Backlot Dash 5K, concert and movie + we need books!
July 9, 2021
Run Skokie's Backlot Dash 5K
& Kid's Half Mile Color Fun Run!
Before you rock out at Skokie’s Backlot Bash, you and the entire family can start your Saturday with a run through beautiful and historic downtown Skokie.

In addition, right before the Backlot Dash 5K, kids will run the Half Mile Youth Color Run, an out-and-back course with white t-shirts provided for runners who will then run through powdered colors thrown along the course.

Village Green, east of the Skokie Public Library
5200 Oakton Street
Saturday, August 28, 8 a.m.
Sunday free concert
Spoken Four at Devonshire Park

Chicago's Spoken Four will deliver a fantastic free performance with a repertoire of songs from the ‘50s to today’s Top 40. Their vocalists and musicians will lift you to your feet and have you dancing like there’s no tomorrow!

Bring your own chairs and blankets.

4400 Greenwood St.
Sunday, July 11, 7 p.m.



Thursday: Free Movie in the Park – The Incredibles
Pack up your blankets and lawn chairs as Devonshire Park plays host to this month's Movie in the Park, the 2004 family classic, The Incredibles.

This Disney-Pixar film features a family of undercover superheroes, trying to live a quiet suburban life, forced into action to save the world. Rated PG.

Devonshire Park, 4400 Greenwood St
Thursday, July 15, 8 p.m.
Commemorate a loved one and support your parks
The Skokie Park District offers three programs that celebrate a loved one, all of which provide added lasting financial support for Skokie's neighborhood parks. In addition to honoring a person or organization, you may recognize a significant event such as a birthday, graduation or retirement. Check out the video here: 
Skokie parks need your books!
The Skokie Park District's Little Free Library® book exchange program is going gangbusters, but it seems that more books are being taken than are being left in the parks' 20 kiosks.

Because the success of the program relies on books being left, we are asking for people to also donate to the general program, as well as to each park kiosk.

Anyone may donate books by dropping them off at the Weber Leisure Center front desk. Our staff will then make sure that all donated books find their way to the district's Little Free Libraries®.

Thanks for your help!
Dogs in Skokie parks –– policy review
Leashed only
Although dogs are allowed in most Skokie parks (click here for the complete ordinance), dogs are always required to be on a leash.

Never on courts or in playgrounds
Dogs are never allowed in playgrounds or on any sports courts –– on or off leash –– including tennis, pickleball and basketball courts. Although it may be tempting to let your dog run in fenced-in court areas, it is an ordinance violation and is also unsanitary.

Skokie Park District staff have been instructed to remind patrons of this rule. Continued disregard for this ordinance may result in a suspension from the parks, and or a fine.
 
Leashes and Pooch Park
Please help keep our parks clean and safe! Keep your dogs leashed and walk them in approved areas. The district has an off-leash dog park, Pooch Park, located at Channelside Park (north of the Dammrich Rowing Center). Click here for membership rates and registration information. 

See our July Happenings calendar!
In July, the Skokie Park District offers great one-day events, workshops, and outings for the entire family!

Click on the adjacent calendar and then on individual events for info and to register. (Some events are free.)

Check out the 2021 Summer Program Guide
The Skokie Park District's summer programs are now online and with them the district's Summer Program Guide, readying our residents for summer registration.

The Summer Program Guide offers you and your family an enormous variety of recreational, educational and fitness alternatives, including a huge number of summer special events.

Click on the guide cover to jump into summer!