GROUP 1: Relax! Wine, Dine and Entertain!
#1 Day and Night at the Ballet Value: $450
Enjoy dinner out at any of the Lettuce Entertain You ($50) restaurants in Chicago before you make your way to the Joffrey Ballet to see the world premiere of the Global Visionaries production in April/May 2017. Be so inspired of the artistry to make sure to sign your child up for dance at Foster Dance Studios for a 10-pass punch. Let the inspiration of ballet inspire your home!
Compliments of Lettuce Entertain You, Joffrey Ballet and Foster Dance Studios.
#2 A Date with Shakespeare Value: $206
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. – William Shakespeare. Come to the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Navy Pear for 2 tickets to see either Love's Labor Lost (Feb/Mar 2017) or Shakespeare in Love (April-June 2017). Then head to dinner at Boltwood ($50) in Evanston to enjoy some local fare. At Boltwood, the farmers, the market and the seasons dictate the food more so than any particular style or ethnicity.
Compliments of Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Boltwood
#3 Night at the Music Box Value: $100
Enjoy an evening out at the theater in the Music Box with 2 free tickets to any show in 2017 (popcorn and soda too). The Music Box is Chicago’s venue for independent, foreign, cult and classic films. Continue your night of eclecticism and head over to Found Kitchen ($50) for an unforgettable dinner with great food and drinks. All you need to do is book the babysitter!
Compliments of The Music Box and Found Kitchen
#4 Date Night Ravinia Value: $175
What better way to spend a date night than with a picnic under the stars listening to music? This package includes a $100 gift card redeemable for any tickets available at the Ravinia box office. Pack it in the displayed picnic basket with the bottle of wine. Happy summer!
Compliments of Ravinia Festival
#5 Extravagant Staycation Value: $1,500
Enjoy an extravagant staycation at The Four Seasons in Chicago for 2 nights in a City View King Room where you can stay in and enjoy the pool or venture out and enjoy what Chicago offers. For dinner, use your Lettuce Entertain You restaurant gift certificates ($100) somewhere special like RPM Italian or Summer House or anywhere else that’s part of the LEYE directory!
Compliments of The Four Seasons Inn and Lettuce Entertain You
#6 Date Night at the Writer’s Theatre Value: $295
This package includes 2 tickets to the Writer’s Theatre to The Mystery of Love & Sex. After the show head out to dinner at Campagnola, Evanston’s neighborhood Italian restaurant ($75). Compliments of the Writer’s Theatre and Campagnola
#7 Main Street Date Night Value: $200
Start your Date Night at home with a bottle of wine before you follow it up with a delicious dinner at Trattoria D.O.C.($25) for classic Italian food. Top off your night by attending a wine class at the Wine Goddess next door where the wine tasting is fun, interactive and perfect for every level of wine expertise.
Compliments of Trattoria D.O.C. and the Wine Goddess
#8 Date Night Oceanique and Northlight Theater Value: $260
Enjoy dinner for two at Oceanique, an eclectic seafood restaurant in the French-American style. You will be treated to a five course tasting menu prepared especially for you by the Chef. Oceanique has been rated one of Chicago’s top seafood restaurants in Zagat Guide since 1993. You are in for a treat! After your culinary delight, head over to the Northlight Theater, a professional, non-profit theater company that produces work from timely world premieres to refreshed classics in Skokie and watch a riveting show that you will be able to reserve for 2 tickets beforehand.
Compliments of Oceanique and Northlight Theater
#9 Contemporary & Chic Date Night Value: $148
Enjoy an afternoon of print, sculpture, photography and more at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago for 4 people. Then, take home a piece of wonderful decor home made by a King Arts parent. Then head your way back to Evanston to go to dinner at The Barn - Amy Morton's new modern meaterie ($50).
Compliments of the Museum of Contemporary Art and The Barn
#10 South Evanston Date Night Value: $100
Call a babysitter and head to the Peckish Pig ($50), Evanston’s hip gastropub located in South Evanston. Next, head next door to Ward 8 ($50), a cozy neighborhood cocktail lounge serving artisanal spirits, wine & beer. To get you in the spirit, enjoy this bottle of small batch bourbon on display. These two local spots are sure to become your favorites.
