📆 October 17, 2025

⏰ TBD

📍 Near Bell School (Exact route will be shared with attendees prior to the event.)

🎟️ $60

Blazing Broomsticks! Gathering the wickedest Bell moms for a witching hour crawl through the neighborhood, conjuring cocktails, mocktails, and tantalizing treats along the way. Costumes are a must— let your inner wicked witch shine!

Thanks to: Erin McDaniel, Diana Fleck, and Toni Steiner

📆 October 4, 2025

⏰ 3:00 pm

📍 The McDaniel household (Exact address will be shared with attendees prior to the event.)

🎟️ $75

Spend the afternoon practicing yoga outside with your friends followed by light bites and heavy cocktails. We will host 15 adults for a 60-minute yoga session followed by an hour-long champagne and appetizer happy hour. All you need to provide is a yoga mat. We’ll provide the vibes!

Thanks to: Laura McDaniel,  Madonna Lekas, and Sarah Jerutis 

One of our most popular parties is back for another year! Join us for a Bell moms' night out with tacos and margs!

📆 August 22, 2025

⏰ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

📍 Casa de Gurber (details will be provided to attendees)

🎟️ $75

Eligible participants: Bell moms

Thanks to: Hillary Gurber, Sarah Hwang, Mara Markzon, Nisha Mohindra, Ann Reardon, Simeen Alikhan Kazmi, Alyse Liddell, Marci Sieracki, and Rebecca DeGrado

📆 August 3, 2025

⏰ 7:00 pm

📍 Lincolnwood Pool, 7055 N Kostner

🎟️ $20

Join us for a night of fun at Lincolnwood Pool reserved exclusively for the Bell Community! Invite your family, friends, and neighbors and enjoy slides, diving boards, and water features at 3 different pools. Lifeguards will be on duty and snacks provided. 

Note: Ticket price is per person; families should purchase a ticket for each member attending (including kids of all ages). This is NOT a drop-off event; minors must be accompanied by an adult over 18 yrs old.

Thanks to: Shannon Slade, Kara Barta, May Peck-Walden, Anne Lenze, Amanda Wojciechow

📆 June 2, 2025

⏰ 8:30 am 

📍 Bell (or nearby)

🎟️ $25

One hour yoga practice for any parent that wants to join after drop off on a Monday, June 2nd. (Yoga instruction led by Nicole Cheeseman.)

Thanks to: Nicole Cheeseman

📆 May 31, 2025

⏰ 4:00 - 6:00 pm 

📍 McFetridge Sports Center - 3843 N California

🎟️ $25

Second graders skating into summer! Join us to celebrate a great second-grade year! Skates will be available to rent for $3 and light snacks and refreshments will be served. Please note: We will email participating families if we have spots for siblings to join. Third grade here we come!

Eligible participants: Open to all 2nd Graders

Thanks to: Andrea Ries, Mara Markzon, Kristina Huffman, Jessica Fortin, Laura Gould, Michelle Sunder, Sam Dahlin, and Amanda Sharkey

📆 May 25, 2025

⏰ 9:00 am 

📍 Montrose Harbor

🎟️ $40

45-minute bootcamp workout on the beautiful lakefront with Kelly Amshoff (imwithkelly.com) followed by a boozy brunch!

Thanks to: Jessica Mead

📆 May 17, 2025

⏰ 4:00 pm 

📍 Start on Lower Bradley at the Petersen house (Exact locations will be shared closer to the event.)

🎟️ $100

Just when you thought that we reached the pinnacle of what large adult boys are capable of..... we're ready to take it up another level, as the biggest and most audacious Bell Parent Party is back for the 4th consecutive year. Enjoy frosty cold beverages with your brochachos, indulge in the finest cased meats like Viking warriors, and revel in a day of frivolity without your family - but still get home at a reasonable hour. Bring a friend and make this event bigger than ever!

Thanks to: Keith Petersen, Scott Walster, James Davidson, Matt McMillion, Mike Mead

📆 May 17, 2025

⏰ 2:00 PM 

📍 Victor Bar, 4011 N Damen Ave

🎟️ $100

Mixology class where you'll learn how to mix up cocktails like a pro. Spend an afternoon of speakeasy vibes enjoying the cocktails you stir and shake up.

