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The North Shore Chamber Music Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary June 9 and June 11-12, with both in-person attendance and online streaming.

In-person concerts will be held at The Village Presbyterian Church, 1300 Shermer Road, Northbrook, and will be limited per CDC recommendations.

"People are hungry" to see live entertainment again, said NSCMF executive director and violinist Angela Yoffe.

She and artistic director and violinist Vadim Gluzman have assembled a strong program performed by many musicians familiar to Music Festival audiences since its 2011 debut.

Surprisingly, thanks to donor support including lead sponsor The Alphadyne Foundation, complementary attendance is provided both in-person and online. To reserve in-person seating, call (847) 370-3984 or email office@nscmf.org. There will be a "robust" safety protocol for those wishing to attend the performances at the church.

The June 9 concert will be "Mostly Beethoven" in honor of Ludwig Van's 250th birthday. Performers include Atar Arad, viola, a professor at Indiana University's renowned school of music; and the Ariel String Quartet, winner of the Cleveland Quartet Award.

June 11 presents both a preconcert performance by students from the Betty Haag Academy of Music and a program titled "Romance from France" featuring recipients of the North Shore Chamber Music Festival's own Arkady Fomin Scholarship Fund.

June 12 offers "Brahms & Company," heavy on piano. An initial Haydn piece features both Gluzman and Yoffe along with cellist Wendy Warner. A Dohnányi modern sextet follows, capped by Brahms' "Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34."

Should in-person attendance not be available, the concerts will be streamed at the festival website, nscmf.org and on the platform of the festival's media partner, The Violin Channel.

For a brochure and to inquire about attendance, visit the North Shore Chamber Music Festival website.

Join the parade

The Glenview Independence Day Committee is offering residents the chance to be part of its reverse parade running from noon to roughly 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 4.

Fifty total slots are available for "floats" to occupy Community Park West, 1001 Zenith Drive, as people drive through to admire them. The length of the "parade" could be longer or shorter depending on the number of people who sign up to visit. Last year's parade was wildly popular.

Applications to register as a float are due by June 11.

There are a number of guidelines - no water pistols! - concerning participating as a float. To learn all about them, and for an application to host a float, contact parade coordinator Kathleen McInnis via email at kathleen.mcinnis@glenviewparks.org.

Smashing

Earlier this month Mark Bey, the High Performance coach of the Glenview Tennis Club, was named individual coach of the year by the United States Professional Tennis Association, for the Midwest Division.

The award is for coaches of players on the ATP World Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Satellite tours or touring juniors or adult teams.

His impact was evident during the Chicago District Tennis Championships in July 2020, as noted in a Glenview Tennis Club social media post. Bey had coached each of the four girls 18s semifinalists and five of the eight quarterfinalists.

Police report of the week

A Northfield resident on Colonial Drive reported a suspicious incident to the Northfield Police Department around 8:50 a.m. May 20. The caller reported finding a chicken drumstick wrapped in wire in the resident's backyard.

Dive in

Flick Outdoor Aquatic Center, 3600 Glenview Road, starts its preseason 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. May 29-31 and June 4-11. The regular season starts June 12.

However, there will be no walk-up transactions; visits require reservations with priority access granted to outdoor pool members who upgraded their memberships. There is a 15% reduction in outdoor pool memberships available through June 12.

All aquatic members and residents who want to make reservations, priced at $13, can make reservations three days in advance. Daily passes for others, $16, may be reserved a day in advance starting May 28.

Four 2-hour time slots are available throughout the day during these preseason hours, with a maximum of 250 people per time slot. They run from 10 a.m. to noon; 12:15 to 2:15 p.m.; 2:30to 4:30 p.m.; and 4:45 to 6:45 p.m. People may only reserve one time block a day.

Group and private swim lessons also will be offered. The Garden Grill concession stand also will be open.

There is much more information on COVID-19 safety protocols, membership and reservation information, rentals and other aspects of pool life at both Flick and Roosevelt Outdoor Aquatic Center, 2239 Fir St., accessible by visiting the Glenview Park District website, glenviewparks.org. Look to the appropriate listings under "Facilities."

History returns

The Glenview History Center, 1121 Waukegan Road, is reopening for in-person visits in June.

The Farmhouse Museum, housed in a structure built in 1864, will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. June 13 with the main exhibit, "Saluting Glenview's Service Academy Graduates."

The History Center's Hibbard Library, home to rare books, census records, period photos and more, will reopen from 1 to 4 p.m. June 15.

The Glenview History Center was founded in 1965. For details, call (847) 724-2235.

Also back

The recycling center in the lobby of Glenview's Village Hall, 2500 E. Lake Ave., also has reopened.

During business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., residents can unload American flags, cellphones, newspapers, eyeglasses and hearing aids, compact fluorescent light bulbs, shoes, aluminum cans, inkjet and laser toner ink cartridges and trial- or sample-sized toiletries and hygiene products.