Skokie Sculpture Park 2012

ARTS OF SKOKIE NORTHSHORE SCULPTURE PARK

I just can't help but wonder at the artistic change every time I drive along McCormick Boulevard in the Skokie-Evanston border.  Yes, the drive-in theater from many years ago is gone now and yes, the foul odor from the sewage treatment plant still permeates the nose of drivers rushing by in the evening.  As a resident of the village, let me remind all drivers not familiar with Skokie that it value human lives and should not race fast and furious along the boulevard.  I know where the police is hiding, particularly not under the bridge because there's no bridge in Skokie.  The approximate time is usually in the evening, between 8 pm to 11 pm.  I get to notice this since both cars stop right in front of my house. In 2011, there were 10,283 ticketed drivers in Skokie - the highest in Lake and Cook Counties.

Oops! Ah yes, my mind tend to wander in the labyrinthian maze.  The 2-mile Sculpture Park has 65 sculptures and is set from Dempster on the north and Touhy on the south.  This Sunday, August 19, the Art in the Park activities for young boys and girls of school age will be able to create with clay, beads, feathers and art materials, and express their own artistic talent.  Sculpture Park docents and volunteers will be on hand to help.  It will be held from 10 am to 1pm east of McCormick in Section 1 - between Dempster and Main St.  The Music Institute of Chicago will also be at the Park to show the children musical instruments and provide hands-on instruction.

                                    

The park is open all-year round to everyone, rain or shine, with biking, jogging and just walking in the well-paved paths.  (Watch video).  Once in a while, you might see a little turtle along the river's edge.