Welcome Winter Celebration - Ringwood, IL 2025

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21 DEC Sun 2025

12:00 PM 3:00 PM

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Description

Welcome the winter with traditional indigenous music, dancers, and family-friendly arts/crafts, as well as story-telling by Gina Roxas, Executive Director for the
Trickster Cultural Center
, ethnobotanist, and citizen of the Prairie Band Potawatomi. Learn about indigenous peoples’ connections to the winter solstice in this multi-cultural celebration. We’ll end with a community dance which everyone can join! Hot chocolate and cookies will be provided, along with a campfire and warming stations on the patio! Activities will be moved indoors in case of inclement weather.

Doors will open at 11:45am and will remain open until capacity is met (first come, first serve) or 12:00pm when the welcome ceremony and cultural exhibition begins. If you arrive after doors are closed, you’re welcome to check out the arts/crafts tables in the lobby and stay for the post-ceremony activities.

Schedule:

11:45am

Doors Open

12pm-1:30pm Welcome Ceremony & Cultural Exhibition

(Seats first come, first serve - doors close when room capacity is reached)

12pm-3pm

Self-Guided Activities

1:30pm-3pm

Guided Arts/Crafts

Although this is a drop-in event, we'd love to get an RSVP to make sure there's enough goodies for everyone!

Please contact Jackie Bero at jbero@mccdistrict.org or (815) 219-1549 if you have any questions on the program. General questions related to signing up or issues with the website can be directed to our front desk staff at (815) 338-6223.

Age Category

Adults and Families

Location

Lost Valley Visitor Center, 6316 Harts Rd, Ringwood, IL

Instructor

Jackie Bero

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December 21, 2025

Sunday

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