Compliments of the Peckish Pig and Ward 8
#11 FEW Spirits Value: $120
In a world chock-full of mass-produced spirits, only few remain truly handcrafted, and small-batched. FEW Spirits are a new take on timeless distilling techniques, and transcend the oft-ordinary taste to which we’ve all grown accustomed. This package includes 4 Distillery Tour Passes plus 3 bottles of your favorite bottles of FEW and a FEW cap. Come enjoy our local distillery!
Compliments of FEW Spirits
#12 A Special Date Night at Home! Value: $200
Allow your Date Night at Home be a magical night in. Let Scarlet Fire Catering, owned by a King Arts family, provide a private dinner for 2 in your own home. Let the chef and sous chef have reign in your kitchen for a few hours while you relax and have 4 courses and dessert prepared and served to you with a wine tasting to accompany each dish. They are a rustic chef-driven from scratch catering company. Their relationship with a few small local farms have helped them to provide mostly organic, sustainable and or non-gmo foods and catered to all your food needs!
Compliments of Scarlet Fire Catering
#13 Cater a Special Event at Home Value: $1200
Do you have a special event you're throwing at home? Scarlet Fire Catering, owned by a King Arts family, is offering a fabulous offer to set up service, prepare assorted appetizers and light cleanup for up to 30 guests in your very own home. Their goal is to provide the highest quality of comfort foods, while maintaining a home cooked feel- "good food made with good lovin".
Compliments of the Scarlet Fire Catering
#14 Laugh it Up Date Night Value: $108
Take a break from the seriousness of the world for one night and go on a date out to dinner at any one of the Lettuce Entertain You ($50) restaurants before 2 of you laugh it up at The Second City for the best comedy show in Chicago.
Compliments of the Lettuce Entertain You and The Second City
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#15 A Night of Comedy Value: $102
"If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide." - Mahatma Gandhi. Take some of Gandhi's advice and enjoy a night out at a comedy show at the Up Comedy Club in Chicago. Continue your fun night out at KOI ($50) for a wonderful meal delighted by its diverse Chinese and pan-Asian menu. Don't forget the babysitter!
Compliments of Up Comedy Club and KOI
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GROUP 2: Sports!
#16 Northwestern Football Fans Value: $135
Enjoy a fun family day with four tickets to a 2017 non-conference Northwestern football game. (Select either Sept 9 vs. Nevada or Sept 16 vs. Bowling Green.) After the game enjoy hotdogs and ice cream at Mustard’s Last Stand ($20). You also get to take home a poster of the Chicago Bears favorite football players.
Compliments of Northwestern University and Mustard’s Last Stand and Chicago Bears
#17 Northwestern Basketball Fans Value: $130
Enjoy a fun family day with four tickets to a March 2017 Northwestern basketball game. After the game enjoy hotdogs and ice cream at Mustard’s Last Stand ($10).
Compliments of Northwestern University and Mustard’s Last Stand
#18 Root, Root, Root for the Cubbies! Value: $250
Bring the family to root our World Series winners with 4 tickets to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field. (Choose from April 15 vs. the Pirates, June 10 vs. Rockies or July 5 vs. Tampa Rays.) Please make your selection by April 1. Go Cubbies!
#19 Fore! Value: $150
Enjoy a day of golf at Evanston’s own Canal Shores golf course. You and 3 friends can enjoy a summer day on the course while using two complimentary golf carts.
#20 White Sox Tickets! Value: $200
Come cheer on your favorite American League baseball team, the White Sox! 2017 may be their year for a World Series Championship! Come enjoy an April or May 2017 game with 4 tickets. Don't lose out!
#21 Get Moving! Value: $395
It’s time to start acting on your New Year’s Resolution to get fit! Get your bike geared up with a tune-up at Bucephalus Bikes, a family owned business by our very own King Arts family, first. Then head to the Evanston Athletics Club and shake-up your workout by adding rock-climbing, swimming, spin classes, Zumba, kickboxing and much more. You can use this 2-month membership to the Evanston Athletic Club to get you started.
