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Join us for an online workshop for educators exploring Amedeo Modigliani's lyrical drawings, striking paintings, and majestic sculptures featured in the Jewish Museum’s past exhibition, Modigliani Unmasked. Participate in a virtual tour of the exhibition followed by a live drawing workshop to create a series of sketches inspired by work from the...

One of summer’s delights is a visit from a ruby-throated hummingbird. Learn about these special guests and how to attract them to gardens during their warm-season residency. Migration, plant selection, eco-friendly gardening practices, nesting, supplemental feeding, and citizen science will be discussed. This class will be taught online via Zoom....

This class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions. Discover plants native to our region that flower in summer, such as Hairy Penstemon, Spotted Beebalm, Shrubby St. John's Wort, and Northern Bush Honeysuckle. Learn how to choose the right plants for your landscape conditions and explore the benefits they provide...

Is summer splendor on hold in your garden until July fireworks announce summer? Do green foliage and brown stems define your late May into June landscapes? Learn about the many late spring and early summer superstars that bridge this seasonal gap to keep color, texture, nectar, and pollen flowing throughout the landscape.

Get ready for this year’s Great Backyard Bird Count, February 18 – 21! Learn about the event, how to participate, and all about the birds in your backyard. Find out which birds live in your neighborhood year-round and which ones come to nest during the summer. Discover identification techniques, bird behaviors, and tips to attract more birds to...

This is a Zoom Workshop to teach how to draw & paint the natural world. Just as mystics have sought meditative peace in the woods deep quietude, the natural world has also inspired artists of all cultures. They have applied their artistic skills to capture it with the techniques of sketching. The act of sketching requires concentration....

Get to know your feathered outdoor dining guests. Learn about common resident and migratory birds. Bird feeding basics such as feeder and food selection, care, and the importance of offering water will be covered. Bird migration, citizen science, and other tips will be discussed. Note: This class will be taught online via Zoom.  All registrations...

Oak, elm, and beech once dominated midwestern forests. Discover ways humans, birds, animals, and insects have used and treasured these revered trees. Explore native habitat, historic uses, appearance in folklore, and contemporary species and cultivars available in the Chicago area today. This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations...

Coucou is partnering with Women of Paris to offer you a very unique Literary Left Bank virtual tour! Join Heidi, Paris tour guide and creator of the Women of Paris Walks for an immersive, online jaunt through the lives and achievements of female Parisian writers like Colette, George Sand, Simone de Beauvoir and more… Set...

This class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions. Did you know that Blue Jays can mimic the cry of a Red-tailed Hawk? Train your ear to find them as well as other talented mimics, comical improvisers, brilliant songsters, and heart-throb spring soloists. The vocalizations of our native birds are many and vary...

Energetic Anatomy: Take a Tour of Your Energy System & Receive a Deep Healing Note: This workshop will be offered online. Sessions of all our online programs will be recorded and shared with registrants after each is completed for a limited time only. There is a wondrous system of energetic centers and pathways in the human body that allows us...