Thanks to: Shannon Slade

📆 May 15, 2025

⏰ 7:00 pm

📍 Avondale Bowl, 3118 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

🎟️ $40

Get ready for a night of fun and questionable bowling form at Avondale Bowl! On May 15th, lace up those stylish rental shoes, brush up on your bowling skills, and join us for a kid-free evening connecting with other parents. Your ticket includes bowling, shoe rentals, and pizza (cash bar available). Don’t spare yourself this well-deserved parents’ night out—grab your ticket today!

Thanks to: Hannah Schuchhardt and Nicole Grede

📆 March 19 2025

⏰ 5:00 pm 

📍 Pick Your Color, 2125A W Irving Park Road

🎟️ $40

Come pamper yourself before spring break! Enjoy light appetizers and drinks while visiting with friends.

Eligible participants: Open to moms, aunts, friends, and caretakers

Thanks to: Sara Warner, Ria Ventimiglia, and Andrea Ries

📆 March 15 2025 -

⏰ 7:00 pm 

📍 Route: Start at the Johnson's House on Grace near Damen, then to Fee/Hunt house on Leavitt and end at the Kozlowski's house at Grace near Leavitt. (Exact locations will be shared closer to the event.)

🎟️ $75

Join us for an adult only wine stroll beginning at Grace and Damen Ave. There will be four stops, LOTS of wine and hearty appetizers.

Eligible participants: Open to all (21 yrs. +)

Thanks to: The Johnsons, The Fee/Hunts, The Kozlowskis

📆 January 17, 2025

⏰ 8:00 PM 

📍 Ravenswood Golf Club, 4711 N Ravenswood

🎟️ $50

Join us for a round of indoor golf and/or hang around the bar, pool table, and dart board. The club is BYOB but we will supply some booze and snacks. BYO clubs if you want to hit balls!

Eligible participants: Open to all (21 yrs. +)

Thanks to: Colleen and Frank Citro

Stroll through our festive arches and stop along the way for adult beverages, hot chocolate, cookies, and games.

Note: $50 ticket price is the cost for the entire family!

Eligible participants: Bell families

Thanks to: Warners, Attansios, Shykens, Ventimiglias, Benjamins, Chos, and Cancios

Ticket: $50

Spend the afternoon practicing yoga outside with your friends followed by light bites and heavy cocktails. We will host 15 adults for a 60-minute yoga session followed by an hour-long champagne and appetizer happy hour. All you need to provide is a yoga mat. We’ll provide the vibes!

Eligible participants: Open to all

Thanks to: Laura McDaniel, Madonna Lekas, and Sarah Jerutis

Ticket: $75

Grab your favorite euchre player (friend, husband, grandma, etc.) for an exciting multi-house euchre tournament. Only euchre player in your circle? Sign-up and we can match you with a partner! Drinks and snacks will be provided, so just bring yourself and your card-playing skills.

Eligible participants: Bell parents 

Thanks to Shannon & Ryan Slade, Lauren & Derek Nelson, Kara & Tom Barta, Lindsey & Parker Ignotz

Ticket: $45

Game night for moms! Come join us for a kid-free evening of dinner, drinks, and fun with a variety of games.

Eligible participants: Bell moms

Thanks to: Jessica Benjamin and Melissa Boyer

Ticket: $40

Join us for a night of fun at Lincolnwood Pool reserved exclusively for the Bell Community! Enjoy slides, diving boards, and water features at 3 different pools. Lifeguards will be on duty and snacks provided. Bring your family and friends, we have up to 1,000 spots available for the Bell Community!

Note: Ticket price is per person; families should purchase a ticket for each member attending (including kids of all ages).

Eligible participants: All Bell families!

Thanks to: Shannon Slade, Kara Barta, Diana Fleck, Anne Lenze, Katie McAvoy, and Maytinee Peck-Walden

Ticket: $20

Dance, play in glow-in-the-dark foam, and have a frozen treat. Bring a towel, bathing suit, and goggles, and have a good time!

