Information! We need it, we want it, and there is so much of it! But who do we trust? What do we believe? How do we know what is really accurate? And once we get the information we want, how does having it leave us feeling?

Date and Time: Thursday, April 23rd at 4:00 for happy hour! BYOB/W/whatever else you might want!

Location: Your home of course, but via Zoom. The details will be sent once you register.

Registration Information: Across the Table asks that you make a minimum contribution of $5 which will go to support Feast and Imbibe’s community funded free meals for those in need. All of your contribution will go towards meals for hungry residents in Evanston and Skokie. All donations are being matched by Across the Table’s Board Members up to $1,000. Click here for more information about Feast and Imbibe’s Program.

We are all going through a stressful, unusual and frightening time and in order to keep us safe and healthy, many restrictions have been put on our freedoms. We are confined to our homes, we are not allowed to go to work (unless our work is deemed essential), our kids aren’t allowed to go to school, we can’t enjoy many of the activitites that we find fulfilling, and we can’t be in close contact with really anyone aside from the people who live with us.

So are we still free? What are the freedoms we still have in the face of these restrictions? What does it mean to have freedom when so many freedoms are taken away?

Date and Time: Thursday, April 16th at 4:00 for happy hour! BYOB/W/whatever else you might want!

Location: Your home of course, but via Zoom. The details will be sent once you register.

Registration Information: Across the Table asks that you make a minimum contribution of $5 which will go to support Feast and Imbibe’s community funded free meals for those in need. All of your contribution will go towards meals for hungry residents in Evanston and Skokie. All donations are being matched by Across the Table’s Board Members up to $1,000. Click here for more information about Feast and Imbibe’s Program.

We have so much time at home and we are constantly being told via social media, email blasts, articles and more how we can use this time to better ourselves, educate our kids and help others so shouldn’t we use every minute to make ourselves, our families and our world better?! That’s a lot of pressure!

Join Across the Table to talk about how we can manage our expectations for ourselves, our families, our friends and our community so we can all end each day feeling as content and fulfilled as possible, despite all of the stress around us.

Date and Time: Thursday, April 9th at 4:00 for happy hour! BYOB/W/whatever else you might want!

Location: Your home of course, but via Zoom. The details will be sent once you register.

Registration Information: Across the Table asks that you make a minimum contribution of $5 which will go to support Feast and Imbibe’s community funded free meals for those in need. All of your contribution will go towards meals for hungry residents in Evanston and Skokie. All donations are being matched by Across the Table’s Board Members up to $1,000. Click here for more information about Feast and Imbibe’s Program.

This time has been filled with fears, anxiety and stress but we can also connect in meaningful ways. Join us to talk about how this experience has impacted our relationships and to talk about what can do going forward so that we all feel less alone.

Date and Time: Thursday at 4:00 for happy hour! BYOB/W/whatever else you might want!

Location: Your home of course, but via Zoom. The details will be sent once you register.

Registration Information: Across the Table asks that you make a minimum contribution of $5 which will go to support Feast and Imbibe’s community funded free meals for those in need. All of your contribution will go towards meals for hungry residents in Evanston and Skokie. All donations are being matched by Across the Table’s Board Members up to $1,000. Click here for more information about Feast and Imbibe’s Program.

Join Across the Table at Booked over dinner catered by Next of Kin.

The topic of conversation is: For whom are we responsible?

Join us to talk about who we feel we are responsible for caring for, for whom we are responsible for in our families, social circles and in our communities. Do we feel responsible for people who we walk by on the street who are clearly struggling? Or are those feelings reserved for family and friends? Where did our senses of responsibility come from? Our parents? Culture? Religious beliefs?

We will talk about all of this and even more at Booked, a children’s and adult bookstore on Main Street in Evanston. Booked is a bright, sunny welcoming spot with plenty of space for our dining table!

Thank you to Booked for hosting Across the Table!

Next of Kin will be catering and the menu will be:

Famous Kale Cesar with Chicken (Chicken will be on the side)

Ahi Tuna Poke

Vegetarian Pasta

Roasted Cauliflower and Crispy Chickpeas

Lemon Cream Puffs for Dessert

The table set for last year’s dinner at Booked.

Join Across the Table for our second dinner in partnership with the Evanston Police Department. Our dinner with the EPD in October was a huge success- we were all able to learn more about each others’ perspectives and experiences while having a great time doing so!

For this dinner, we will be discussing the topic: What does it mean to take a risk?

Police officers take risks all the time, every day. But civilians do as well. We will talk about how risk-taking impacts all of us in our day to day lives and how taking risks can occasional be where the experiences of police officers and civilians intersect.

This special dinner will be taking place in the garden of The Barn Steakhouse in Evanston. Above is a picture of the space where the dinner is taking place. We will enjoy the natural light of the garden while also being essentially inside so weather is not an issue!

Thank you to The Barn for donating the space and generously making this dinner possible!

The menu is:

Salad

Dinner Salad – red wine vinaigrette

Entree

Choice of:

Roasted Chicken- butter braised knob onions, sherry and parsley

Seared Salmon- root vegetables, arugula, fennel, cauliflower, chervil puree

Roasted Vegetable Provencal- cauliflower, eggplant, tomato, mushrooms, greens

Heritage New York Steak – 6oz marrow butter potatoes, demi glace

Dessert

Arnie’s Chocolate Velvet Cake

Thank you to The Barn for their generosity!

Above is the great group that gathered for the Across the Table and Evanston Police Department dinner that took place at Koi in October. Thank you to everyone who was a part of it!

How has race impacted your friendships?

Has race influenced whether or not you chose to become friends with someone?

Has race impacted whether or not you chose to remain in a friendship?

How has race impacted the conversations you’ve had with friends, how close you can become and how deep you can go with your friends?

This dinner will be facilitated by Yeefah Thurman. Yeefah has been facilitating dinners for Across the Table for a while now and you may have met her at Across the Table’s fundraiser, “Evanston’s Largest Conversation!” To read more about Yeefah and what drew her to Across the Table, click here.

At this dinner at Farmhouse Evanston, we will talk about our experiences straddling two worlds. What are our experiences being two (or more) people at the same time? How do we negotiate this and why has it been necessary?

This dinner is being facilitated by Claire Kaufman. To read more about Claire, click here.

At this dinner, we will talk about our own mortality and how religion, culture, tradition, life experiences and family influence our perspectives and beliefs.