husband and wife duo book, “In the Garden Collection: A Journey into The who captivate audiences with their vocal renditions Heart of the Garden.” With an extensive collection of timeless classics from Nostalgia to Broadway. of award-winning images, this multimedia presenta- Both are accomplished vocalists, musicians, and tion takes you back to where it all began for Shelly: recording artists who perform to sold-out crowds at her love of her very own secret garden. Like a gentle Starved Rock and White Fence Farm. Lose yourself walk on a warm summer’s day, this poetic performance in the music from some of the most beloved songs of will leave you feeling refreshed and inspired. Lunch our time. Lunch is served family-style and includes is served at 11:30A and includes spinach strawberry soup, salad, chicken limone, roast beef with demi glaze salad, chicken cordon bleu, honey glazed carrots, and sauce, pasta with marinara sauce, roasted red potatoes, lemon meringue pie. Drive on your own to meet at vegetables, ice cream for dessert, and choice of coffee Windsor at noon. Valet parking is available. (LD) or tea. Today’s entertainment is sponsored by Belmont Location: Windsor Park Manor Limit: 100 Village. John and Tony’s is at 27W371 North Ave. on the south side of the street, one block west of County Age Dates Day Time R/NR Fee Class # Farm. (LD) 18 & over 4/26 W 11:30A-2P $9/$9 237134-01 Location: John & Tony’s Steakhouse Limit: 35 Cooking For One Age Dates Day Time R/NR Fee Class # at Monarch Landing 18 & over 5/2 Tu 12-2P $25/$25 218165-01 Dan Jalove, executive chef of The Springs at Monarch Sing Along with Mitch Miller Landing, shares his tips for preparing tasty and at Wyndemere nutritious meals-for-one.