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Please Join Us for an Evening of Celebration to Honor Our First 10 Years & Embrace Our Future Vision Saturday, September 10 7:00 pm – 9:-0 pm at The Art Center Highland Park 1957 Sheridan Road, Highland Park [button link=”https://e.givesmart.com/events/rXE/”]DETAILS & RSVP[/button]   […]

Curt’s Café proudly announces Malik Kemokai as its next Executive Director following a comprehensive, national search undertaken with the assistance of KEES. […]

Join us for a Partner Walk With Purpose & Community Picnic Sunday, May 1 11:30 am – 2:30 pm at International Friendship Garden 2020 N McCormick Blvd, Evanston [button link=”https://e.givesmart.com/events/qk8/”]REGISTER NOW[/button]   […]

[button link=”https://curtscafe.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CurtsCafe_Executive_Director_Opportunity_Guide.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”]View Opportunity Guide[/button]   Dear Friends and Supporters of Curt’s Café, We are writing to let you know that our founder, Susan Garcia Trieschmann, has decided to transition from her role as Executive Director of Curt’s later this year. Susan has served as Curt’s Executive Director since its founding, almost 10 years [...]

I listened to a speaker recently and was mesmerized as he spoke about Leading A Good Life.  He said, “the ingredient to leading the good life was not expensive, not hard to get, not available to only a few, not scarce and there was no talent required”.  As a cook he had me at “ingredient”, [...]

As we continue to navigate through the ongoing challenges of the pandemic, we were able to reopen both cafes in June.  Through it all, 2021 was a successful year for Curt’s Cafe. Over 50 new students participated in our program and many graduates returned – some just to check in and others needing additional support, which [...]