Eligible participants: 4th and 6th graders

Thanks to: Paige Shyken and Scott Green

Ticket: $25

Dance, play in foam, and have a frozen treat. Bring a towel, bathing suit, and goggles, and have a good time!

Eligible participants: 2nd graders

Thanks to: Paige Shyken and Scott Green

Ticket: $25

Big Lebowski night! Get a babysitter and join us for bowling and burgers! If you are not a bowler, no problem, come for the other fun! Cash bar stocked with White Russians and cheap beer.

Eligible participants: Bell parents

Thanks to Mead and Petersen Families

Ticket: $50

Join us for beach games and snacks while we enjoy an afternoon on the beach. There must be one adult present for every three kids attending.

Eligible participants: 4th graders

Thanks to: Sara Woods and Debbie Babu

Ticket: $20

Due to overwhelming demand the Bell Dad's Garage Crawl (BDGC) is back for 2024, and rest assured it will be bigger and better than ever before. This year the ELITE package is included with the price of admission, which means more events, more swag, more fun, and sets the stage for BDGC to take our place as the biggest parent party of the year. Not only is the fun worth the price of admission, it gets you out of the house for 5 hours (for less than the cost of a babysitter), and all proceeds go to your kids. Smash that buy button and sign-up today.

Eligible participants: Bell dads

Thanks to: Keith Petersen, Scott Walster, Mike Mead, James Davidson, and Matt McMillion

Ticket: $100

Join us for a wild night of snacks, drinks, prizes, and BUNCO! Used for decades as a thinly veiled excuse for women to hang out and party, we promise Bunco is not just a game for bored geriatrics. Never played before? No worries. All you need to know is how to roll the dice!

Eligible participants: Bell moms

Thanks to: Melissa Boyer and Carlie Irwin

Ticket: $50

WHIM is an immersive theater experience hosted @ Stage 773 (non-profit). WHIM is IMMERSIVE ART, UNIQUE COCKTAILS, and CAPTIVATING PERFORMANCES that create unforgettable moments of discovery. WHIM embarks audiences across a path of dreamlike theatricals that immerse the individual into an eclectic range of perspectives. The night will include: WHIM experience ticket + WHIM cocktail and appetizers + (optional) karaoke!

Eligible participants: Bell Parents

Thanks to Ryan Hayman and Alison Hayman

Ticket: $60

Need some pampering before Spring Break? Come enjoy light snacks and cocktails while you get your nails done with other Bell moms! Ticket price does not include the cost of services or tip.

Eligible participants: Bell moms

Thanks to: Sara Warner, Ria Ventimiglia and Andrea Ries

Ticket: $25

A night just for the dads. Enjoy pizza and beer in a private space full of your favorite arcade games (pinball machines, pop-a-shot, NBA Jam, NFL Blitz, Galaga, Rampage, several of the Mortal Kombats... and a ton more). 

Eligible participants: Bell dads

Thanks to: Scott Green and Mike Pantoliano

Ticket: $50

Join us for a 45-minute bootcamp workout with elite trainer Kelly Amshoff. Stay for morning cocktails and food!

Eligible participants: Open to all

Thanks to: Jessica Mead and Tina Potanos

Ticket: $50

A night of fun at a members-only indoor golf & social club! Come hit balls/work on your game or just Bell-y up to the bar. Some food and snacks provided but will be mainly BYO food and booze. Extra golf clubs will be on hand as well.

Eligible participants: Open to all (21 yrs. +)

Thanks to: Colleen Citro

Ticket: $50

DATE - TBD

Join us for a night of fun at Lincolnwood Pool reserved exclusively for the Bell Community! Enjoy slides, diving boards, and water features at 3 different pools. Lifeguards will be on duty and snacks provided.

Note: Ticket price is per person; families should purchase a ticket for each member attending (including kids of all ages).

Eligible participants: All Bell families

Thanks to: Shannon Slade, Kara Barta, Diana Fleck, Anne Lenze, Katie McAvoy, and Maytinee Peck-Walden

Ticket: $20