Compliments of Bucephalus Bikes and Evanston Athletics Club
GROUP 3: “Arts” For Everyone!
#22 Crafter's Night Out Value: $120
Invite your friends and enjoy this fun card-making party for six at Paper Source. This workshop will teach you how to make beautiful hand-made cards.
Compliments of Paper Source
#23 Evanston Art Center Art Classes Value: $250
Use this $250 gift card toward any class or program offered at the brand new Evanston Art Center location. Choose from the wide variety of either kids or adults programming and make a masterpiece!
Compliments of Evanston Art Center
#24 King Arts Graduation Package Value: priceless
Attention 8th grade parents! This package includes 4 tickets with reserved seats to King Arts graduation (in addition to the tickets you will receive) and 1 parking spot reserved in the lot by the front of the school. Make graduation day less stressful with these amazing perks! Compliments of Dr. Brown
#25 MLK Day Assembly Front Row Tickets! Value: priceless
Tired of racing other parents to the front row on Martin Luther King Assembly Day? Do you want the best seat in the house to video your favorite performer? You will have 4 front row seats waiting for you on assembly day next year. Enjoy the show!
Compliments of Dr. Brown
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#26 Photo Shoot Ready! Value: $175
You know how people say the kids grow up so fast? Well, capture the moment now with a family photo session with a King Arts parent photographer to be scheduled sometime between April - October. The location of the shoot is in Evanston or the surrounding suburbs with a maximum of 6 people and lasts 45 minutes. Remember the moment. Forever.
Compliments of Michelle Canzolino
GROUP 4: Kids and Family
#27 First Class Circus Act Value: $310
Start your day off going to Cross Rhodes to enjoy an authentic and delicious Greek meal. Then make your way to the Actor’s Gymnasium for an exciting class that teaches circus acts! Open for adults and kids, classes range from ‘Learn to Fly’, ‘Imaginastics’, and Circus Acts. For adults, expect classes like Aerial Arts, Circus Fitness and Contortion! Get your circus theatre on!
Compliments of Actor’s Gymnasium and Cross Rhodes
#28 Tennis Anyone? Value: $298
Whether your child is a novice or an expert player, they are sure to learn a lot and have fun at Northwestern Tennis summer day camp. This certificate is good for one week of half day afternoon camp. Good for summer 2017.
Compliments of Northwestern Tennis
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#29 Theater for All! Value: $266
Do your kids love Junie B Jones? Or Maybe The Snowy Day? Take them to the Theatre to watch their favorite books come to life! This package includes 4 tickets to any show at the Emerald City Theatre in the Apollo in Chicago. Follow it up with lunch at Taco Diablo, Lulu's or 5 and Dime ($20). After all that wonderful theater inspiration, have your child attend summer camp for a week at Mudlark Theater! Here, children are taken seriously as artists, and learn theater by making it.
Compliments of Emerald City Theatre, Taco Diablo/Lulu’s/5 and Dime and Mudlark Theater
#30 Kids Delight Value: $115
This package includes a 5 visit pass to Little Beans so you can take the younger set for an afternoon of fun. Play on the obstacle course, shoot hoops, dress-up and enjoy the time hanging with your friends. Take a break over at California Pizza Kitchen ($50) for a slice (or two) of pizza! Then hop over to Dave's Down to Earth Rock Shop for something unique and wonderful to take home ($10)!
Compliments of Little Beans, California Pizza Kitchen and Dave’s Down to Earth Rock Shop
#31 Steve and Kate’s Camp Value: $475
Experience a day camp like no other! Let your child explore the possibilities at Steve and Kate’s where they are free to roam and experience something new every day from bread making to movie making to go-karts and waterslides. You will enjoy the freedom of open scheduling. This package includes 5 full day passes for 1 child.
Compliments of Steve and Kate’s Camp
#32 It’s Summer Soon Value: $213
Are you ready for summer? Let's sign up for 1 session of Learn To Swim Lessons for children ages 3-8 at the YWCA. Then we'll get 2 beach tokens from the City of Evanston and top it off with some delicious frozen yogurt at Yo Fresh ($25)!
