Discovery Classes Cover Broad Range of Topics in March

Valentine’s Day Art Sale at CLC ARTcetera Gallery

Artistic gift ideas for Valentine’s Day will abound at the College of Lake County ARTcetera Gallery Valentine’s Day Sale, Feb. 8-9.
 
The sale runs from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and features 10 percent off all original art, including hand-made jewelry, scarves, ceramics, sculpture and photography, with 20 percent off for Friends of the Gallery. ARTcetera is located adjacent to the Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art in the Library/Learning Resource Center, 19351 W. Washington St., in Grayslake.
 
Valentine’s Day sale shoppers who become a “Friend of the Gallery” will receive 10 percent off in the gallery shop at any time for one year and an additional 10 percent off gifts purchased during art show openings and seasonal sales. The next ARTcetera special event will be the spring sale on April 27. For information, call Christina Rasmussen at (847) 543-2405.  

‘Empty Bowls’ fundraise at CLC to fight hunger
 
Food and art will be combined to fight hunger in the third annual Empty Bowls fundraiser, to be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 1. at the College of Lake County Library Atrium, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake. Proceeds will benefit the Northern Illinois Food Bank (http://www.northernilfoodbank.org).
 
For a minimum donation of $10 per bowl, event attendees can purchase a handmade ceramic bowl and receive a serving of chili and cornbread. Members of the CLC ceramics club (now called the Community Clay Association and consisting of both faculty and students) have created more than 1,000 bowls for the event, and the CLC Hospitality and Culinary Management program is preparing the chili.
 
The 2010 Empty Bowls event raised $6,000 for the Northern Illinois Food Bank and helped raise awareness about the issues of hunger, according to Ben Bates, club adviser and ceramics instructor.
               
For more information, contact Bates at (847) 543-2435 or bbates@clcillinois.edu. For maps and directions, visit the College of Lake County website for maps and directions at http://www.clcillinois.edu/maps/graycamp.asp
 
March Discovery! classes at CLC cover climate change, foreign policy

Experience interesting speakers and thought-provoking topics through March Discovery! classes at the College of Lake County’s Southlake Campus, 1120 S. Milwaukee Ave., Vernon Hills.
 
1-3 p.m., March 3: Climate Change: A Planet in Crisis — What Can We Do? Former Vice President Al Gore’s award-winning film, “An Inconvenient Truth” presented the case for the earth’s trend toward climate change. Kent Taylor, public educator for the Climate Action Project, will discuss the scientific causes of the current crisis, as well as common-sense approaches to mitigate the effects and  reverse the current trend. Fee: $16.

1-3 p.m., March 8: Great Decisions Study Group, led by Gary Midkiff, will meet to duscuss topics that include rebuilding Haiti, national security and response to financial crisis. The $89 fee includes a study guide supplied by the Foreign Policy Institute. 
 
9:30-11:30 a.m., March 9, 16, 23: Supreme Court Decisions that Shaped Our Nation Series, presented by retired attorney Mel Merzon. Selected cases include University of California v. Bakke (1978) - The 14th Amendment: “Equal protection under the law” confronts “affirmative action” on March 9; “West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) - The First Amendment: Is religious freedom an absolute right?” on March 16; and “New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) - The First Amendment: What restraints may be placed on Freedom of Speech?” on March 23. Cost: $18 each.

9:30 a.m. to noon, March 17: Facts and Myths of the Ice Age. Ron Riepe, CLC professor emeritus, will present. Fee: $20. A related tour to the Kenosha Public Museum on March 24 will visit the exhibit “At the Edge of the Ice: Mammoths and More.”
 
10 a.m. to noon, March 26: The Mosque Controversy: Lessons to Be Learned, presented by Ron Miller, Ph.D., professor of comparative religion at Lake Forest College. Cost: $16.
 
For registration information, call the Discovery! hotline at (847) 543-6507.