February 24, 2023

Register now for Spring Break camps

Sign up for our Spring Break half-day and full-day camps for kids ages 3-14!

Camps include sports camps at Weber, cultural arts camps at Devonshire, SPACE camps at Oakton, history camps at the Skokie Heritage Museum, and nature camps at the Emily Oaks Nature Center! Camps run the week of March 27–31.

See the entire roster and register by clicking below.

Check out March Happenings!

If you are looking for new and unique ways to have fun in March, the Skokie Park District offers great one-day events, workshops, outings, special events and more! 

Click on the calendar below to view it and access its links.

Click here for the entire calendar of events at the Skokie Park District.

Devonshire Playhouse Presents

Ghosts & Zombies

A blood-curdling spin on Ibsen’s classic drama, "Ghosts," Mrs. Alving is preparing to open an orphanage while welcoming her son home from a long absence. However, things soon take a turn for the weird and scary as their country estate becomes overrun by the un-dead.

Devonshire Playhouse

Saturdays, February 25 & March 4 at 7 p.m.

Sundays, February 26 & March 5 at 3 p.m.

Adults: $20

Seniors & Students: $15

Superhero Meet 'n Greet

Bring the whole family out for an afternoon of superhero fun!

Meet and take pictures with superheroes on site. Play games, make crafts and enjoy play time in The Exploritorium.

Oakton Community Center

Saturday, March 4, 1-3 p.m.

Children $12-$15 / Adults $5-$6

Fee is per person. Pre-registration is required for all ages. Registration will not be taken the day of the event.

Free Photo Exhibit

Dancing For Our Tribe: Potawatomi Tradition in the New Millennium

This stunning exhibition of images by photographer and Emmy award-winner Sharon Hoogstraten (Citizen Potawatomi) records vivid portraits and accompanying personal statements of contemporary Potawatomis wearing traditional regalia from all nine Potawatomi nations. Her work highlights how this native community continues to breathe new life into traditional culture and handicrafts in today's world, celebrating their continued existence through centuries of loss, and lighting the way forward for the next seven generations. 

Skokie Heritage Museum

Wednesday, March 1 – June 3

Then Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays: 12–4 p.m.

Devonshire Cultural Center

March 1 – May 5

Mondays–Thursdays: 9 a.m.–9 p.m.

Fridays: 9 a.m.–6 p.m. / Saturdays: 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Sundays: 8 a.m.–6 p.m.

Opening Reception & Book Signing

Saturday, March 4, 2 p.m. at the Skokie Heritage Museum

Runkle named national aquatic pro of the month

The Skokie Park District’s Scott Runkle received the Competitor Swim® National Aquatic Professional of the Month Award at the Association of Aquatic Professionals (AOAP) national conference in Colorado Springs on February 15.

Since 1999, Runkle has managed the district’s risk management and safety program, the Skokie Water Playground, the Devonshire Aquatic Center, and the district’s swim lesson program.

The Aquatic Professional of the Month Award seeks to highlight an aquatic professional whose work holds noteworthy context –– a manager who was clearly in the limelight, or one whose work went unrecognized a bit more among other stories. 

The AOAP is a professional membership-based organization with a goal to bring together professionals from all aspects of aquatics to network, educate, advocate, enrich, and improve the aquatic industry across the U.S., and internationally. 

Since 1960, Competitor Swim® has been the international leader in the production of racing lanes

and swim products for competitions around the world.

See our Spring Program Guide!

Registration is ongoing now

The park district's spring classes and events are now online and with them the district's Spring Program Guide for 2023.

This guide offers you and your family a convenient look at an enormous variety of recreational, educational and fitness alternatives, including many spring special events.

Celebrate spring by finding a new program, class or hobby at your Skokie Park District!

Click the guide's cover graphic to join the fun!

Spring Registration is open for all!