Compliments of YWCA, City of Evanston and Yo Fresh
#33 Family Day Out Value: $68
Family Day Out starts with 4 passes to Kohl Children's Museum where children can explore cultures, nature, and supermarkets through child’s eyes. After a long day running around, go to Cupitol, Evanston’s fabulous all day lounge to enjoy delicious food and drink (seriously, their smoothies are fantastic).
Compliments of Kohl Children’s Museum and Cupitol
#34 Prima Ballerina and Beyond Value: $125
Give your child an exciting summer filled with dance! This certificate is good for one summer session at Dance Center Evanston, summer passport program (8 classes) where dance students can experience a variety of dance genres, a Primary Division weekly class, or an Adult 10 class card.
Compliments of Dance Center Evanston
#35 Calling All Folk Music Lovers Value: $205
Do you love folk music? Playing, listening, feeling, dreaming. Then celebrate folk music at the Old Town School of Folk Music where they teach and celebrate music and cultural expressions rooted in the traditions of diverse American and global communities. Membership here gives your family discounts on concerts, classes for kids and adults, advanced concert announcements and purchases and more. This unique cultural center has something to offer every student of music. Chances are, if you love music, you also love coffee. They often go hand in hand - late night jam sessions or caffeine-inspired lyrics. Enjoy the Chemex coffee maker with a bag of Intelligentsia coffee.
Compliments of Old Town School of Folk Music and the Vend Family
#36 A Day at the Shedd Value: $180
Take the family of 4 to the Shedd Aquarium and enjoy watching the sharks and jellyfish, oceanarium and more. Catch the aquatic presentation or touch the stingrays! Bring those tired feet back to Evanston and go enjoy some food at either Taco Diablo, Lulu's or 5 and Dime in Evanston ($20).
Compliments of Shedd Aquarium and Taco Diablo/Lulu’s/5 and Dime
#37 A Day a Lincoln Park Zoo! Value: $195
Start your morning at Cupitol ($20) with fresh breakfast and delicious coffee. Then head to The Lincoln Park Zoo, a Chicago treasure, with the Safari Level membership which offers unlimited free parking when visiting the zoo and free Safari Tours among some benefits, everyone will enjoy seeing the new Polar Bear Exhibit!
Compliments of Cupitol and Lincoln Park Zoo
#38 Movie Nights Value: $50
Love going to the movies? This package includes a $25 gift card to Evanston’s Cinemark theater for tickets or concessions. Walk on over to Bangers and Lace in Evanston to enjoy craft beer and sausages in a gorgeous restaurant ($25).
Compliments of Cinemark and Bangers and Lace
#39 Thai Food and Movies Anyone? Value: $50
Love going to the movies? This package includes a $25 gift card to Evanston’s Cinemark theater for tickets or concessions. Head over to Siam Paragon or order in for the night for authentic Thai cuisine ($25).
Compliments of Cinemark and Siam Paragon
#40 Goldfish Swim School Birthday Party
with a Bennison's birthday Cake! Value: $550
Host your child’s next birthday party at Evanston’s beautiful Goldfish Swim School. Your swim party, hosted in the 90 degree pool will include exclusive use of their facility. Goldfish staff will guide your guests through games, races and fun or simply lifeguard. Make sure you stop by Bennison's ($25) first to pick up your birthday cake or a treat at this favorite Italian bakery in downtown Evanston.
Compliments of Goldfish Swim School and Bennison’s Bakery
#41 Great Harvest Birthday Party! Value: $250
Do you and your children love to bake? Come to Great Harvest and support family owned farms for your children's birthday party! Have your child be the Baker for the Day for his/her birthday party. This party is good for up to 10 children to help the baker with the daily bread bake early on a Saturday morning. Each child will take home a loaf of bread. Book in advance!
Compliments of Great Harvest
#42 Summer S’mores Value: $40
This summer take a trip down memory lane where summer nights were spent chasing fireflies. Pack up the kids and marshmallows and head to Lighthouse Beach where you will have private use of the campfire pit to enjoy roasting s’mores and singing your favorite camp songs.
