We offer a variety of events, workshops and seminars throughout the year designed to engage, empower and educate both members and their caregivers. Check our calendar for the full list of events and subscribe to our newsletter to stay in the know about new opportunities.
Do you love art and getting creative? Do you like up-cycling items to recycle and reuse them? Join us at CTI for a monthly recycled art class. The purpose of this class is to take something ordinary and old, and make it into something new and beautiful. During this second session participants will use recycled...
This event is sold out. Please email Erika Cain at ecain@cotting.org to be added to the waitlist. Join us at CTI for a Valentine's Day gathering where you can spend time with your friends and share a little extra love with those in our CTI community. The party will have a card making station, cookie...
The Clemenzi Family will bring their two family bands to Cotting in February! The first half of the show will feature the Clemenzi Crusaders, a father/son duo playing your favorite video game, movie, and tv themes! The second half of the show will feature the entire Clemenzi Family playing covers of your favorite Foo Fighter...
Our drop-in lounge events provide young adults (with the support of a PCA/parent/caregiver, if applicable) the opportunity to hang out at the CTI with their friends, play board games/pool and enjoy a meal together, which is included in the price. The meals will rotate from pizza, to pasta, to sandwiches or even breakfast for dinner....
This event was cancelled because of the snow and this is the new date! If you already signed up for the old date, an email has gone out about if you can still attend this rescheduled date. If you would like to attend the new date and have not purchased a ticket yet, please do so...
This group will focus on topics related to interpersonal communication, boundaries and consent, sexuality and maintaining your health as an adult. Specific weekly topics will be provided closer to the dates scheduled. This class will be led by Erika Cain, CTI’s program manager. Erika has 10 years of teaching experience and is trained as a...
Join us for a free virtual seminar that explores assistive kitchen tools that help make cooking easier, safer and more accessible. The Illinois Assistive Technology Program (IATP) Tech Kitchen will show us real-world solutions for everyday cooking challenges, including low-tech and high-tech tools ,that can increase your independence in the kitchen. The Illinois Assistive Technology Program (IATP) is...
This event is cancelled, please see the March date if you are interested in climbing with us. Join us at the Cotting School Campus Center Rock Wall to get the chance to use this state of the art wall to practice your rock climbing skills. CTI is very lucky to have Cotting School's rock climbing...
This class is going to be all about different science myths and figuring out if they're true or false. Participants will pick a myth and run scientific trails and experiments to see if the myth is in actually a science fact. We expect to get creative, messy and make new discoveries together!
Join us at the CTI for a Guided Paint Night where participants follow along with an art instructor to create their own unique piece of artwork. Our art instructor for this event will be Aly Robinson, a former Cotting staff member, as well as a former Muse Paint Bar employee. Aly is a Licensed Mental...
Chu Ling, who founded Chu Ling Dance Academy in 1998, has been a performer and advocate for the arts for over 40 years. As a dancer, choreographer, producer, arts administrator and teacher, she has worked with multi-age performance groups on various types of dance. Chu Ling and her group of dancers are excited to perform...
*Updated October 2025
To participate in CTI programs, events and activities, individuals must: