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Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to learn about the Skokie Park District’s proposed referendum, attend a Q&A session, ask questions, and explore the information we’ve shared. We appreciate your interest and engagement as you consider the proposal and what it could mean for our community.
As Election Day approaches, we encourage all eligible voters to make their voices heard. Election Day is Tuesday, November 3. Thank you for staying informed and taking part in this important community decision.
| | Get spooky with Skokie History | | |
Set off among the tombstones to hear our friendly graveyard ghosts' stories of major BOOms and busts throughout Skokie's development. Each year brings all-new stories and ghosts, so if you’ve joined us in the past, come back for a fresh experience filled with new tales of the unexpected!
Tours last about one hour and depart the front gates every 10 minutes, with the last tour leaving at 12 p.m.
Haunted Heritage Cemetery Walk: BOOm and Bust
Saturday, October 31
11 a.m.–1 p.m.
$15 per ticket
Children ages 7 and younger are free with a paid adult
Drop-ins are welcome.
St. Peter's United Church of Christ Cemetery
8350 Harms Road
| | Tee off for a frightfully fun golf event | | |
Teams will compete in a best ball format, and the course will be decked out in festive decorations and haunted hole challenges. Our Halloween Costume Contest will feature multiple categories including best individual costume, best team theme, funniest outfit, and scariest look. With music, themed contests, and nonstop Halloween spirit, this is more than just a golf tournament, it’s a full-on fall celebration. Grab your clubs, gather your team, and get ready for a hauntingly good time on the course!
Weber Park Halloween Golf Tournament
Saturday, October 31
Check in: 9:30 a.m.
Tee off: 10 a.m.
$35 per player
Weber Park Golf Course
9350 Weber Park Place
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Celebrate America’s milestone birthday with a visit to our newest art exhibit, Happy 250th, America! This display is suitable for all ages and welcomes everyone to enjoy the artwork. Stop by the first-floor hallway galleries during regular business hours to celebrate this special occasion with us. The art show will be on display through December 13.
Happy 250th, America! Opening Reception
Sunday, November 1
2–4 p.m.
Free
Devonshire Cultural Center
4400 Greenwood Street
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Free talk: organizing for change | |
Join Mike Matejka, President of the Illinois Labor History Society, for a presentation on Illinois's history of labor rights. From Chicago’s Haymarket Square to southern Illinois coal mines, workers struggled to build unions and create safe work environments and often faced state repression. Nevertheless, they learned how to organize across ethnic, racial, and gender lines, finding their voice through organization and becoming critical community participants and workplace advocates.
Grassroots Democracy Talk: Illinois Labor Journeys
Sunday, November 1
2–3 p.m.
Free
Ages 5 and up. Drop-ins welcome.
Skokie Heritage Museum
8031 Floral Avenue
| Flannel, fires, and fall brews | |
Wear your favorite flannel shirt and celebrate fall with an evening of campfires, live music, and a sampling of local beers. In the event of rain, the program will be moved indoors.
Flannel Fest
Friday, November 6
7–9 p.m.
For adults ages 21 and up.
Fee per person: $25/$31
Emily Oaks Nature Center
4650 Brummel Street
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Scream Scene is a seasonal haunted house held every October in Skokie. Each haunting season features new characters, sets and scenes making each year more frightening than the last.
Skokie Water Playground, abandoned for the season, becomes host to the most frightening experience in Skokie. With its chainsaw maniacs and insane clown maze, Scream Scene has been terrifying visitors since 1997.
Parental discretion is advised: Not recommended for children under 10 years old!
Scream Scene
Open Fridays and Saturdays through November 7
7–10 p.m.*
General admission: $14
*Please check the website as certain times may vary
Skokie Water Playground
4715 Oakton Street
| | Discover new events, workshops & outings in November | | |
If you're looking for new and unique ways to have fun in November—in addition to its hundreds of classes—the Skokie Park District offers great one-day events, workshops, outings, special events and more.
Click on the calendar below to view November Happenings and access their event links.
| | Skokie! Your online full Fall Program Guide is here | | |
Fall classes and events are now viewable online––and with them the district's Fall Program Guide '26.
This fall's guide offers you and your family a convenient look at an enormous variety of recreational, educational and fitness alternatives, including many indoor and outdoor special events.
From community theatre to winter break fun, celebrate fall by finding a new program, class or hobby at your Skokie Park District!
Registration is now open.
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