Compliments of Evanston Ecology Center
#43 Half Day Wednesday Value: $95
Pinstripes ($25) is not just a bowling alley - it's a unique event venue that celebrates bocce, fine food and drink, outdoor fire pits and of course, bowling with comfy leather sofas! After your ten frames, take the kids and mender through charming downtown Wilmette. Stop in at Lad and Lassie ($50), a charming shop that will delight your tween with all of the hip clothes, accessories and toys. Build up your appetite for some drinks and food at Cupitol ($20) for some R&R.
Compliments of Pinstripes, Lad and Lassie and Cupitol
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#44 A Kid's Perfect Afternoon Value: $28
Take your kids to Jump Zone in Niles and let them burn all that energy in Chicago's #1 party and play facility. They have 12 Giant Themed inflatables in an indoor climate-controlled arena. And then run over to Andy's Custard for 2 free cones to top off the afternoon.
Compliments of Jump Zone and Andy’s Custard
#45 Brookfield Zoo Value: $154
Do you and your children love to watch birds take flight? Or maybe the spectacular dolphin show? The polar and grizzly bears are pretty awesome too. Have you been to Brookfield lately? It's spectacular. This package includes 1 parking pass, 6 general admission passes, 6 passes to the Hamill Family Play Zoo and 6 passes to the Carousel. Hurry up!
Compliments of Brookfield Zoo
GROUP 5: Stay Fit & Stay Beautiful!
#46 Personal Trainer Value: $275
It's time to take your exercise regime to the next step with 5 hours of private training sessions with Karin Krause! Your life will never be the same! Karin is committed to transforming your lifestyle if you put in the work. She’s worth every penny you will spend here.
Compliments of Fitness With A Friend
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#47 Workout and Recover Value: $350
Looking for a more intense workout? Look no further. Use this one-month membership and all its gear to OrangeTheory Fitness to push yourself and your workout to new limits. (New members only please.) Afterwards, head over to Aim & Ailie ($50) for a fabulous hair treatment with their hair experts, and then a wonderful manicure and pedicure at Sky Nails for a complete body makeover!
Compliments of Orange Theory, Aim & Ailie and Sky Nails
#48 YMCA Three-Month Membership Value: $462
Three-month family membership at the McGaw YMCA includes use of all facilities including pools, fitness centers, gym, track, courts, whirlpool, sauna, youth center and all adult core classes. A family membership may include two adults and any children through the age of 18 in the same household. Current YMCA members are not eligible for this item.
Compliments of McGaw YMCA
#49 Pure Bliss Value: $275
Transform your body with 1 month of unlimited classes at Pure Barre in Evanston and then treat yourself to a French manicure and pedicure at Sky Nails. Enjoy!
Compliments of Pure Barre and Sky Nails
#50 Pampered Mom Value: $118
Hey Mom, Let's do some pampering… this beauty package includes 1 women's haircut and blow dry plus 2 Kerastase hair care products from Salon Lotus. Then head over to Sky Nails for a fabulous manicure and pedicure.
Compliments of Salon Lotus and Sky Nails
#51 Namaste Value: $170
Hello yoga tribe! Sit down and meditate. Be Still and Listen to your soul. Your soul knows. Come do your downward dog at this professional studio, Heaven Meets Earth, and find some zen in your life. After you've reached nirvana, make sure to stop by Backlot Coffee ($10) to refuel your energy. Then finish it off with a fabulous manicure and pedicure at Sky Nails.
Compliments of Heaven Meets Earth, Backlot Coffee and Sky Nails
GROUP 6: Diverse as King Arts
#52 Nature Prevails Value: $106
Do you love nature? Take the family of 4 to the Morton Arboretum to enjoy the gorgeous trees and plants. Then take some of that inspiration to Anton's Greenhouse ($50) and bring something special home to spruce up the garden.
Compliments of Morton Arboretum and Anton’s Greenhouse
#53 Home Improvement Value: $615
Let Greenwise take care of your lawn with 1 year of organic lawn fertilization - a 5-Step program that will rejuvenate your turf! Then, let Glenns Duxler take care of your car engine with 4 oil changes. Your Home will be happy.
