Community Calendar

DEADLINE

The deadline for calendar items is 10 days in advance of the desired publication date. Send information on clubs, lectures, community events, religious events, reunions, support groups and singles to: Community Calendar, Evanston Review, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026; fax to (847) 486-7451; or e-mail to evanston@pioneerlocal.com.

The following activities take place at the Levy Senior Center, 300 Dodge Ave., unless indicated otherwise. To register, call (847) 448-8250.

Put on those dancing shoes and waltz away the afternoon. Enjoy ballroom dancing with the Dick Elliott Band starting at 1 p.m. Jan. 11. The cost is $5, payable at the door, and refreshments will be served.

Step out on stage. In conjunction with the Northlight Theatre's outreach program, an eight-week acting class will be offered starting at 1 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Levy Center.

The next free Fran Randall Memorial Concert is scheduled for 1 p.m. Jan. 18. Lyric soprano Alice Feinberg and cellist Mira Luxion will perform. All are welcome.

Warm up the winter with "Little Women." See a matinee performance of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel on Jan. 23 at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theater. The trip includes transportation and lunch.

She Ca Go, the Levy Center's women's basketball team, is looking for women age 55 and better to join them. They practice from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays.

Personalized computer training is available. For those who prefer one-on-one learning to classroom settings, one-hour individual computer instruction is offered in the computer lab.

For those who love to sew, come to the Levy Center. At 10 a.m. Wednesdays, create any type of craft imaginable. Participants may keep the craft, if they pay just for the cost of the materials, or they may donate it to the gift shop. At 10 a.m. Fridays, enjoy sewing and embroidering in the craft room.

The fitness room offers members extended hours: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Exercise enthusiasts buy a monthly or annual membership, or pay $5 per day. Personal training packages are available.

Play bingo every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. Cards cost 25 cents.

Fridays are bid whist days. Play the game starting at noon every Friday.

Lunches are served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays for $3.75.

Golden Years Club members welcome newcomers to their regular meeting at 1 p.m. Jan. 11.

The following programs and events are offered by the Ridgeville Park District at the Community House, 908 Seward St., unless otherwise indicated. Call (847) 869-5640 or visit www.ridgeville.org on the Web.

Register today for a Studio 908 class. The winter/spring session begins the week of Jan. 7 and offers Kindermusik, second and third multimedia, puppet making, knitting, yoga, Feldenkrais, t'ai chi and more.

Free tot drop-in sessions are scheduled from 9-11:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Parents and other care providers enjoy adult company while the little ones play.

EHC

The following events are hosted by the Evanston History Center at its headquarters in the historic Charles Gates Dawes House, 225 Greenwood Ave. For more information call (847) 475-3410 or visit the center on the Web at evanstonhistorical.org.

A lecture titled "Alchemy of Bones," will take place at 7 p.m. Jan. 24. Based on his book of the same title, author Robert Loerzel will discuss the true-crime story of Louise Luetgert, who disappeared on May 1, 1897. Although no body was found, Chicago police arrested her husband, a once-prosperous owner of a sausage factory, and charged him with murder. Gruesome theories about the disposal of the corpse, along with other strange-but-true subplots, turned the Luetgert case into one of the first media-fueled celebrity trials in American history and one of the first criminal investigations to use forensic analysis. The public is invited to the lecture; reservations are recommended. Admission is $5 for the general public; free to members of the center. Membership sign-up will be available at the event. To reserve a place, call the History Center or send an e-mail message to jennythompson@northwestern.edu.

For a listing of Evanston Houses of Worship, service times and other information, see the Evanston Public Library page online, at www.epl.org/community/worship.html.

The Board of Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago will offer the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School Parent Education Program to parents of all backgrounds to strengthen their knowledge of Judaism. The curriculum, created by scholars at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, provides parents with tools and knowledge so that they can be more confident when answering their children's questions about Judaic lifestyle, observance, ethics or history. Classes are open to parents of preschool children, of all levels of knowledge and observance, and are held at Anshe Emet Synagogue, 3751 N. Broadway, Chicago; Beth Emet the Free Synagogue, 1224 Dempster St., Evanston; and the Board of Jewish Education, 3320 Dundee Road, Northbrook. For more information or class schedules, contact Paula Spitz at (847) 291-7788 ext. 1321 or visit www.bjechicago.org.

North Shore Congregation Israel offers a program for all unaffiliated interfaith families on Sunday afternoons during the school year. Children from age 4 to 12 can learn about the faith through stories, music, arts and crafts. There is no requirement to join the temple. For more information, call Buddy Schreiber at (847) 835-7258.

The Bah

Sunday programs may feature choral music or chanting as well. For more information or to schedule a guided tour, call (847) 853-2300.

TOURS

The Frances Willard House, a National Historic Landmark at 1730 Chicago Ave., is open for tours -- beginning at 1 p.m. and the last tour beginning at 3:30 p.m. -- on the first and third Sundays of the month. The next tour is scheduled for Jan. 20. Constructed in 1865, the house was home to Frances Willard, 19th century crusader for women's rights and temperance. Tour fees are $5 for adults, $3 for children age 12 and under. For more information call (847) 328-7500 or visit their Web site, franceswillardhouse.org.

World Poker Tour a lot of the big players in the game and paid, there is no indication that the company slowed the pace of development, which in the new year at the beginning of the rapid sprints competition. It once again for all poker television set up higher standards and created some of the world s largest total prize money competition. In the fifth season, the prize amount is expected to more than 200 million 50 million.

This poker at its power stations

Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas resort casino and the second stage station Connecticut Foxwoods resort, where will attract many outstanding players, who have access to the world s leading television poker WPT program and the honor of the entries into the crowd.

Although the tournament in Las Vegas has been the main

WPT Foxwoods again with the excellent staff, the poker games held back to the Northeast Foxwoods celebrity poker game. End held last year in the largest World Poker Championship finals in 2005, began Foxwoods Foxwoods poker game playoff to consolidate the elite has been successful. This programme will be recorded in April of action, to provide World Poker Tour history, the largest number of competitors to participate in the competition.

WPT extra points