Compliments of Greenwise and Duxler
#54 Page for a Day Priceless
Spend a day with State Senator Daniel Biss in Springfield learning what it's like in Illinois politics! Join him for meetings in his office, going to committee hearings and sitting on the Senate floor during debate. It's a chance of a lifetime! Your family could meet him in Springfield and enjoy democracy first hand!
Compliments of State Senator Daniel Biss
#55 For Wine Lovers Value: $300
Your wine fridge needs restocking! Enjoy this case of wine made up of 12 bottles and drink a glass in your new Reidel wine glasses while resting a bottle in your new dining room art!
#56 Rock Concert! Value: $800
Studio X is small, intimate performance with a big name artist. You and a guest may choose the date and artist - between 2/10/17 and 2/10/18! Past artists to play Studio X include: Mumford and Sons, Buddy Guy, Death Cab for Cutie, Beck, MGMT, The Black Keys, Florence + The Machine, Passion Pit, The Avett Brothers and many more. Then go home and listen to your favorite music on these high end wireless headphones from Sony.
Compliments of Mary Dixon
#57 "Clothes make the man…" Mark Twain Value: $995
Indulge and let your impeccable taste shine with a custom Knot Standard Private Collection suit, including a personal private fitting. Have control to customize your suit from the foundation to the finish. Run your hands across volumes of fine international fabrics. Examine the stitching, the buttons, turn them over and back again. Dress for success... in clothes built for you.
Compliments of The Knot Standard
#58 Evanston Gourmet Value: $245
Indulge in Evanston's great gourmet flavors with this delightful treat! Trader Joe's has filled their reusable bag full of Trader Joe's favorites. Then make a stop at Hewn for some amazing hand forged artisan bread ($25). Spice up your meal with the Pork Pit Masters Gift Box from Spice House. Even your own pet will enjoy this package with Bentley's Pet Stuff basket! Dogs have never been so happy to be remembered at King Arts! Top it off by going to pick up a delicious pound of chocolate at Belgian Chocolatier Purin on Main ($10)! Life is good.
Compliments of Trader Joe’s, Hewn, Spice House, Purin, Bentley’s Pet Stuff and Vend Family
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#59 Sunday Brunch Value: $120
Do you love brunch? So do we. Pick up your package at Curt's Café of 2 mugs, a bag of fresh fair trade coffee and a dozen scones. Then go home and brew up delicious coffee with your new Chemex pot. Sunday can't come soon enough!
Compliments of Curt's Cafe and Vend Family
GROUP 7: Classy Art
#60 Kindergarten Klass Priceless
You’ll always remember your child’s kindergarten experience – so take a part of it home now!
Compliments of King Arts Kindergarten Class, Class of 2025 (8th Grade)
#61 First Grade Fabulous Priceless
No longer the new kids on the block, these first graders know their way around the school now.
Compliments of King Arts First Grade Class, Class of 2024 (8th Grade)
#62 Second Grade Sophistication Priceless
This crew has left the West Wing. Welcome to the Big Leagues.
Compliments of King Arts Second Grade Class, Class of 2023 (8th Grade)
#63 Third Grade Thoughtfulness Priceless
These kids are thriving in Third Grade!
Compliments of King Arts Third Grade Class, Class of 2022 (8th Grade)
#64 Fourth Grade Fantasy Priceless
Fourth Graders are learning more about graphics and using new tools.
Compliments of King Arts Fourth Grade Class, Class of 2021 (8th Grade)
#65 Fifth & Sixth Grades Forever Priceless
Welcome to Middle School – it’s both glorious and gory.
Compliments of King Arts Fifth & Sixth Grade Classes, Class of 2020 and 2019 (8th Grade)
#66 Seventh & Eighth Grade So Long Priceless
You’ve grown up here at King Arts, we will miss you. Keep making beautiful things.
Compliments of King Arts Seventh & Eight Grade Classes, Class of 2018 and 2017 (8th Grade)